Jenson's Big Adventure

As the photos of Herefordshire are going up at last, I thought I'd link once more to Jenson's Big Adventure

http://bit.ly/ejCtaP

Bumps babes and barbeques in Herefordshire

We've finally got round to uploading our photos from the weekend in Herefordshire, back in May 2010!

On a wet February morning in the office it's hard to believe we had such a beautiful weekend in the countryside. The weather was perfect for sitting in the shade with the babies, and waiting for the next barbeque. Our numbers have only increased since then, but we hope to get away in 2011 too.

Click on the photo above, or here, to see all the photos.

Burns unit

Just reporting in after a very successful housewarming and early Burns Supper in the new house with Toby, Rachel and Archie, Tim, Eugenie and Adella, and Tim, Emily and Beatrix (The Burns Unit).

Aside from haggis, neeps and tatties with white pudding and whisky gravy, we tried out a new recipe for butternut squash stew coupled with veggie dumplings. It went down a storm - probably because of the high wine content!

For Kate, the recipe (serving 2) is as follows:

1. Fry 200g butternut squash (cubed) for about 6-8 mins
2. Add half a red onion, 2 leeks and 2 red peppers (all roughly chopped)
3. cook for a further 4-5 minutes
4. Ad 200ml white wine, turn up the heat and simmer for 4 minutes
5. Finish with 100ml double cream, salt and pepper
6. Simmer -adding dumpling mixture and covering for 15 mins

DUMPLINGS: Sift 1 cup of flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt and then add 1/4 cup of chopped parsley and 1/2 cup of milk. Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the stew while it cooks, and cover for 15 mins

Completion!

We've obviously been a bit busy, what with Christmas, New Year and the new house!

We're thrilled to bits, having completed on 7 January and moved in last Tuesday. There are quite a few unopened boxes in the garage, and there is a lot of space to fill, but it already feels like home, and Euan has a proper room of his own!

We look forward to welcoming everyone into our new home very soon.

x

Ay Carumba - Office Christmas Party...

We made a special photobook for the young Concannons, as a memento of our trip to Perth in October.

Now that they've opened their Christmas presents, we can share a "virtual" copy of the album with the whole family.

Click here to see the album

Exchange!

Completely forgot to blog our news - that we've finally exchanged on 16 Shepherds Way!

Completing on 7 January and really looking forward to having some space for ourselves and our visitors.

You'll all be very welcome in 2011. x

RRrrrrraaaaaaarrrr!

Fun in the bath!

The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

A corny title for today's blog update... Tim's back in the Magistrates Court today, and it's high time we uploaded some new pictures of Euan and his increasingly toothy smile!