Center Parcs With The Bulls & Davies'

We've just come back from a great week away with The Bulls and Davies' at Center Parcs in Longleat. Here's a quick glimpse into the holiday...





This one is a very rare photo of Daniel actually eating!! He was well distracted by Bex, Mike, Katie, Emma, Lucy & Sam - well done guys!








This is a photo of us all at Graham's 40th Birthday party bash in one of our villa's.







We had a great time playing pass the parcel, pin the tail on the donkey and eating a whole load of fantastic party food. Graham's favourite present was this pair of speedo's (which he wore in the pool on Friday - what a sight going down the rapids)!!!







We were fortunate enough to have two days of really good snow, as you can see on this photo from our villa. Anyone up for snowbathing (again)?!!





This is a photo in the restaurant on Graham's actual 40th Birthday.









And a gorgeous close-up of Daniel, showing us one of his best grins...








This is a good one of Sam and me. I only left this one in so you can see my new jumper!!

The Garden Transformation

One project we've been putting on the back burner since having our house extended last year was the planting up of the front garden. It took me ages to dig out all the rubble and take it to the dump and dig in a load of manure and wood chip, but it has looked dreadful for the past 6 months or so. I finally got around to getting some new topsoil and this is what it looked like just after this was delivered (not a pretty sight)!...

I then had some fantastic garden design assistance from Nigel Joinson, a good friend of mine, who came up with the following superb set of suggestions for a planting scheme (thanks again Nigel)!..

Next came the expensive job of buying all the trees, shrubs and plants, but it was well worth it when you see the finished results below...

The latest on the twins

Ok, so we've just had the 20-week scan for the twins and here are the photo's to prove it. Handsome aren't they?!!

They look fairly relaxed don't they? The consultant was a bit concerned about the difference in size of the twins, so we're going to have to see a different specialist consultant in Bristol next week. If you know us, please remember us in your prayers - thanks!

Daniel's Star Chart

We reached another family milestone on 14th Feb. Daniel was dry for 10 consecutive nights, as can be seen clearly from the Thomas star chart. This means that we are now officially "nappy free", at least for a few months until the twins arrive! Dad promised a special present to both Daniel and Sam and here you can see them both proudly showing off their new engines, Donald and Douglas (identical twins)!!!

Did you know my photos were famous?

Did I mention that I submitted a couple of photos to the BBC web site? Check out the following links to see them...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4482062.stm (Photo no 10)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4643754.stm (Photo no 6)