Daisy Chains and Picnics

  Mum and her friend Ann went to a craft fair in Kelso to sell some of their crafting creations. Unfortunately, they had to pack up earlier than hoped as it started chucking down with rain!

  Mum went to Dawn's on the 23rd December, she usually goes for lunch on boxing day, but this year Dawn and Ali were spending Christmas at Callum's. She opened her gifts Christmas morning. Starter. Her main was roast duck, duck fat roast potatoes and veg. Dessert.

  Mum sent through some photo's of her Christmas decor, it was too pretty not to show off, so here it is. And this photo of mum is absolutely too gorgeous not to show. Isn't it all lovely 💗💗

Mum sent a beautiful porcelain and crystal snowflake ornament for Cerys knowing how much Cerys loves crystals. Cerys absolutely LOVES it and wants to keep it as a Christmas present from gran. Mum received it as a Christmas gift a few years back from Dawn, she came across it again recently and just knew that it would be perfect for Cerys. Mum asked Dawn if she would mind if she gave it to Cerys and of course Dawn said not at all, go for it. A thoughtful recycled gift, my girls love recycling things so this was an extra special gift for Cerys. It will hang in her room beside her crystal collection 💖

The main reason for our trip back to Scotland in 2014 was because my dad was really quite poorly and we knew it was only a matter of time so we made the journey home to spend some time with him. We also managed to squeeze in a few sightseeing trips to help ease this particularly sad time for the kids. We stayed with my mum in Kelso for 3 weeks while we were in Scotland, visiting dad in the care home as often as possible. The girls were born in the borders, we moved to Kelso from Aberdeen in February 1998 when Darren was 6 years old, so this was the place they knew from birth and had gone to nursery and primary school, so it was a great chance for them to relive some old memories, especially Cerys who was only 4 years old at the time of moving to Australia. Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish Abbey in Kelso. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander 1. On a deckchair in g...