It has been super hot here so to get out of the heat and because the film looked good we went to the cinema today to see Toy Story 5. The film was really good and was emotional at times, but well worth a watch.
Today was the TNC Summer party. We had 2 hours of private access at the Roxy Ballroom, where you could bowl, play pool, etc and then there was food and free drink. We then went to the Forum Cafe & Bar where we had the outdoor area. There was burgers which were nice and they also had an ice cream truck which I went back for 2nds and 3rds to.
Grandma and I went to Kilworth House Theatre to see Anything Goes. I had no clue what it was about before going, but it was all set on a ship and was a fantastic performance!
Happy Fathers Day! Ethan got me the Shrek Lego Brickheadz which look really cool and I am looking forward to building them.
Rachel took part in the Loros Glow and Glitter Walk this evening. Ethan, Joy and I went to meet her and her colleagues from the school at the finish line. She raised a lot of money and we are really proud of her.
I have been slowly chipping away at the garden every evening this week, getting the skip loaded up, digging out for the path, clearing up and carrying blocks round. This morning I put some type one down on the path and then wackered it down before barrowing loads of sand round to bring it up to the right level. Dad then worked on bedding the blocks on to make the path and I worked on block paving the pergola base and the circle, with Dad dropping behind me to do any cuts required. We then finished off at the end of the day by putting down the kiln dried sand, sweeping it in, giving it a wacker and then sweeping more kiln dried sand in. Im really happy with how it looks.
We are going to relay the slabs at the back of the house, so we decided to jetwash them clean before doing so. We hired a big industrial jetwash and it was really powerful and got all of the dirt that were on the slabs and block pavers off. They have come up like new!
Jun
14
It was another early start again. Dad started on the pergola, cutting all of the wood and fixing it together while I dug all of the soil out under it. Once I had dug all of the soil out it was wackered before barrowing in 1 tonne of type 1, which was then wackered down. I then moved onto doing the same for the circle while Dad laid the blocks around the edge on a bed of concrete. We then barrowed the sand into the base and circle.
It was an early start this morning. We did a lot of digging to get the ground ready. Then we cut all of the wood down to make the raised beds and fixed it all together. We then got the posts for the pergola dug and into the ground and finished off by concreting them in.
This evening we went to my Parents to have a games night with my Sister and Thomas. Mum and Dad cooked everyone fajitas and then we played on Mario Kart on the Switch, then played One Night Ultimate Werewolf, which is great fun with loads of people. We had a great night and the weather was lovely so we could also just spend some time in the garden together.
Today all of the materials and skip arrived for our garden project. I spent the evening clearing all of the rubbish from the garden and digging out some of the circle for when we start at the weekend.
We were planning on going for a local bike ride this morning, but decided to look at where else we could go and decided to go to Hicks Lodge in Swadlincote. We went on the Shell Brook trail which was 5.5 miles down hill and through the forest which was great fun. We then had a play on the park before heading to McDonalds on the way home for some lunch.
For my Dads birthday I decided to organise a night out together. We went to KFC for some food which was lovely and then we went to Roller World Derby for a Hip Hop night. We got there at 7am when it started. We had a great few hours skating, there was quite a few people there but not overly packed which was good. We skating until 9:30 and then drove home. Had a great evening with my Dad.
I got Dad tickets to the The Pixel Bunker for Christmas and today we managed to organise going. We set off nice and early as we were booked in for the 10am - 1pm session. We had a great 3 hours, completing both the TMHT game as well as Time Crisis. We had some races against each other on some driving games and also played on the pinball machines. After we went to McDonalds for some lunch and then to the Lego shop to have a look around before heading home.
It was a lovely day out today, so we decided to go and do 9 holes of Pitch and Putt at Blaby Golf Centre. We are not that great at it, we didn't really keep score so no clue who won, but we had a great time.
I got offered the position of Staff Engineer at Learning Pool today. Really excited about the opportunity!
Today Ethan and I went to my parents to spend the day with them and Thomas. We played on the Switch, Lego and some board games. We had a great day.
Its Joys actual birthday today, so we took her bowling this morning at Hollywood bowl for 1 game and then we took her to Costa for a coffee and some lunch.
Today we went to Claires for a garden party to celebrate Joys birthday, all her friends came round to see her. Ethan and I built some Lego and ate some food before heading home.
Tonight Mum, Dad and I went to see Here and Now, which is the Steps musical. It was at the Curve in Leicester, so we went for a Nandos first and then walked across town to the Curve. The musical was great, playing all of the classic Steps songs. The cast had great voices and at the end, everyone was stood up singing. We had such a great night.
Today Dad, Ethan, Thomas and I went to Laser Quest. We had 2 games, the first one was everyone for themselves in which I won, which was great. The next game was a team game, with Ethan and I being on the same team and Thomas and Dad being on the other team. Ethan and I split up for most of the game and ended up winning. On the way home we went and got a McDonalds and ate that at my parents.
Rachel and I have been married 12 years now. We went to Wildwood for dinner and had a really nice evening and the food was lovely.
Ethan and I went to see the new Mario film today, we got in one of the bug screens at Vue, we thought it was really good.
This morning we went up early, packing everything away and loading the car up. Once that was done Ethan and I went swimming while Rachel took the car back to the carpark. We then had some lunch at Starbucks. Ethan and I then went on a nice bike ride going over all the bumps we could find and through the forest and around the lakes. We then had Family Karting booked which was great fun as we could all go on, we did time trials and just pedalled around. We started heading home about 4pm, got home at 6pm and had a Dominos pizza as we couldn't be bothered to cook.
Apr
02
This morning Ethan and started off the day with a swim followed by some lunch at Starbucks. We then went for a bike ride and went around the lake. We then went Roller Skating in the Sports Plaza, I had forgotten my skates, but the hired ones were ok and we all had great fun. After getting hot skating Ethan and I had an ice cream and a sit down. In the evening we went to Cafe Rouge for dinner and Rachel and I had the pie.
Apr
01
This morning Ethan and had Tree Trekking, which we really enjoy to do. Afterwards we went Starbucks for lunch and a donut. We then went swimming before heading back to the lodge for a rest. We then went out on the bikes trying to find jumps and hills to ride over, we found some and had a great time. In the evening we went to Bella Italia and I had a pizza.
Mar
31
This morning Rachel and Ethan went pottery painting and then we went t Starbucks for some lunch. Ethan and I then went swimming and then headed to the Sports Plaza to do some Curling which wasn't on ice, but it was really good fun. We then went for a bike ride before going for dinner at Hucks where I had the fajitas.
This morning we loaded up both cars and headed off to Center Parcs Elveden Forest, it tooks us a few hours to get there and we stopped for a Starbucks and some lunch on the way. We got there about 2pm and they let us go straight to the lodge with the car as we were so close to the carpark. We unloaded the car and then Ethan and I had a ride and then went to the Subtropical Swimming Paradise. It was great to be back in the pool going on the slides, rapids and the waves. We then had a ride back to the lodge and headed to Las Iguanas for dinner, which was lovely.
Happy Valentines Day. We all went out this morning to Congo River Crazy Golf in Blaby, it was quite quiet which was good as we could take our time on each hole. We then went for lunch and had a nice cake.
Dad and I have just come back from a week skiing in Nassfeld Austria. We stayed in the Franz Ferdinand Hotel which we had been to 8 years ago, in that time they have added a swimming pool which we made use of daily. We tried night skiing the first evening but the runs were just frozen slush, so we didn't go for a 2nd run. Over the week though we had great skiing with loads of snow which made some days like skiing off piste. Some days the visibility was really bad and we were skiing through feeling most of the time. We really liked the resort and would go back again.
