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Family Update,
Aug. 6th, 2016 09:12 amWell, here I am at last. Sorry for the long delay in updating. Anyhow, we are all well and here is the news.
Dan has bought a new car. It's some type of Ford and is called Monty. Dan named it himself. Enough said really. He's now working on a Barn conversion in Buckinghamshire. It involves a lot of traveling so we don't see him too much. Just early morning and late at night. Weekends off though.
Harry is well and still working at the same place. He is happy and is hoping to get the go ahead to go to the Seminary next year. There's been some meetings and discussions. I won't bore you will all the details. He was 22 on June 14th. Frightening that he's so adult.
Anna-Louise has a new boyfriend. He's called Harry. Oh my goodness. It's short for Henry actually. The logic of that escapes me somewhat. He was evidently named after Prince Harry. She will be 18 in October. That will be her last year at Schule. She took a number of exams this year and passed them all with high grades. We are very proud of her.
Rhys was 10 on June 21st. To celebrate we had an Archery Party. Bit alarming that. Loads of kids firing arrows. Of course, being us, everyone had to dress up as characters from Robin Hood. I was so huge at the time I just sat in a chair and watched. It was a great success all round though and the food was fantastic. Rhys is the same Rhys, of course, busy and into everything. He's still writing his epic novel. No idea when it will be finished, if ever.
BJ passed another Karate exam and, much to our surprise, another violin exam, grade 3. We are stunned, to be honest. He's getting quite tall now and his hair appears redder then ever. He stands out in any group, you can always spot the hair.
The Trips did well at Schule this year, all three of them. They will be 7 in November, time goes so fast. They all passed Grade 1 Piano and are due to take Grade 2 any moment. There's a bit of fighting over who's best. It makes them practice though. Despite having Dan's ears they are all immensely cute and their curls cover the ears anyhow.
Octavia is still very chatty, shades of Anna-Louise here, and bossy. She likes to be in charge. She'll be 5 later this month and we are having a traditional party in the Church Hall with old fashioned games and stuff.
Krista and Klara will be 4 in December. Their hair isn't as red as BJ's but it's still mighty red. They have Dan's ears and my lack of nose and are quite alike but not identical. They are very chatty now and it's quite noisy in our house most of the time. They are inclined to shout which irritates Dan a lot, the trouble is, if you ignore them, they just shout louder. We are trying to get them out of this, but so far it's not having much success. They are gorgeous though.
Peter was 2 on July 28th. We had some friends over with their kids and we ate out back. It was nice and the kids behaved well. Peter, according to everyone, looks like a mini me. Poor little man. So he has the Jen lack of nose. Maybe it'll get bigger as he ages. He talks now a bit and can say quite a lot of words. His favorite word is nein. Everything is nein, nein. Dan told me he's gotten that from me. I didn't realize I said it so much.
Zinnia Maria is now 5 weeks old and is doing well. She's still a big baby and is bald but is very cute. I am fine now and Zinnia is a placid baby, which is good considering how many of us there are here.
Anyhow, will try to update a bit more often now I have gotten fairly organized again. You have to have a good routine with all of us around. Hope everyone is well. Love to all Jen.
Dan has bought a new car. It's some type of Ford and is called Monty. Dan named it himself. Enough said really. He's now working on a Barn conversion in Buckinghamshire. It involves a lot of traveling so we don't see him too much. Just early morning and late at night. Weekends off though.
Harry is well and still working at the same place. He is happy and is hoping to get the go ahead to go to the Seminary next year. There's been some meetings and discussions. I won't bore you will all the details. He was 22 on June 14th. Frightening that he's so adult.
Anna-Louise has a new boyfriend. He's called Harry. Oh my goodness. It's short for Henry actually. The logic of that escapes me somewhat. He was evidently named after Prince Harry. She will be 18 in October. That will be her last year at Schule. She took a number of exams this year and passed them all with high grades. We are very proud of her.
Rhys was 10 on June 21st. To celebrate we had an Archery Party. Bit alarming that. Loads of kids firing arrows. Of course, being us, everyone had to dress up as characters from Robin Hood. I was so huge at the time I just sat in a chair and watched. It was a great success all round though and the food was fantastic. Rhys is the same Rhys, of course, busy and into everything. He's still writing his epic novel. No idea when it will be finished, if ever.
BJ passed another Karate exam and, much to our surprise, another violin exam, grade 3. We are stunned, to be honest. He's getting quite tall now and his hair appears redder then ever. He stands out in any group, you can always spot the hair.
The Trips did well at Schule this year, all three of them. They will be 7 in November, time goes so fast. They all passed Grade 1 Piano and are due to take Grade 2 any moment. There's a bit of fighting over who's best. It makes them practice though. Despite having Dan's ears they are all immensely cute and their curls cover the ears anyhow.
Octavia is still very chatty, shades of Anna-Louise here, and bossy. She likes to be in charge. She'll be 5 later this month and we are having a traditional party in the Church Hall with old fashioned games and stuff.
Krista and Klara will be 4 in December. Their hair isn't as red as BJ's but it's still mighty red. They have Dan's ears and my lack of nose and are quite alike but not identical. They are very chatty now and it's quite noisy in our house most of the time. They are inclined to shout which irritates Dan a lot, the trouble is, if you ignore them, they just shout louder. We are trying to get them out of this, but so far it's not having much success. They are gorgeous though.
Peter was 2 on July 28th. We had some friends over with their kids and we ate out back. It was nice and the kids behaved well. Peter, according to everyone, looks like a mini me. Poor little man. So he has the Jen lack of nose. Maybe it'll get bigger as he ages. He talks now a bit and can say quite a lot of words. His favorite word is nein. Everything is nein, nein. Dan told me he's gotten that from me. I didn't realize I said it so much.
Zinnia Maria is now 5 weeks old and is doing well. She's still a big baby and is bald but is very cute. I am fine now and Zinnia is a placid baby, which is good considering how many of us there are here.
Anyhow, will try to update a bit more often now I have gotten fairly organized again. You have to have a good routine with all of us around. Hope everyone is well. Love to all Jen.
