That Was June

Well June was certainly a busy month and the weather was quite nice so instead of getting home from work and maybe doing a bit of blogging I went to sit in the garden with the dog!  Here are the highs and the lows from June:

Spent lots of time at work :(

Spent lots of time in the garden with the dog :)

Went to Frieda's tearoom for cake :)


Celebrated my niece's birthday :)


My grandad passed away at the age of 94 :(

I found the trousers I wore for my very first weigh in at Slimming World :)

I had an unexpected trip to Brighton when my brother completed the London to Brighton bike ride and his lift home let him down :)

I had the best strawberries I have ever tasted, they were so nice I had them for lunch every day for a week :)

I spent some time with this beautiful girl :)

Alfie decided to unpack my crop bag once I'd gone to bed :(

I had some delicious cherries, one of my favourite fruits :)

I got my three and a half stone award at Slimming World :)
 
 I treated myself to some lovely new stationary :)

It was Maddie's 19th birthday, where does the time go? :)

We went to London for the day with my mum :)

To watch The Chase being filmed, Micky Flanagan was one of the celebrities :)

I spent some time with smiley Alice :)

 And her brothers Jack and George :)

 And we ended the month with chocolate birthday cake for Maddie :)
 
 So the highs outweighed the lows but it was definitely a busy month!

Thanks for stopping by

Jo xx

August Already!

The year certainly is whizzing by so fast and July was a lovely month for me.  I had time away from the computer and blogs and got out in the sunshine to enjoy the little and the big things.

There was another birthday in the family so another gorgeous cake made by my sister, Jemma.

The sun shone brightly so the kids got to play in the paddling pool.

Every time I go to my Mum's there is a house full thanks to the school holidays.

The big thing this month was the Olympic torch passing the end of my road.

I really didn't think there would be that many people there, I thought they'd all be in town but, I found out later in the day, the end of my little road had the biggest turn out in the area.  Not only were there masses of people it was also the place where the 'kiss' was to take place!

The atmosphere was incredible and, being such a huge fan of the Olympics, I was blown away!

I was lucky enough to be able to jump on the coach with Paul for a visit to Weymouth on the day the sailing events started and the weather was gorgeous.  I also ended up in the possession of one of the only pieces of Olympic paperwork that says "Weymouth and Portland Olympics 2012" as opposed to "London 2012"!

I have also been knitting, cross stitching and scrapping!

My favourite ever picture of Paul!

I hope that you too are having a lovely summer.

Thanks for visiting.
Jo x