So, the house has been on the rental market since Friday afternoon, and we have already had 2 sets of people round to see it.  Both sets appear on the face of it very interested in the house – has kind of had us feeling like we *may* have had the price a little low – but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

2 nights left before the boys with 4 legs head to Bonnie Scotland – they have their bags packed (they aren’t aware of this fact yet 🙂 ) and they have their MoT certificates (obtained at the VET at the weekend), and are almost ready to go.

Less than 10 days to the big trip as well 🙂

Well ,the car is gone and while Simon is not over the moon, he knows it had to be 🙁

Simon has been busy scanning in some old photos over the weekend, and some of these can now be found in the gallery.

There are many more photos ranging from 1974 through to around 1987 – might post more later, depending on the interest – if you would like to see more, please let us know.

We went swimming this morning, and Elliot is definitely getting better (slightly more air escaped the arm bands this morning, and he coped without any issues at all 🙂 ) and is probably closing in on requiring professional lessons to get to a point where the assistance is not required – plus he needs to actually learn the strokes.

The countdown is on – next weekend we are taking Pepsi and Max up to bonnie Scotland to their holiday destination with Uncle Tim.  So, the boys were in to the VET yesterday and thankfully have successfully passed their MoT’s 🙂

Yes, it is gone, and really gone – it is no longer in our possession.

A chap contacted Simon via email last night at just after 9pm, and by just after 10pm the deal struck, and the guy collected the car from the house by 11am today. Cash.

We were scheduled to be at the Bank (HSBC) in Pontefract at 11am to sort the US bank accounts, and on top of that Vicky’s car has been visiting the paint shop to have a scuff on the front bumper sorted, so we were then without a car !!! oops – didn’t think of that did you Rusty?

Anyway – big day today in many respects – we are now a one car family, have a new Bank Account with HSBC and within 10 days or so, will have a new US Bank Account also.

That photo was taken in Autumn 1974 – it was therefore Simon…. now check this out …

OK, so it is not the best photo of Olly, but the resemblance is amazing….

Amazingly, we got our passports back on Friday morning – under 48 hours after the interview – result.  We now have four passports with four VISA’s inside.

We have cleaned out a large proportion of old clothes from both Simon’s and Vicky’s wardrobes.  It is amazing how much stuff we have that we have not worn in more than a couple (yes a couple) of years…. Simon is clearly a hoarder 🙂

Grandma and Bernard came over on Saturday to baby sit while Simon and Vicky went out with Kerrie, Drew, Yvonne and Mark – had a great meal etc.  Apparently the boys behaved impeccably….. y, OK !

Finally – a game of guess who – can you guess who this is?