Month: January 2014

Jewels in the Crown

It’s that time again when the blog is clearly serving one of its main purposes – letting the family back home see our children, and this time, as an extra treat for Gran and Grandpa Cowles we have the other jewels in their crowns – cousins Eleanor and Amalie. This Christmas we had the best of all sides of the world.  We had lovely hot, sunny days in beautiful locations and we got to share it with family.  Gareth’s sister and gorgeous family stared the long haul journey in the face and said we’ll ‘ave ya, which we are most impressed with. So here they are, brother and sister. Fast forward 30 years (give or take) and you get this brother and sister.  Shockingly similar no? Anyways we were joined by this lot.  Who flew in by helicopter….just kidding. Thankfully everyone got along well from the start.   We were all particularly relieved that these two became chums! Off down South we went and had some sweet memories made in Arthurs Point.  Wisely we mum’s …