November 29th, 2009
Said Grandma Hartley on our recent visit south when I said I would have to do another LONG OVERDUE post. Refer to This Article for More Information
Anyway, no cunning way of excusing our absence but we had a great time south with family and have added some photos in an album. Emilie also enjoyed being 1 and spending some time with family ( and cake!) photos of this too.
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September 16th, 2009
so sorry we’ve been lying low.
Life is busy with work and home and just life really. I don’t know where the time goes. Emilie is going strength to strength and even trying to stand. movement is still all backwards but she’s very happy with herself for being able to move at all.
she is still a chatty and content little girl.
There are SO many things that have happened but a highlight was Grandma’s visit in August ( see Gallery)
we’ll try and get more on track but meanwhile you can content yourselves with Emilie 6-9 months and Mum’s visit.
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August 6th, 2009

Michael and Emilie outside Ennerdale Hostel
Well it’s been glorious in Orkney for weeks now. It appears to becoming a bit of a trend that it gets wet south and we escape completely. Farmers are running out of space to put grass and the Orkney tan is giving the Med a run for its money.
There have been changes and challenges afoot in the Frier household.
Miriam has a new job in Stromness, working on the Heritage Lottery funded project in the conservation area. Good news especially having written the bid, she knows all about it! She works two days one week and three the next and on days that the childminder picks up Emilie enjoys walking to work.
Emilie is now with a new childminder but is settling well and seems happy.
Michael is busy working putting up an extension for someone in Twatt ( yes it really is called that!) and enjoying sunny days although the work is hard.
We took the opportunity to go away before all our new jobs started and went down the west coast of Scotland, down to the lakes to probably the best youth hostel in the world in Ennerdale and on to family in Cornwall and up to Devon.

Polzeath Nr Padstow
The trip culminated in a weekend in Bewdley as part of celebrating Dad ( Mr Hartley’s) 70th birthday year with Mum and Dad, Rachel and Gordon and us. we took the opportunity to catch up on Auntie’s knee measurement

Look how big I am Auntie Rachel!
More photos can be found under pages summer holidays 2009 as I don’t have a scooby how to hyperlink them!
Enjoy !
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June 23rd, 2009
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June 7th, 2009
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May 17th, 2009
Whoops! how did that happen? It’s been so long since we posted and Emilie is practically at school. Sorry about that. A quick low down has been mum and dad visited us in April 2009. We had a great time together and lots of cuddles with Emilie. We also all went out to North Ronaldsay to celebrate Mrs H’s birthday. North Ron is renowned for its sheep that live on the sea shore and eat seaweed and also its lighthouse that we all went up. Images can be seen in the gallery under grandma and grandad’s visit. Here is a lovely family shot to be going on with.

After Mum and Dad left, Michael went over to the mainland for a chocolate run to Durness with the Boys. Here he is leaving on the back of Ian’s bike. They had a great day out.

You can see that Emilie has been busy growing. she is loving sitting in her doughnut now and food is taken on with great relish. Here are some of the most recent shots including some with her most recent pressie from Grandma, some stacking pots. she loves them. Thank you .
We have also invested in a back pack. You can see Fiona and I getting battered by the wind on Skaill beach a couple of weeks ago Our latest event has been going to Eday this weekend to Naomi and Russell’s wedding. Again there is a whole gallery but here are some photos of the day and of Emilie and Dorothy. Dorothy came out just 10 days before Emilie. They had a lovely time together. It was really windy on the wedding day but fabulously sunny. Naomi and Russell had decorated the byre and we had a super doo there in the evening. Michael and I had taken a chocolate fountain but sadly too much draught meant the chocolate ceased flowing. only after the children had had a really good dip though.
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Naomi and Russell’s wedding, Grandma and Grandad’s visit and Emilie 3-6 months
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April 11th, 2009
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April 10th, 2009
Emilie loves her bath towel! here is the latest peek a boo photo

peek a boo - I see you
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April 10th, 2009
Well not US as a family , … but I heard today that Stromness has been awarded the £1.44 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Townscape heritage Initiative. This may not mean much, but it is what I’ve been working on for the past two years and caused considerable stress at 8 months pregnant! It’s cracking news for Stromness and makes all those sleepless nights worthwhile.
We just need to bag the rest of the money now as the scheme will cost about £4million but the good news is most of that is committed now.
I hope now to fulfill my cunning plan to work in Stomness and bag one of the jobs on the scheme so I can work down the road but there may be some tough competition. we shall have to see…..
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April 7th, 2009
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