Trip Around the World!

Note to all those peeps out there who are contemplating travelling overseas with children...especially teenagers. Make sure you have the stamina, the patience and supplies to see it through to the end! Supplies are important as kids will always underestimate what they should take on the plane. Take Maddy for example. When asked what she was taking to amuse herself, she answered "Well, don't they have movies on the plane?" When told that this may not be enough to entertain for the entire 22 hour flight.. "I'll just sleep I guess." Bahwwwhahahahaha!

I sound like I'm complaining but really I'm not at all! Our trip to the UK was actually quite dreamy! Chris's family were warm and welcoming, my dear special friend Hannah was a delight and put up with us for a whole 4 days (she has stamina!) and the sites and sounds of the Welsh countryside, the Midlands and London were delightful!

A Handmade Tradition

There are not many traditions that my family and I follow at Christmas. Apart from eating too much, spending too much and being incredibly grateful for having such a wonderful bunch of odd balls to call my family there is one other special thing that my step daughter Maddy and I do a few weeks before Christmas. We go out and peruse the shelves of Spotlight for bits and pieces to make Christmas decorations with. Generally we come out with ribbon, cardboard, glitter and paint. Well this weekend we upheld that tradition and got creative!

Here are our efforts. For a slightly morbid touch to our creative time, we watched Edward Scissorhands whilst we worked...Maddy's choice. We still have a bit more to do, but it will have to wait until next weekend!

These are all of Maddy's creations...I mainly mixed paint and complimented her work. Note the gorgeous little photo of her and Loui as a puppy....awww adorable!