Sunday 5 June 2011

A Very Busy Weekend

Wow this weekend has been so busy, but so much fun.  I had the day off work on Friday so headed down to Paul's to spend some time with him.  Traffic, accidents and roadwork meant that the trip took over 3 hours instead of just under two and then when I got there I found out his work schedule had changed and he had to be up at 5:00 the next morning!  Not to worry, I am go with the flow kind of gal and as he was taking a coach load of passengers to London I said I'd drive home and meet him there.
I met him at Embankment at lunchtime and the weather was glorious.  We had a quick coffee and a wander around Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square before heading back to Embankment and boarding a stationary boat for a late lunch.
 With amazing views:

After lunch we headed over to South Bank to have a look at the beach hut display.
Found this fantastic old camera:
And an amazing ice-cream van:
I couldn't resist taking a picture of this for Maddie, because she hates birds :)
I really had such a great day.

This morning was housework day, which is incredibly boring so I found a bit of time to make these:
I told Maddie the other day that I was going to look for a recipe for peanut butter cookies, I couldn't believe my luck when my friend Fiona posted a recipe for them on her blog! They are so easy to make and very, very tasty.

Finally I managed the Weekly Challenge over on UKScrappers.  We had to use punches, a 4x6 photo and a bit of history:
After being the only girl amongst lots of male cousins Maddie was so excited when Elsie came along.
I used plenty of my borders punches.
And made some flowers.

Well done if you got to the end of this epic post.

Hope you've had a great weekend.
Jo xx

6 comments:

Gems said...

Sounds like a fun weekend! And love the page xx

Amy said...

I LOVE London! Thanks for inspiring me to get those photos out and scrap them!! We loved the Covet Garden (all the fresh fruit and desserts!) and The Eye was fabulous! So glad you had a nice weekend. Those cookies look super yummy!!!

Alison said...

Glad you had a good weekend...I would have been SO cross having to head back to London after that drive!
Alison xx

Ginger said...

Looks like a fantastic weekend! Love the photos, that was a very colourful beach hut, and your layout is gorgeous :)

Scattychick said...

Lovely LO Jo and sounds like a fun weekend x

Clare said...

Sounds like a fantstic weekend, great layout and those cookies look yummy!