a day out and amounting costs.....

spent tuesday afternoon in worcester. it was a beautiful day and we had a great time!

andy has this week off (half term) and we've enjoyed having him home with us!! we haven't done too much...but we are sure spending loads of money =( our boiler needs to be almost replaced. to be fixed its like almost £700 and to be replaced with the newer ones that are more economical...£2,400! so yeah, we are just getting it fixed. neither of which we can afford, but have come to the point where we can't pretend its ok.

just some photos

3 photos to share. the one noah on the left is from last weekend when he wasn't feeling

well. notice the red rimmed eyes? he had conjunctivitis. runny nose and fussiness. yuck. hope everyone is well. the weather here is nice. yesterday very warm and sunny today overcast yet dry and bright.

a day in photos

it turned out to be a beautiful and a very hot day today! we had a few places to run to and our friend sheila and her blue car were our transport! if not, i would have only of done one of the stops...maybe!

so you can see that the frog who is now *freddie frog* is still popular! i had trouble getting both boys on freddie at the same time as micah had fun falling off!

we went to cadbury world so that i could buy some chocolate for my friend melissa...so if you are reading this mel, it is on its way! cadbury world is always wonderful! i can't wait for the summer time as we are making a trek there with a big group of people =)

i was pleased with myself as i got sheets and one quilt out on the line today!! yippee =) go me! tomorrow if the weather is the same i'll try again as i want to wash micah's *cars* quilt, as i washed the sheets yesterday.

also mimi if you are reading this, notice that micah and noah are *both* wearing the outfits you sent last week. and they are *both* 18m..i.e. they were both intended for noah i believe! but micah fit them too!!! the shorts were a bit on the short side as was the shirt i guess, BUT it was cute! so there you go!!

those are new shoes on micah as his 'thomas' shoes stank. bad. we had washed them but as we have no dryer at the moment they were out on the line and now smell mildew-y!! these were only £8 at NEXT, so affordable!

our newest addition to the family....

so this our new member =) isn't he cute??



we decided to get the frog for noah's first birthday. i decided though to look on ebay just by chance as they are about £30....and when i converted that to dollars?? that was way too much for a sandbox!! so ebay had 5 for sale and we found this one down in cheltenham (which was about an hours drive) but it was so worth it as it was £8!! i was way excited!

the boys are loving so far and once we get some more hot hot weather (well, hot for our neck of the woods) then i'll put some water in it too!! no sand i have decided until the boys are a wee bit older!!

also, *CONGRATULATIONS* to my friend Val (from high school) who had a baby girl this morning: jordan hallie!!!

i've finally gotten a layout finished! it feels like its been way to long!! but here are some photos from our little trip up the north antrim coast to giant's causeway!

as in other news, i am feeling a bit flu-ey. my back, neck and head all ache and my throat is a wee bit sore. well, atleast yesterday that was all true...today its just my head and just a teeny bit achy in my back and shoulders. i am still aware of my throat, but nothing like it was yesterday.

the boys are fine and so is andy. so hopefully this will pass over and no one else will get it!!!

yesterday afternoon evening was wonderful as it was sunny and beautiful!! and this morning/today has been great! though it rained just as i was putting micah down for his nap (and i had to run out and grab the clothes in), its back to being sunny now!!! maybe, just maybe the weekend will be sunny too!

so to everyone out there: have a great weekend!!!!

fresh from sleep

sailing

micah decided that these drawers were his boat and the quilt was the waters..so sailing they went! he pulled another drawer up for noah and off they went! then the flag came out and then the pirate rag on the head! what imaginations!!!

micah last night was telling me there was a snake in my bedroom, so he would go and grab it while i pretended to be scared and told him to throw it in the bathtub and then we would pull the plug and let it wash down! well by bed time, micah and thrown about 5 snakes into the tub!! i was just thankfull that they were pretend!

photo shoot

how best to practice your photography skills then to practice on your own children! we had us some fun yesterday with this! the boys were so cute in the 'hand-me-downs and hand-me-ups' from cousin luke!! so thanks luke!! *he provided micah's trousers and sweater vest and noah's sweater vest!*

baby boy

erin from TOBHtoo just delivered a baby boy!!! simon davis graff (that is if they haven't changed the middle name)! i am so excited for her and can't wait to see their photos!! how cool!!
**ok..simon weighed in at 6lbs 8oz!! a wee little guy and oh so cute!**

a new baby layout..

one of my close friends from uni and her husband had their first baby back in march. ella marie! and i have just gotten around to making something for them! i'm such a slacker...i know!!!


in other news, my friend erin that i have known since middle school, is quite possibly having a baby right now! her blog site: tale of the human baby, too *you can check out the action!! its so exciting! i think she is going to have another boy, but what do i know??

**credits for the layout** mandy's SS fresh templates, SS measuring tape, TDO, flower frame special, pink paper and white picture frame are both from designer digitals.

a weekend in belfast

sorry if we have been mia! i left on thursday night with micah and noah to take a flight over to belfast! i was a little nervous to fly on my own with both boys, but it went really well! the boys were great...no tears, no tantrums, nothing! just boisterous!
friday i was able to continue my morning walking and it was really nice! it was a bit cooler in the morning, but by afternoon it was scorching! we ended up at my SILs so that our boys could play together. there is 11 months seperating micah and luke, and luke and noah! its works out well! (so this summer we get to celebrate a 1st, 2nd and 3rd birthday!) *and a new baby too, from my other SIL*
friday night was a special meeting at the gospel hall where they go. it was their 50th anniversary! so any past and present members who could come were there where we heard the history of the hall. it was really neat to see how they have grown in the Lord.
saturday was a relaxing day for most of us. we had a nice bbq in the afternoon with all of andy's brothers and sisters and mum and dad. micah and luke had such a great time playing together, it was really fun to watch! micah is so agile compared to luke, its funny to see them running together.
saturday night was another meeting in which again, both andy and i got to go to...together! we got to 3 meetings together with valerie (mum) watching the boys 2x and karen (sil) staying at home with the 3 boys on sat night. we listened to the two jims' (hutchinson and flanigan) and it was really really good and encouraging.
sunday was a normal day, breaking of bread in the morning, a big dinner then the others were off for sunday school, while i stayed in with noah. micah went to sunday school with auntie jo and was a good boy and enjoyed it all! we were to the airport for 8 and our flight was delayed until 9:35, which was only when we boarded. once on the flight, we were surrounded by a rugby team from leamington. they were funny a wee bit course, but they enjoyed noah who is of course a charmer!
finally home just before midnight!

more from the ark

here is another picture layout from 'the ark.' there were toy tractors and *real* dirt for the *KIDS* to play with!! quite a few olders ones had fun too =)

back to easter

so i'm finally getting around to looking at and playing with photos from easter!!so these photos are from 'the ark' which is an open farm for the children to pet and feed animals from horses to cows, chickens to ducks and sheep to alpaca =) its great fun! but micah (and luke) got to ride the pony. it took micah most the day to do it,

but he did it and loved it!!! hopefully i'll get some more posted at we were a huge group and have lots of fun photos!!