Here we are at my weekly round up of what's made me smile this week. We have been away for a long weekend adventure in our motor home and this time we went to a lovely 'tranquil site' over near Boston in Lincolnshire.....it was an adult only site [hense the tranquility!!]. It was a lovely site with lots of trees and birds and there was an enclosed dog run so Milly could be let off her lead to run.
It was really hot while we were away so we enjoyed the shade of the trees around us and we bought Milly a new cool mat [as you can see she quickly found out how good that was]. There might have been a few glasses of Pimms drank [well you do have to keep hydrated in this heat]. We enjoyed several BBQs and hubby even had rainbows on his legs at one point although the photo doesn't show it as clearly as we could see it.
While we were away Theo was in charge of watering our tomatoes [with his daddy and mummy of course] and as you can see his reward was a yummy carrot out of the garden :-)
I just love that little face :-)
Lexi has taken on a pink and purple look for her holidays [it's only temporary so wont last long].
I'm not sure what colour I will go yet :-)
There's been lots of this going on in this heat this week....bliss. For those wondering, Theo has a special waterproof protector on his arm for the water.
Steve has been for trials to play for Shrewsbury under 10s this week....hes a brilliant little goaly and really loves his football....even in the heat!!
Finally, for those that enjoy my garden updates. There's colour in every corner and I love it so just have to share it with you all.
And that is all for this week. I hope you're all managing to stay cool in this heat and have lots to smile about. Please leave me a little message so I know you've called by and then link to your smiles below.
Another week has passed and I have more smiles to share with you.
There was lots of fun at the weekend with the family. We were all excited to watch England playing in the footy finals against Italy....we didn't win sadly but our team really did us proud by getting that far and hopefully next time.......
Lulu and Steve had their school's sports day [Lulu's last one before she moves on to Secondary school] and, as you can see from their badges they both did really well.
It was our last week to have Theo before the school holidays and of course he starts school in September so it's the end of an era for us. As the song goes....'One more step along the road he goes'. We made the best of the time we had and had a picnic lunch at Ellesmere Lakes and then fed the ducks....thankfully we had taken a big bag of duck food with us cos there were an awful lot of hungry ducks, geese, swans and even a few pigeons there.
In the afternoon we went for a ride on the Sabrina boat on the River Severn.
He's adapted well to coping to life with an arm in plaster and had more x-rays on Monday...the Drs are very pleased with how it's healing thankfully.
That's all the photos I have to share with you this week. Please leave me a little message so I know you've called by and link to your own smiles below.
Another week has passed and it's been a really busy one for me with sewing so there's been lots of happy customers and many smiles for me....I know I'm very lucky to love the job I do and get a lot of job satisfaction out of each and every sewing job.
I've just a couple of pics to share with you today as life is pretty hectic.
Lexi is showing me the huge bruise she has on her face but you will be pleased to know it's just makeup for her to play the part of a moody orphan in her performance of Annie....she really loves all her dance and drama classes and we are so proud of her. :-)
The other photo I have to share with you is this one of Phoebe, Lulu and Steve. They are all growing up so quickly and are such gorgeous children...inside and out. One very proud Nanny Annie here. :-)
That's all from me for this week. Hopefully I will have more to share with you for next week and maybe a little more time to do the sharing too. :-)
Well? Did you miss me? I'm sorry about the lack of contact last week....Our week away meant no internet even though the cottage we were in advertised that it had it! [And yes we did leave them feedback].
So what's kept me smiling over the last 2 weeks?
I thought I would quickly make a couple of collages of the photos I took while we were away in Cornwall. Most were taken through the car window as it rained at least some of every day but as you can see we did lots of sight seeing during the week and even managed a ride on a steam train. It's a beautiful county and I'm sure it's even better in the sunshine.
It was Steve's 9th birthday this week and as you can see his Mum and Dad treated him to a new Arsenal goal keepers kit which he loves.
Each year Amy adds a new photo to his birthday collage....doesn't time fly?
Milly enjoyed a holiday at the kennels while we were away and here she is back home soaking up some rays on her favourite chair....think she's enjoying being home.
I thought I'd share a few snaps of the garden delights before the frosts come and kill lots of them off....don't you just love the Autumn colours?
Finally for those with my sort of sense of humour. I took this photo on holiday and sent it to our family with the title....Found him!
For those that don't get it I will explain next week :-)
Oh wow that week has flown by. We managed to get away in out motor home for a few days last weekend so there was much to smile about. We went to a lovely campsite at Slimbridge just south of Gloucester....apart from the first night when it poured with rain all night the rest of the time the sun shone and we enjoyed many walks with little Milly. Heres a few snaps to share with you...
We were close to the canal and were able to enjoy a glass or two while watching the life on the canal.
Amy, Dave and family had a couple of days down in Cornwall and I really love the photos they sent to us.
Lexi and Sam had a day out with their mum and dad at the West Midland Safari Park and the twins made a new friend. :-)
Steve has been missing his football training sessions during lockdown but they have now started up again....I think the smile on his face says it all don't you?
I always love to see the girls enjoying a baking session together...they are making cheese cakes for their daddy's birthday today.
That's all my shares for today. If you can please leave me a little message so I know you've called by and then link up to your own smiles for the week below.
Here we are at my round up of smiles that I write each Friday and I invite all to join in to share their smiles. There is more than enough sad/bad news about so please help me to bring a few smiles into our friends lives each week.
My sales of masks seem to be easing off now [thankfully] so it's allowing me rather nore time to do what's needing to be done. I've made lots of Memory bears over the last couple of weeks and the one lady that I made three for came back for another one because she loved them so much....and that always makes me smile. :-) :-)
Saturday morning I had a message from a Bank manager from London asking me if I could provide them with face masks.....lots of them!! I'm really not sure I will get a firm order but it really made me smile that they even considered little old me for the job.....so if I do get an order I may be looking for out workers :-) :-)
Here's a few more smiles I can share with you all....
Steve has been having his football training lessons over the internet with his instructor so the lap top has been put under the tree so he can train in the shade.
Lexi has been having her dance lessons over the internet and here she is doing the scorpion pose for me.
Our garden just keeps on giving. The Rhododendrom top middle is another bush that's now out in full bloom...it's a bit pinker than the one on my new blog header. The bees, butterflies and insects are loving all the flowers we have blooming and we have even seen a damsel fly and a woodpecker in the garden this week but sadly I wasn't quick enough to capture in on film.
Finally here's a snap to make you laugh. We filled a paddling pool up thinking Milly would enjoy the cool water but she will only go close to it to drink and won't venture in so I thought I would show her just how lovely and cool it was by putting my hot feet in it....she wasn't convinced sadly.
Please leave me a little hello comment so I know you've dropped by and then link up to your own smiles to help make the world a happier place to be.
Another lovely week and I've more smiles to share with you all.
I was treated to lunch out on Saturday as part of my birthday treat from Amy, Dave and family then Amy had booked for me, her and the two girls to enjoy a couple of hours of crafty fun at Splat and Splodge in Shrewsbury...
What a lovely afternoon we had painting our chosen ceramics. I painted a little Father Christmas to hang on our Christmas tree....can't wait for it to be fired so we can collect them....the girls are growing up so quickly now and are really lovely company to spend time with.
The schools around here have been on half term holidays this week so they have been having Halloween fun....
The twins have been decorating the house, carving their pumpkins and enjoying time with their friends.
Amy's three have been to choose their pumpkin and have been making scary face masks.
On Wednesday Steve went with his Mum and Grandad to Walsall to play in a football tournament with Shrewsbury Football Academy. There were 13 teams taking part and Steve's team came fourth. He plays in goals and they said he had made some really good saves.....so proud of him.
Of course rather than standing on the side of the football pitches in the cold the two girls asked if they could come and spend the day with me.
I know I was working but they are now so independent and love playing with Nanny's crafty stash so of course I said yes.
I did have customers and had sewing to do but it was really lovely to have their company here and we had a lovely time crafting and creating together....they managed to finish knitting their squares and then made their little bunnies with them. They then moved onto making pom poms and creating different characters out of them.....it's so lovely watching them dipping into my craft supplies.
Little Milly often makes us smile and here she is sitting on one of the plants in the garden....I have a feeling she thinks I am growing cushions for her to sit on!!!
Those are my smiles for this week. Please leave me a little comment so I know you've called by and if you can please link up below and share your smiles with us too.
Another week and I've had lots to smile about so I will share a few pics with you....and hope you will all leave me a little message to say you've called by and will hopefully then share your own smiles with us.
Little Theo has been on holiday this week with his Mummy, Daddy, Uncle and the other set of Grandparents so they have sent us many photos to share what a lovely time they've been having together.
While the cat's away.....as the saying goes :-)
While Theo was away we popped round to their house to fit the little curtains I made for his new play house and as you can see Grandad had to climb inside to fit them....it was a bit of a squeeze but I'm pleased to say he managed to get back out :-)
We had a few days away at the Welsh coast at the weekend in our Motor home. Sadly Michelle, Brent and the twins, who were supposed to join us but on Saturday they tried and failed to get their tent up in the strong winds and ended up breaking one of their tent poles and going back home. The weather was awful and I was so glad they weren't in their tent on Sunday night because in the middle of the night it was blowing a gale and we were woke by a very heavy rain storm.....I really wouldn't have wanted to be in a tent in that!
The middle photo shows how the sea was whipped up by the wind....and if you zoom in you will see in the bottom right photo that Biscuit bear, Milly and I stayed warm in the motor home while my darling hubby took the photo. :-)
The top two photos were taken on Monday at Aberdovey and it was a much calmer day and we actually saw some sunshine. :-)
The twins very proudly picked the peas they had grown from seed, podded them themselves and added them to their pasta tea.....yum yum.
And last but by no means least here's the latest photos of our little footy star. Steve's been going to football training each week during his school holidays and really loving it.....he was chosen to go for a full day's experience at Shrewsbury Town FC where he went on a tour of the ground/changing facilities, met the players and also played on the pitch at half time during the game. His big sisters, and Mum and Dad proudly went along to watch him play.
His trainers have requested that he also went to special training sessions for goalkeeping in Ludlow because they say he has real ability and skill for it.
He was given a skills award during his last session and they have now passed his details to the development team at Shrewsbury so watch this space....I'm so proud of him and love just how excited he is about it all.
That's all my smiles for this week. I really hope you are all fit and well and have lot of your own smiles to share with us below.
Another week and more smiles to share....I hope you have too.
Lexi has been helping her Daddy wallpaper Sam's bedroom....I used to love helping my Dad wallpaper so seeing her doing this made me smile.
Steve has been playing chef and making Salmon parcels for their tea.....I love seeing how they all like to cook. Such independent children.
Yesterday, while weeding in our back garden Dod found this beast....it was huge so I googled it and this is what it should grow into.....
It's an Elephant Hawk's head moth and isn't it stunning?
Nature really is amazing.
I found this on Pinterest and it really made me chuckle.....getting fabric delivered while he's not here now is much harder now he's retired :-)
That's all my smiles for this week. Please leave me a little message and then link up to your smiles below. Lets all help to make the world a happier place.
Now that's a nice round number 333. What a lot of smiles we've shared over the years too....keep them coming folks cos it sure makes the world a better place to be.
This week has been full of smiles for me so I've lots to share with you...
Sunday we had a ride out in the motor home to Bala and Biscuit bear posed for me to snap a pic looking out at all the people enjoying fun on the lake....we even saw a couple of dogs body boarding but Milly declined.
Amy's three have been enjoying days out in their camper van ....I love seeing them all playing together and doing just what children should be doing.
Steve has enjoyed a day's football training each week and this week he was asked to join in a special goal keeper's training session because the trainers can see a lot of potential in him....one very proud Nanny Annie here.
The twins and Theo have been away camping on the Welsh coast with their mummies this week....it sounded like they have had lots of fun together....if maybe not quite as much sleep as their mummies were hoping.
For her Dad's retirement Amy and family gave him a voucher to use at a really nice country pub which we enjoyed a meal at on Tuesday lunchtime this week...and the best thing is that it only used half of the voucher so we will be going back there soon to enjoy using the other half. Thanks Amy and co. xxxx
We both had salmon and monk fish with new potatoes and salad for main then just had to enjoy one of their yummy desserts afterwards [I have to say mine was really yummy but a little too sweet for me so Dod had to finish it off for me...no hardship there].
Finally, last but by no means least was this thank you card I received this week. It was so lovely to have feedback on a quilt I donated to raise money at our local children's hospice. It was really nice to think my quilt had, in a small way, helped to raise such a huge amount for such a good cause.
That's all from me for this week. If you can please link to your own smiles below and I will pop over to see what's been making you smile this week.
What a lovely week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's. It's been a week filled with smiles and proud moments so I'm here to share them with you. I'm hoping that my smiles encourage you all to look at the life around you and that you will spend a little time focusing on the good things and you will share them with us too by linking them up at the bottom of the page....everyone is very welcome.
It was our 37th Wedding Anniversary on 17th. We got married on my Dad's birthday and this year he would have celebrated his 99th birthday. Sadly I lost him when I was only 31 but I am blessed to say that for those 31 years I had something many folk never have. We had a very special relationship and for that I'm eternally thankful. This July my darling hubby will be retiring so it plans to be the start of another exciting stage in our lives [if only I could retire too eh?].
It's the Easter holidays for our Grandchildren and, as you can see the twins have been enjoying some creative time....I do love that all 6 of our grandchildren are creative :-)
On Tuesday night we went to Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury to watch Lexi perform in the Wizard of Oz. She goes to a Get Your Wigle On drama group and this was her first stage performance. She was one of the group of Munchkins and we were so proud to see her up there on stage singing and dancing.....sadly photos were not allowed. :-)
Steve has been to another days football training and yet again he was awarded player of the day.....he really loves his football and they can obviously can see he has a talent..... we have so much to be proud of. :-)
Amy and Dave have just had a campervan fitted out just how they want to
suit a family of 5 [and two dogs] and Wednesday night they brought it to
show us. It's just perfect and I'm sure they will have many happy days
spent using it....I'm so thrilled for them. :-)
Finally, I saw this on Pinterest and thought I'd share it with you....I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels like this at times.
Have a great week folks and please share your smiles if you can.
