THE FLAT LATEST

ALMOST COMPLETE NOW ......ANY TAKERS ?

PETE

Portugals Update

Maxs Birthday Bash
Max´s "rent a brother" Logan

Firstly Happy New Year to you all from the Portuguese Clan. It´s good to see what everyone was up to over the Holiday Season !

We had a very quiet one in the bitterly cold UK, Great Yarmouth to be exact.......Both Max and Clare were ill with the winter flu that has been sweeping through the UK, so in the end was a very low key affair ! I managed to survive only with slight sniffles and sore throat, so very lucky !

New Year was passed with clients of mine ! as unluckily Matt, Kayley and Logan (see above) were also ill last minute for our planned New Years bash........

So now back to work, things still quite quiet continuing on from 2010, but here´s looking forward to a more productive 2011 ...... good news is that Clare booked us yesterday to Mexico at the end of this month, so looking forward to Riviera Maya visit, we have luckily found direct route from Lisbon to Cancun, 7 nites all inclusive at the
http://granbahiaprincipeakumal.com/ so looking forward to a little winter R and R.

Max is already planning snorkeling, kayaking and "maybe a jet ski? Daddy :), Clare I am sure is planning Mai and Tai and the sunbed twins for a week !

Good Luck Sis on the house front.......was that Fl. calling ???? You know you are always welcome to stay in out apartment for a few months while you get yourself sorted !

M and D, glad to hear you had a great time packing for the Scholtens in Kentucky with a little time for house repoairs thrown in ! Mum you must be madly looking on the cruise possibilities and you have NOTHING booked for February !!!! LOL

Love to all in all corners of the globe,

The "Porkies"

Oh Bugger!!

Well here is what was going to be our new house! I'd better get off the computer and go find us a new place to live .................... update later H x

THE GRISWOLDS FAMILY XMAS...

JUST BACK FROM OUR XMAS TRIP TO KENTUCKY....MANAGED TO MISS BAD WEATHER IN THE UK BY SKIN OF OUR TEETH AND KENTUCKY HAD AN ICE STORM JUST AS WE ARRIVED... SO WE COUNTED OUR BLESSINGS.. THREE WEEKS JUST FLEW BY. AM NOW EXPERT AT AMERICAN FOOTBALL AND ALL THINGS KENTUCKIAN .. INCLUDING THE KENTUCKY DERBY.....WANT A TIP FOR NEXT YEAR ? JAMIE RECOVERING WELL FROM EYE SURGERY TO RELEASE PRESSURE BEHIND HIS EYE.......HOUSE MOVE WAS GOING WELL....IE PRESENT HOUSE ALL SOLD AND CONTRACTED AND NEW PLACE ALL MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.... (BEARING IN MIND COMPLETION AGREED FOR 01/02/2011 ) THEN WE HEAR TODAY ITS BURNT DOWN LAST NIGHT ! ! ! HEIDI WANTS TO KNOW IF ITS A SIGN ....... SO SHE IS NOW FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES ! ! ! I SUGGESTED A TENT....BUT APPARTENTLY SHE'S NOT INTO CAMPING...AT LEAST I THINK THATS WHAT SHE SAID ! !COUPLE OF PIX OF XMAS DAY ETC. GLAD YOU ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.....OTHER THAN JAMIE CLARE AND MAX....BUT I WILL LET HIM EXPLAIN THAT..... AND HEY KIRSTY YOU STARTED THIS LARK....HOW ABOUT OUR ASIAN REPORT ? LOVE PETE AND PAUL XXXXX

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, one and all! Snow conditions perfect in Courchevel this year. Skiing. boarding, and sledging enjoyed by all, though by Gabi only for four days - rest of the time on crutches, which she did not enjoy (and is still not enjoying).
Finn celebrated his sixth birthday by getting his Level 4 skiing badge, and Jordan started boarding, very successfully, for the last three days of the holiday. Maizie skied on Dad's back and loved going up the drag lifts.
Nana did ski as well as taking photographs - Courchevel has good blues and greens!
Happy 2011 to you all,
Lots of love,
Bev

Latin America Sector Secure

The Canadian Contingent are pleased to report a successful campaign in the Latin American Sector and have now returned to Home Base. The Panama Canal is pacified (top), the alligators ambushed (middle) and the capybaras conquered (bottom). World domination continues to plan; how fares the other Sectors?

HAPPY XMAS EVERYONE..

JUST A QUICK NOTE TO WISH ALL A VERY HAPPY XMAS AND NEW YEAR WHERE EVER YOU ALL ARE ! ! WE WILL RAISE A TOAST AT MIDDAY OUR TIME WHICH PROBABLY CATCHES EVERYONE ON THE DAY.....HERES MY TAKE ON THE WHERABOUTS ::::: SO JAMIE CLARE MAX ARE LOOKING AFTER THE UK WITH CLARES FOLKS IN NORFOLK....PETE PAUL HEIDI JAMIE TYLER AND MADDY ARE TAKING CARE OF KENTUCKY.....BEV GABBI STEVE JORDAN HUCK AND MAISEY ARE PROTECTING EUROPE...WELL FRANCE ANYWAY....KIRSTY KEV IZZY AND HENRY ARE PARTYING IN SINGAPORE...OR DID I HEAR HONG KONG ? AND LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST CHIP DARA PIP AND TIM ARE STRUTTING THERE STUFF IN PANAMA CITY DOES THAT COUNT AS CENTRAL AMERICA.. I GUESS... SO IF WE ALL USED A PINTZER MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE OVER THE WORLD .... MIND WHO'D WANT THAT RESPONSABILITY ? HAVE A GREAT TIME AND DONT FORGET TO POST YOUR EXPERIENCES LOVE PETE ETC. X X X X CHEEEERS....

Grenada

Dara and I are just back from a few days in Grenada in the southern Caribbean for a Travel Show remote broadcast. It's good to be talking to the audience in Canada during a snowstorm there while we were perched on a bar built out over the Caribbean in 85F heat...Also had our wedding anniversary out there as you can see from this soppy photo of us at one of the tropical waterfalls on the island! Felt as though we could walk on water...

Not snow......but frost

We're having the most incredibly beasutiful winter; I can't remember seeing frosts like this for a long time. Bottom right is my rose bush which was still in full flower when winter suddenly came.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIP WHAT A GREAT AGE TO BE... CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN... I WAS JUST THINKING ..TOMORROW I WILL HAVE BEEN MARRIED EXACTLY TWICE YOUR AGE ! ! ! ! NOW THATS A SOBERING THOUGHT....BUT HEY WHO SAID SOBER THATS THE LAST DESCRIPTION I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOU TONIGHT....SO GET STUCK IN MY BOY AND HAVE A CELEBRATION TO END ALL CELEBRATIONS ..WISHED WE WERE THERE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ....CHEERS AND HERES TO AS NICER LAD THAT YOU COULD CARE TO MEET ! ! !

ALL OUR LOVE UNC PETE AND AUNT PAUL AND ALL THAT SHIT INIT ....

21 Today!

Many Happy Returns, Pip (though I'm in denial about those 21 years - it can't possibly be true!)
Have a great day,
Much love,
Bev and Co. xxxx

Pip's 21st Birthday

We celebrated Pip's 21st birthday in London where he's finishing his exams this week. And introducing Anneli, Pip's girlfriend, to the Robinson Family Blog (the social media equivalent to meeting the folks!). The bottom pic is just to show that the UK hasn't got all the snow...

Love from The Canadians

Back in the game !!!!

OK, firstly my apologies for being absent without leave since April, but had a few interesting things happen, including changing companies ! which is where all my details we left on my old computer !!!

So here goes, I now am happily employed in Quinta do Lago still selling (or trying to!) villas here but now I work directly for the resort ! Tough times but it is for everyone. so onwards and upwards is the continuing plan.

Clare now on her yearly 4 month sabatical, her job only starts again in March, so shes planning our holidays as I write, but she doesn´t realise that our budget is around €70 and Bognor Regis is looking good this year ! She had a busy year as usual and is looking forward to a break. We are at the "outlaws" for Christmas in sunny Norfolk, still the good news normally there is NO shortage of turkey over there !!LOL (even though Uncle Bernard (Matthews) passed away recently!)

The Maxster is on top form as a recent visit to the UK confirmed (ask Nanny and Bottletop!), loving his golf, we played a "big" course for the first time for his 8th (YES 8th!) birthday. The International school is superb we hear only rave reviews from both Max and his teachers so he´s obviouslyt NOT taking from his parents on that front! Also liking his footy and is playing for a local academy here near home, twice a week.

Outside of that life continuing ! we have had a few weekends away (see photos above, that´s Porto) and I have had a couple of extra (semi work) orientated visits back home which is always nice.

I hope all branches of the tree are keeping well, again my apologies. Please drop me a line to catch up now and again.

Love to all,

Jamie Clare Max Jack Jessie Pablo and Kitty (I think that´s all!)

jrobinson@quintadolago.com

Happy Memories

Pop

We love you Poppa Jim
xxxxxxx

November 28th

Four years on ......... still missing you so much.

Arizona Adventures

Just back from doing the radio shows in Scottsdale Arizona. Perfect weather and lots to do: hiked up a mountain in the dark to see sunrise over the Sun Valley; mountain biked in the Sonoran Desert; and drove an Israeli Special Forces Tomcar into remote desert corners. Of course, I'm not mentioning the soft stuff like spas, museums and art galleries... More, if you can stand it, on the Travel Show blog: http://www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com/

Love C

Tyler's performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCIHKD5lOI

Here is a link to tonights performace by Tyler for his school Chorus class to an audience of about 400!! you will need to copy and paste to view I think!! Amazing how much confidence he has on stage I certainly don't have that and I know my Dad doesn't either!!!
Love H and gang x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCHIHKD5101

Home to the cold!

Just back from a lovely three weeks in Singapore to the weather in Pete's photo .... brrrrrrrr!
I can't believe I was complaining about the heat only three days ago!

WINTER ARRIVES IN BOUGHTON.....

JUST A QUICK NOTE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PIP ON HIS SUCCESSFUL JOB APPLICATION SOUNDS TO ME YOU'VE DONE YOURSELF PROUD IN THE PRESENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TO FIND A POST SO SUITABLE...WELL DONE AGAIN AND ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE FUTURE.... YOU'VE EARNED A 24 HOUR PARTY.....OH SORRY YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD IT.......WELL WISHED I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH YOU..

LOVE UNC PETE AND AUNTIE PAUL.....

Run, run, run away

Two races this month: the wonderfully named Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon down in Florida's heat a couple of weeks ago, and the Toronto Marathon here in town last weekend. The Disney race was fun (see above; also http://www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com ) but the plate of escargots at the finish line was way too much...Toronto was a personal best time (by 4 secs!) but I think that X-Country TJ would beat to the finish line now! Love to all, Chip

Sixteen and Driving!

Tim turned 16 today and celebrated by passing his driving test before breakfast! He's driving to school a very happy man...and able to tell you at what distance you must stop behind a tram for probably the one and only time in his life!

Happy Birthday dear ...Dad/Chip and Bev...Happy Birthday to you:-)

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the leader of our pack! and his Bro and Sis! Hope you all enjoy your special days, thinking we should just all book up a holiday to celebrate!! Love to you all wherever you all maybe (Canada/UK/Scotland/Greece etc etc etc!!) hugs and kisses H J TJ and M xxx

I Gone Yukon

A few days in the Yukon...saw the sockeye salmon in an indian fish camp; summited The Kings Throne in Kluane National Park; flew in a light plane over the glaciers and peaks of the St Elias Mountains; rafted the Dezadeash River; rode the White Pass and Yukon Railway; and generally fell under the Spell of the Yukon. See www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com for more... Love C

Tj X-Country

Tyler just started running cross-country for his new Middle school placed 7th last week and tonight won his first middle school trophy for finishing 5th out of 270!!!
Needless to say he's liking his newly adopted sport:-) Hope all is well wherever you may all be. Love and hugs all around, Heidi and gang xxxx

Birthday

Maizie's two today!