Festive greetings to all our readers.<\/p>\n

Life continues to be full. On Friday, Helen’s sister, Betty, turned 60 and a party was in order. Relatives piled in and out all afternoon and evening. It was a great chance for us to catch up with everyone. Somehow we didn’t go to bed until 3am in the morning. Unfortunately I had my memory card out of my camera to the pics I took didn’t come out. I’ll have to grab some from others.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly we didn’t feel too bad in the morning but we did take our time getting out of bed. In the afternoon we went to Amersham, the next town, to look around and walk back. We had a couple of last minute Xmas presents to buy – it wouldn’t be Xmas without buying something for someone on Xmas Eve. In the evening we just relaxed and watched a movie.<\/p>\n

John and Ella (being rather pregnant) are staying at home in London today. We can understand this. With Ben and Sam still in the US this is our first Christmas ever together without at least one of the boys. For us Brits, Xmas has thanksgiving combined (in terms of family get together) so this does feel a bit strange. Hopefully we can catch up with Skype. We’ve had a chat with Sam on Facebook (any communication there is always a bonus and a thrill). Nice to be with family here though.<\/p>\n

Again – Merry Xmas to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Festive greetings to all our readers.<\/p>\n

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