Trip To Germany - Day1

We had an easy drive down with very few hold ups, until we were on the M25 when Tomtom Traffic told us we wouldn't arrive at the church until 2:58 ( the wedding started at 3:00)  Fortunately by hitting the "minimise delays" button, it managed to re-route us through Barking and Daggenham and got us there by 2:30.  What a brilliant wedding, lovely small church, string quartet playing for the church music, horse and carriage afterwards to take the happy couple to the marquis for the reception.

Asti & stawberries, canapes and sushi, just to put us on until the sit down hog roast dinner was ready - just one word to describe the day - brilliant. 

Even Jack managed  an Asti (or two!)

Sunday Out

On Sunday we all had a day out at Burnsall. Uncle John & Auntie Norma had rented a cottage there for a week, and we took grandma to visit them.  We had a lovely meal at the Craven Arms at Appletreewick, and amazingly the weather stayed lovely. 

Happy Birthday Frank

As you may (or may not) know, it's Frank's birthday today! Happy Birthday Frank!! Hope you enjoy your birthday present!!

Franks New Uniform

Today Frank came home in a new uniform, wearing make up!! No, he's not suddenly got a new hobby, he got given his greens and they all put on camoflauge make up and played evasion (hide and seek) in the park. Sorry about the pictures, i took them on my phone and then my computer wouldnt let me rotate them.

New Car

As you all know, my pride and joy the Nissan Micra has just died. It has failed its MOT. I am getting a second hand '02 Daewoo Matiz on Monday. It is blue and it has power steering!! It also has a cd player which the girls arent too pleased about as i will probably be playing status quo. It has got proper air conditioning rather than natural air conditioning, which may turn out to be a little warmer.

Flying

Today i went flying in a Grob Tutor. The number of the plane was G-BYWP. the other plane that our squadron used today was numbered G-BYWV. My instructor was called mike and he talked a lot and pointed out loads of senery. My logged time was 45 minutes but i was not in the air that long. when i was escorted to the plane by the ground crew i had to climb up onto the wing only stepping on a thin grey strip. The ground crew put some cushions on the seat. Once in the plane he pushed the canapy so that it was almost shut. The pilot reved the engine up to full and back to idle then he taxied to the furthest runway and parked up with the parking brake on. Then he showed me the main instruments and set up the GPS. Then because we were the first ones out in that plane we waited for the oil temperature to rise to the right temperature. Then he checked the other gauges and tested the flaps. After that he put flaps on for take off and taxied onto the runway. He then took off into strong winds. He flew us to the left when ATC told us to use runway 06 on landing. he then turned us round and told me to gently hold the stick and he went through controlling the aircraft. Then he said you have control. So i flew to York Then he took over and flew around York then back to Church Fenton.

Yet another Birthday

Hello again, in a busy week we come to the next 'big' day. Friday sees Frank celebrating his 14th birthday. News just in - Frank went to ATC tonight and has been promoted to 1st class cadet. He has also been invited to go for his first days flying on 1st August, REMEMBER - DUCK AND COVER. He has used a flight simulator on his computer, and he delights in trying to nose dive into the ground!

Louise's news and more

Guess what. Our little girl isn't a girl anymore. She's now officially an adult. On Sunday she turned eighteen, and we celebrated by having a family day out to Redcar and Saltburn (her choice in case you're wondering). Louise has also started a new job! She has got a job as a junior developer with Cubik. Watch out Bill Gates!

Frank is also really enjoying his new life in the ATC and at last we have managed to get a couple of photos of him in his dress uniform, he'll hate me for these I know, but who cares.

Vicky, having finished her GCSEs is currently enjoying an eleven week holiday, some days she even manages to get out of bed before two o'clock ( in the afternoon that is). She does get up for her sandwich shop job on a Saturday though, the shock of getting up before eight o'clock nearly kills her !

Julie and George's Wedding

On 2nd June we went to Julie and George's Wedding. I have been meaning to make a post about it for a while but i keep forgetting. It was a beautiful day, it was so sunny that they had to take the wedding pictures inside. Between the wedding and the reception we went to Uncle John and Aunty Norma's house and sat in the garden in the sun. The reception was brilliant, good music and good food and as Vicky will tell you, good drinks aswell. I will upload some more pictures later because these are only the pictures that Vicky has on her myspace.

New Car

We havent posted on here for ages so Vicky said we needed to do a post.

So what has happened recently.....?

Well on Friday we got a NEW CAR!!!!!! A brand new silver Renault Grand Scenic. Just slightly better than the old car : ) Mum and Dad are fighting for Chauffeur duties at the moment, I dont think it will be long before we have to get the bus again.

And....What a shock.... Vicky has a JOB!!!! She now works in a sandwich shop in Wortley (next to Matalan). So if you want food poisoning you know where to go (only joking....she only does the washing up).

What else....?

Frank got his uniform for Air Training Corps. He looks quite smart, I wonder how long for? He seems to be doing a good job of polishing his shoes, size 7!! Bigger than mine!!

On friday i passed my final Oracle exam, which means i have finished my Java course as well as my SQL course, just got my SQL certification left to do now.

Vicky got awards for being the best person in her english and ICT classes (what a pity the rest of her class didnt turn up).

It's a busy couple of months coming up with all three of us kids doing exams, Not long til summer though.

Getting ready for a nice Roast Beef dinner tonight, courtesy of Dad (makes a change from me cooking haha).

Thats all folks

Louise and Vicky