Failed

Okay so have to confess have failed with the whole not reading/writing blog stuff - decided I needed the escape/window on the world too much, not that I don't love my small people, but you can feel pretty trapped sometimes (especially when we are all screamy and tired!)

Thought you might like to see a few more snaps - the first is my jobshare partners' twins - the most gorgeous, born just a week and a half ago.



Then Tom already following his sister's lead of undoing any housework I do manage to get done in a day . . . I was fairly sure he wouldn;t manage to pull the whole airer on him, just the trousers off!



And finally (belatedly) Beth in the snow

Twenty-Four (plus Sixteen)

I'm going dark - it's a lent thing - no blog reading or writing, see you at Easter. Ema

Us!

Here we are

Holiday!

Second try . . . how annoying

Just got back from a rather fab week away at the Vineyard National Leaders' Conference in sunny (and flip it was) Hayling Island. Stayed in a rather swanky hotel which was fab with the small exception that it was a Warner one (no kids). Unfortunatly didn't mean we got to leave Beth and Tom at home, but instead as Vineyard had taken over the whole place they said we could bring them. The downside being we neded to take everything a small person might ever need - high chairs, travel cot, air bed and so on . . .bit like camping in a hotel room really, but we were rewarded with a fantatically large room.

Yes the picture really was taken in January!!

Have to say we were somewhat in trepidation as to how the whole all sleeping in one room would go, but Tom and Beth seemed very happy to sleep through the other ones wakefulness, shame we couldn't!! And actually we did okay on night 2 and 3!!

Beth's first ever photo of me!

Will's bit!!...As for the meetings, they were great. Terry Virgo spoke on grace in the mornings, and Jay Pathak talked about making Jesus relevant in the evenings. One of his challenges that really stood out was 'What would it be like if we treated everyone in our community like they were in our small group?' If you really think that one through, it blows your brains out!!

There were also some 'bonus' talks, such as:

• John Mumford sharing "family news" ('as close as we ever get to an agm'!)
• Eleanor Mumford on our gathered worship (it's all about Him!)
• Rick Williams on where church, work and world collide

There was also loads of time and space to worship together as 500+, and to get prayed for during ministry times. Finally, there were some interesting and thought provoking seminars to dip into in the afternoons. All in all, we had a fab week out with God and each other

Taking it in turns to walk on the beach - they really weren't designed for buggies!!

What's all that up there about??!!