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!

Married at last!

For those of you with no facebook access - here are some wedding pics! We had a beautiful, perfect day in Mandai Orchid Garden...wish you could all have been there. If you go to Youtube and search for "Tricky's Speech" you will get a glimpse of the day - Tricky provided a hilarious, entirely inaccurate and wonderful speech...and thank you all for your congratulations and best wishes. Cards were opened on the day so everyone was a part of the ceremony...lots of love to you all from the MARRIED Singapore Slingers!

For us expats...

Here is a link to a YouTube clip that I thought all us expats would enjoy...and Bev, Pete & Paul would remember the singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1QvkHpGNo&NR=1
Love Chip

Chief Tim

Chief Tim of the Ojibwa has returned to his tribe after a month in his forest camp. He passed the ancient initiation test of burning the string and disappeared on a camp/canoe expedition for a week in the Algonquin wilderness. Swallows and Amazons was never like this!

Mr and Mrs House

First pics, just received - I'm sure she'll post some more later when all the excitement is over.

Old? Who?

Have just found a photo of two extremely ancient forty-yearolds which I thought was worth sharing!

Party!

We had a lovely party to celebrate the wedding-to-be ; wish you all could have been there. They're back in Singapore now, getting ready for the ceremony on Friday, so don't forget to raise a glass sometime on your Friday at whatever time suits you!
Love to you all, Bev xxx

LORDY LORDY !!!!!!!!!!!! I GUESS I'M 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL I GUESS THAT'S IT ... LIFE'S OVER....NO MORE FUN.... ALL DOWN HILL AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF!!!!! YEAH RIGHT!! I'M THINKING 40 IS THE NEW 22!! .... ONLY YOU CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAVE! AND THAT'S ALL POSITIVE REALLY AS YOU CAN GO RIGHT OUT AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN WITHOUT EVER BEING BORED - SO LIFE'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THIS END! LOVE H X

Kartload of kids!

Weather not so kind for our week in Somerset, but still great fun.

Summer

At last, a decent English summer for our overseas visitors!

a year in Singapore....

Hello Family,
Well, we've almost reached the end of our first year as Singapore Slingers, very hard to believe, but true! We've really enjoyed exploring our new city, from the beach to Orchard Road to the jungle, and are pleased we made the right choice for our two water babies who have loved our new warm and swimmy environment....Kevin has had a hard first year, but is hoping things will ease off a little next year, while I am hoping to have a bit of a rest by returning to some part time work next year - had no idea staying at home was so exhausting! To this end, Kevin and I are finally tying the knot this summer, which will appease both our daughter's wishes for a conventional photograph on the mantlepiece and provide me with the correct work permit in one fell swoop! How romantic! If any of you are in SIngapore on 6th August, then you are, of course, invited to the Mandai Orchid Garden to witness the fun!
Children are growing oh so fast...Izzy turned five this year, and Felix was 2 last Saturday...took him to the opera in the Botanical Gardens for a picnic- doesn't every 2 year old wish for the opera on his birthday? We are flying home on Saturday for our usual crazy UK summer and can't wait to catch up with those there - and to those not there, we say, when will we meet again?
I attach a few photos from our year in Singapore, as we haven't been very good on the photo front this year. Lots of love to all of you,
Kirsty, Kevin and the little Slingers xxxxx

On to Middle school!

The last day of the only year my kids will ever be in the same school or wait for the bus together! Now Tyler goes onto middle school and he'll be in high school before she moves up! Now on to more important things .......SUMMER :-) Hope all is well wherever you may be!

FORGOTTEN PORTUGAL TRIP.....

FORGOT TO POST THESE PIX AFTER OUR RETURN FROM VISITING THE ALGARVE CLAN....MOST NEED NO EXPLANATION THE ROSTRUM PIC WAS FROM OUR VISIT TO THE NEW RACING CIRCUIT NEAR PORTIMAO VERY IMPRESSIVE MAX CAME FIRST AND I WAS SECOND.....A GOOD DAY OUT WAS HAD... WE GOT BACK ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO...SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY....HOPE TO SEE THE SINGAPORE SLINGERS SOON. PETE ETC.....

Oberammergau

Just back from Austria/Germany with Liz and Nigel and Owain. The Passion Play was amazing, all five-and-a-half hours of it! (We did have a three-hour break for dinner in the middle.) Other pics are in Hopfgarten, where we stayed, and the Easter/Christmas shop in Salzburg.

Rocky Mountain High

Dara and I broadcasted the radio shows in Colorado last week after touring round the south western part of the state. Three national parks and a stunning steam train trip...From the top: Mesa Verde NP (700 year old Ancestral Pueblo dwellings tucked under overhanging cliffs in desert canyons); the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (2,700 foot deep gash in the earth, only 40 foot wide in places to the Gunnison River); Great Sand Dunes National Park (750 foot high sand dunes piled up against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains); and the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Steam Train (from a 10,000 foot high old gold town along the River of Lost Souls to Durango where Butch Cassidy was filmed). More pics, if you have the patience, are on the travel Show blog at http://www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com .

Maddie's dance recital

Thought I'd give you all a laugh and forward these links to Maddie's recent dance recital - ballet and jazz! big fun, how come she is so confident??? Love and miss you all H xx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HFUzANVKP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71z6iV75bX8

Looks like you'll have to cut and paste them to view!