The renovation to date. Slow but looking good!
As of 1 May 2017
It's Nick's 50th so we celebrate with a long weekend in New Orleans
13 - 17 April 2017
Before, Intermediate and After Pics
Mar - June 2016
Preparing for the wedding and some snaps from the wedding weekend. Such an amazing time!!
Jan - Apr 2016
Miscellaneous Goings On in early 2016
Christmas in HH for some of us, UK for Jess and Adam
Dec 2015
Lots of work on our lot on Daufuskie
Nov-Dec 2015
We raft the Grand Canyon, 226 miles, with an amazing group of friends. Best Trip Ever!
7 - 22 Oct 2015
Laura cleans the apartment before Nick's arrival
28 Aug 2015
Laura bakes a cake and Jess and Adam move into their new house
2 Aug - 20 Aug
Nick and I buy a classic car - the same make and model as I had at the age of 16
Summer 2015
Laura visits Maryland and HH and Laura and Nick buy a classic car
1 June - 29 June
Laura visits the UK, Caitlin graduates law school, we have a crawfish boil on HH and sundry other goings on
1 May - 31 May
Laura's first month back in the states
11Apr - 15Apr2015
First visit in a long time
4Apr - 5Apr2015
First to Houston to Pick up stuff in Storage
Then road trip with Vicki to Atlanta and a lot of unpacking
24Mar - 1Apr2015
This is going to be a long process!
Jan 2015 - ???
Mom, Dad & Jess visit!
Some time to play after all the work
December 2014
My 50th birthday celebration with loads of family - FABULOUS!
20-27 Sept 2014
Various goings on throughout the spring and summer including a load of house guests. Fun!
Jess and I have a lovely girly 48 hours away together
13-15 Aug 2014
We go canoeing with the Canoe Club so Nick can have some summer white water fun
2-9 Aug 2014
Our replacement of the shower screen became a bit more involved but we love the end result!
As of 26 July 2014
We meet up with the Smiths and Greens for a fantastic bank holiday weekend
23-27 May 2014
Nick and I get a much needed few days off from work and go camping and kayaking
17-21 April 2014
Various things we get up to at home and about
As of 17 May 2014
I go to Atlanta for a Microsoft event and get to spend time with Tyler and Caitlin. Yippee!
3-10 March 2014
Various pics of our lovely new house
Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
Vicki and I meet up with mom & dad for mom's 70th birthday weekend
9 - 13 January 2014
Various things we get up to
Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
Jess and Dave visit and we have a lovely couple of weeks off work
July - December 2013
We visit Lara and Doug and go kayaking in the Summer Isles
22 - 27 August 2013
We are very proud
15 July 2013
Nick and I go on holiday camping in France
29 June - 14 July 2013
We move house and Jess moves into her new flat
Various things we've been up to
Jan - Apr 2013
March 2013
A House Full of Guests!
Ty and Caitlin come from America and Jess from Leamington
Dec 2012
It's finally Complete
Just in time for everyone's arrival for Christmas
Dec 2012
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ALL DONE!!
Finished in early June 2012
Work moves forward on the utility!
A fantastic (and fantastically cold) weekend with the Smiths!! 26-28 Oct 2012
It's all done and we get a rug down too
18 Oct 2012
As of 30 Sept 2012
As of 30 Sept 2012
As of 30 Sept 2012
We camp with Marcy and Gavin in Normany
Lots of historical sites and some fun cycling as well!
It has been a wonderful and busy summer with lots of visitors!
We finish on 5 August - almost done with the first floor now!
23-26 June 2012
Doug & Lara get married & we have a holiday too!
June 2012
The carpet comes on Monday the 21st of May so we MUST be ready!
Latest as of 14 May 2012
It's Nick's birthday and Jess comes home from France!
We rewire the whole house and install a new consumer unit
Mid April 2012
We visit Jess for her 21st birthday
It's very cold but we still have a fab time!
Finally I get these posted, they were on Nick's computer so I blame him
Thanks for nagging me Tyler!
A whole giant crowd of us. It's great to see everyone and spend so much time together!!
23 Dec - 29 Dec
December 2011
5 November 2011
The final push to completion
July - 23 October 2011
Gotta keep the drafts out!
29 Oct 2011
The wedding is lovely and we have a blast with Tyler
10-17 September 2011
we go to the Hot Air Balloon Festival
13-14 August 2011
Let there be light..
As of 12 Aug 2011
We go camping with Marcy & Gav and the Smiths come to visit as well!
I get the first layer of insulation up
Latest as of 24 July 2011
Carol visits and it rains a lot!
All ready for Carol's visit
As of 6 June 2011
And we have a holiday in Hilton Head afterwards
11 May - 21 May 2011
Jess comes home for a visit and later Nick & I go camping
Just for one day
Nick shows me all his old diving stomping grounds
Three new windows on the 1st floor, Two doors on the ground floor
3 Mar - 5 Mar 2011
Including all new hot and cold pipes
As of 5 March 2011
Barnstaple, Kenilworth and Canley
Including Jess & Ty's birthday (though no pics of Ty unfortunately!)
The first 10 days beginning 14 Jan 2011
Note: I will split this into separate rooms later in the process
Home and in the Lakes
with Jim & Gret
December 2010
New Zealand 2005
Two weeks in a camper van, just the 4 of us
March/April 2005
Australia 2005
We visit Brian and Carol
March 2005
Nick and I go house-hunting before our move in early 2011
Nov 15-16 2010
Pawleys Island, SC
October 2010
She's renting a house this year
25 September 2010
with Marcy & Gavin
September 2010
A property we might buy so we spend a day weeding before our meeting with the architect
8 Aug 2008
June 2010
May 2010
March and April 2010
A long weekend away (though not long enough)
5 - 7 Feb 2010
Miscellaneous pictures from the beginning of the new decade
The kids are both home from Uni
And mom and dad visit too!!
We started before we moved in, in Sept 2007We restarted our efforts in Sept 2009
We are DONE! - 7 Dec 2009
We do this whole project in autumn 2009 to suprise the kids when they come home for Christmas
And we finish we time to spare!
Completed on 4 Dec 2009
Sept & Oct 2009
4 October 2009
Ty visits for a while as well!
4-12 Sept 2009
Things we've been up to throughout the summer
As of 30 August 2009
Starting in May 2009
DONE - 30 Nov 2009
And Tim and Cathy come from the states to attend
And we all have a blast!
22 Aug 2009
7-9 Aug 2009
It's all done and just growing like mad!
As of 30 July 2009
Lots of good food, wine and Gaudi
10-13 July 2009
The Wye Valley is on the Welsh border, just north of Bristol across the River Severn
23 - 30 May 2009
She was awarded the Pennington Essay Prize and the Gillen Prize for English
22 May 09
All the way from the other side of the world!
15-18 May 2009
Finished on 6 May 09 (16 weeks start to finish)
Walking with the dog
3-5 May 2009
To work in a bookshop and soak up French culture
April 2009
Nick and Laura and Jake
3 - 6 April 2009
weekend of 14/15 Mar 09
Feb 09 and a bit of Mar 09
At Jack's on the Island - 6 Feb 09
We are DONE!
It took 6 months in total, completed 18 Jan 09
Late Dec 08 through Mid Jan 09
Jess and Laura visit as part of Jess' University decision process 7 Jan 09
Before, during and after
He is now just over 12 weeks old and growing quickly
As of 13 Dec 08
Nick's cousin Helen gets married in Genoa and Nick, Laura, Jessica and Lara go for all the festivities
21-24 Nov 2008
Wow, it was worse than we thought!
16 Nov 08
Making progress slowly but surely
As of 16 Oct 08
Nick & Laura take Lewis camping for two nights
Yorkshire Dales 15-17 Aug 08
Aug 2008
And we go to Wales and Liverpool
July 2008
WE ARE DONE!!!!
1 July 2008
Arnold Summer Ball June 08
To Borrowdale with Marcy & Gav
14-15 June 08
Five months on and we're almost done!
20 June 2008
Great company, not great weather
May 2008
and a little bit of Italy
11-20 April 2008
and Jess and Nick box each other
Feb 2008
Krakow and Zakopane
Feb 2008
26 April 2008
Blackpool
6 Jan 2008
From Llangollen, Wales and across the viaduct
29 Dec 2007
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
27 Dec 2007
Ty's back home and Brian, Carol & Lara stay with us too
December 2007
with a little fashion advice from Lewis.
17 December 2007
From pokey and ugly to big and beautiful
Oct and Nov 2007
22 Oct - 2 Nov 2007
Photos taken by Carol Owen
19-21 October 2007
Photos taken by Lara Tipper
19-21 October 2007
Photos taken by Lucien West
Over 800 pics, download takes a while!
19-21 October 2007
Photos taken by Dave Ryott
19-21 October 2007
Photos taken by Kellie McCann, professional photographer
19-21 October 2007
It looks even better than the pics!
Sept & Oct 2007
Literally meaning goodbye to being single
5-7 Oct 2007
This is just the beginning!
Sept & Oct 2007
Sept & Oct 2007
Boy this brings back memories!
19 August 2007
Visits Vicki & sorts through stuff
8-13 Aug 2007
Paul, Sarah, John Luc, Elle and Lewis came for Thanksgiving dinner. These are the pictures Elle took.
Isle of Skye and Applecross Penninsula
19-22 July 2007
Kirkham
8 July 2007
Built in 1875!!
1 July 2007
At the School and Our Home
24 May and 30 June 2007
With George and Caroll staying we took the opportunity to show them and the kids our prospective new house and to have another look round ourselves
All grown up!
24 May 2007
Handcrafted by Jessica
And garden and allotment photos
21 April 2007
From decorating the tree to opening gifts and eating Christmas dinner!
Dec 2006
December 2006
They clean up nice :)
Though there's still a lot to do, we've come a long way. Check it out!
Nov-Dec 2006
Or how to use up one of the pumpkins from the allotment.
Sarah wanted to go out on the bike so we took a trip over Wrynose & Hardknott Passes with a stop for lunch at The Woolpack
October 2006
A bunch of folks from work compete in the first ever Dragonboat Races on Fairhaven Lake
September 2006
Travelling on Motorbike
July 2006
Womens 5km charity run in aid of breast cancer research
Laura and Miranda posted their fastest 5k time ever !
Ty and Ellie in the back garden before they left for the ball.
Visiting & Then taking a Boeing class
June 2006
Nick and Laura were engaged on Sat 27 May 2006.
Our wedding is planned for sometime around
May 2006
You can spot Ty in one of the photo's - he's the kid with a grin like the cheshire cat.
Nick and Laura went over to Matlock to stay with Lara. These pictures were taken on a short walk on Saturday 25 Mar along Curbar and Froggat Edges.
Working and playing down under
Nick's family share the day with us
Laura and Jess do their annual girly trip, to Lisbon this year
We go sailing again and Laura gets her Day Skipper ticket
With the kids in the states, Nick and Laura go to work and play in Brisbane
Jessica's De-crowning
Nick and Laura's long weekend to HH and Daufuskie
The first family sailing trip