At the wedding Alice met a whole load of new relatives. This is her great, great uncle Bob. She really enjoyed putting her hat on his head, over and over again.
She behaved soooo well at the wedding. Ate the majority of her yummy dinner and was quiet when she needed to be. Silly mummy and daddy forgot to bring anything to entertain her though. Thankfully Daddy found some books in the conservatory of the hotel which kept her amused for quite a while. 
The next day was the Anniversary celebration. Ian and Marion (Stuart's parents) hired a marquee and caterers at the cottage. This is Lily and Jasmine (Alice is sitting on Lily's knee). They all got on really well and seemed to enjoy playing with each other.
Ian and Marion. 40 years of marriage. Aaaaawwwwww!!!!!
Stuart, Pauline, Alice, Ian, Marion, Lily, Simon, Catherine and Jasmine.
The sun was shining in our faces, hence the squinted faces.
We drove an hour and half to the south coast to visit The Sutcliffes. Stuart was at Uni with Jon and Maggi. Polly, Joash, Barney and Nia really enjoyed playing with Alice and telling us all lots of stories of poo. It was really great to catch up with them, the visit felt too brief.
We also took a trip to Longleat. Yes the one from BBC's Animal Park. No we didn't see Kate Humble or Ben Fogle (more's the pity). It was sooooo packed with people. We didn't do the safari as we thought it would be a waste of money as Alice probably wouldn't be that bothered by it. We went into Pet's Corner instead. They were doing a bird demonstration. We weren't quite sure who was watching who at this point.
Just a funny wee pic of Alice to finish.
We had a good time away, but it is always good to be home too.
13 comments:
Welcome home again Pauline, Looks like you had a good holiday. You know what they say "Out is good, but home is best!" (Well that´s what they say in danish - do we have that saying in english??) Looking forward now to more updates from you - strange it being so quiet on your blog..you´ve been missed.
Hi welcome home! Its been very quiet without you!
In case your wondering you werent in the wedding pic because there wasnt a high resolution pic of you anywhere, you need to get your picture taken more!
Lisa,I thought you didn't love me any more. Then figured you didn't have a pic of me.
Laura, I don't think we do have that saying here. Must be a Danish one. A good saying though, very true.
Great so see all the pics Pauline, you look great! You should be in more photos!
I love family gatherings, but they can be exhausting, and it's always nice to get back to your own bed.
Glad you're back Pauline I missed you!!! Where are your curls??? You & Stuart look really in the pics. Alice well that goes without saying! She's gorgeous.
Grace said something to me last night. I can't remember what it was - but I nearly fell off the bed laughing. When her bewilderment ended and she quizzed me about my reaction I told her she was so Pauline! The bewilderment returned.
She reminded me of what you used to be like and without a doubt Pauline, I'm sure you haven't changed!
Lorraine, you are too kind. It's different when you've spent how ever long with the hairdryer and straighteners to get the look. Also dolled up with the make-up.
Charlene, "you and Stuart look really..." what? Was that multi-choice? I dread to think what we look to you!!!
I wonder if people in England read these and think we are so cheeky to each other. But that's how we talk to each other in Norn Iron!!
Good to missed and good to be back.
Just had a proper look at you with your hair all cut & straightened, dont you scrub up well girl! Keep up the new look, it suits you!
Great Pauline I meant to say great. Well actually I was going to say American!. I thought Stuart look like an American (don't ask me why that popped into my head!) then I thought if I mentioned The Dreaded word that you might start again with your stories. So I deleted American and meant to write great but forgot.
Talking of stories Pauline - where is the rest of your diary??? I want to hear more.
Lisa, are you kidding, I don't have time to do that every day. I normally wash it and let it dry naturally, which means it ends up looking like some birds should be nesting in it.
Charlene, awww too kind too. Nope Stuart certainly is not American, he's from Essex, but doesn't have an estuary accent, he just sounds southern. Which I guess is bad enough!!! Tee hee. Every now and again he goes on all our blogs and says, "what are you writing about me now?" He loves it really.
I'll get round to it at some point. I got the diary out a couple of weeks ago and then I needed to do something else, so it went back in the secret drawer. Shhhh.
Nice Pauline hurry up and post some diary entries - I need a good laugh again!!
Wish I had kept my diaries from way back then....ah, well I enjoy yours soooo much. Please, please, please post something soon
The house I live in now used to be my Mum and Dads so my old bedroom is now Connors bedroom. My teenage diary (full of stuff about how much in love with a certain persons brother I was) is actually under the floorboards in Connors bedroom. But.......there is now a wooden floor on top of the floorboards! So when we move the diary stays!!! Either that or I pull half the floor up and I think Ronnie might want to know why! I only hope I sell the house to a complete stranger or I will have a very red face!!!
Stuart won't let me put the diary on this blog, he says it's a blog for our photos not my ramblings as a teenager. He said I could start my own blog, I told him I'm not keeping two blogs going. Like I have the time, to read the hundreds of blogs there are now and write ours.
Lisa, I seem to remember reading that somewhere else about your diary being under Connor's floor boards. Anything else hidden under there?
Dont think Ive anything else hidden under there (maybe Im better not remembering)!!
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