On November 5th, my son Joe and his wife Jade (from Late For Reality ) made Ian and I proud grandparents for the second time with the birth ...

My son. My beautiful boy. 7 years of love, pride and joy. Happy Birthday Freddy. This year, Freddy loves: DanTDM Har...

Never have I cried so much, laughed so hard, danced so madly or felt so proud. So many emotions. So much love. So much fun. Such a wonderful...

This weekend it was my 47th birthday and I was delighted to have my girls come down from Manchester to spend a few days at home to help me c...

The past few months have been a rollercoaster of emotions with some of the most heart crushing lows I have ever experienced. I have felt tes...

Four generations of the Jones-McDonald family gathered together to celebrate my parents' sixtieth wedding anniversary this weekend. We ...

Twenty seven years ago I had my first child. Twenty seven years? How is that even possible? I remember being 27 myself. It doesn't see...

If I'm honest, I've never been much of a baby person. Yes I admit, cuddling a newborn baby is a precious experience and they do smel...

Twenty years is a long time. So many things have happened. So much has changed. My three youngest children were born, and along with t...

Freddy turned six on July 9th and although we celebrated his birthday with a pizza party complete with pinata, presents and family fun, we ...

I have a boy. A loving boy. A caring boy. A boy that loves Minecraft, Harry Potter, video games, bubbles and swords. A boy who loves s...

Once upon a time I was a single parent with a 3 year old son and a new baby girl. Although being a 22 year old with two kids wasn't easy...

With this current spell of lovely weather, nothing beats some al fresco family dining, with a picnic being the number one choice for fun, ou...

Freddy requested some music for us to listen to in the car: Me: "Freddy you've got such good taste in music! Freddy: What ...

I had been so looking forward to this half-term.  We'd had a difficult week beforehand with our boiler breaking down leaving us with no ...

After an absolutely wonderful Christmas surrounded by the people I love most in this world, I am now ready to face 2015 with positivity and ...

It's hard to believe that it was a whole two years ago that I was waiting anxiously for a message from my son Joe, to tell us that hi...

A Fire Pit + Toasted Marshmallows + Sparklers + Family = FUN!!

Travel for me has mainly consisted of European destinations over recent years.  Holidaying in rural France, city breaks in Amsterdam and eve...

My eldest child Joe is 26 years old today.  The little boy I raised is now a man.  A man that I am proud to call my son. When I gave birth...