Wales

We spent some time in Wales while Matthew has been away, Alex requested a sandy beach (our beach near us is shingle) so we went to Tenby on the Pembrokeshire coast for the day. It's a lovely old, walled town overlooking stretches of sandy beach. The weather wasn't brilliant but we had a good time.

2 men in a boat

Yet another weekend of gorgeous weather so Andrew, Alex and I walked down to the beach, canoe and all. (Matthew had been at a sleepover the night before, was tired and grumpy so stayed at home). We all had a lovely swim then Andrew and Alex went for a paddle.

Sunny days

What more is there to do on a hot summer's day than to lie on a boogie board on a calm, warm sea? (Apologies for the quality of the picture)

Potatoes and sunshine.

This is our first attempt at growing potatoes, was very exciting digging them up as there seemed to be a never ending supply of them in the soil - they tasted great too!

We've had a week of glorious weather so we bought an inflatable pool for the boys, they had long outgrown the paddling pool. It's great for them to cool off when they get home from school.

Weekend in Wales

Last weekend was spent in Wales visiting Andrew's mom. The weather was lovely so the boys spent the day doing jobs in Grandma's garden. Matthew was in charge of cutting the very long lawn while Alex cleared leaves out of the pond. The pond was full of tadpoles so Alex had lots of fun catching them in a bucket ( he did put them all back).

Seeing as this was the last time Matthew would be in Wales before he comes to C.T. we arranged a surprise birthday party lunch for him, Gordon and Ceri came up for the day as well. It was a complete surprise for Matthew, I think he was quite pleased!

We also spent some time at a beautiful rocky river nearby, both boys always ask to go there when we're in Wales and they spend ages climbing over the rocks, seeing how far out into the river they can go and building dams.

Matthew goes to France

About 25 children from Matthew's year group were chosen to go on a day trip to France to visit a French school. It was a cool, windy day so the ferry crossing was very rough. After a quick visit to Calais, they went for lunch at the school and then spent the afternoon there, survived another rough crossing back before getting home late that evening. He said he enjoyed the day. These pictures were,I believe, taken in Calais.

Sunny May

We've had a spell of lovely warm weather, hopefully this is the beginning of summer and not the 2 week summer we so often have. Every year the weather people tell us we're in for a scorcher, hottest summer on record, but mostly we just end up with a washout. I think they do it to try cheer the nation up! This morning Matthew and Andrew went for a long bike ride along the coast, I stayed home with Alex because he twisted his ankle badly on the trampoline yesterday and can't walk. Then we had a lovely chicken and sausage braai and spent the afternoon relaxing in the sun in the garden.