We went to Disney land with the kids! The coach trip was long, but we had an amazing time. You can see the video here: http://katiejogracie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/paris.html

We went to the natural history museum with our homeschool co-op on Tuesday. The highlight of William's day was seeing sixty-two double decker buses on the way. In fairness, he'd been talking about them ever since I first mentioned that we were going to London, so counting them was pretty exciting. The dinosaur exhibit and the earth exhibit worth both closed, which was gutting, but the butterfly exhibit was great. Both kids loved filling in the life cycles on th...

We have just had the most incredible stay at Hockwold Hall Estate Bed and Breakfast. It's our 7th wedding anniversary, and also my 30th birthday next week, so my wonderful husband extravagantly decided to whisk us both away for two nights. Not currently having a passport (it was stolen) it was no hardship to stay in England though, as the weather was stunning and it meant that I felt confident to leave the babies, knowing that we could get home in a couple of h...

It's that time of year again... The scarecrow festival! The weather did not let us down, after a breezy start attempting to pitch the the to Friday it's been still and sunny, to the point of sun burn for some! Cooper got to play with Clover, the kids made a 'spy club' and the grown ups got to hangout in the hot tub and play cards - so a successful bank holiday weekend :0)

Spring harvest - day 1 Watoto children's choir led worship with Mark Beswick at the family celebration this morning and it was brilliant. I can't believe I didn't used to get up early enough to go to this pre children! The 'Good News Style' song (instead of gangnam style) got even William smiling (he was having a grumpy morning) and Elisha loved dancing with Daddy to 'Cast Your Burdens'. I also bumped into a friend from high school, which was a complete sur...