Posts about our family life, you’ll get to know more about us by reading our ‘Scrapbook Loves’, Everyday Us, Sunday Scrapbook and other posts. Family posts cover all the topics that don’t really fit anywhere else!
We tend to hire a car when we go on holidays in the UK, and if we ever manage to leave the country for a holiday too! It’s great to drive a car that you know is reliable and normally a lot newer and more economic than your own car, it gives you peace of… Read More
If you want to take better family photographs or if you know that you are not quite happy with the photographs that you have now because the angles or the lighting is not right then try and tweak a few things to make improvements. Getting the right technique can really help you out a lot … Read More
You don’t have to completely redecorate your whole room to give it a fresh look, people who constantly redecorate their homes either have a lot more money or a lot more free time than me, and as I have neither of those things in abundance here are three easy things I do to refresh the… Read More
We had a pretty busy week this week, with daily swimming lessons for both children every afternoon. We signed them up to an intensive course at a little local pool just up the road and I am so glad we did as they’ve both come on loads in just a week – when they started… Read More
A couple of days overdue and with no ‘proper’ photos, just a selection of my favourite photos of these two tinkers together over the last month! And together they have been, though not always in perfect harmony! Now that they’re both in school/preschool five days a week it really shows in their behaviour when they… Read More
When you live alone, decorating your home is a relatively easy process as you only have to take your own wants and needs into account, so keeping everyone happy is far from a challenge. Unfortunately, when you have a family, it’s not quite so simple. You have to consider ideas from every person living in… Read More
We’re half way through the Summer holidays! This past week has been the first week we were at home all week too and it was so nice to just catch up on the washing, the post, and enjoy being at home a bit! We have been out and about of course – picking the two… Read More
I think I’m lucky in that I’ve only had to visit hospital rarely in my thirty odd years, and apart from two Cesarean sections when I had my children I’ve had three smaller operations; keyhole surgery to remove my appendix, re-setting of my wrist when I broke my arm and last year a colposcopy to… Read More
There’s no question that travelling is becoming increasingly popular – if you’re not jetting off across the globe anytime soon, you’ll definitely know someone who is. With that being said, there are plenty of things to be wary of amidst the uninhabited fun of exploring the world, especially if you’re planning more of an active, adventurous… Read More
It’s been a pretty good month for me, lots of freelance work as well as two little holidays! The first was a camping trip to Kent (you can see our camping set up here) and then a trip to The Hague on my own (I’ve not written about it yet but you can see a… Read More