Who Do You Think You Are?

It seems like I spent a lot of time getting wet recently, what with the treasure hunt last week, a 8.5 mile run in a torrential downpour this Sunday morning and the Beaver's infamous annual water fight on Monday evening. And we thought we were going to get soaked at a BBQ on Sunday afternoon as well. We were invited to the CNR family BBQ at Pittodrie House Hotel courtesy of Vikki's dad who works for them. Fortunately there was a marquee on the side of the hall so plenty of room to enjoy the burgers, sausages, toffee apples, candy floss etc. without getting wet. There was a Dr Who theme to the day so Calum dressed in his Monsters Inc costume (well, it's close) and beat up some inflatable Daleks and cardboard cybermen. There was a magic show and a bouncy dome and a tea cup ride (which the boys had a shot of) as well as horse rides and archery (which they didn't). We also met a few old colleagues of Vikki's from her Ranger Oil days and made a decent effort to spend the beer tokens given to us on arrival. Click on the pics below to make them bigger...
 
 
 
 

Congratulations II

In case you couldn't work it out from the grainy, ill-lit phone pic posted previously, Amy got married to the Daviator on Sunday at Pittodrie House Hotel.

It was the first time we'd taken the boys to a wedding and it turned out to be kinda crazy, stressful, and a lot of fun. Lachlan and Calum were page boys and Vikki was the chief bridesmaid, which meant she got a posh frock and a seat away from us at dinner (but still saved the day by calming Magnus down). After dinner, Magnus soon fell asleep and we were able to get on with the serious business of drinking and dancing. The dancing kicked off with a grand march followed by "Patio Song" by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (we had to bring our CD in because the DJ strangely hadn't even heard of them), and finished off about midnight with the seemingly obligatory drunken staggering to The Proclaimers' "500 miles". All in all, it was a good night - Lachlan and Calum had a great time running and sliding around the dance floor, we had a chance to make some new friends catch up with some old friends and family, and it was fun just to watch Vikki's relatives get steadily drunker as time wore on.

Our photos are on Vikki's Picasa album (below)

2008-05-11 Amy and Dave's Wedding

Best wishes to Mr and Mrs Bedford