Amy in Cinderella...

Yesterday we went to Dorking to see Amy in Panto... she played Cinderella and she was amazing!
The kids loved it!
Cinderella's ugly step sisters....

Cinderella and her Price Charming!


Amy and the girls after the show....

Christmas Day!

Can he get any cuter?!Christmas eve at the Dunker House....
Avery and Sloane on Christmas morning... patiently waiting to rip into the hundreds of pressies in the living room!
Avery.... excited about fake nails!

Anderson opening a few...
...the cutest little red chucks!
Avery with her new skate board!
Matt and Anders...
Anderson on his new play thing that his Aunt got him... he loves it!
Sloaney and I snuggled up on the couch... exhausted!

The Christmas Tree!

Last weekend we put up the Christmas tree... Matt, Avery and I managed to put most of it up without stuffing it up!Eager Sloaney wanting to decorate the tree....

the whole family gets involved...
as always, can't resist showing a cute pic of Anders....
or two....
Kerrie hanging up one of her many ornaments on the tree...
Sloaney...
Matt...
Bones.... doing his best to be in the way!
Ave putting the star on top!

Thanksgiving at the Lake District

We spent Thanksgiving weekend at the Lake District...
this is Brockelbank cottage where we stayed... it was lovely!
Here is Anderson... all ready in his pack to go on a hike!
Me and Kat on our way up the mountain. (Kat is the au pair for Brooke and Tom who are friends of Kerrie and Matt)
Matt and Anderson!
At the top... what a great view! We were SO lucky with the weather... it was bloody cold but the sun was shining!
more of the amazing view of the lake district...
Anders fell so many times... he was wearing so many layers he was a little top heavy! He seems to really love the freedom to run and around by himself though!
Coming down the mountain was a little more difficult than climbing up. It may not look like it, but it was very slippery... there were so many times when I nearly fell!
Back at the house Brooke cooked a very yummy thanksgiving dinner...
serving up...
and then home again on Sunday. Anderson looking quite tired and ready for the 5 hour drive
some scenery as we were leaving..
it was very much the country side!
and the boy.... finally sleeping!

Snow Patrol

Last week I went to see Snow Patrol at Royal Albert Hall. It was just great! I tried to upload video but it's not working for me at the moment, so a few not very good photos will have to do!
Royal Albert Hall... probably nearly the best venue I've ever been to.