Back home catching up

Well hello there. Back home and now the catchup with family and friends. Paul looking happy out for tea 

with my Sarah and me.......she came to stay for a night and of course we had fun and plenty of chatting ☺

I then drove to Rays place to help look after Mr Cooper

There he is with Mummy Lauren ♥

and Trixie could not keep still lol 

I bought this top for him last year when we were in Holland (before he was born) 

He is now 7 months and has grown so much while we were away 

So cute 

and amazing blue eyes......I then drove over to my brother Roberts house to stay the night for a good catchup with him 

The only pic I took.....Paul was there too he caught the train down ☺

Then on Friday we picked up Miss April to stay with us for 2 nights at our city place 

She loves the view here 

and loved playing with mini bullseye and woody 

She loved having a bath in the trough lol 

Such a sweet little girl and she also loves the bee 

and wearing my hat ♥♥

She has lovely soft red leather shoes 

She is now 19 months old and able to do so much 

and had a good laugh on this swing 

running away from Grandpa 

after the seagulls 

and running up a large hill.....Granny was running too lol 

Going through a tunnel to Grandpa 

She can now say the word "Copter" and loved seeing them land and leave often on Saturday 

Even waving and saying "bye bye copter"

a bit of selfie fun on Saturday evening 

All ready for bed 

On Sunday we headed off with her friends for a good walk 

Watching dragon boats going by 

and enjoying the look back to the city.....we had a lovely time with her and she is now back at her home again with Cooper too. 

And my Daffodils are still flowering at home 

There were many more that flowered while we were away but these later ones must have waited for me ☺☺

and that massive Rosemary is still going crazy 

Love taking pics with my Samsung 5 ♥♥

Well all back to home type stuff for now......who knows we may just take a quick van trip or timeshare or.......Thank you for dropping by and may your day be a good one

April fun, and other things

We have been back to that neat cafe in our town for a coffee and this time sat with these salt and pepper shakers ☺☺

A really nice place for a meal too and we often "pay it forward" for someone to have a free coffee/tea or a warm drink....and that can be from the unemployed to the elderly......

The Saturday farmers market was on, so we dropped in on our walk back from the cafe

Plenty of plants at this time of year.....

Later that day I thought I better get on with some sewing with this neat cat fleecy fabric ☺

Purple fleecy as the lining ♥

Some feet....with non slip sole for the outer ☺

I had my 3 machines all setup, one with white, one with purple and one with black, lucky me ☺☺

And here the man is helping me display the fun relax boots I made ☺☺ for my girl Sarah ♥

Was a lot of fun to make.....out of a book called fabric to fabric 1 yard wonders ☺

Saturday night I managed to get up to the heel turn on that long knitted sock lol

Sunday, I had the fun of my brother Robbie and Lynn coming to visit for a bbq lunch ☺☺

Camera shy so did not take obvious snaps lol Paul cooking and Robbie relaxing....

I gave Lynn a branch of my bay tree for future cooking and we ate a great lunch and laughed and chatted a lot......good family time...♥

Sunday night  I started this hat to also give to my girl.....

Luckily I finished it that night as was going to see her the next day (Monday) ☺

And yes Trixie looking out her back door.....A visit from me to babysit and catch up again with my boy Ray and Lauren NO PICS of them.....

And Sarah came over to assist with little miss April xo  she is wearing that owl hat I made her.....oh and Sarah loved her hat but no pics of her in it......

We had fun with the selfies lol 

how happy is this little one and cute too ♥♥

Aunty Sarah loving April ☺☺

Old Granny hugs lol 

We sure had a fun time and she had a sleep too......lovely baby ☺

Trixie getting a quick lick on Sarah lol 

Also checking out April on her play mat ☺☺

Hello baby ♥

This time I at least got a photo of Daphne the rabbit and FiFi the guinea pig ☺☺

and Trixie ready for something.....

Waiting.......

Athletic moves required lol 

And again......

Sarah throwing, Trixie racing and ball just to the left in the air lol 

And Sarah sent me this pic of her wearing those boots.....she loved them and said they are warm and comfy ☺☺

Well this has been a few busy days.....and we have even booked a trip later in the year for  a river cruise Prague, Budapest-Amsterdam, Paris.....with a visit to Julia (the man's girl) in Scotland with a train trip Edinburgh-Edinburgh including a STEAM train....and a visit to his Uncle in Torquay UK too....lucky us.....fun times ahead for sure.....oh and we have NZ next month lol as you do.....

May it all be wonderful where you are xoxo