Thanks and News!

Hi All

Just thought I’d add my two bob’s worth to Emma’s previous sentiments and to let you all know a little bit of what has been happening aside from Mum and Dad’s Gap Year!

As Emma alluded to, we had the very best day. You couldn’t have scripted a better day and we certainly enjoyed the whole weekend! Thank you all for making the long trip to come and celebrate with us, it means so very much!

Of course we missed those who couldn’t get there, but it the movie you guys put together was incredible! We’ve watched it a few times now and it makes us smile… and tear up every time so thank you for putting it together. It’s amazing how tuned in our nieces and nephews are, sometimes kids just get it! Sam should be quoted at every wedding from here on in.

Bernie, your speech was possibly the best thing you’ve ever done… I’m pretty sure you had some help typing it and Paul delivered it very well but I really appreciated your thoughts on the day. It wouldn’t have been quite right without your say…

Matt, thanks again for acting as MC, you did a great job on a pretty ad hoc running sheet and I’m happy to say most of your gags went down really well.

Thanks for the love and support from all of you over the journey so far, I (we) really appreciate it and we’ll never forget we have it from you all.

Here’s a little highlights package from our video of the day. We hope you like it… we do. Matt or Paul, is there anyway to get this on the blog? We’ve got a longer DVD that we’ll be sending to OZ for you all to have a movie night…

https://youtu.be/-YsElaLwTpw https://youtu.be/-YsElaLwTpw

In other news, we’ve taken delivery of the BBQ and Coffee machine you all put in for. They are both sensational! The coffee machine is getting plenty of good use already and the BBQ is going to! We had a slight stock issue with John Lewis so we ended up with a slightly different model but it’s unreal and I can’t wait to starting burning the chicken on it when Dad is next around! Thanks for the pressies!

The other news is that I’m getting a new car! It’s a Renault Megane Sports Tourer GT something or other… Cool huh!? It comes with my new job as UK Marketing Manager for Liberon - a wood finishing paint supplier from the South of France. I’ve just received the official offer where the biggest sticking point was not money or pension fund (it pays both of those) but which car they thought would satisfy me! Anyway I start on Monday week and will have a couple of trips to the head office in France (about 60 miles from Geneva) to kick it off! Not bad! I’m looking forward to getting stuck in to it.

Alright, I’ve gotta run, we’re off to a B&B in the countryside this weekend near Lewes.

I hope everyone is going good back in OZ, we’ll FaceTime you all soon!

Much Love Dommy