Last weekend Mark and I invited our families to Cardiff to meet each other. Nearly 10 years together and getting married, yet neither our parents nor our siblings had met their counterparts - it was about time.
Mum & JC were the first to arrive on Friday evening, allowing us to get out for a lovely run around the bay on Saturday morning.
At the end of the run, I stopped to take a photo of our matching sports bras (cute!), but paused when a car pulled up next to us. It was Mark, off to pick up Caitlin from the station. Oh hi Mark!
Saturday morning brought Caitlin and dad to join us for lunch. 6 people in our flat was already feeling overwhelming, and Cait had the fabulous idea of the Adams/Thelen lot going out for a coffee in town so we could welcome the Bennett-Haldanes in a bit more space.
They arrived to Cardiff that afternoon, his parents not having seen our flat or the city before. We met up with the others in town and then we introduced them to Cardiff in the true Welsh fashion - by having everyone get soaked on a walk in the rain.
Sunday fortunately brought much nicer weather! The kids (& dad & friend David) went for a climb in the morning with a gorgeous break midway through for pastries from Petit Four Patisserie. We then met everyone in Roath Park for a sunny stroll. Mum was not pleased with me that I had kept the lighthouse from her for years.
From L to R: Rog/dad, Cait, Mark, Deborah (Mark's mum), Luke (Mark's twin), Mark senior (Mark's dad), JC, Ruth/mum, me!
People trickled away home on Sunday and Monday. Mum & I squeezed a jigsaw into the weekend on Monday morning. I then spotted mum driving back to our flat, leaping out and sneaking something in the letterbox. She really liked that lighthouse!
*some photos stolen from my mum's blog
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