Phoebe is walking & Lydia crawling

Just a couple of photos showing Phoebe up to her usual trick of emptying out the only kitchen cupboard without a child-lock and Lydia in her high-chair...

What a super "deep-end"!

We must have had more sunshine this summer than people think, as most of my photos seem to show good, warm weather. This was probably the last outing of Daniel's new paddling pool for this season.

Love is in the air!

We enjoyed seeing the Russell's at the end of July, but were a bit worried about Daniel's enthusiastic attraction to Betsan. It was certainly love at first sight...for him anyway!

Mum's Birthday!

Helen enjoyed having her Birthday on holidays. We spent the day in Tenby and the sun shone all day!OK, so you might have guessed that this photo wasn't taken in Tenby, but we enjoyed a family cuddle in bed before breakfast! I must get a bigger bed at home sometime soon!

Here is Sam checking for a suitable slot on the beach!

Lydia is starting to get used to the feel of sand....

..and Phoebe enjoyed eating as much sand as she could get her hands on....yuuuuuck!

Fortunately there was no sand on the menu for Helen's Birthday lunch!

Didn't we have a lovely time the week we went to Saundersfoot!

We had a super week away in Saundersfoot at the end of July (despite taking Grandma & Bamps and Nanny & Grandad with us)!!! What a house-full!

The windbreak was dusted-off and here you can see Bamps digging the footings for our sea-defence!

Lydia wasn't sure what to make of the sand, but still managed to keep smiling!

..and Phoebe enjoyed a nice cuddle with Grandad!

"Come-on Bamps, hurry up and take this photo, I can't feel my feet"!

"The boys" really enjoyed a day out at Folly-farm!

And this was our gorgeous cottage!

Watch out, watch out, there's pirates about!

Here are Sam & Daniel after a visit to the school fair. I hope the tatoos wash off!

Look how big the girls are getting...

Daniel turns 5 - wow!

Daniel had a great Birthday this year with a party at home with all his cousins and a party at Jump with all his school friends...

Sunshine & Daniel's Glasses

We saw some more sunshine in June as you can see from these photos taken enjoying the paddling pool and water slide in the back garden...

Daniel also had his first pair of glasses in June, after being diagnosed as being VERY long-sighted. He will need glasses for the rest of his life, but can obviously see the difference as he has wears them all the time with no problem at all!

...and here are Nanny & Grandad with the tribe!

Cousin Gareth's Wedding

Here are a couple of photos of us in Derby at Gareth & Jo's wedding.

Lydia & Phoebe are now One!!!

We had to make 2 cakes to celebrate the girls Birthdays. This is Lydia's cake.

...and this is Phoebe's.

And here is Lydia enjoying her party.

And this is Phoebe working out what to do with her Bithday baloon!

This is Phoebe enjoying playing in her cot at the end of a busy day!

And here is Lydia giving us one of her stunning smiles!

Sunny April

The sun shone in April, and here are the boys showing off their football kits in St Fagans.

And here they are enjoying the sun and sand at Rest Bay..

The girls are growing

We're now into March, and here are a few photos to show how the girls are growing:

And this is Mum giving them lots of loves!

And here are the boys!

And Sam has lost yet another tooth....

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

So, we're now in February, let's check out what the children look like now! Here's a lovely one of the four of them together.

We had a sprinkling of snow in Feb, so the boys couldn't wait to get home from school to build a snowman in the garden!

It was also Great-Nan's 80th Birthday in Feb, so we celebrated in style, with a party for all the family in Thornhill Centre.

Don't you just love your teeth!

So, the Bodgers are back on line after nearly 10 months off! We have finally got a new PC and a decent broadband service (from BT of course)!, so here's the first of many "catch-up" entries...

Loads of things have happened so far in 2007, so let me try and bring you all up to speed with a few snippets from every month. Let's start with January and remember back to how the girls were then:

And a HUGE step in Sam's development - he lost his very first milk tooth. Please excuse the blood and gore in this photo, I had literally just finished "assisting" the tooth out! I must say that with 4 children, each with 20 teeth (eventually for the girls) this will cost the "tooth fairy" an arm and a leg!

Happy Christmas to all our readers!

On behalf of the Bodger clan, can I take this opportunity to thank you for tracking our progress during 2006 and wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. Until then, here are a couple of cracking photo's...