Dad 60 Today (From the Cottrells)

I think Jenna is feeling a little left out as she has not master singing this song yet.

Happy Birthday Dad

Dear Dad,

We wanted to send you something special for yor birthday,unfortunately this is the best we can do. We tried again aiming forperfection and came up with the blooper show, little did I know what Alan was doing behind my shoulder! Anyway, we hope you enjoy it. Watch the videos in order! Lots of love, Katie and the clan xxxxxxxx

ps. Alan is now disowned

pps Don't die laughing :)

(The following clip was too big for email)

And here is the second recording.

Les Miserables - Laugh at me

Holiday at our House

Sunday while camping has been an artistic day at our house with all the family... back to the campsite now!

'Hough' to do London in Style...

The Cottrell clan have been staying on various sofas at Louise's pad just of Abbey road this weekend. We came up to see the adorable Oliver Grace Norton who was received a blessed by her father on Sunday.
There was a tonne of great food following the meetings, and a chance to catch up with friends and family. It was just a shame that we could hook up an internet webcam and get the Tate's in on the action. (We did think about calling Bev & Matt in the evening, but sleep came quickly, which was great). I must mention the extremely soft and moist chocolate cake which Katie made.

Monday included a trip to the Natural History Museum, a picnic (Chinese sweet & sour rice, plus chicken noodles) in St James' Park, a cruise on the Themes, the London capital of camping shops and Pizza Hut.

Mum & Dad went to see the 39 steps, and Louise took Natalie to see Hairspray at the Theatre. Everyone else but me are already sleeping, so I guess it is also my turn to hit the sack.

love to all the family, and looking forward to our family camping trip.
Alan

'Publish Post' vs 'Save Now'

I have been doing some looking at the blog this evening while Katie is studying and I have notices that several 'blogs' were written and saved, but not published.

I have taken the liberty of publishing some, but not all.
See day-at-tha-zoo and temple for example.

If you want me to tell you how you can create an email address that you can send to which will then be published to the blog, please let me know.

Jenna & the baby

Jenna is so funny when she's excited, she just screams. I wanted to capture this for everyone so I took a video of her after having given her a doll to play with. She didn't stop screaming the whole time. She's also saying "ta" so I got that on camera too.

Jen & Lou in Bournemouth Feb 2008

From: Louise Hough
Date: 21 Feb 2008 20:16
Subject: Hi
To: Jen, Katie & Alan

Thank you all for such a lovely time - it was just great being together! I have come home with a runny nose and have also lost my voice - thanks Jenna!!! At least I have a few days to recover before I go back to work! Hope all goes well for Amber's birthday plans. Big hugs and kisses to everyone! Enjoy the photos! love louise:)