Well you regulars will be wondering what's happened to us all but it's been a couple of weeks of comings and goings in the So'd household so get a cuppa for this one...

Adrian jetted off to England for 12 days when we heard that Grandad had been very ill and was in hospital, he's now tucked safely with the family but Adrian and I were really worried about him and it was lovely for Adrian to see him and have a chance to talk to him in person. Adrian had a hideous trip with hours of waiting in airports but once he arrived he did manage to visit a few of his old haunts and have a drink with a few of them too! Meanwhile back in the So'd household I had a busy time keeping the boys entertained in the bad weather and getting through the long weekends without daddy but thanks to wonderful friends and family helping with entertainment duty we managed. The boys really missed daddy and told everyone that he had gone on a plane to grandma's but somehow got that confused with him going to work so after the first few days they started to get sad about him not being home for dinner but they did manage brilliantly considering. It was also my birthday while Adrian was away so after a pretty quite morning the boys and I had a lovely birthday dinner with John, Linda and Ben who made a wonderful effort with balloons party hats and cake - it was lovely. Adrian had a very sad farewell to his family especially Grandad and winged his way back across the globe.....

Once he arrived home at 1:00am on Thursday morning we had a lovely morning together before I got on a plane to head to Christchurch to stay with Aunty Liz and Uncle Austin for 2 days of luxurious sleeping in till 9:00am !!!! Drinking wine and shopping, it was brilliant and I had a lovely relaxing time. I was really exicted to see the boys on Saturday afternoon and to see them running through the airport shouting "mummy" was something I'll treasure always.

We had a great weekend with the boys now we are all back on deck and with visits from Ben and his mummy, visits to the swimming pool and walks in the sunshine it was nice to be together again. More to come on hilarious childrens antics next week but I think that's enough to keep you all going this week!

Thanks to all our wonderful friends and family that helped us out at both ends of the world over the last few weeks, take care grandad we're thinking of you X