The floods

The funniest thing happened when Jason and I were at home in Hounslow... we were outside talking to my dad as he was loading his van for work and it started raining.... and it continued to rain... and rain... and rain!!! It rained so long and so hard that the end of our road flooded!

Steven took Jason and I to Aldi to get Jonah's birthday present and we almost drowned! The water at the end of the road was so deep that it came up over the front of Steven's car! Then once we got to Aldi Steven chose to park in the one spot that had a 3inch deep puddle right by the doors! We stepped out of the car and into the puddle!

It was fun being back in the rain though! I wanted to go and get my bike and ride through the flood at the end of the road like we used to when we were little!

Our Trip back to rainy England

The Thursday we landed we went straight round to see Paul & Sarah's lovely new house. We had fun catching up with them both & getting to play with Stanley!

He is such a character...


He has this really cool little tent that he loves to just chill in & play in.

Paul & Sarah have been busy decorating their new place & as you can see Stanley has been extremely eager to help his mummy & daddy in any way he can!

We discovered that Stanley has taken after his
Mum in more ways that was first thought...

Our Europe Trip... The Family altogether again!

After a long flight and a very yummy Roast Dinner and a few beers we attempted to take a nice family picture... after 7 tries, these are the best we could do!







At least we managed to get almost
all of us looking at the camera
& smiling & not making silly faces.

Another famliy gathering

The whole 'Morris' clan gathered at my Mum and Dad's house
again on what seemed to be the only sunny day of the whole summer
for good food, good drink, good company & The Orange Bowl!Uncle Philip & Aunty Elizabeth with Bethany & Maisie. It took 4 tries to get this great shot!

The Cool Guys... Gianni & Jack.

Maisie enjoying the sand pit.

Bethany & Leah join Maisie in the sand pit for some serious construction action.

Luca & Stanley meet in secret in the ball pit for a serious discussion on who has the best haircut.

Stanley finds something interesting up Jason's nose... we still aren't quite sure what he found, but it wasn't to Stanley's liking!

Sarah & Louise enjoy an intellectual discussion about beer, sweets & burgers.

Big Mo and her boys, Jamie & Richard.

Paul & Jason spending some quality time in the sun with a beer in hand!

Steven & Gianni awaiting the next plate of food and next beer!

Maisie finally gets a small plate of BBQ.

Stanley & 'gan-dad' playing with the best toy of all... a peg!

Even after 22years The Orange Bowl is still the most popular thing at the BBQ.

The chef hard at work... my Dad cooks a mean BBQ.

Jamie & Philip catch up while enjoying a swing on the garden bench.

Bethany looking good... real good.

The kids had some fun fun fun in the sun sun sun! 3 cheers for the chef... hip hip hooray!

Matthew & his Aunty Sarah spend most of the day plane spotting!

Uncle Rick, Jason & I had fun talking about... stuff!

Elizabeth, Philip & Elizabeth's boyfriend enjoy the beers... and the good conversation!

Sophie gets all the good jobs... unloading all the beer & finding somewhere cool to put them all!

We spent all day talking, talking, talking.

Aunty Mel, Sarah, Laura, Andrew & Matthew were staring at Uncle Rick who managed to fall asleep again! Thats his party trick... balancing asleep on a bench in the garden!

The sun goes down on 4th july

In the evening Jason and I drove back to the harbor after just escaping the water fight with our lives and picked up Jesi, Ryan, Jonah, Jenn, Laura, Natalie and Casey for an evening drive and an evening swim!
Jonah loved being on the boat and was giggling and laughing the whole time... or at least till the fireworks started and he fell asleep!
Some of the braver girls decided to go for a swim in the 72.2degree ocean! It was a it chilly for me though... plus where did those dolphins go?!
Once it got dark we headed back to the harbor to get a good spot by the barge that was being used for the fireworks and we watched them up close and personal. The fireworks were amazing from the boat and we now know what we are doing for next year!

4th July water fight

Its the 4th July 2007 in Dana Point, Southern California and Jason and I decided to celebrate by taking Blue Thunder for a drive. Boy, did we get some surprises! we drove south to see Jesi and Ryan at their beach party and then went to chill out and get some much needed sun! We found a pod of dolphins and chilled with them for a little while and then we decided to head for a cruise around the harbor... we got the biggest surprise of all there.
Imagine about 50 boats and dingies of all sizes... all armed with water guns and buckets and hoses...
Now imagine them all speeding around the harbor trying to soak each other...
It was the most hilarious thing Jason and I have ever seen...

It was the biggest water fight ever!! And the bad news is that we were UNARMED!
We drove through the channel where the water fight was and got soaked by the attackers...
We will be more prepared for next year, thats for sure!

Steven gets the all clear

My little brother was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer about a month ago and he had the whole family worried. After a number of tests and an emergency operation to remove a number of tumors he was given the all clear! He still has to go for monthly scans and fortnightly blood tests for a while but the cancer has not spread, which is the main thing!