As always is the way with good old Blighty weather, as soon as you pack away your shorts and get out your autumn warmers, the sun starts to shine again.

This past weekend we were busy all day Sunday so we decided to have a nice quiet chilled out day on Saturday.  We went to a local country park, which has acres of grass, bridges and lakes to explore, and had a picnic together.  There is also a great play area with sand all on the ground, which Mads loved and is great as she does have a tendency to get excited and fall over.

I wonder if this will have been the sunny day of the summer?  Although I love the sunny weather, I must admit to finding Autumn and Winter extra special- I love that time of year- the snuggling up on dark nights, Autumn walks and wrapping up warm, and of course Christmas.  Bryony wrote this post which I love and I agree with every point she made.

Anyway here is what we did to enjoy our last potential picnic of the summer...

Last Sunday it was my Grandpa's 80th Birthday and we went over to a garden party at their house.  There were about 20 of us there, and it was a really lovely celebration.  The sun shined the whole day, the food was lovely and Mads was the star of the show as she is the only little person on this side of the family.  

I adore my Grandparents and am very close to them both- I am very lucky we only live about twenty minutes away from them so we go over for dinner most weeks.  I also feel very lucky that Mads gets to know her Great-Grandparents and they love her to bits.

They live on a big farm in the middle of nowhere, and it was a beautiful setting for the party.  I have such fond memories of growing up having fun there, and I hope to give Mads some memories too.  All in all it was a great day and we had a lovely time.  Here is some of the hundreds of photos I took that day.

Not a bad view from your garden.

Mads loves feeding Grandma's 'big fish'.  I think they are Koi Karp possibly but as soon as she gets there she asks to feed them.  We count new ones every time but I think there is about 19.

Mads was on the go non stop all day- she missed her usual nap but that didn't stop her as there was just too much to do!

We did some cruising in our new wheels that Grandma (my Mum) bought over especially.

We had some laughs.

We cuddled with Grandma.

We shared ice cream with Great Grandpa the birthday boy!

We played in the pretty flowers.

We all ate cake.

The weather this weekend has been incredible.  We luckily had no plans, so decided to just enjoy it and spend lots of time outside.  Here is a little insight into what we got up too.

A few miles from us there is a beautiful reservoir- we decided to go there for a picnic and a play.

Looking for birdies with Daddy.

Stealing Daddy's yogurt at our picnic.

We played on the swings and went really high.

We ate ice creams.

Which were fab!

We splashed so much in the paddling pool that we got rather soaked.

We had a lovely day- one of those quiet days where you don't do much but that make you smile.  Long may this gorgeous summer weather continue.

You know those Sundays you have every once in a while?

Where the sun shines all day long, and you do nothing except enjoy each others company?  

Well thats the kind of Sunday we had yesterday.  We played with our toys in the garden pretty much all day and then in the afternoon we went over to my Mums for a BBQ.  Of course my Mum and Stepdad were there, but then also my sister and her boyfriend, plus my step-sister and her boyfriend were there too.  We had a great evening, relaxing, eating yummy food and playing in the garden.

It was definitely the kind of Sunday that makes you thankful for the little things- sunshine, fun and most of all family.

Water fun with Daddy.

Bouncing is what girlies do best!

Me and my sister.

A dirty but cute face.

A Mummy's work is never done!

Watering in our PJ's!

Playing Catch.

Cuddles with Auntie Anna.