My word, doesn't time fly when you are... not blogging. Okay, so I turn my back and whoosh! a whole 5 or 6 months go flying by!

Kirsten and I are on the back leg of our holidays at the moment. We've just spent a week in Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, which is the where Last Of The Summer Wine is filmed. Here are some of the highlights of the holiday:

• The cottage we stayed in was superb. It was called Erin Cottage and was really cosy and homely, with a fantastic view over Holmfirth and the surrounding area. 
• Half way through the holiday we visited Bryony & Fraser (Kirsten's neice & nephew) and Gary, who were themselves visiting family in Huddersfield.
• We discovered that the National Coal Mining centre is actually a bit boring if you can't go on the underground tour. This is because children under 5 aren't allowed. We tried to convince them that Joshua was a remarkably young looking 8 year old but for some reason they wouldn't believe us.
• We went for a walk around Langsett resevoir and then had a pub lunch afterwards. We had our pride puffed up a bit by a couple of people commenting on how well behaved Joshua was. However, I pointed out to Kirsten that the communal reaction of the pub when I went in to check they had a high chair was one of aprehension. So we figured that the expectation upon us was actually pretty low to begin with!
• Every day we enjoyed a bit of a lie in. This meant that although we got up to have breakfast together, we all went off back to bed after breakfast time! Huzzah for morning naps!
• At Digley resevior, we enjoyed our lunch in the sun. Alas, as we were about to go for a walk the skies opened a monsoon fell. We gave up on the walk and went for a drive instead.
• On our way home, we stopped at a dairy farm for a coffee and to pick up some decent ice cream. The place is called Delph House Farm, and although we were only there for half an hour or so, we had a great time drinking coffee in the sun, playing 'Boc' with the chickens (Joshua particularly liked the chickens), and tasting some lovely ice cream. Turns out their ice cream parlour has only been in business a few weeks. So, if you ever find yourself on the A629 to Huddersfield, then we would recommend a stopping for a coffee and an ice cream.

When we get back to Bromley, I'll be starting my second year at Christ Church. It's amazing that we have been here a year already, and I can't wait to get stuck into the second year.

Right-o. Well, whilst I try and figure out how to get all the content of our site back online (some hacker-geek thought it would be a good idea to destroy our site - can anyone see the point in that?), here are some brief bits of news for those of you who check here to find out what is going on.

• The work at Christ Church is going great guns. The two youth groups have recently undertaken a fairly significant overhaul which has seen God's grace grow in the lives of the young people as they get stuck into God's word more and more. Moving from a games-centred programme to a Bible-centred programme, we were expecting numbers to fall. However, all of the young people that came along to try the new format out have enjoyed it and some of the non-Christian lads from the 14-18s group have started coming along to the Sunday meeting and then joining us for the evening service.
• Kirsten has fully recovered from her C-section and is now in full swing as a mum. I must say, she is an excellent mum - loving and caring yet level-headed and focussed.
• Joshua has learnt to blow raspberries.
• He has also figured out how to soak mummy whilst in the bath (but he doesn't dare soak daddy - I'm hoping its from fear of daddy getting his own back with a super-soaker in a few years time)!

More news and info (as well as the rest of the site) soon.