Karen's Birthday

It's Karen's Birthday.  Happy Birthday to yoooo...

Birthday fizz on the patio...

I cooked up Karen's fav....Lasagne....Cheers...

Karen's Garden Party

Today was Karen's Birthday Garden Party.  Here is the birthday girl getting ready the essentials for the party :-)

As it happened Wales were playing N. Ireland in the first knock out stage of Euro 2016.  There were a few 'proper' Welsh fans among us...

At half time we got stuck into Karen's amazing spread, inspired by her recent trip to the Med....

The kids played footy in our very soggy garden...

CAKE TIME!!!!   Not just yet kids :-)

Karen blowing out her candles...

The second half.  Wales won 1v0 to progress to the last 8 of the Euros!

We made a pretty good dent in the Serrano ham...

Happy Birthday Karen xxx

Karen's Trip to Italy

Karen took a half term trip to Italy with her mum.  First stop Roma....Bella Bella!

The Colliseum...

Slumming it  :-)

Visiting with the Pope....

Next stop Florence.  The Duomo...

Another pretty church...What a lot of steps!

They had a trip along the coast....

Beach babe....

And Pompeii...

Some of the petrified remains...

What a great trip...

Lisa Gym Comp Uckfield

Lisa had a Floor and Vault Gymnastics Competition at Uckfield today...

There were about 50 gymnasts in her round....

"And from Southbourne....Lisa Fellows!!!" 

Vault first...

Chatting to the other gymnasts...

Warming up for the floor, with her coach watching....

And the floor....

Lisa had a great time.... and came 3rd on Vault and 4th on Floor....Good Work :-)

Joe's Castle Utd Presentations

It was Joe's Presentation Day for Castle Utd today.  He won Manager's Player of the Season....

Joe being awarded his trophy...

All the Castle Utd players at the Presentations Day...

Celebrating with some of his team mates....

Well done...here's to another great season next season...

Red Sky at the Railway

Red Sky played at Railway tonight.  Here we are getting set up...

I can see the TV from behind the drums :-)

It filled up later....good gig...

Isle of Wight

WEDNESDAY

I took the kids over to the Isle of Wight for a few days to see Peter, Julia, Lily and Iris. Karen was in Rome with her mum...  Iris, Lily, Joe and Lisa....

The three intrepid cyclists setting off from Fellows Road, Cowes towards Newport...

Along the Cowes - Newport cycle path...

We made it!

In the Cafe.  Cake, Hot Chocolate, Ice Cream and Coffee :-)

Upstairs in the Art Gallery.  The curved wall was full of school children's pictures....

Joe DJing...

The installation was broken, but the music was still playing.....

On the way back....

THURSDAY
We went to Newtown and had a look at some birds and a seal from the hide.

Out by the old shell fish beds...

Lunch on the beach at Freshwater Bay....

Joe and Iris having a stone chucking competition...

Joe standing the shoes up for the 'Knock The Shoe Over With A Stone' game...

My Sherpa :-)

In the evening we got the chain ferry over to East Cowes to have a drink at the Ferry Boat.  Cheeky, Sleepy, Moapy and Der Brain....

We caught the Water Taxi home!

Hardy Sailors :-)

FRIDAY
Today we went to Monkey Haven, a monkey rescue centre.  Some of the monkeys were very familiar...

Learning about the monkeys from Charlotte...

Playing with the gibbons....

A couple of monkeys sussing each other out :-)

Monkeying around...

Joe checking them out....

The girls heading round to see the birds and snakes....

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree....

We lost Joe to a Boa Constrictor!

It got Lisa too!

A great trip to the IOW....Thanks guys...