So we are now on Homeland Furlough or Holiday as normal people call it. Having completed our 3 year contract we have two months at home before going back for one more year. We are having a great time and have been all over the place already. Here's some of the highlights so far......

On the plane and ready to go. Still at least Luke had a little cot to himself so he'd be able to sleep......

Maybe not!!! Then we went to Southampton and saw Grandma and Grandad and Uncle Adrian and Auntie Clare. Luke also saw the sea for the first time at Portsmouth

We went to IHQ and did some sightseeing around London.

Then came the dedication of Luke at Chelmsford on the 8th June 2008. Lots of people came from all over the place. It was a great day and we were so grateful that people took the time to share with us and gave Luke so many gifts. We spent the day before the dedication with the Johnston family in Cambridge. They had travelled all the way down from Scotland. We also met up with some other people who had given birth at Chikankata and their children. These included the Hachitapikas, the du Plessis and of course the Bradburys.

Then it was off to Denmark with the two families for a great weeks holiday. Here we are all at Skagen, the most northerly point of mainland Denmark after our fish and chips, eaten in Gale Force Nine winds.Luke has grown so much in the last few weeks and now has his first tooth. He has also grown at lot more hair as the photo below shows. We are, though enjoying a restful and happy time together. Fnally for anyone who is missed it or is vaguely interested. Here are a couple of photographs of the crocodile that lived in the Chikankata dam. The rumours that she lived there were around but I have to admit I didn't really believe them until this 2.75 big thing surfaced. The Zambian Widlife Authority came and dealt with the matter at hand. I will resist any jokes about making it snappy because from my experience nothing in Zambia is particularly snappy!