We had an unplanned visit on the day I took this photograph with my Stepson Clive, Stepdaughter-in-law Shelley and our grandchildren Sirenna and Logan.
As they had recently been on holiday, they also brought with them lots of photos to show us.
My man Paul and I enjoyed looking at all the photos and afterwards Paul made us all a cup of tea.
The children had been wandering around, playing with Pippin’s toys and also playing with our fridge magnets. (For all the years all our 5 grandchildren have been growing up they all gravitate to the kitchen to rearrange the fridge magnets)!!
While wandering around, the children were told not to go near the cups of tea but unfortunately one of them bumped into the table, knocking over one of the freshly made cuppas. Panic ensued as the tea spilled out all over the table, and onto some of the photos we had been looking at as well as some of my genealogy notes and papers that were also on the table!!
We were more worried about the photos, so a clean-up operation got under way.
Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2011
After clearing up the tea that had gone everywhere, Clive and Shelley tried to dry the photos. There were lots of packs of them that got very wet, so armed with kitchen towel they dabbed at them, so as not to smear them and when they had done that we placed each one all over the room in the hope they would dry off completely.
By the time Clive, Shelley and the children went home, the photos had dried ok and seemingly undamaged!!
I think next time they come with photos, we won’t have any drinks around until they have been looked at and then tucked away out of sight!!
Apart from that, we enjoyed the visit very much. It is always lovely to see them all. 
