I was missing in action on WOYWW this week because we had been away and I had no desk to share but we are back now and I have lots of pics of what I have been smiling about this week...
We had 3 nights on the same campsite as Mark, Gina and the boys near Barmouth and we had a lovely day on the beach on Sunday.
It was hot hot hot so a paddle in the sea was needed. We had two dogs with us and they really enjoyed running on the beach and jumping in the sea but sadly our little Milly drank some sea water [she had lots of fresh water available!] and was very sick during the night on Sunday and had to have an anti sickness injection at an emergency vets on Monday morning!! Thankfully she is now fully recovered.
We all enjoyed a ride on the Talyllyn Railway....it was a welcome break from the heat. We went from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn.....lots of very happy memories made.
We enjoyed some really beautiful skies while we were away so I have made a collage of a few to share with you.
Of course, I had to find a few funnies to share with you....they wouldn't fit in a collage so I've uploaded them seperately. I hope you find something to make you smile and will leave me a little comment before sharing your own smiles in the link below.
What a busy week I've had here at Sewing by Annie's. I'm thrilled to say I've managed to finish all my sewing [until the next customer comes through the door and hopefully it wont be another 3 with 13 Memory Character requests between them like last Friday....details on Wednesday's post below].
So here's a few snaps of my smiles for this week....
We all seem to have had some gorgeous skies this week and this was my favourite of one morning this week.
Amy sent me these photos from over the weekend of children doing what children should be doing....enjoying being outside.
The top pic is of their field from the kitchen window where there have been sheep on. They have grazed it very low so the children have been enjoying the hard frosty days sledging down the bank and the bottom photos are of a day at the Welsh coast over the weekend....bliss eh?
Tuesday saw this little man at our house and I just had to share this photo.He's been a little under the weather for a few week and had played hard and fast all morning but was beginning to flag a little...he had asked his Grandad if he could watch one of his favourite programmes on his Grandad's iPad....just look at that concentration :-)
Shell sent me this photo of little Jet peeping at her over her laptop while she was trying to do some school work .....how can you resist that face?
Everywhere is so wet and mucky out in the garden but I just had to share these pics of our first snowdrops popping their heads up through the muddy ground.
And finally here's a funny Amy sent me this week. I have a new fit bit to keep and eye on how much exercise I'm getting and she thought this was a good tip for increasing my step count.....I'm thrilled to say I've now lost a stone in weight :-)
I hope I've made you smile this week and you will share your smiles with us by linking them up below. I've needed a few smiles this week as I've had a streaming head cold on probably my busiest week that I've had in a long time....thankfully it seems to be drying up a bit now but has left me rather washed out and weary. Fingers crossed it goes very soon.
Oh what a fortnight filled with smiles and happy memories it's been. I was missing in action on the blogging front last week but it does us all good to step back from time to time. I was very busy making memories and enjoying some 'me time'.
So, I wont waste any more time and will share just a few of my smiles with you...
Changing times
Over Christmas Gina made this collage of Theo showing just how he's grown....it just happens while you're not looking doesn't it? I really will have to stop calling him little Theo won't I? :-)
Special memories being made
This was over Christmas. Mark got his guitar out while Lulu was at his house and they spent a little time together with it. She has guitar lessons at school and was so chuffed to have Mark teaching her on his best guitar.
Moments of madness
Here's a selfie of us showing Michelle how much we love one of our Christmas presents from her.
Moments of magic
Isn't nature just amazing? This was a quick snap of the sky during the Christmas holidays.
The promise of things to come
In every corner of our garden there's bulbs shooting up and little signs of new life....I love this time of year.
New additions to the family
On 29th December Shell, Brent and the twins collected a new little puppy called Jet. She's a Labrador x Border Collie and is simply gorgeous.
The first of many I hope
Yesterday we had our first trip out in the motor home for the New Year. We took the motor home for a run to Aberdovey and really enjoyed a walk on the beach with Milly. Here's hoping 2020 will be filled with many happy trips out together. We are still going to the gym 3x a week and I think I've already lost 10lbs so lets hope this is a good beginning with more to follow.
I hope you've enjoyed my first Friday smiles of 2020 and will link up to your own smiles below.
Here we are at another round up of the week's smiles...and trust me when I say there have been lots to smile about this week.
Saturday five of my little elves came with their mummies to decorate our tree...it's something they like to do each year....I just wish I could bottle the giggles between them all while they are doing it.
Sunday we went on the Llanfair light Railways Santa train with other family members...there was 13 of us in all and as you can see we had a wonderful time.
Some of us then went for homemade soup and puds at our niece Vicki's who lives in the grounds of Powis Castle....she is one of the gardeners there and after tea we all walked around the castle and grounds to see the sculptures and Christmas lights. Vicki had made many willow sculptures to go around the grounds and here is a pic of some of them....
Aren't they amazing?....she's such a talented girl.
We have had some amazing skies over the last week so here's a couple to make you smile...
If all that hasn't got you smiling then this will.....The twins have done this every year since they were born and I can see them still taking a pic for years to come.....maybe only one leg in next year!!
Now I would just like to say a huge thank you to all who join in each week, a very Happy Christmas to you all and here's to many, many more shared smiles next year.
Each week our numbers fluctuate of blogging friends joining in. We all have busy lives and just sometimes we don't have a lot to smile about but I do hope that calling in here to share a few smiles makes the difficult week a little easier. There were only four joining in last week so I would like to say a big thank you to all four of you for sharing your smiles with us......I'm not going to just pick one of you this week as it just wouldn't be fair.
The schools round here have been on half term holiday this week so my little munchkins have been out and about having fun and sending me pics of their antics to make me smile so I am sharing a few with you here....
Lexi and Sam have enjoyed a trip to Whittington castle and throwing the leaves on their way.
Phoebe, Lulu and Steve have been out into the fields to choose their pumpkin to carve with their daddy. :-)
Sam and Lexi enjoyed dressing up to have an early Halloween party with their friends.
And I just couldn't resist taking a pic of this gorgeous sky to share with you that we saw while out shopping the other night...
Isn't nature wonderful? Skies like that always make me smile.
I hope you've enjoyed sharing my smiles and can manage to find a pic of something that had you smiling this week to share with us by linking it below.
So here we are at another Happy Friday's post. Thanks to all who joined in last week. I am featuring Zoe's post from last week. She filled in a questionnaire....it made me smile and it was really lovely to learn a little more about her. I promised her that I would have a go too [why don't a few of you join in the fun?....It's always lovely to learn a little about our blogging friends].
So here I go.....
TIME: 11.10 am [yes, I am writing this post on Thursday morning and will schedule it automatically].
LOCATION: I'm sat on the laptop in the sitting room....it's one room I can keep warm in and is fairly dust and noise free :-)
FEELING: Blessed with all the wonderful things in my life....but just a little worn out with all the mess, dust, noise and chaos of the building work that's going on here.
LOVING: My wonderful family and watching my new home taking shape.
READING: Nothing at the mo....If I started a new book at the mo I'd be asleep before completing page one :-)
DRINKING: Just coffee for me....tea makes me sick and I rarely drink alcohol because of my diabetes.
ANTICIPATING: The end of all the building work....It will be a while yet but I do feel we can see a tiny light at the end of the tunnel now :-)
LISTENING TO: Radio 2
WATCHING: The birds feed just outside my window :-)
PLANNING: New kitchen and bathroom plus floor coverings.....this week :-)
LOOKING FORWARD TO: No more dust :-)
CREATING: A huge list of things to make and do when I can get into my sewing room....I am so thankful for Pinterest :-)
NEED TO FINISH: Sorting the fabrics and emptying the many boxes of stored stash in my sewing room.
WISHING: For sunny days and lots of fun times ahead in our new home
MAIN GOAL THIS WEEK: Keep smiling through the dust cloud :-)
That's the list and here's a few pics that have made me smile this week...
Our new front door and window......still need to take the old porch down and block up the old front door. :-)
It always makes me smile to see my hubby and son working together on any project....especially when it's putting the first fix electrics into our new kitchen before the builders board and plaster it out. I'm such a proud mummy. :-)
Thanks Mark for all your willing help....it's his birthday on Sunday.....my baby will be 28 :-)
Beautiful skies at silly o'clock when I'm on Nanny Annie duty with the twins. And speaking of twins.....
......here they are with the latest family member who has also been making me smile this week.
Meet Monty the kitten....isn't he cute?
So there you go folks. I have so much making me smile this week....and today is my birthday so lift a glass with me today please and link up your smiles below.
Hello all. Here we are at another Friday when I share my smiles for the week and reset Mr Linky so you can share yours too. We had lots of great smiles last week and it's so lovely to see friends coming back to share their smiles even if it's been a while since they joined in.....there really is no obligation but it's so lovely to see you.
This week I'm featuring Kay's blog. She share some really funny ads with us and I have to admit they really made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing Kay.
I had a really fab couple of hours on Wednesday when I joined our two daughters, our daughter-in-law and our five grandees over at Amy's house for fun and games and lunch together. I have put together a collage of photos to share with you of our pizza making fun for lunch....they were really yummy too.
Feel free to click on the pic if you want a closer look.
In the top right pic you will see that Poppy has become my little friend....she loves to sit on my feet every chance she gets :-)
In the pic below that one you will see that Steve made us smile by nibbling the edge off his pizza base before he put the topping on....his mummy really needs to feed him more :-)
I do so love watching all the interactions between all the children. They all play really well together and enjoy each others company which really makes me smile as you can imagine.
I'm adding this pic especially for Kate. She always puts a pic or two of her gorgeous skies over in Spain for me and we both enjoy finding the faces in the clouds......I hope you can see the face in my clouds today Kate. He looks a little menacing and is looking over my neighbour's roof :-)
Thanks for dropping by today. Please join in the fun and link up your happy posts below and I promise I will call by to see what's made you smile this week as soon as I can.
