Fun with Friends

Friday night saw us celebrating Ross's 40th birthday at his house with fabulous food, (well done Kate & Kelly) wine and a game of 'Pin the Boobies on the Babe' - this one was just for the men and is a variation on 'pin the tail on the donkey'. Unfortunately I forgot my camera so there are no pictures.
Saturday was a quiet day with nothing on so Lily had Seth & Riley round to play and with Tom in tow we went off to the park for an hour or so after lunch and picked up Maddie & Paige along the way for a run around in the fresh air.
Yesterday saw us descending on Ray & Kate for lunch along with the Staintons, Ann Marie, Scott & Nick. What a feast. Roast beef, yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings. Then apple crumble and custard to follow. Yum.
After lunch we played a brilliant game called 'Humm Bug'. I haven't laughed so much in a very long time. You have to hum a tune that is on a card and the others have to guess what it is. It's that simple but it is hilarious. I will be off out to buy it this week.
After we had exhausted that game we had a game of ten pin bowling on the Wii, and I won ( I was brilliant). This is great because when I play proper ten pin bowling I am really rubbish and always come last. All of a sudden it was 6.30pm and time to go home to watch the Oscars. What a great weekend.

Skiing in West Virginia

We had a great time in Snowshoe and would recommend it for a short break, there is not enough to keep you busy for a whole week but a few days is perfect.

As you can see the weather wasn't exactly ideal but we still managed to have a great time, the children did 2 mornings of ski school and are now brilliant, Tom especially. He has no fear and even went down a couple of black runs.

Lily goes down the mountain faster than me (not difficult) but this is because she doesn't remember to turn to slow herself down so she just bombs off, looking slightly out of control but never falling over - brilliant..we will work on the turns next year before she has a nasty accident.

Our drive home yesterday started off at 6.30am in snow and ended at 8.30pm in horrendous thunderstorms and tornado warnings - very exciting to say the least. All glad to be back home in our own beds, not so pleased about having to get up for school this morning though, I had two very tired children to rouse out of bed. As is usual when we have been away, the sun room flooded last night during the storms before we got home, so the carpet is soaking wet again. Luckily it is cold but sunny today so the doors and windows are wide open to try and help it to dry out.

We took two short videos of the children skiing, one is just of Tom on a Black run, the other one is of Tom & Lily but until I can edit out Lily's 'little outburst' directed at Tom, she doesnt want it to be shown to anyone!!! If anyone knows how to do this, let me know because I have no clue.

Happy Birthday Mum

Gosh, not a lot has been going on these last couple of weeks, except for the usual tennis and gym work. My elbow has been hurting me a lot and it is affecting my tennis and general day to day activities so Bernice (who is a physio) has had a look at it for me. Apparently my neck is the cause of the problem and because I don't hold my tennis racquet properly all the time it is making my elbow sore. Weird, and very annoying.

Nick was away again last week on a course, but I had a quiet week on my own and did not invite the girls round for a glass of wine this time. Instead I got 'Mamma Mia' out on dvd and watched that on my own. I guessed,correctly, that Nick wouldn't mind missing out on that one...

I also had the chance to see 'Slumdog Millionnaire' at the cinema while Tamsin had Tom & Lily round for a play date with Aimee & Jordyn last Sunday. It was really good, go and see it if you get the chance.

The children have a three day school holiday next week so we are off to the mountains of West Virginia for a mini ski break this Friday afternoon. Will post some photos when we get back.

Happy Birthday Mummy, love you.