All Together

We've had a lovely few days since Andy has joined us in the UK. The girls were ecstatic to see their Daddy and he had a welcome befitting a returning hero when we met him at the airport.

We made the trip to North Wales on Saturday to join Andy's nephew Philip and his lovely new bride Lian at their wedding reception. The girls were resplendent in new outfits and silver party shoes and even though the evening ended up with them half asleep and not a little grumpy, it was nice for them to attend a family function the likes of which they're not normally privvy to.

We're trying to make the most of these last two weeks before we go to Dubai but we're all getting increasingly excited about the start of our new adventure. Not least because it's cold, wet and blustery here in the north west of England and the novelty of wearing jackets is starting to wear off. It will be cooking eggs on the tarmac hot when we land in the Middle East but pretty soon the temperatures should start to come down and we'll hopefuly be left with perfect pool, beach and park conditions. Hopefully our very early starts up for school again will leave some energy to enjoy it.