Joel had been practicing for his gym concert. They all had to appear in 'costume'. Joel turned up dressed at 'Jack Sparrow'.

We had such a fantastic holiday and it was great to catch up with everyone.
It will be a while until we return again, with us looking to build our house in 2008.
So it's back to reality, back to the summer and the beach.

The kids going crazy

Anne and John came down to Clare for our last few days.

Having a great time at the park

A nice picture of Toby

Libbie was desperate for Uncle Iain to take a photo of her shoes.... So there you are Libbie, your shoes are on the web!

I thought Mollie would miss the Australian weather, but it gave her the opportunity to increase her wardrobe.... women!

Back to Suffolk to meet up with Anita's family. It was great to catch up with the twins. Mollie and Joel had a great time. It was a shame it was cut short.

After two and a half years, we go back to see Iain's family.
Dad took me to see Leicester play and I was glad to see that nothing had changed - we are still sh*te !
It was great to see everyone and to see how quickly the kids are growing up - albeit a little heavy hearted to see what we are missing out on. Also, to see everyones glee knowing that Joel had a return ticket...

On to sunny Leicester.
After almost a week of running around Reading, we were off to visit the family back in Leicester.
Reading was tough in that there were far too many nice people and not enough time to see everyone, or see people more than once - so sorry to everyone who we would have loved to see more of - and a huge sigh of relief for those who had seen enough of us already :/

Anita back with her buddy

We were very lucky to be able to stay with Lindsey & Pete's mansion when we stayed in Reading.

Meeting up with Neil, Claire, Emilie & Jacob.

Since being in Australia, Mollie has always talked about missing her friends back in England.
It was great to see them playing in the garden with Matthew and William.

It was fantastic to meet up with Buscot Babies. Amazing to see how grown up everyone has become in the past two years.

On to Reading.
First stop was to meet up with Sarah, Mike, Emma & Lucy.
Poor Lucy had to spend an hour playing hide & seek with Mollie - with Mollie hiding in the same spot every time.