Arthur's niece

We enjoyed having Arthur's niece visit us and the dogs have missed all the extra attention since she went home.

Bank holiday weekend

Chisato came to stay for the long weekend. He had a great time.

Walking the dogs, playing hide and seek with Lady at the park and enjoying the play park.

Painting, playdough, sweeping the leaves in the garden and then time to relax. Then of course there was baking rock cakes, making jelly and the special desserts like the banana split.

Weekend with our grandsons

Big brother, Chisato was very anxiouos to help
one year old Michika open his belated birthday present.













Michika preferred to play
with nanny's shoes.

Reef Ambrose Esser

I left Florida on 13th August and our newest grandson, Reef decided to arrive 3 weeks early on 14th August!!!

So welcome to Reef. We can't wait to be able to get back there to meet him in person.

He weighed in at 7 and 1/2 pounds.

Lily is now a very proud big sister.

Happy 6 Year olds

I travelled to Florida with Thierry to celebrate his and Lily's 6th birthdays. We had a fantastic time thanks to Belinda and Kelly's generosity, good weather and two very entertaining children. Poor Arthur had to stay at home with the dogs.

Our little helper

Since we arrived home from Florida we have had a quiet time, especially as Arthur hasn't been so well. We have pottered around in the garden and kept it tidy so that we can enjoy seeing the plants in bloom and the birds using the bird bath and bird box.

Chisato loves helping us water the plants and then his reward is one of my home baked cakes.