brothers and sisters.
The girls were definitely ready for their beds this evening. Today they saw all three of their uncles and all three of their aunties. I’m not sure they’ve ever done that before. This is because one lot of aunty and uncle (of the Martin and Heather variety) live in Leeds, and another lot of aunty and uncle (of the Chris and Kim variety) live slightly further afield, in Canada. Uncle Tom and Aunty Sophie, we get to see more because they live close by.
My brother ‘uncle’ Martin and ‘aunty’ Heather came over lastnight to stay over and spend the morning with us. When they headed home in the afternoon Chloe said she was sad because she was missing them and had “already forgotten what they looked like”. Talk about tugging on the old heart strings.
Chris and Kim flew in to Manchester, touching down around 10:00am. So by mid afternoon, once we had waved one aunty and uncle off, we tidied up, turned around and headed off to the in-laws to see another to see the Canadian branch of the Stewards. We had a lovely chilled out afternoon there before heading back for the girls’ bed time. It’s going to be a good two weeks, having them with us.
The arrival of Chris and Kim marks the beginning of the lead up to the wedding of the year, when ‘Aunty’ Sophie becomes Mrs Steward. It only seems like the other day when I got the text from my brother in law to say that he and Soph had got engaged, and in just over a week we’ll all be heading down to Bath in preparation for the big day.
I’m very thankful for our brothers and sisters that The Husband and I get to share our lives with.
