The Sun Shone

The sun came out yesterday.


I'm sorry, I don't think you understand, so I shall say it very slowly.


The. sun. came. out.


It shone right here. There were shadows and everything!

And here's the proof. 

This was last night while we were having a family Barbeque. 

See.....shadows. Woohoo!

This is the Builder (pleeeeease, don't ask what he's doing wearing that jacket in the sun.) and Baby Brother.

Baby Brother is one of the only people I see who makes the Builder look not-very-tall.

He is soooooo handsome.

Baby Brother aint bad either.

Ha! Gotcha there!

My Baby was supposed to be fielding here, but he thought he'd 'take the sun' whilst it was available.

Now, I don't want any sarcastic comments from you Americans about:

1. the way the bat is being held by the 

Big Brother;

2. my eldest's throwing action;

3. the fact that the dog looks like the only one who knows what he's doing.

Some of the food...

...and more of the food.

Clearly, we have many vegetarians in our extended family. Not.

A table (albeit wood on planks) is a must. 

See the shadows?? Yep, sun is still shining.

A nephew enjoying his kebab well away from the rest of us.

Quite right too. 

I'd have found a lonely spot too if us adults didn't need to be sociable!

Our chef.

This is one of my brothers-in-law.

He's in the RAF.

But, 'I also cook'

Name that movie.

Anyway, he loves food. He studies it.

He tries it out.

And best of all for us: he cooks it.

My baby and a niece playing footie on the trampoline.

Do you know that this trampoline, weighted with metal weights stuck in the ground, was found one morning a few weeks ago - having been lifted by the wind out of the ground, having crossed a road and a field - in another field far far away.

Well, okay - not really far away. But far enough.

The wind had got up that morning (unlike me - I was still lying in my bed), but it wasn't a gale, so it didn't really worry us that some things had been left outside.

It's still a bit of a puzzle to us.