Feliz Fiestas

We had a quiet but wonderful Christmas, the boys opened some presents when Kate was here, some on Christmas day and they have more presents to come when they get to the UK so a bit of an extended input of new stuff and they seem fine with that. We spent most of Boxing day with friends on the beach and at home doing Wii sports, laughing and eating far too much, there is another party planned for old years night. The weather has been mixed a few showers and grey hours but a lot of sunshine too, warm enough for a few beach outings. Lunchtime today was very like a warm May day in Cornwall, filled with birdsong and not a breath of wind, it is 4 pm here as I write and long streaks of charcoal and blue clouds have moved in and covered the sky but its still warm enough. Apart from holiday stuff its been a planning time, we have sort of stopped thinking about long term plans until we get the next few weeks over although we have been working through what needs to be done to the house over the next few months...lots.