latest happenings

we had a great afternoon last sunday, with my cousin kirsty, her hubby nick and their kids solly and tals (solomon and taliyah). they were staying at a lovely park round the corner from us in the next village so we went round and had a good chat and a laugh for a few hours! it was great to catch up after so long...

linz, tals, kirst

nick, solly, justin

we also took kirst and the kids through to see our 'kids' on monday for a short visit and our kids behaved very well! ziggy was very good about being swooped up by tals and let her hold him but the look on his face said 'why, oh why do i have to suffer this indignity......' overall it was a good visit and did our babies good to spend time with some 'little people'! afer that we went into deal and had a wander along the beach for a while, all very pleasant!
below are a few pics of our last visit to the babies on friday, just for up to date pics!

i think plenty of you will notice a new 'slimline satchel' bless..........
anyway, another trilly round deal followed that visit and as we were feeling thirsty we decided to have a drink at the king's head circa 1764 i believe...... and so pretty.......................

so there we go, not much else to update for now, came through to mum & dad's last night and stayed over, had a delicious pizza delivered for dinner, very naughty.........
went to lakeside the other day to research beds! it will be the very first priority item needed when the house goes through...... but how to choose amid so much choice and so many offers, etc......
we might go through to bluewater park this morning and have a look in john lewis......................
anyway, time to go for now!

long overdue update!

It's been ages since I posted an update on the blog as we're either rushing around or have no signal!
So, since getting back to Kent we spent lots of time visiting the Kent coastal towns and found that there were many areas which we would be happy to live in.
Our main concern has always been our 'babies' so a quiet road and a garden have been the most important things............................. then a view would be lovely.................
Anyway, as things stand we have found a lovely little cottage about three or four minutes drive inland from Deal, a lovely 'old-fashioned' coastal town........ it's on a tiny quiet and narrow lane, has front and back gardens and looks straight over wheat fields............... with distant sea views............... so we are in the process of going through the legalities currently and will see what transpires! The babies would love it and so would we!
We've been on the road a lot lately due to all the research we've been doing but have still been enjoying ourselves, having the odd meal out, etc.
Things we've enjoyed particularly about the UK so far: (in no particular order)
self-service checkouts at supermarkets (even if we do get it all wrong!!!)
'pay at pump' option at fuel stations - fill it up yourself and stick your card in and take your receipt! sooo clever!
sunday morning boot fairs! we came away with some dvds, a cd, a book and a punnet of resh strawbs - all for under a tenner! not bad!
Loving the hot weather, it's perfect for smoked salmon salads with french bread.........
Anyway, onto other things, we saw our kids yesterday and all is well with them so they continue on their countdown as they've passed their halfway mark now!
We've been doing lots of gardening at the van, Justin's an expert grass cutter and strimmer now!! I've been doing all the cutting back! We've been weeding, trimming, cleaning fences, you name it! Think I forgot what hard work it all was!!!
Anyway, all very satisfying and good practice for when we move into our own home.........
I had to do some ironing the other day..... SHOCK HORROR!!! Now that's hard work!!!!! I've been able to get away with most of it due to the highly efficient tumble dryers at the dog and duck's launderette!!!
Anyway, not a big deal in the scheme of things!
That's all for now, will try to do another update soon!