Tuesday 27 December 2011

Chapter Thirty Nine

Immediately following Menolly's birthday, Joshua and Tamara decided they had enough money to give the whole family a holiday.  They went to France, leaving Smudge, Fluff and the foals in the care of Tamara's family, and stayed at the hotel where Joshua and Tamara had spent their honeymoon (Albeit the hotel had been extensively renovated in the meantime)
 Miralys and Menolly spent their first day in France playing on the playground which had been added to the hotel, under Jo's watchful eye
 While Tamara took Midnight for some long gallops in the French countryside 
 That evening they all met up for dinner at a local cafe 

 In the morning, Miralys had a lovely early morning swim in the indoor swimming pool  
While Menolly (who hated the water) and her mother read 
 And Jo cooked breakfast for them all
 
 Joshua meanwhile had become fascinated with the French skill of nectar making and spent the first two days of the holiday up at the Nectary learning how to make nectar himself
Back at the hotel, Jo and Tamara relaxed in the hot-tub in the grounds 
While Miralys and Menolly got to know some of the local children who had come over to play 
Joshua continued practising his nectar making 
Before sitting by the fire for a while and reading a book on the subject 
Miralys and Menolly had their dinner with their grandmother 
While Joshua and Tamara ate together later once Joshua returned from the Nectary 
 On the last day of their holiday, Jo took the children to the local museum to give Joshua and Tamara some time alone
Miralys and Menolly were fascinated by the various exhibits both from France
 And from rather further afield
Back at the hotel, Joshua and Tamara were making the most of their time alone 
 They had a lovely date, something they'd not had time to do since the girls had been born 
And Joshua presented Tamara with some beautiful white roses 
Before the two of them adjourned to the hot tub together...
 And concluded their last night in France with some stargazing
As the evening drew on, Jo took the girls down to the local store to pick up some momentos of their journey 
 And dropped by the Nectary to buy Joshua a nectar machine so he could continue his new hobby at home 
Once all the shopping was done, Miralys rounded off their trip by telling her grandmother and little sister a spooky ghost story one of the local boys had told her 

6 comments:

  1. Wow, your renovated France looks great! I'm glad the family had such a nice vacation.
    Both girls are very cute.

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  2. It's a download from MTS, I added the kids stuff, hot tub and the horse box and edited the kitchen/dining area, I'm planning on doing some more work on the bedrooms and bathrooms at some point too.

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  3. I love your family, Ali. Their holiday in France was really cute. I'm glad they are so happy! =)

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  4. Woot made it! I love your family! They are so happy now, I'm glad the counselling for Jo helped and that she can enjoy her grandkids now!

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  5. Aw... so cute! I'm glad the family had a great vacay.

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  6. I'm going to go and find that base camp. It looks SO much better than the original one! Love your additions to it too!

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