Family Affair

Well since the last time i blogged a week has been and gone again, i really do think the days are starting to go faster. at midnight last night i turned to ricky and said this time in two weeks and we will just have landed in tokyo - except it wont be midnight there it will be 9am (oh i foresee some jetlag) - how mad is that. As if Tokyo wont be strange and bewildering enough we will arrive having been up for almost 24 hours and will have a full day ahead of us - this could prove fun. we will just need to try and sleep on the plane although i am thinking we will be too excited.

i have started to have some really weird dreams about going away which is leading me to become quite nervous (one has involved me losing ricky and ending up in morroco!!!!!) i am sure this will not happen - i wont lose ricky he will purposefully leave me somewhere.

since most travel plans are now in place we have now started to panick about what loose ends we need to tie up before we go ie the flat/cars/bills etc - the list of things to do seems to be getting longer but mr murray is taking control and is getting through it(albeit rather grumpily, i think the stress is kicking in). you would think we were leaving the country for 3 months or something. we literally have a tree full of paper we need to take with us with all our info/visas/confirmation bookings etc. i am sure we can cut this down somehow.

we are trying to catch up with as many of you as possible before we leave. Had a lovely meal with Alan and Phillipa last night -thanks so much for coming through guys it was fab to see you. we also had a really nice dinner with Jake and Rach and new wee baby Evie last week (so cute). its mad seeing our friends turn into responsible adults over night. there seems to have been a lot of people becoming responsible lately.

Had Ellis's christening on sunday which allowed us to head to cumnock for the weekend to see friends and family. It was lovely to catch up with everyone (even though we will see them again this weekend) and we had great time - we went out for lunch after church which was fabby doo and then sampled some of my mums scrumptious cake before heading back to russ and sands for a cuppa. Ellis looked so pretty in her (very old family heirloom) dress and Zoe was hilarious introducing everyone to her mum and dad during the service. I was looking after Nic's wee one Isla during the proceedings as Nic and Robert were godparents. She was so well behaved apart from ripping pages out the hymn book (extra money in the collection box from us) which to be honest i was finding extremely amusing. Amazing how church flies when you dont have to listen to the sermon as you are entertaining a child. i might borrow her for the next time.

Just wanted to say thanks so much to all who have sent cards and gifts - you really didnt have to, it was far too generous but we greatly appreciate the thought and look forward to using our new gadgets and gifts along the way. Not to single you out Sarah but the toilet tissue on the go dispenser i think was an extremely enlightening present which will prob be used very often. And on that bum note (see what i did there) i will sign off for now. catch you soon xx