That's right, the blog is still going in spite of excess demands on everyone's time! Spring has come to Oxford!
OK, those pics came from a sneaky trip John and I took to the University Botanic garden one afternoon, but Spring is really here.
It's been a productive 7 weeks since the last missive. Gareth has cut his long locks and has successfully completed a full run of the world premiere of After Gilgamesh, a new play by Jenny Lewis. When the production shots are back, we'll post up some stills.
Fiona has been back to the doctor to see why she is so tiny, and they ran a growth hormone test for which she was very patient and brave. We will have results in 3 weeks, and will know then if she needs treatment to stimulate growth or if she just has Mott genes to an excess.
Bronwyn has had an amazing birthday since the last post, and besides having some special friends over for the day, received an Ironman skateboard, which she is rather good with. She is continuing to work hard on her violin playing as well and just began Shaolin Kung Fu, following in Gareth's footsteps.
Enya begins Pegasus Theatre group at the end of the month and has been actively involved in her circle of friends, attending several gatherings at various homes around Oxford. She also helped her class to raise a substantial sum of money to sponsor a child's education in Delhi.
John is, as I type this, in Corinth, Greece. He is a third of the way through his Geology fieldwork and it appears to be a much better venue than last year (Skye in a snowstorm). He will return on the 12th and I will depart on the 14th for Newcastle, Northumberland for the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC). I continue to be overly busy with research, teaching and organising digs, but will be heading out for two weeks in June for a ' pleasure dig' (ie, outside my particular area and time period, but good fun) on the island of Sark. It's meant to be a gorgeous location so I will try not to be too envious of John's Greek adventures.
Finally, we have a new member of the family. Exeter College said we might have a cat, and so Bootsy, a 6yr old female who needed a new home, has come to live with us. She is a little timid now about her abrupt change in circumstances, but we hope she will warm to us quickly.
That's it for now, more to follow in the near(ish) future.
1 comments:
What a nice update, you are all so busy and the kids are growing up way too quickly. Gareth you have grown up over night with your haircut, you are so darn handsome. Keep us posted on Fionas test results. She may have the Mott genes. Love and miss you all.
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