Castle Utd Youth U8

Castle Utd Youth U8 : Stan, Max, Rowan, Henry, Joe, Ollie and Jenson:

Half-time team talk.  It must have been good....the lads won 10v1!

Pompey 5v1 Barnet

Neil and Henry came with us to Fratton Park today.  Here's Henry and Joe outside FP..

Wot yoo lookin at?

Connor Chaplin scored a brilliant equaliser for Pompey....

Pompey won 5v1 and we celebrated with an ice-cream....

Lisa's 13th Birthday

It is Lisa's 13th Birthday today.  She went with three friends to Flip Out.   Lisa, Alex-Rae, Jessica & Ellie...

The girls bouncing....

In the foam pit....

After the trampolines we went to Port Solent for dinner...

Happy Birthday Lisa xxxx

Joe Bike Ride

Me and Joe went for a ride up to Stansted.  Through Stansted Woods....

Made it !

Ice-cream of course :-)

Then we had a wander round the maze....

Yes, we made it to the middle...

Night Kayaking

We went out for a moonlit kayak to Langstone today.  It was amazingly warm and calm....

Geoff was on a stand up paddle board....

Me, Simon, Trevor, Geoff, Chalkie and Roland at the Royal Oak...

Joe's Olympic Party

Today was JOE'S OLYMPIC PARTY for his 8th Birthday....

The first event was the 50m Sprint: Max, Joe, Ro, Callum, George, Henry, Seth and Stanley.....READY...STEADY.....GOOOOOO!

Next was the relay....Seth is in the lead!!

Lisa and Gemma kept the scores....

Welly Boot throwing was next...go on Joe....

Henry taking on the Limbo Limbo Limbo :-)

Long Jump....

The final event was the Long Distance Race......go!

Lisa and Gemma added up the scores for all of the events: Gold - Henry, Silver - Stan, Bronze - Seth.  Joe came 4th :-)

Then it was time for party tea with Chocolate Birthday Cake....HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!!

Olympic Picnic :-)

At the end there were only two left....

Thanks to everyone for coming and making it such great fun, and thanks for all the great pressies :-)

Mum, Dad and Marwell

Today the whole family assembled at Marwell Zoo to celebrate the 80th birthdays of Mum and Dad / Grandma and Papa.  Not sure the snow leopard is that impressed :-)

The clans assembled at the picnic tables.  Much feasting and merriment was had....

First on the i-spy list was the cheetah....

Helen and Joe on the speed trap trying to run as fast as the cheetah.  You need to run about 60 mph faster Joe!

Lisa loves the giraffes and giraffes love Lisa.  One of them even kissed her on the nose :-)

Joe feeding the okapi, with leaves from the okapi's tree....

 Dad, Pete and Will chewing the cud....

Joe needed a rest....

Joe and Emma with Mum....

Checking out the monkeys....

George, Pete, Will, Freddy, Emma and Joe chilling on the grass...

Heading back to the Marwell Hotel....

We all gathered at the hotel for a meal....

Drinks and pressies in the bar first....

Julia, Pete, George and Mum....

The meal was fantastic and was followed by the amazing 80th Birthday Cake....made by Nell....

HAPPYYYY BIRTHDAYYYYYS.....

Candles off.....eat!!!

Lisa made place cards for everyone....

What an amazing day.  Brilliant to see all the family and have such a great day celebrating Mum and Dad's 80th.  Awesome :-)