Smiles 365:365

It's been a year of two halves - Swiss and English. Lots of smiles along the way - tears too or I wouldn't be human, but lots of smiles and laughs.

Happy New Year to you all and thank you to my lovely boys for providing so many of the smiles, many unrecorded. 

I'll leave you with some of my favourite pictures from this year. But I'll be back tomorrow, by popular demand, with ...

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And here's the link to all the photos from the year!

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We're in the middle of visits to John's side of the family at the moment. More present exchanging has ensued including selection boxes (which is best - Mars or Cadbury?) books and calendars. We were somewhat puzzled by the Arsenal calendar however as none of us support them - Man Utd, Liverpool and Spurs x2 in our house! Still, made us giggle! As did Nanny Mu telling John's sister (on the phone) that we'd "survived dinner"!

And a night at a Premier Inn always makes Jude smile in anticipation of the breakfast!

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Happy birthday to my big boy Isaac who is 15 today! 

Smiley faces on frosty cars...

The Library of Birmingham on the way back from Nandos...

and (well) toasted marshmallows in the garden.

And now I need to start thinking about next year's challenge...

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My Narnia lamppost. I miss it! Thanks to the Pickups I got a Christmas card to remind me, and this was taken on this day last year.
Made me smile thinking of it though!

Smiles today as we shared cracker jokes and watched TV.  Jude made us all smile with his annoyance at the ending of The Italian Job - "I'll be awake all night wondering about what happened!" And the sunshine on my run made me smile too.

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A family get-together at Mum's today with paella, champagne and lots of chocolate biscuits. Robert was rather pleased about the chocolate biscuits - and about his new Thomas the Tank Engine DVD!

Good to see Isaac Jude and Harry having fun together and being equally appalled by Grandma's dancing...

Jacuzzi time made me smile too. 

And my new book too - Rebus always makes me smile!

Also amusing me - the look of disdain on the faces of the camels as James Cracknell berates them for being a disgrace to their species!

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Isaac's turbo is finally up and running. The boys had great fun, especially Isaac.

The 12 days of Christmas is back! Day 1 saw us playing a board game. We failed to catch Mister X (Isaac) -  but it was very close!

Boxing Day saw plenty of reading, a new pair of boots and some funky tights, and a run in the sunshine. Lots of smiles there!

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Christmas is here! Smiles as we opened presents, as Jude won the accolade of 'Most unusual present' for his telescopic backscratcher at church and as I sang the descant with Shelagh.

More smiles at my guillotine, John wearing his cycling shoes indoors, at Christmas dinner of venison and then passion fruit mousse (delicious!) and watching Toy Story 3.

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Frohe Weihnachten, Bon Nadal et Joyeux Noël.

Cheers!