We headed off up north this week, and that's a very rare occurrence for us. I was pondering if the kids have ever been up north and w...

Happy Thursday friends. Can you believe it is September already? This year seems to be whizzing by in a flash and I'd quite like it to...

Dear School, I'm so pleased you choose to have an inset day on Friday, meaning that we got a four day weekend. It has gone in a fla...

OK I did it, I know many think it is a cardinal sin to mention Christmas in September but when the gifts are going abroad in November I n...

Anyone that has read this blog for any length of time will know of my love affair with Operation Christmas Child.  I adore putting the sho...

About seven weeks ago I was in Minsk, the capital Belarus with Operation Christmas Child . It was such an amazing journey and one that will...

I have made many Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes up over the years and always really enjoyed doing it.  Each year I try and make the bo...

Me with our translator, Nastia I’ve been back from Belarus for almost a week now and I have been enjoying the downtime, it is as if I do...

Some of you might have noticed I was missing from Reasons to be Cheerful last week, I was in Belarus with Samaritans Purse, the charity that...

This is Andrew but pronounced Andrey when said with a Belarusian accent. He was just the most gorgeous boy that we met during our whole s...

I have had such an amazing time here in Belarus, we have experienced so much in such a little time. A real whistle-stop tour of this great p...