What a weekend :)

Hope anyone actually reading this has had a good weekend...I did :)
First off, this weekend was my 2 sons turn to come and stay at ours. the eldest has had flu so didn't come but my youngest couldn't wait..he came bounding out his dad's house and straight into the car.
The sun was shining too( never a bad thing for a weekend) this meant that he could spend time in the garden..doing the jobs he finds himself to do lol.
What made it all the better was we['d already decided to go to Blackpool to see the illuminations a few weeks back. We did this last year and was the first time my youngest son or Katie had ever seen them and they loved it.

With all the excitement we set off with a warmness still in the air. As we got further up north the clouds got darker..never a good sign and I prayed it wasn't going to rain. Not that it would matter as we'd got the umbrellas in the boot but nothing worse than walking around in the rain at night.

 The only problem with walking through Blackpool is that obviously you have the hen/stag do's and general parties of people in and out of the bars not really caring who they bump into. To avoid this we decided to walk along the seafront...the sea was rough..so much so you could see the waves crashing with their white foam even in the dark. Luckily, it didn't rain but by god it was windy!! This was only made worse with walking along the seafront but it had to be better than walking into all sorts on the other side.
The illuminations were fab as always and the kids especially liked the trams that were lit up for the occasion.
We finished our evening off by going into the amusements and letting the kids have a go on the penny drop machines. Katie had a fascination with tickets and so we used a drop machine that gave out tickets instead of money...seemed a fair deal and katie knew she'd get something at the end of it.

We were there until it closed..in fact we didn't realise the time...time flies when having fun.
Eventually after a long drive home (always seems much longer coming home) we finally got to bed..I've never been so much in need of my bed as I did then.
Worth feeling tired for just to see the look on the kids faces and knowing they enjoyed it...and next year knowing we will have our little baby lea with us makes me smile.