Saturday, 30 September 2023

Late Spring and a Beautiful Summer - full of Austria, Italy, France, US Family and more

The King's Coronation




Another rugby season finished for The Boy

Coronation celebrations





A day out with Mummy


Sunshine

Library days


Maths

Cooking



Fresh air



Two weeks with beloved cousins from the USA


Including a 21st birthday party for our beautiful Ballet Girl


A day in the Cotswolds













A funny place to stop - gutted it was closed!



Uncles and nephews

English heritage days





Everyone










A 12 hour exam for Mummy's degree

This girl had a summer of adventures




A trip to London to see Pudding Lane - and most importantly to watch Monkey Girl perform at her first dance production at university.
















He's the tallest of the children now


An afternoon at a mini farm






This beloved cat turned 1


Monkey Girl spent the weekend at home and whipped up a few drawings.

Passed his red stripe

Lake evenings

A day in Paris for these three girls, their Papa and a surprise meet with their French Grandad and M-J






















Beautiful evenings

Hot days




Accidental perfect colour matching







Always learning








Learning about fireflies






Sunbaby's flowers are looking beautiful




Best Papa








Science













Cousins



Panda Girl spent a week in Austria















These two - always together

Monkey Girl finished her first year at uni...


...and then flew to Italy for a week





Sunbaby went strawberry picking with her Papa








Blackberry and apple crumble - blackberries from the wood and apples from the community orchard

Two weeks of holiday club for the Sunbaby

Meeting one of her favourites


A week of Royal Marines Cadet Camp for the teens and their Papa





Evenings are for sailing

I love my children

Panda Girl is getting a ragdoll-maine coon kitten in the Autumn

A star-gazing evening






We miss our Ballet Girl - she lives and works away - they grow up too soon.

Last of the Summer days













The rugby season gets underway for The Boy



A day at the beach













This girl is another Monkey Girl - she loves her critters






This Boy has my heart




Days at home



A (very early) Christmas photo shoot with our photographer friend



More rugby evenings


Fresh air days


Time with her sister before she returns to university



And squeezes with this one because we LOVE her

These two



















A new term awaits!