I hope that you can see from my recent entries that our time in the UK was great and that we really enjoyed the various things that we did. The highlight of our time has to have been family and friends. We stayed with my mum in her nice new flat. It seems to be new homes all round, Trevor had me over to stay with him and Clare in their beautiful new home as did Jack and Susan. London was our base but we did get to Devon as well. Dad and Pat let us stay with them for a week. Catching up with all my family and doing fun things with them is something that Louise and I are very grateful for.
Friends, real friends are those that remain no matter how far apart we find ourselves. I found getting together with old friends like Jason and Steve to be like we had never really been apart. Jason has three great kids who have grown loads, I got to see them all on a number of occasions and I have to say that I'm proud of my mate who as a single father of three is doing an amazing job. 
What can I say about meeting up with Steve, again it was like we had never been apart. I met up with Steve for football and for a really nice meal with his wife-to-be Clare.
The four of us enjoyed a night out in "Zizzis" (Louise and I went their on our wedding night) a great Italian restaurant in Sutton.
Our time in the UK also gave us an opportunity to catch up with old friends from Mordern Baptist Church which was great. Kevin and Ellen had us around for a lovely meal, we also went out with a number of friends from our old small group for pizza.
Louise took the opportunity to catch up with her old friends Desiree, Pieter and there children. Louise enjoyed a weekend at their new home and came back with loads of exciting news about the things they all did together.
Gary and Ruth as well as Lesley and Stephanie came around to my mothers flat to share a meal with us. I really enjoyed meeting up with them all and finding out what's been going on in their lives.
If all we could have done in the UK had been to catch up with family and friends then I have to say that for us both that would have been more then enough. Thanks guy's for all of you who went out of your way to catch up with us. We love you all.
