SHINY+ODD: England 2010

OK, where were we...oh yea, we were visiting William and his soon-to-be wife Nono in London. Had a lovely day and back to Rose Cottage to spend time with the nephews before the big annual Day Family Party!

These are the "twins"...Brett's cousins. They are lovely girls and next time we're in England we plan on visiting them in Dorset. (I said it out loud so now it must happen!)

Diana's birthday was just after the party, so she was birthday girl for the Day bash as well.

This may surprise you, but the weather in England in August is unpredictable. To assure a good time is had by all, regardless of weather, dad got a few tents that we installed the night before

Here's Brett with his cousin Sue, and Sue with her kids.

This is a great shot...not sure what's going on here, but I can tell you no one was really mad...like the shot of Brett & I in Leeds....timing.

Some shots of the family having fun. All told there were 30-40 people there. Uncles, Aunts, cousins and friends eating, drinking and reconnecting...a tradition for 17 years now. The first one I attended was in 1995...our England wedding (well, party) and honeymoon. I met the whole family at once...whew! Always lots of champagne...but (I KNOW!) only before lunch, not after as well.

The next day we went to Henley on Thames for a picnic party for Diana's birthday. The little ones are Diana's nephews kids...so cute!

We went for a pub lunch the day before we left with just dad and Diana. My two favorite things to do in England is pub lunch (how can you beat a nice pint with lunch in a real English pub?!) and getting curry take-out. Got to do both a couple times this trip!