At last.....

At long last I can try and get this updated. Things have been as hectic as ever in the Robertson household, between our trips away and computer problems and daily life, there has been no let up lately.

Since the last update we have been lucky enough to have had a few adventures with the boys. Our first trip was to Legoland and then on to Folkestone. We travelled during the night to Windsor to Legoland as we thought that would be better for the kids as it was such a long journey, we just had a nice slow drive, stopping off every couple of hours for tea and fresh air, the kids slept most of the way which was great, we ecouldn't get into our hotel until after 3pm so went straight to Legoland for it opening at 10am.Legoland was just as great as we had been told it would be and more. The boys had a fab time (so did we) I think we appreciated more the time involved in making all the constructions but think that went over the kids heads a bit. The timing was perfect too as most of the English kids had gone back to school that week so the place was quiter than it would have been a week or two before. The weather wasn't too fantstic and we had to wear our waterproofs a few times each day but it didn't dampen our enthusiasm. Most of the out door rides we did it the first 2 days which was just as well because the third day was torrential rain and we did the indoor activities then, before heading off to Folkestone.

Pictures from Legoland are here.
This is too funny not to share....... here.

Our trip over to Folkestone from Windsor was fine and we made it in good time even though it was friday and we had to go via the M25. After arriving at our hotel our friends Paul and Angie came to meet us and we follwed them to their house. Paul had made his speciality for tea, chicken nuggets and chips! LOL....well that's what the kids had....we had thai green curry .... it was delicious! After tea we had a lovely catch up before heading back to our hotel. Adam was very tired but it had been a long day. We had a great few days with Paul, Angie, Paul and Megan. They really made us feel more than welcome and had taken the time to be with us all weekend. Thank you guys - it was great and the boys want to come back! (Must have been the chicken nuggets!!!). On the saturday as Paul and Spike went for a game of golf, Angie took myself and the kids to an adventure play area not far from her house. The boys were all running around daft and then I noticed a familiar face........it was a girl (well a woman now!!) called Steph that I had worked with years ago (before kids). We had both worked for the same company but in different branches she worked in Erith in Kent and I was in the Edinburgh office. We haven't seen each other in about 10 years, although we do keep in touch via the internet. It was just really amazing to bump into her like that. Steph tragically lost her husband a year past in a motorbike accident and I felt so helpless being so far away, finally I was able to give her a huge cuddle. She was there with her two kids Caitlin and Callum, who I have only ever seen pictures off - they are even more gorgeous in the flesh. We had a BBQ on the saturday with lots of other friends, which was great too. Another late night but a nice end to a great day.

Pictures of Folkstone are here.

More to follow...................................

Lynn x