Sheffield (or Shefftown as Will calls it!!)

So we went to Sheffield - yay, and without the little people... weird parallel universe thing going on as when we were in Sheffield we didn't have the little people so it was strangely right to be there without them!! (Does that make any sense??) .

Well the best thing was of course staying with the gorgeous Ro and Pete - thanks guys you are amazing, but just having time and space (particularly of the head kind) to chat, and ponder was amazing. And did I mention the walking - me thinks an hour and half into town is a little excessive from Walkley, but as we had to go via Crookes and the new Starbucks (opposite the newly open Western Park museum) what can I say!!

Best food ... HaHa all the way (no offense goodly hosts) Nachos to die for, followed by a delicious steak sandwich. Got to play guess who (of the Radio One variety) having spotted a famous face in the winter gardens - what else do you want to know .... excellent, excellent, excellent!

Liking this poem in said winter gardens by the way - good one Mr McGough!

Tom Turns One

Flip me - so who would have believed it - Tom has reached one already - where did the year go!!!

Tom's offical birthday was on Wednesday and we did manage a few presents - but to be honest he wasn't really all that interested ... Saturday though marked the party ... a family affair on the whole which Tom enjoyed,

although the whole present thing still wasn't of great interest! He didn't mind them when they were unwprapped mind you Beth was more than happy to oblige!

Weatherwise - who would believe it was October - the girls certainly made the most of it.

And the cake? An elephant (Tom's favourite) and fantatstic even if I do say so myself!

The Ball

So from a crazy idea back in May a ball is born (well more of a posh party really!) Armed with nothing more than ideas of what we don't want and excellent team work we sprang in to action - albeit 3 months later and just 5 weeks from the event!! The idea to hold a posh party for 120 people, live band, three course meal, champagne wine and in the process make some money for Water Aid - mad - well on occasions it felt a bit like it.

But over all it was an amazing experience, that went unbelievably well and left us in the difficult position of folk asking when the next one would be!!! Highlights - so many ... but Will singing was definitely one of them.