Lauren's 8th Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Lauren's 8th birthday, she took her friends to McDonalds and then to the cinema to see ' Sing' She had the best day, it was so lovely to see her have such a brilliant time with her friends...

Picture overload Ahead of the birthday girl!

She chose assorted cupcakes for her cake and they loved them!

Blowing out her candles 

Then it was off to see the movie and have some more goodies! 

And of course no birthday is complete without your gifts from Mummy and Daddy! 

We had one very happy little girl, we can't believe you've turned eight Lauren, we are so very very proud of you. We look forward to seeing what you learn and achieve this year!

~ Happy Birthday Princess ~

Fly away home.... Again

So another phase in the Doyle family life comes to a close this year! we are moving back to our hometown again! It is the right time and we are so looking forward to our future! Derek is starting his own accounting practice and I am going to move my business to Waterford too... and we are really excited!

Lauren and Dylan are all ready to start back in their new schools, and we are happy as they are smaller classes and have a great education system. 

Derek and I hosted a little going away party for some friends and family, we had a really lovely night and a great send off from everyone. We will miss everyone, but we know this is the right move for our family. We are moving back to our own home near my family, and life is nicer there. It will be a big change but a wonderful one which we are embracing whole heatedly!

It was o nice to see all our friends and family, and we really appreciate everyone coming out to wish us well!

Here we go again to our hometown!

My target!

I have spent the last two years working very hard on my weight loss, I have to say it has never been easy, it has taken hard work and a lot of determination, but I am so happy that I have reached my target! I faltered at times and put weight back on, but in the end I made it! I've added some of my photos that I am proud of!

 

I reached my weight loss goals by working with my local Slimming World group, their support and encouragement was a lot of the reason I have reached my target!

I am so glad that I worked on my goals and I am proud of my achievement! Never give up, if you want it bad enough you will get there! I have so much more energy and a much more positive body image, and I am happy with myself!

Stephen's Day 2016

St. Stephen's day was spent pretty much doing nothing special! we walked Sophie in the park by my parent's house, and otherwise just lazed around most of the day!

 

 

Sophie really had a great time at the park, she loves running around! The kids also love running with her! It's time to take a few days away from blogging now and relaxing with my family!

 

Christmas Day 2016

Christmas day was lovely this year, it was really laid back and relaxed. We weren't up until 6:30 am this year! We are usually called a lot earlier!

 

The kids were so happy with what Santa had brought them!

 

Lauren's gifts

Santa came!

Dylan's gifts!

 

 

We spent the day with Derek's sister and her family, we had dinner together and played games and exchanged gifts. It was generally a very nice day! The kids had the best time playing with their cousins, and to me that is what it is all about!

 

We hope everyone had a really lovely Christmas, we are so grateful that we were able to spend our Christmas with our family and have a really lovey day! Tomorrow it's down to Waterford to spend a few days with my family!

 

~ Merry Christmas ~