Merry Christmas from the Shrimpton Family

Merry Christmas!
and a
Happy New Year

We can't believe another year has flown by so quickly. We're uploading our photos from 2010 over the coming days. Some are already done - click here to see more.

Come back soon. Cheers.
Rob, Susan, Sarah, Emily & Gabby.

July 2010: England trip

We spent much of July in England, as usual. The weather was good enough to allow us several days out on Dartmoor and at the beach, including our favourite, Polzeath. A particular highlight for the girls this year was a horse riding session on the moor.

June 2010: School graduation and annual England trip

In June the girls graduated from their classes. This was a landmark year for both of them, Emily is moving from Elementary School to Middle School, and Sarah is moving from Middle School to High School. With graduation over the girls left for their annual summer vacation in England, with Lionel and Phyllis (Nana and Granddad). Leaving Rob with the immense responsibility of looking after Gabby ... and going to work.

May 2010: Vegas, Willy Wonka, Flowers and Ducks

In May Rob took a business trip to Las Vegas, Sarah played an Oompa Loompa in her school's rendition of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the flowers continued to bloom and a pair of ducks decided to make their home, with a nest of eggs, in our back garden.

April 2010: Tour Dallas and more flowers

April saw Rob and Sarah participating in the annual Tour Dallas cycle ride. Emily wasn't feeling well that weekend so Sarah's friend Maddie joined us instead.

March 2010: Spring flowers

The weather warmed up and Susan did a terrific job bringing the garden back to life.

March 2010: Alabama and Florida trip

We took a short trip during Spring Break to Mobile, Alabama to see the Gulf Islands and beaches. Along the way we visited Mobile's Battleship Memorial Park, home of Second World War vessels USS Alabama and USS Drum (a submarine). Fascinating stuff, for Rob at least. That, and the ferry ride across Mobile Bay from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island. The girls enjoyed shell hunting on the Alabama and Florida beaches far more. We were happily surprised to see how few people were there, given this was spring break. We were lucky too - this was just a month before BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

February 2010: Concerts and Snow

Sarah sang in North Texas Choir Regionals, and Texas received more snow than we'd seen here in years.

January 2010: Gabby

January was cold, so the girls just took a bunch of pictures indoors.