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| My beautiful wife - so there! |
A slight improvement on the recent Kinniburgh performance in terms of blogging - except it is now the 28th and the last draft of this post did not publish for some reason. News just in - we saw Dr Illsley, Emma's oncologist this afternoon (10 days ago) and the news is pretty good on Emma. The spots in her lungs have only grown by a small amount since September and therefore there is no requirement for any treatment at this stage. She has said that Emma should come back in March for another scan. This is amazing news for us just before Christmas and means that we can relax and really enjoy Christmas without worrying about impending treatment. I thought I should up the photo count having got hold of Emma's SD card.
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| A post luncheon photo on the green at Lurgashall with Scotland Granny and Papa |
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| Our 'little' girl reaches double digits - yikes - next stop a teenager - help. |
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| The Theatre Monkey display show, where Daddy and other embarrassed parents found their inner kangeroo!! |
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| The official Christmas photo, about 10 minutes before the tree fell over on top of our dining table set for 10 guests. |
We are all 'hingin oot' for the start of the Christmas holidays now. We have had a run of birthday parties (well Hannah and James' at least) and highly sociable time with our kitchen / dining room back in full swing. The children are really tired and run down along with a huge proportion of the pupils at Grayshott Primary (20% absent one day this week apparently) off with coughs, colds and sickness. The two Nativities went off without a hitch I am pleased to report. James and Hannah were in the Key Stage 2 together with Hannah playing the part of one of the narrators and very good she was too in my unbiased opinion. James played the traditional role of a nativity lion (?), which resulted in some pretty disgruntled shepherds, as James disgraced himself by eating four of the sheep. He was rather less engaged than Hannah shall we say, but still roared his way through some songs.
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| Rebecca laughing and clapping with her classmates at the Nativity Play |
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| Rebecca enjoys another tear jerking carol with the junior choir. |
I was in Telford for Rebecca's Key Stage 1 Nativity, but Emma reported back that Rebecca did not crack a smile for the entire show. I think being a Saturday morning regular at Theatre Monkeys she had an artistic difference with the school director who is not a fan of 'the method'. We thought Rebecca pulled off the role of grumpy 5 year old with incredible maturity and feeling. A role she has reprised nightly since the Nativity last week.
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| Slot car racing for James' 8th birthday |
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| Cake with sweets was the remit - Ryan is struggling to contain himself in the background |
We are looking forward to Christmas at home with Emma's family and then after the lion's 8th birthday we are heading north to see my family and maybe catch up with a couple of friends. Work wise I have just secured a 3 month extension with the MOD which is good and 2013 is looking pretty busy at the moment. So there we have it - a good Christmas lined up for the Kinniburghs and the Quickfalls and we hope for all of you. We hope and pray that 2013 will bring better health for the extended Currie family (Michelle's Dad) and for the extended Cleland family (Lorna). We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good new year. Thank you everyone for your continued support and help throughout the year. Love to all and God Bless.
Andrew xx
