Peters 7th Birthday ...........

Better late than never ..........

The day started well with presents and pancakes. Unfortunately Peters new trampoline did not manage to arrive before the day. We have now got two thirds of the delivery but we will have to wait until next week for the main parcel!! Typical. Thankfully a quick shopping trip on Thursday night to buy some spare presents did the trick.

The rain in the morning did stop the trip with five little darlings to go climbing, so instead Plan 2, Bowling, was put into action. After two games we returned home for fun and games in the garden and of course, cake. Peter had requested that Josh make him an apple cake but mummy decided that we needed a strawberry one too. You can never have enough cake!!

All in all, I think Peter had a great day and the best part is that his present is still to come .......

Racing away

It always amazes me that when you get your head down and totally focus on something, time seems to disappear into oblivion. This is what's been happening with my "Barbecuing with the big boys" project. It's also reignited my insomnia as I lay awake at night measuring bits of metal in my head and counting nuts and bolts. Progress is good though and I'm getting more excited by the day as I turn the picture in my head into a reality.


I've cut the 2 doors into the barbecue. The little one is for a pizza style oven and the large one is for the main grilling area. I've also chopped down the two trailer axles to make the whole thing a little narrower and made up some new fixing brackets to attach it to the new chassis.

Mother in law arrives tomorrow and, slightly later than the UK, the kids are about to have two weeks off for half term. I may well have to go and hide in the workshop for a bit.