The Senior Sherwinators have landed!

The building anticipation of the last 3 months has finally come to fruition and Mum and Dad Sherwinator have arrived!! We were SO happy to see them! Has made us pretty homesick though! They arrived on the 17th and stayed with us for the weekend. We all jam packed Saturday with London touring ending with the London Eye at sunset - amazing! Felt a bit surreal to all be together walking across London Bridge and looking up at Big Ben!















Other updates:
* We have become addicted to cycle classes at the gym
* Our jobs continue to plod along swimmingly
* The weather is cooling down as the dreaded winter approaches
* The tomato vines have started growing pimple size tomatoes
Until next time....

The Tomato Diaries

As you can see the little tommies are flourishing! They have been transplanted into the 'real world' garden and are loving it. I have included the paparazzi photo of Paul tending to his beloved :) With the risk of sounding a bit cheesy, I thought I would share with you something Paul said to me the other day that he was reminded of whilst tending to the tomato vines and eagerly waiting for them to bear fruit.
And that is this:

"Remain in me and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.....This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples".
~ John 15:4-5, 8

Which has brought us to ask ourselves, 'are we (I) bearing fruit and if not, why??'

So, who would have thought that these little tommies (or tommies to be...hopefully) would prompt some theological thinking!

We pray that even though we are far from home and far from 'normal' situations, that we would bear fruit and fruit that will last.

Brighton...& the surf was cranking!

Hey Guys!
Well, we finally made it to the seaside! Oh for the smell of salty air and the sound of sqwarking seagulls...although the seagulls were more like seaEAGLES - massive, fluffy, scary looking things...So nice to just be near water, even if it was as flat as a pancake and the pebbles a little rough on the old feet. We also happened to unknowingly pick the weekend of a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gra so was a little wild and confronting to say the least! Brighton is a funky place though, an old fishing town with lots going on.









Things are plodding along nicely at the moment. The heat continues...makes doing the grocery shop a bit of a nightmare, especially since it is about a 15-20min walk coming home uphill! Yep, really missing the old Barina... I'm trying to convince Paul to let me purchase one of those wheely trolley things- you know the bright red tarten ones you see grannies using, but...I have been forbidden.
Work is going well for both of us, but we are looking forward to our next holiday in about a month. The Senior Sherwinators are coming to town..in a week in fact and we will be heading up to Ireland with them for a bit - for some Guiness and leprikorn hunting!
So, that's about it for an update.
Look forward to hearing about what's going on in your world!
xx