Christmas with my family came and went in what now seems the bat of an eye. I loved spending those precious few festive days with my family, but now the time has come for life to roll forward towards a New Year. Before I let Christmas 2010 slip away though, I'd like to take this opportunity to preserve a few happy memories here...
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Christmas Eve ...
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My son, Christmas Morn!
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Daisy's first Christmas
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Cheers! Our Christmas Day lunch
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Boxing Day walk in Mote Park ...
Fay modelling her Christmas woollies
Hungry birds on a frozen lake!
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Mote Park, beautiful in the wintery sunshine
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Me and Stuart walking off our Christmas pud!
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Fay and Stuart chuckling ...
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Sunset over the frozen lake
There are only a few days until the clocks strike midnight to welcome in 2011. Like many of you, I will say goodbye to 2010 with my heart full of both happy and sad memories - but let's not dwell on the past, let's wave it goodbye and step boldly forward into the new year ... after all, our future awaits us.