Twenty Fourteen

Goodbye 2014 - 

It's been a year with lots of ups and downs

I wish that I could look into 2015 with confidence -

but 2014 has taught us that there are no certainties, no promises,

only faith and family and living as well as we can.
January

New Year's Day visit to see Gill, Russell, Elizabeth and Joyce in Leicester

Peter Pan at the Octagon 

Megan's art on display at the Brindley

 February

  London Day - with Jonathan, Karen and Katharine at Coram Fields - 

then Henry V with Jude Law

Al and I saw the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Musical in Manchester 

{nearly 25 years after we saw the film}

Day trip to Wales

March

Miranda at the Echo Arena

Orlando at the Royal Exchange

April 

Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 at the RSC {Anthony Sher as Falstaffe}

Week in Wales 

Elbow at the Echo arena {soooo close to the front!}

Ben loved seeing the Chuckle Brothers at the Brindley 

Jonathan, Karen and Katharine stayed at Gma's

{Jonathan broke the news that he had oral cancer}

Gill, Russell and Joyce visited

Bellowhead at the Bridgewater Hall

I broke my elbow (radial head fracture) - it healed well and I have pretty much full function back - but it does tend to ache now
Gill developed ascites - the first of many hospital admissions

Weekend in Aberdeen to celebrate Laura and Wayne's wedding

May 

Bank Holiday in Wales

Megs started her GCSE exams

Church Anniversary

Al's birthday - 47

McBusted at the Echo Arena

Jonathan's surgery

Wales

June

Megan sat more GCSEs 

Weekend in London - saw Jonathan (2 weeks post surgery), Karen and Katharine -

then Kevin Spacey in Darrow at the Old Vic

Megs left school

Scouts Chester Parade

Indoor Skydiving at Airkix

July

Ben's birthday - 13

Megan's birthday - 16

 Tour de France - Harrogate and York

Meg's Prom

Al and I celebrate 25 years together

London Day - Jonathan (2 weeks into radiotherapy), Karen and Katharine - 

then The Crucuble at the Old Vic with Ricahrd Armitage

Wales

Giants in Liverpool

August

Chamboree

20th Weding anniversary

London Day - Jonathan mid radiotherapy

Megs GCSE results {2A*s, 9 As, 1B}

Wales - photos and ice buckets

September

Megs starts Sixth Form and Ben moves into Year 9

London Day - Jonathan - 2 weeks post radiotherapy, Karen and Katharine then

Richard III with Martin Freeman

The Man Jesus at the Lowry with Somon Callow

Tour of Britain passes through Widnes

Southport Airshow

Ben awarded the Foundation Attitude to Learning prize at School

October

Hamlet at the Royal Exchange with Maxine Peake

Clannad at Liverpol Cathedral 

My Perfect Mind - Unity Theatre

Megs college trip to London

Day in Leicester to see Gill, Russell and Joyce

Last week in Wales

November

Fireworks at the river

Loves Labours Lost and Loves Labours Won (Much Ado About Nothing) at thr RSC

- called in to see Gill on the way home

Megan performs in Dracula the Musical 

War of the Worlds at Phones4U Arena

December

Chrsitmas Fair at FMC

Manchester markets

Rotary Father Christmas Float/Candlelight Carols/Carol Singing

My Birthday - 44

Jonathan, Karen and Katharine stayed at Gma's

Christmas Day with Gma, Gpa, Jonathan, Karen, Katharine and Uncle Chris

Shrek at  Palace in Manchester

Visiting Gill in Loros, Leiceister

The Little Shop of Horrors - Royal Exchange Manchester