Family portraits



Click above for all the family shots

Just before we left Norfolk, we set up the camera on a tripod in the garden and switched on the timer.  These are the results. I can't decide which was best (or whether there is a single picture where everyone has their eyes open), so you can take a look at all of them and see what you think.

Family weekend in Norfolk (Pt.2)



Click on the looney above to see part 2 of our Norfolk pics



For the second part of our trip to Norfolk, we packed a picnic and drove 5 minutes down the coast from the house at Burnham Overy Staithe to the never-ending beach at Holkham.  The temperature was in the mid-30s but the sea breeze kept it deliciously warm as we built sandcastles with Paula and Dave and went paddling with Granny and Grandpa. 

Check out the July post for a shaky video of everyone down by the sea, and click on the photo above or here to see the photos.

Back at the house, the children played amongst the flowers whilst Dave took control of the barbeque, before we tucked into a huge feast.  There was strawberries and ice-cream for pudding.  Before we said our goodbyes on the Sunday we took a few, rare family portraits for the album.  They'll come next.  Then it was off to Burnham Market to buy a hat for mum and some fudge for the folk back at work, before the journey home.

Lovely.

Family weekend in Norfolk (Pt.1)

Click on the picture to see the first half of our Norfolk photos

Having taken a leap forward into September to share the photos from Paula's wedding, it's time to go back to June and recall the hot, hot days we spent in North Norfolk as a family.  We first blogged about this in July but have now been able to upload the photos.

Autumn has arrived, and the countryside round Harpenden is looking magical.  It's probably the best time of year to look back at the sunny days of summer.  Here are the photos from the first half of the weekend, when we took the model railway with Lucy, Tim, Poppy and Peter (and, although we didn't know it at the time, Megan) to the beach at Wells-Near-The-Sea where we enjoyed a paddle before heading back for chips on the harbour-front.  After that, it was bath and bedtime for the children, and a chance for the grown-ups to celebrate the get-together with a glass of champagne (and to take a look at our wedding album!) and dinner.