Christmas 2013

Hazel was home from New Zealand and Martha was with us for the first time, so Christmas was a very happy occasion with the whole family

 Hazel spent hours on Christmas Eve constructing this gingerbread Christmas tree

 Martha had a sleep which allowed the rest of us to have most of our Christmas dinner together

 And then we gathered round the presents

 Martha was happy to be involved with the present unwrapping but her main aim seemed to be to try  and eat the wrapping paper

Four generations

Four generations Nana to Martha

Hazel arrives home (eventually)

We drove to Birmingham airport to pick up Hazel from her flight but just as we got to the terminal building we were gobsmacked to receive a text from Hazel saying she had just landed at Gatwick!

This youTube video tells the story of why her plane did not land at Birmingham.

[This is an alternative link for those with browsers for which the 1st does not work]

Later the winds abated and the same plane flew her back to Birmingham after refuelling - and this time it landed safely!

Much relief and happiness :-)