Bank holiday Monday Holy island

we drove 500 miles round trip and also visited a bee farm where we could buy some natural products. great lip balm according to sue. This is my great great great grandfather, John Askell.

We went to Mainsbank farm at Stamfordham this is where the Askell family came from John Askell started this farm and we found his resting in the graveyard. It was a dairy farm my mother was born here and lived here until she was three.

This is the statue of the saint who helped Christainity on the Island

The wind whips so hard it erodes the stones

The wind came aound the island really really fast I felt sorry for the horse sue loved the wind it tried reall hard to blow us over. we found some family names in the grave yard.Brighams came from this island. it is a very small island and peacefull and it is where Christianity started in england.

There was a strange man lurking on the island so sue took me home.

We decided to go to Holy island before sue went back to school and see where some of tony's ancestors came from. we left at night on sunday and camped in the van . we were a bit cold but threw some more blanketts on and we slept like toast. breakfast roadside cooked was egg and bacon and sausage. on the way to holy isalnd the angel of the north was near the motorway and as it is one of sues favourite sculptors Anthony Gormley she had to get a picture .We arrived at holy island and had to drive fast across the causeway as it gets cut off by the tide

opened a shop

Tony and Iwent on holiday to Staithes, at easter time and whilst we were there decided we would like to open a shop one week later after many auctions , we had a shop

katy and grandchildren

I liked this picture of aunty katy with the grandchildren

July was piercing for Rebekah

Rebekah wanted her ears pierced and daddy finally gave in this year , so for her 12th birthday grandma bunny took her to get her ears pierced . doesnt she look sweet and pretty. Happy Birthday Rebekah

Engagement in family

Natasha and peter got engaged in July , he was about to propose on their holiday in cornwall but he could not wait. Natasha Oates said yes. Tash is a welcome addition to the family

16th february 2008 snow drop walk in the woods

We went to Burton Agnes for the day and went for a walk through the snowdrop woodland, wesaw some giant catepillars ants and a spider , we had hot chocolate and luke and James bought some dinosaurs Rebekah was very kind and gave the boys a pound each and grandma gave them a pound. we bought some snowdrops to grow in the garden . We liked the house and thought it would be nice if we bought it and lived in it together, everybody all chose a room to be theirs. We had a lovely time and decided we wanted to go back again in the summer .Especially the beach part as James was frozen at the beach and practically climbed in grandmas coat pocket to keep warm.Giant chess was a hitwe found our way to the centre at last.the lost boys in the maze grandad and Rebekah having a cuddle in the maze the boys shouting was giving rebekah a headache as they were shouting to sort out which way to gao in the maze. Jake and Luke trying the fireside out for sizeThis was the ceiling in the Norman houseAn archers window, perfect for keeping boyfiends away eh, RebekahCome upstairs in the Norman housewe all agreed this was a cool kennel Inside the Norman house this was the downstairs partboth uncle peters could live in the gate house and have half each

A little blurred ,but jake the dog whisperer taking a restwe saw a Giant spider and fly in a huge webLuke tiptoed through the snowdrops very carefullyLuke thought riding Sam the horse dog was fun it was not cruel as when sam had enough he sat down and luke slid off

Luke loved the flowers and wanted a picture to show mummy we went to Bridlington beach and froze in the fresh air . I think Luke is running away incase hector buried him Jake threw sticks for the dogs go sam.

hector loveds to dig holes even grandmas lawn if he does it again grandma will bury him in the hole he digs

Pirate Bunny

Grandma bunny went to a birthday party and the theme was pirates , grandad liked grandma dressed as a pirate. Grandma bought grandad a pirate gun . when grandad dressed as a pirate our dogs thought he was an burglar and went to attack him he did look a bit dodgy. He He

Two new boys in family

Grandad has been ummming and aaghhing about another dog one day yes another day no, so grandama bunny with the help of michelle did some research. Grandad was adament he wanted a long haired dog preferably a golden retriever like bonny he so likes long hair. Grandma found two rescue dogs who could not be separated so we went to see them, we came home with two dogs in fact we also liked a dog called Jake. they are well trained and keep grandad company after all his is an old age pensioner. gues who has bathed them brushed them and taken them for walks grandma of course. after all the long hair bit grandad likes sam the labrador. we call him sette sam as he thinks he would like to sit on grandmas settee's WRONG, he has not made it yet. and when grandma takes them for a walk when she stops hector starts to dig a hole next to her feet Is he trying to bury grandma. they were a bit smelly but after a good wash a wipe over with bounce tumble dryer wipes and talc they smell lovely a bit puffy grandad says but grandma likes a clean dog.

Hector six and a half looking a bit dopey thats the dog not grandad.

Sam four years old

Grandads birthday

lots of little and big people came to play for grandads 65 birthday

well done get the oxygen tank he's out of breath

come on blow them all out, good job we did not do 65 candles it would have melted the chocolate and singed grandads eyebrows

The cake was decorated by james and luke Happy birthday grandad we love you xxAnthony Smail reached his 65 birthday Dionne and Family and Michelle and family came for the day, peter also popoed in with natasha his girlfriend.Grandad had a great time. Grandad left the ham on cooking and burning for 10 hours for the party ooohhh what a stink grandma smelt it at three in the morning. Lots of disgusting smelling smoke ugh. it made grandad cough and now his has a bad back from all the coughing. grandad loved seeing all his grandchildren and showing lewis how to play piano. he cooked jake and rebekah bacon and egg for breakfast on saturday.