Well, that was a great way to kill three months!

So we managed to avoid a particularly nasty, wet British winter and take our two babies away on a trip of a lifetime before Ellie is taken away from us into the education system in September. Our whole aim has been to spend time with Ellie and Joey and make the most of them both, play with them, laugh with them and have time with them because life is so precious, you only have one chance to do it and we have taken the chance or as some people say, "the risk." In my mind, if you don't take the chance, you risk missing life. 

In doing this we took Ellie around some of Europe for 19 weeks two years ago and Ellie and Joey through South East Asia and along a small amount of the Australian coast for 11 weeks. I think for them, the most eye opening and educational times were in Asia, in Thailand they witnessed the crazy country it is, the sites, houses, smelly rivers, sandy roads amazingly friendly people and beautiful beaches. They got used to seeing all manner of creatures in day to day life from water buffaloes to lizards and they soaked it all up and took it in their stride. In Australia they had the opportunity to get to know their uncle and Aunty, travel around in a motorhome, go to some fantastic zoos, see some huge deserted beaches and Joey even (and some may say finally) learned to walk.

We had the most fantastic time and we smiled a lot, mainly at our amazing kids who tried all manor of new things, were moved from pillar to post, got on and off eight flights, had to share a bed in the motorhome, made friends and drew attention wherever we went and most of all, just kept going.

 This is for you Ellie and Joey, I've written this so one day you can read it back and see what you did and where you played on this trip and continue to plan trips of your own and live every minute of your life however you want to, we love you xx