10 years

Last week we attended a reunion ball to celebrate 10 years since Murray graduated university. Our very good friends Cheryl and Richard stayed with us , which was great fun.

I think we all scrubbed up real well :-)

Aww my man looks so handsome in his kilt 

The beating of the retreat

We had some fabulous dance moves

And we had so much fun!

It's so nice to get some date time together. 

I love our family time

But I love "us" too :-) 

Friends.

I had no idea of the mad dancing skills that these boys possess! 

Happy 10 years! 

Next year we will celebrate 11 years of Richard and I not graduating from St Andrews University :-) 

We love any excuse to celebrate! 

A rainy Tuesday

I'm still so pleased that k gets to come to work with me and the summer holidays are making me ever more grateful. I also now finish at 1.30 which is awesome! The ,owning zooms by and I get to come home at roughly the time Frase usually rises from his bed... Lol.

Today after work, we headed home for a leisurely lunch. It was cold and wet outside and we settled inside all cosy, grateful that we had nowhere to be. No school run, no errands. Just home time.

K spread out all of her babies and we began many intricate games that involved lots of - "ok, so, you be my mum and I'm having a baby. Pretend you thought that it was  the kid  that I already had and ..... but it's not, it's actually a new one and pretend that you didn't notice that I had already had a baby and no . ...... Wait..... Right so I am in the hospital and you come to see me and ....... No wait ...."

As sweet as these games are and as precious and fleeting these moments may be, there is only so much I can take! It's exhausting!
After a while I decided that it would be nice to find a quiet corner to finish my book. I sneaked upstairs and filled a bath, afterwards with ony a few pages to go, I headed to my bedroom where it was an oasis of calm...... For about 30 seconds.  I was followed almost immediately and joined by K who wanted to drag all of the mess up with her and spread it all around my room! I said no way, she had already taken over the entire living room!
She begged and almost cried.
 We compromised.
I said she could have one baby..... A plastic bath.... A multitude of clothes and blankets...... And pretty much most of her stuff.  She scrubbed up in a quick bath and joined me on my bed to watch you've got mail.

And here was me thinking I wanted a quick half hour of being alone. 

When what I really wanted was a sweet smelling, pj clad little mummy to keep me company as we watched my favourite film and listened to the rain pitter patter on the window

These are my favourite kind of days. 

Ps-that wooden unit drives me crazy! It's my favourite piece of furniture we own yet it attracts clutter like no other surface in the house! I need something pretty to make me want to keep it clear and nice. Hmm maybe another thing to add to my summer list 

June

Holy cheese people! I just skipped the whole entire month of June right there!!

 We had some good times in June! Some great times. But I have the highest of hopes for July! Oh the plans we have for July :-) we are currently working on a "bucket and spade list" and I will share  as soon as it is mostly complete. I feel it may be a work in progress.

I've kind of had a phone/iPad dump and there are a gazillion pics that should have been put on here in June! I think I'll drop the, right here into this one post and call it good. Not easy to find for future LeeAnn who wants to reminisce - but that's a problem for future LeeAnn to sort out! :-)

Dear future LeeAnn - this is the post where you decided to do a month of "blogging" in just one post. Cut yourself a break, June isn't a good month for you remember? It's the month where your babies seem to get even more grown up as they say goodbye to another school year. You're an emotional wreck. A mess. Enough said! Moving along ......

Lots of love and self hugs from

2013 LeeAnn

These are just the iPad pics, lots more phone pics to come....

Fashion- KP style 

Miss K's amazing bed making skills! 

Priscilla came for a holiday and almost gave me a heart attack!! 

I found out I cannot successfully take a "selfie" without looking mega awkward. 

This was the best of the bunch! 

I took screen shots of photos of my own cat. 

Who knows why.....

Miss K , Lor Lor and I, Went for a day trip to Aberdeen to see Ashley's degree show

(Love this pic)

Happiness is...

It was warm and fun and blissful. Thanks girls :-) 

Kirsten took part in a fabulous ballet/dance show.

She was amazing, fun, energetic, graceful and unforgettable.

I was proud.

And I cried.....

My firefly

Miss K sharing her mad bed making skills with us! 

This girl is pure sweetness. Everyone should have this much goodness in their lives. 

She makes my little mama heart so happy.

I wore a cardigan that I have owned for over 3 years but never fitted into!! 

Yay!! 

My poor boy finally got his very own kindle case! 

He was very patient and only asked once or twice of I'd had time to make it. 

(I'm lying. He asked a bazillion times! But he has been waiting for weeks! Maybe even months! Poor neglected child) 

This pair seem to think it's ok to keep completing school years and getting bigger! 

I have NO IDEA where they got the idea that is is acceptable behaviour.

I must have words. 

Kirsten managed to have a whole sleepover with Beebs , granny and grandad! 

The success may have something to do with the fact that she packed all of her worldly possessions!! 

And finally , the furry one still seems to have lost her marbles. 

The one part of the end of a school year that I like (apart from the actual summer holidays of course) is the fact that the kids get to bring their school work home. 

This little treasure was just tucked in beside a whole lot of masterpieces. 

My heart was singing.

Pure sweetness I tell you.

Celebrating

Today I am celebrating :-). I went to my slimming world group this morning and I have reached my club 10 target. That is a loss of 10% of my body weight!! I am so pleased.

My BMI has gone from 29 to 26.2.

I feel better and fitter and more "me". My lifestyle change, weight loss and some nice changes at work means I am so much happier.

I think I maybe have another 6lbs to go until my final target, i have not decided where I want to stop yet.

For now I am just enjoying my journey to a healthier place :-)