Well that was 2018. It’s been a very eventful one, lots of music and dancing. Some lovely, new experiences. Lots of fun and laughter, both with family and with friends.

We’ve done a bit of travelling within the Uk & overseas. Kenneth entered our lives at Easter and has taken us on a few trips away, by ourselves and with some of the grandkids. Poor thing has also been used to transport equipment for work in our garden and in a friend’s.

Two beautiful baby boys have also joined the family this year. Although we love them all, we are hoping everyone is now content with their little families, at least for a few years. We only just managed to seat everyone for dinner on Boxing Day, anymore & we’d have to hire a hall 😂

A couple of the older grandkids have found new jobs and are looking forward to their new challenges in 2019. One has moved into her new home with her little family after some time lodging with her Mum. Her brother and his little family have outgrown their house but have hopefully found a new one to move to, in the first couple of months of the year. It’s great to see everyone settling.

The eldest Grandson living within our household has just joined the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme and is studying for his GCSEs. The twins are doing incredibly well at school and constantly reading and writing for us at home. If only they’d stop fighting with each other! They have two of everything, but every activity is a competition. I suppose that’s normal for twins.

That just leaves our Li Li (although he dislikes being called that). Life is still a challenge for him, but during the summer, he mastered riding his bike. He now enjoys flying along the prom leaving his twin brothers in his wake. Our fight with the education system continues and we have another meeting with the schools SENCO teacher during January, so I will give an update on his progress in the next couple of months.

All in all 2018 was a good year. We’ve kept in touch with friends and family, maybe not as much as we should, but we have found the busy schedule of retirement has made life a juggling act to fit everyone and everything in 😂. 2019 already looks like being another exciting year and I look forward to sharing it with you.

Whether 2018 has been everything you hoped for, or a bit of a let down, keep smiling, we have safely reached its conclusion and can now look forward to a more exciting 2019.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🥳