A quick note

You know when you're just looking around the net and you find something that bizarre..so bizarre that you just have to watch?

I was looking at what Google found on Stanmore, and discovered that someone had actually filmed a London tube train arriving at Stanmore station at night.

I don't want to take the micky out of someones hobby, but is it just me, or is filming a train arriving at our little outpost of a station at night a bit freaky??

I'll be looking over my shoulder a bit more often now I think!!

Emily's Christening Photo's

As promised, here are Emily's Christening photo's. (Due credit to Cathie for being the 'official' & pretty damned pro photographer). First off, we'd like to thanks to Mina, the reverend at St Johns in Stanmore for all the support and advice she gave us. And to top dog Reverend Alison Christian, thanks so much for another excellent service. I know some of you may not be Christians, but believe me, these girls really made Emily's introdution to God such a loving and caring experience. The congregaton at St Johns are a wonderful lot as well. I say this because if you'd have been there when Emily was being dunked, you would understand it if I said that Emily exercised her full volume of lung capacity! Yep, she raise the roof!!

As you can see, she was as happy as larry before the service. She's used to getting dressed up on Sunday mornings so she wasn't too perturbed about the imminent soak!!

OK then, the God Parents, Denise & Tim are in church as well...there's something there that looks suspiciously like a bath....where's the yellow duck???

Yep, Emily had a holler, but with huggy and a dummy, she's quite at ease with the phantom dunker!!

Food time with parents & God parents. The food was great and the craic was, as ever fantastic.

We had two Lauras there as well; one from my side of the family, and one from Sharons. Sharon's Laura brought her beautiful son Matthew which was fantastic because he's such a joy. Both Laura's gave the day that youthful and loving feel.

Being serious (for once in my life!!) Thanks to Alison & Mina (the Reverends) for a wonderful service and baptism. Thank you also to Denise and Tim for being the God parents. Cathie, thanks very much for the beautiful memories you captured for us.

April 2008

Is it just me or is this year just flying by? It's really scary! April already - a third of the way through the year!!! And this is what we woke up to....

We've been hanging around the north of London recently. Over the last cople of weekends we've been going to Aldenham Farm Park in Hertfordshire. Emily loves it. She knows loads of farmyard animal names and it was nice for her to see real pigs, sheep, horses, cows etc.

We also had Denise, Sharons sister, over. She's going to be Emily's Godmother. We all went to feed the deer at Bentley Priory and the ducks in Stanmore. Err..you get the feeling that Emily loves animals??