Sun's out again

Sun is out at last

Dec 24 & Baz has got shorts on

Baz & Seth sorting out the world

IPad Lessons

Well, we haven't had a tea in bed photo for ages ....

Ottie is showing Baz how the babushka doll works

Look what happens when Casper and Peanut popped round

I've bored her to sleep again

Baz & Ines working on their village

Ottie has pointed out there is no picture of Axie on the playroom wall

Baz's 80th birthday party at Rocksalt with most of the family

You can just see Pearl, Iris reading the menu & Ottie at the far end

Baz's birthday cake - a present from Angela

Perfect weather - sun reflecting off the water in the harbour (& Josh's head). Tide in, boats bouncing around

...... and more

Larry, Laura & Phil

Lucy & Josh

Rachel, Lily, Sid, Es

Nat, Lucy, Andrew, Emma, Angela

Laura, Frank, Phil & Rachel

Baz's lot finally get a look in

Emma, Baz, Nick & Laura

plus Laura's two boys, Frank & Larry

Nick with Axi & Larry

Someone's been at the champagne

Practising for the big birthday

8 grandchildren tucking into lasagne - just missing the NZ 4

Sid's 7th birthday party

I think he's amazed that there are the right number of candles on it

this seemed to involve a donkey full of sweets which had to be beaten with a stick until the sweets fell out

Remember those baby chicks...

Well they are all grown up now

Sid in training for Rio

Folkestone Beach

Sid looks as if he is about to rugby tackle Pearl. Note that Es was far too grownup to strip to her pants

A sweetcorn eating competition

And there are more demonstrations of sweetcorn eating

Yet another birthday next door

Just gorgeous

Back at Farnicombe.

SidnPearl practising for their holiday in Devon

Poor Mondo - ever hopeful. Below, Pearl is ready to go but has a woolly hat on just in case.

Pearl doing a spot of cleaning

Baz and Doris reading the Sunday papers

Doris cant imagine why G4Security didnt ask her to help guard the Olympics. (from Lily and Es)

Folkestone Sandcastle Competition (while the grownups were watching Murray crying at Wimbledon)

we didnt win but probably a good thing as the first & second prizes were meals at Rocksalt & Smokehouse

Just in case you missed the finer points. Yes the starfish were real & a rather grumpy chap later accused us of murder.

Farnicombe for a weekend

Not as splendid as the Kent branch but very sweet

Time for a trampoline shot - Pearl almost looks graceful. You have no idea how many shots I had to take to get both airborne at the same time