So I was Gonna...

do this big blog about my birthday - turned 40 and all, you know... But I just am over it, so I won't bore you with my middle aged rantings!

What do you think of Pat's artistic contribution there? Nice, eh? He has developed a new routine when we are out for dinner - he draw's our portraits - very flattering (Audrey on the left, Zoe on the right...)

Anyway, the birthday was fantastic - Pat surprised me with a trip to a spa with a friend! I've never been so relaxed - it was cool having two days of just chilling and massages and steam rooms and whirlpools and reading a book without interruption - very nice THANK YOU PAT!!!

We also enjoyed a nice visit from Pat's brother Adrian, and Adrian's girlfriend (who was our friend and dental hygenist FIRST, by the way...) We spent a couple days with them in London then toward the end of their visit they came to lovely Northampton for a couple of days - very nice time!

Now it is the mid term break and the kids are off school for two weeks - very interesting juggling work and kids -they are really good though, and we make time during the day to do some fun things, although they really needed the break - its been nice not to have to go through the big morning routine each day... Tomorrow we are taking them to Drayton Manor theme park and on Saturday my sister is coming to visit! We are very excited to have Kari here because she has never been to Europe before! She's coming on her own, no kids or fiancee's or anything! I'm very proud of her!! I'll be sure to include some pix from that visit as well