With an A at English, a B in Art, and a C in Maths Gemma's results were what she needed to go to College at Lincoln to read Fine Art so she's happy. On the academic front Edward also got "A"s in all his year end exams apart from RE, so we're all proud of him as well. He says he doesn't read blogs because they're either very good or full of mad people whining. I'll let you decide what label fits this blog.
We took the opportunity to visit Elaine and Ben's new house on Saturday morning, as we missed them last time we were over. It's a nice bungalow over in Toftwood and they have a good sized garden with a pear tree. They've just got a kitten from the local cat rescue centre and even I have to admit it's cute.
On Saturday afternoon we finally got round to putting some silver paint on the flat roof. It had been sitting in the garage since before Easter but every time Dad and I had a spare weekend when we could do it, it had been raining so it was too wet to apply the paint. We got about 3/4 of the roof painted before the rain swept in and stopped us working.
Saturday night was eating out night. Dad drove Mum, Sonia and I out to a pub by the County Showground where we were joined by Gemma, Edward and Gemma's boyfriend Chris (who got 4 As and 3 Bs for his A levels). Dad and I split the bill to treat the birthday and exam celebrants.
Sunday morning was fairly quiet. We spent a while preparing for a lunchtime barbeque, hoping that the rain would hold off. It didn't, so Dad had to cook under the car port. The main dish was a large Scottish salmon that he stuffed with cucumber and bay leaves before wrapping in tin foil and lobbing on the BBQ. It was so large that the nine of us couldn't finish it and we had a box full to take home with us.So all in all, an enjoyable weekend with family.
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