I had hoped to post a really exciting (well for us at least) update this weekend. Last week was the week for the floor to go in downstairs. Unfortunately, when they came to test the screed it still had too much moisture for them to guarantee the floor. So flooring has been postponed. Cue dehumidifiers running round the clock and a revisit on Wednesday this week. So while there have been a few changes dotted around the house recently, I am going to save them to accompany the, hopefully imminent, floor installation. 

In the meantime, something much more important. Last weekend we had a bit of a family get-together in the Midlands to celebrate my Dad’s 80th birthday. As you can imagine there were tonnes of photos taken – but rather than force them all on you here, I have posted the full display in The Gallery. We had a really fantastic weekend with dad’s twin brother and sister, Maurice and Elsie and their other halves, Brenda and Jack, my little sister Lyndsay and her hubby Iain with their two awesome kids, Cameron and Isabelle, me, Maddie, Becky and Charlotte, and of course not forgetting Mum and the birthday boy himself. Thank you to Lyndsay and Iain for donating their home on Saturday and Sunday, and to The Schoolhouse near Tamworth where we had a fantastic meal on the Saturday evening. I know my Dad had a great time with all of his nearest and dearest around him, and we all had a really lovely time celebrating his birthday with him.

Having said I wouldn’t inundate this post with all of the photographs, I had to put some up here.