What happened next

 The newly-weds headed off into the sunset and continued their lives until December.  Olivier's best man was married just before Christmas.  Olivier and his new wife came over to France for the wedding.  We collected them the day after and we all went to lunch.  The restaurant was rather crowded so close to Christmas, but we managed to enjoy ourselves. 

There was some very special news:  They were expecting a baby, due in the summer!!!  We were so happy with their news; we were going to be grandparents again.

Baby James was born on 14^th July.  He was early and very, very small.  He’s a beautiful baby and very considerate towards his parents.  He’s even started to smile.  We haven’t been to see him yet.  Hopefully it will be soon.

No pictures yet, they don’t want his image on social media, but I can assure you he is as handsome as his papa.

Travelling and a growing family

I never thought that I would take a pause from blogging for such a long time. Since we visited Prague we haven’t stopped. We were mainly visiting towns throughout the west of France and after that, a couple of trips to England.

 I really don't remember where this tree was

 What happens when you run around the park without your shoes

A seashell penguin

Bridge we travelled over in Brittany

The trip we made to the UK in April was really special as we met our month old twin granddaughters! Dom never does things by halves. They are non-identical, I‘m sad that we can’t see more of them, but we get to see lots of photos and sometimes a video. Dom and J-M, Lise and Sofia moved back to France at the end of August. Unfortunately it’s more complicated to visit them and the girls than it was when they lived in the UK.

Their parents don’t want pictures of them on the internet so I can’t share with you how beautiful they are.

 Like a lot of places we had a long, hot summer, excellent for hollyhocks.