What a treat!

We had a fantastic time at the Swansea Grand last night watching JOSEPH.  

Thanks Granny and Grandad for our birthday tickets.

Happy Anniversary To Us

We were married 19 years ago today.

July 4th 1992

I am so thankful to have married my best friend.

I am thankful that he is there for me, that he cares for me and loves me.

I am thankful for our three beautiful, healthy children.

I am thankful for the support of family and friends.

I am thankful for the knowledge that I have that our union will continue after we leave this mortal state, that we are sealed for time and all eternity in the Temple. 

This link will tell you why we build temples and why we feel blessed to be able to go there.

http://youtu.be/-x_-TQivCx8

Three years on

This is a river trip in May 2008

Same river, different boat May 2011

My haven't they grown!!

We did all manage to get on the boat but I don't think it will happen again as the back end was submerged and Calvin and I got rather wet backsides!

No photos

It feels like so long since I blogged!! I feel like its more interesting with photos and I haven't taken any recently.  It's not that we haven't done anything here in Wales.

Gareth and Ross were in their school concert last week  (forgot the camera)  

Gareth is off to Birmingham on Wednesday to take part in a UK school orchestra competition.  He has a large part in one of the pieces as he has to play the big cymbals in "Ace is High"

Both boys are then off to Spain with the Orchestra for a tour.

Martha had a fantastic school report, topping the class for reading.  The report concluded with her fantastic teacher Mr Adams asking for a copy of her first published book.

The weather has been great and at last we have been able to fire up the bbq and have some friends over.  One family liked it so much here, they bought their caravan with them and stayed the weekend!  They discovered that our village was more than just a few houses and a garage on the main road! 

We also have another new addition to our menagerie.  Poppy the hamster joined us last week.  She is very pretty but may never be tame as we are all too scared of being bitten to pick her up. 

The chicks are growing, we have 1 cockerel and 2 hens.  The other aged hens are dropping like flies so we need this new stock.

Thats about all for now, just to say welcome to any new readers that may have found me out here in Sunny Wales.  

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Here are our cute, fluffy chicks with their mum.  I decided that they would like warm, milky weetabix for lunch yesterday instead of dry flakes or chick crumb. 

Brave Soldier

Today was a first for our family.  None of the children have had any dental work done before but Ross' wobbly tooth was  really getting in his way so he insisted that the dentist pull it out for him 

This is it before, as you can see the new tooth is through and has been for some time, but the old one was hanging on in there.  It is six months at least since it started wobbling.

The dentist, Ms Bevan, was amazing.  She carried out the procedure without mentioning what she was using and without causing any panic or alarm.  ross was so calm, she spoke to him throughout, describing the sensations he was feeling and asking him for thumbs up to say he was ok.  He says he didn't feel a thing.

Here is the after picture and Ross is very relieved to be able to eat on that side once more.

Thanks Ms Bevan for a painless experience

A Sad Farewell To Someone So Loved

With much sadness in our hearts we said goodbye to Granny last friday as we held her funeral service and burial.  She was many things to many people and loved so much by all who knew her.

She was two days short of her 98th birthday and had lived a life of service.

I have so many memories which I will cherish, I share many of those memories with my brother and cousins. What has really touched me over the last few years as we have talked about our memories on various occasions is that she teated us all the same and shared the same experiences with us all. 

We remember the songs she would sing with us on long walks to keep us going.

We remember cleaning the church brasses and putting the flowers in the church.

We remember the games we would play at family parties, black magic, ring on the string, squeak piggy squeak, I pass these scissors crossed.

We remember cadbury's mini rolls in silver foil wrappers.

We remember the holiday presents she brought us back from her adventures with Auntie Mary.

We remember the village fete and all the games she used to prepare, treasure maps and egg shells and hobby horses.

We remember picking posies for our Mums.

We remember playing french cricket on the front lawn.

We remember her knocking on the bedroom wall in the morning to let us know she was ready for us to come and climb into bed for a game of cards.

There are so many memories that I am sure will be jogged as the days and weeks and years pass by.

We will remember her smiling and laughing and enjoying and appreciating all that she was blessed with.

Ruth Maria Rix 16.5.1913-14.5.2011

Remembered with love by all who knew her.