M&O in London

Many of you may have seen M's blog already and have been following the progress of their trip. Today we took them to Heathrow and said goodbye for now. Very sad. But we will always remember all the good times over the past two weeks. Thanks for coming guys! We love you!

New Bedroom

While K has been studying J has been doing this.......

London to Brighton

Haven't been doing too much lately. Working, studying for the California bar exam and re-doing our bedroom (it's almost done and I will post pics as soon as it is).

Yesterday we took a welcome break and did the annual London to Brighton. Unfortunately, despite J's hard work over the past 2 months to get the Mini up and running, it isn't at it's best and we didn't want to take the chance of it breaking down along the way. So we just took the train down and enjoyed the day anyway (despite the rubbish weather). It is the 50th anniversary of the first Mini this year, so it was a pretty big birthday party.

A Gem of a Niece

I am so grateful I got to go visit M&M and O earlier this month. She is such a lovely little girl and I just can't get enough of her!


And her Mum is great too!



We can't wait for you guys to come see us in June!

New York 2009

Jan/Feb

OK OK here's an update. Very brief and without pics - (sorry I am doing this from work and don't have any pictures on this computer).

J and I enjoyed a lovely Christmas in California with the whole J clan (minus C). We spent lots of time playing and holding O, playing Guitar Hero, eating good food, and generally having a great time!

I have now started my new job (hence the delay in updating). I seriously have been working 12-15 hour days since the first week of January. But I am on some great cases and I suppose it's really good to be busy, especially in this economy.

The house continues to be fab - we have done lots of work on it already - painting, re-plastering the walls and ceiling in the master bedroom, new front door, new cellar door, new bedroom furniture. Lots more work to do, but it will keep J busy on the weekends while I am studying.

Which is why I have not been updating - I am studying to take the California bar exam in July so I will be dual qualified. Yikes! So much to learn in less than 6 months! And so much bureaucracy to get through too with the application process! But I am hoping it will all be worth it in the end just like law school here.

The panto in January also went really well. Check out the photos on facebook (especially the fantastic Mother Goose costume!)

So that's a brief update on the J & K front.

We are off to NYC for J's 30th birthday this weekend. And then I am going to California/Utah/Idaho the first week of March to see the family before my exam on 7 March.

I promise to update (with pics!) when I am back.

New name

Maybe you noticed that J has changed the name of our blog. Doesn't quite have the same ring.... but he is so proud of our new house that he had to make it known I guess! We'll try to think of something new and catchy. Until then.... we're stuck with it.

9 days til we go to California for Christmas! The countdown continues.