What have we been up to? Well, we had a lovely two week holiday in August, starting off in Shrewsbury at my mum and dad's. We finally got to meet my newest brother which was nice! He frowns a lot but it's very cute! As you can see from the pictures Andy had his fair share of cuddles with Ben!
It was also nice spending time with Tim and the rest of my family, including a really lovely afternoon at my grandparents house, where we had to go looking for General Custer who was, apparently, on the hill behind the house!!
It was also nice spending time with Tim and the rest of my family, including a really lovely afternoon at my grandparents house, where we had to go looking for General Custer who was, apparently, on the hill behind the house!!
Then it was off to Aberwystwyth, for the EMW conference. This meant Andy had to survive his first ever two nights camping! It didn't help that he had a bad back, but I think he managed ok! Even if we did have a serious lack of space in my tiny tent! We booked the camping before we found out I was pregnant and although the camping was ok, I hadn't taken into account that I wouldn't fit into my sleeping bag when it was all zipped up! Andy of course found this really funny! At least it wasn't too cold at night! It was good to catch up with friends at the conference and we heard some good teaching, which is the main thing! Friday night was Andy's favourite because we were in a bed and breakfast! Andy mum was at the conference for the whole week and after booking the camping we decided to book a holiday with her in Wales. There wasn't much point going back to come and pick her up so we booked a B&B for the last night. It was a really nice little place in the town and the breakfast was fantastic!
Then off again! This time to a holiday cottage for a week near the seaside town of Aberaeron. I really loved Aberaeron! All the houses by the sea are painted different colours and it was really pretty in that seaside light! The cottage was really nice too and only a few miniutes drive from the town. Simple, small and basic but everything you need for a weeks holiday! It was a nice relaxing holiday with not much going on but we had some nice trips out and about, including an afternoon at Pen Bryn beach, and a wildlife spotting boat trip from New Quay, among other things. All in all a lovely break! Here's a selection of my favourite photos from the fortnight;
