They are off to SFO

It has been a long 24 hours but Vicky and the boys are now just under 3 hours from landing in San Francisco. On Friday night we had tears from Oliver as he realised that daddy wasn’t going to California with them, then this morning over breakfast Elliot was a little tearful, however they both soon got back onto the right track given their excitement levels πŸ™‚

The hotel was very well located so we were able to sit in the sunshine yesterday evening (daddy with a nice cold beer) while Olly watched the planes landing nearby πŸ™‚

We sort of managed to get some sleep (given the excitement levels in the boys) and then got over to the airport in good time.

Simon got a call from Vicky an hour or so after leaving them to find that Olly thinks he left his favourite green blanket at the hotel. Simon called the hotel and they said they would look for it and call later. The call did come about two hours later with no solid news and that they would call back later…. Simon decided to go back to the hotel in person to see if he could push it on…. Sadly the blanket has not shown up and we are now waiting to see if it got mixed up with the linens heading for the wash….

It has been a sad day for daddy really as he left the family at 7:50 this morning as they skipped into the security area of Heathrow’s terminal 2, then spent the day walking to the Westfield shopping centre from Ealing (and back again).

Daddy is now watching the flight online an looking forward to hearing that they all arrived safely and that their holiday has started πŸ™‚

While the sun shines…

Yesterday was a truly awesome day where the weather was concerned so after swimming lessons in the morning we decided that it was to be a BBQ day πŸ™‚ Mummy nipped out to grab some provisions and came back with the most impressive filets as well as a nice selection of sausages πŸ™‚

The boys played outside in the garden (24 degree heat) most of the afternoon on an off with potato guns (yet, we found them – they have only been sat in the garage for 12 months awaiting usage :-() and then the younger Rust’s decided that they were upgrading to water pistols – yep Daddy apparently the main target for a while πŸ™

BBQ fired up first time and was ready for service 25 minutes later – makes a change from the last time it was out on the birthday weekend – 2 hours later and it STILL was not up for the challenge of cooking…. grrr.

The steaks were sensational and we even managed to eat under the gazebo before the sun went down. Great way to finish a half term holiday πŸ™‚

 

Flamingo Land day trip

We set off bright and early to meet Paula, Rich and Cayton at Flamingo Land near Malton for 10am. We were a little early but the sun was shining and the rain stayed away. The zoo and a few of the kids rides were open along with the pub (lunch sorted) and the mega play areas πŸ™‚

The kids all had a great time out in the sunshine and we learned just how many rides that the place has – certainly a summer return may well be necessary to test out all the goodness that was not open today πŸ™‚

A great day – thanks to Paula, Rich and Cayton for joining us – we had a great time.

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