AllportsOfThings http://allportsofthings.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:08:59 +0000 en hourly 1 Charlie Ryan http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/charlie-ryan/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/charlie-ryan/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:26:17 +0000 Nick and Jen http://allportsofthings.com/?p=181 Charlie Ryan was born weighing in at 9lb 2oz at 9:02pm on Monday 16th November.

Jen laboured hard for 29 hours and although extremely tiring and frustrating at times it was all worth the effort when he arrived safely with us.

More to follow…

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/charlie-ryan/feed/ 0 New Camcorder http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/new-camcorder/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/new-camcorder/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:31:00 +0000 Nick and Jen http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/new-camcorder/ When we last posted way back in June it was our intention to use Nick’s birthday money to buy a video camera ready for when the baby arrives. Well here it is! Thanks to everyone who contributed and look forward to some videos in the not too distant future.

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/11/new-camcorder/feed/ 0 Turning 29 http://allportsofthings.com/2009/06/turning-29/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/06/turning-29/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:29:20 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=122 Well first of all thank you to everyone for the messages, cards and contributions towards the Camcorder I am hoping to get for when the baby arrives.

We’ve been away to the Alveston Manor in Stratford-Upon-Avon courtesy of Mum and Dad for the weekend.

On Friday we sampled the delights of the area on a break-neck open top bus tour. I’m not the most cultured person in the world so I don’t really get the whole Shakespeare thing but there are lots of nice houses that I noticed!

On Saturday we wandered the streets of Stratford and they felt a little different to your usual British city centre. Then in the afternoon we enjoyed a couple of hours looking at cars that Dad may or may not purchase in 3 years time!

Last night we enjoyed an excellent meal at La Bistro Pierre and I had the most excellent chicken I have ever eaten. Half a chicken as well! Mmm mmm…

Then this morning you would have seen us making our way down the river enjoying the morning sunshine.

All in all, a very enjoyable birthday weekend!

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/06/turning-29/feed/ 0 First Barbeque of 2009 http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/first-barbeque-of-2009/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/first-barbeque-of-2009/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 20:13:31 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=119 What a lovely weekend we’ve been having weather-wise! Glorious sunshine. So we’ve been making the most of it. Nick has been tackling the jungle that is our garden – it rained so much before we went on holiday that we weren’t able to cut it. In the meantime I have been mostly tidying the Conservatory and throwing away dead plants…

To finish our day we had a mini barbeque, with steak, sausages, corn on the cob, salad and new potatoes. We’ve also been clever and put some jacket potatoes on to slow cook, so we’ll be enjoying them over the next few days.

Lets hope that the nice weather continues, and that this is the first barbeque of many this summer!

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We can’t wait to have our own children to shoot on a sunny Saturday afternoon!

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/parent-practice/feed/ 0 Orlando – May 2009 http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/orlando-may-2009/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/orlando-may-2009/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 16:46:21 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=83 Well we’ve just returned from a really nice holiday in Orlando.

We didn’t do a lot.

Some swimming…

A little Disney but hardly any…

And getting caught in the odd gentle afternoon shower…

We found a villa via Google which turned out to be really nice. Definitely recommend it.

It was a really nice time for us. Especially with the baby on the way now. It was fun imaging them jumping around in the swimming pool with us!

There are some more photos but not many. Only so many pictures you can take when you aren’t doing anything!

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/05/orlando-may-2009/feed/ 0 Baby Allport http://allportsofthings.com/2009/04/baby-allport/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/04/baby-allport/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:31:48 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=78 WOW!!

Here are some scans of our little baby! Everything is going ok so far and we are 13 weeks. The due date is 3rd November 2009.

UPDATE: There are now more scan photos of our little BOY in the Photo Albums section of our site.

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2009/04/baby-allport/feed/ 0 Who needs to go abroad for a holiday?! http://allportsofthings.com/2009/02/who-needs-to-go-abroad-for-a-holiday/ http://allportsofthings.com/2009/02/who-needs-to-go-abroad-for-a-holiday/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:40:57 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=67 This February we found a lovely place to go for a short break in a little town called Pontrhydfendigaid – Dolyrychain Cottage.

The cottages are run by Iona and Ifan Lloyd Davies who were lovely hosts to us for the week. In fact, without them we would have struggled for the first days after arriving.

We arrived on a Monday evening and went to bed with the snow starting to fall. When we woke on Tuesday we were about 6 inches deep in snow. We had no food so decided we needed to venture down to the village. Unfortunately the car didn’t have the same sense of adventure. Ifan was on hand with his more reliable giant 4×4 and jump leads.

Nevertheless, we had a really nice week away and would thoroughly recommend the cottages we stayed in.

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This year we are off to Tom and Charlotte’s with Clan Palmer for the day. We are looking forward to a Marks and Spencer Christmas lunch!

Happy Christmas to you all!

]]> http://allportsofthings.com/2008/12/christmas-2008/feed/ 0 Finally In Print http://allportsofthings.com/2008/09/finally-in-print/ http://allportsofthings.com/2008/09/finally-in-print/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:15:33 +0000 Nick and Jen http://nickandjennie.com/?p=73 Jen posting her dissertation

At last – after over 2 years of struggling to find the time to do it, it was such a relief to be posting off my nicely bound dissertation project. Could be a few months before I know if I’ve passed or not, but at least I get to breathe easier in the meantime. I’m really looking forward to having my life back!

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