Thursday, 9 December 2010

2010 : A year in Review

January
David Dent-Young CBE (1927-2010)
Sadly, Niki's father went into hospital on New Year's Eve, and passed away in his sleep at Epiphany.
A time to remember David
February
"Gun in Action Jan 1st 1917"
John Dent Young (1988-1955)
Paul has been scanning a vast collection of photos taken by Niki's grandfather, taken in West Africa (he lived in Nigeria), East Africa (where he fought in WW1), South Africa (where he met his wife) and North Africa (he drove from Jos to Algiers) during the first half of the twentieth century.


March
San Francisco Exploratorium
GDC 2010, and the stunning weather on the day Paul flew back allowed him to take an eight mile stroll across the city, as well as pop into see his siblings and of course our new niece.




The Mosby Clan




Southampton Uni's inimitable class of 1984
April
Miranda's Birthday
May


Reuben's Christening
May Bank Holiday and a trip to Norfolk to catch up with Ken, Gill & Danny - and a chance for the girls to meet their second cousins for the first time.










June
M's first First Holy Communion

More medals from the annual St Albans Run

 Herts Inter-school Gymnastics Competition







July



Tokyo in July
A summer trip for Paul to Tokyo, taking in the sights of Ginza.
Tim tries out the new decking

For our summer holiday, we returned for a second time to Luz - familiar and easy to slip into holiday mode.










August
A very wet day trip to Legoland
We planned a day trip to Legoland in Windsor, and what was supposed to be the driest day of the week ... it wasn't, but fun was still had by all.








However, over in Japan, Paul experienced their 2010 heat wave during his last visit to SCEI's old offices - relieved a little by one of their beer gardens at the end of the week.




September
October
View from the 16th floor
Paul returned to a somewhat cooler Japan, in his visit to SCEI's offices in Shinagawa.










... including Wicked and the Tate Modern
Minibreak in London

For half term this year, we decided to be London Tourists and stay in a small hotel off the Edgeware road and take in a musical (Wicked!), the London Eye, Tate Modern - and a lot of Lebanese restaurants.



Our Californian family arrived - the girls' enjoyed meeting their new cousin, and perfect timing for some pumpkin carving by the professional !















Fabulous Guy Fawkes Night at Tyttenhanger
November
Once again, a fabulous Guy Fawkes night in the Tyttenhanger village green, thanks to a kind invite from our friends the Suttons.


December

View from Deira side of the creek, across to Burj Khalifa (the world's tallest tower)

Paul returned to Dubai for a second time on business - to keynote at for Games Expo.    More photos here.






Eric at work

2010 Home Improvement : with another cold winter coming, Eric returns to add a Wood Burner
Miranda and the SaS school choir at St Albans Abbey


Reporting for Duty at the Imperial War Museum






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