The start of this month we had Claire, Michael, Jack and Dara over for a few days which was nice to see them. The weather was good which really helped, so on the day they arrived we had a bit of time down on the beach and then a steak braai at home in the evening. On the Tuesday they spent the day in Brighton and we all went to The Cricketers for dinner and to celebrate Dara's birthday. They then left to head back to Ireland on the Wednesday around midday.

The next couple of weeks and weekends were really nice and sunny, so a mix of beach days, beach braais, garden time and home braais, as well as meeting up with Greg, Kim and the boys who came down for the day to the beach.

On the 17th and 18th, Una and Ellen headed into London for the Coldplay Concert at Wembley which they thoroughly enjoyed, especially with all the lights and visual effects. On the following day, myself and Ian made our way through to the O2 to meet the girls for lunch there and all headed back home together.

The past week then has been decent weather for some beach time and continued over the Bank Holiday weekend with plenty of outdoor time.

Today's a full-on busy day at home with all the windows getting replaced with the new double glazing ones getting fitted, we've been waiting a while for them so looking forward to having them in now!