Just a selection of xmas pictures

Here we go again ...

Christmas appears to have started on 9th December, when these three old girls met up in a bar in Westminster to pass over gifts

Birthday girl having a quiet moment with Sorrow on the stairs at Farnicombe

Continuing the theme of Baz 'enjoying' a cup of tea in bed in the morning with various little people

Well this is what it looks like here this morning

Iris realises this isnt looking good

Pearl trying to be friendly, but Iris not that impressed

Poor Baz

Pearl has discovered the dressing up box

Tiger was the only one who would listen to the story

Pearl getting to know Tiger

Noisy sunday lunch for four girls & their parents (note pic of 3 generations of Haynes', middle top behind Es)

Too boring for words for someone, who just had to have 40 winks ...

.. and now there are two down

What an awful time they seem to be having ...

Really getting the hang of this now

Some of us are on holiday

Please note the more sensible shape of the header picture.  After fiddling around for ages I finally managed to reduce it ..... well, that's what Ben Jeanes said I should say.  Alternatively it might have taken him about 2 minutes.

The Family Tree, according to Essie

Josh took this photo of the family tree that Es had produced at school, without all the messy complications of step/half/whatever relatives.  Love the one of Roger with barely any hair.

Nat - Still cant reduce size of header photo & have tried every template available

New York. It's lucky she looks like her mother; throwing a pose, just like Ben used to do; watching the Ryder cup in bed with Baz on Saturday morning

... and here is a prize butternut squash .... right way up I think

Emma pointed out that I wasn't really on top of this blogging stuff as Ines had posted twice since I last posted. So here is a picture of our xmas dinner growing ... if you turn the computer sideways you will be able to see little tiny sprouts growing. Haven't quite got the hang of this. Hoping to have a tutorial from Nat next week in NY

It's Saturday night & time for Iris to read Baz a bedtime story .... much to Baz's dismay as he would much rather do the reading bit as he isn't sure Iris has her Equity Card yet

Boating at Farnicombe on the pond that Phil Built. Note duck house in background

On the way up, after distributing great grandma on the lower slopes

The top of Skiddaw in the Lake district. At 3,000ft it is not as high as Mont Blanc but more achievable for this lot.