Dear Granddad,

Thought I’d let you know how we’re all doing since we last met. 3 years has passed by all too quickly and a lot has happened! 

First, we welcomed Edward into the world, of course you knew he was on his way. I’m sorry you didn’t get to meet him. I think you’d lke him, he’s got a thing for motorbikes and cars and loves his cheese. He’s been helping me bake a lot recently and he helped me plant tomoatoes last year which were nice but no where near as good as yours.

He has long curly blonde hair and I’m sure you’d be telling me to get it cut but he’s taking after his Dad and growing it long 🙂 He’s already got a few stamps in his passport and we’re adding another one in a few weeks because we’re off to Tunisia again, Brett landed himself a swish new job working in a Voice Over IP company, so he’s treated us to a holiday.

His new job is going really well, it’s tough on him because he is so busy but it’s a well paid job and it means I can stay at home to look after Edward.

We packed Christopher off to Afghanistan last October, I think he’s doing ok. I keep intouch with him and send him supplies when I can but I know we’ll all breathe a bit easier when he comes home safe.

We’ve also had a few other additions to the family, our feathered friends The Chooks!!

Yes, we have chickens!!

I started out with 3 last summer, Marjorie, Petunia and Camilla. We sadly lost Marj and Petunia but Camilla is still with us and still giving us yummy eggs. In November we got her a couple of friends, Annie and Clarabell and they settled in nicely…..then came the fun part…..we added 10 more friends to the flock!
We again lost 2, but  we now have Ginger, Rocky, Fowler, Doll Face, Mrs Tweedy, Daisy, Jemima and Janet (after Nan because she’s a Mother Hen) I love them! They really are great animals and give us yummy eggs 🙂 Edward helps me to look after them but in the past week that’s been a bit harder because it’s snowed badly but we made a snowman and an igloo in the garden 🙂

I’ve been knitting and crocheting lots too, mainly clothes for Edward but I finally made myself some mittens and a hat last week, perfect in all this snow!

I hope you’re looking after Nan, we miss her. I forgot to tell her how grateful I was she taught me to knit and cook, she really did look after us all well. Every day since you passed was very hard for her but I’m really pleased we had a bit of extra time with her. Can you remind her how beautiful she is, and take her shopping for something fancy, she deserves a treat. I’m looking after her charm bracelet, it’s so pretty and is kept very safe.

I don’t think I’ll every be able to thank either of you for the wonderful things you have both done for me, your love and kindness will always be remembered and I like to think I’ll pass that on to Edward.

I’ll keep my eye on the racing, I have a whole book full of Tesco value jokes that I know would make you laugh but I’ll save them for another day 🙂

I need to make the tea for the masses now so I must go, but give Nan lots of kisses from me, tell her not to worry, we’re all ok and looking after each other.

Love you both always

Merry Kerry Christmas xxxxxxxx