Hello Cousin Sophie and Kate!

We were visited this last week by our family in the UK. My brother Matt, along with his wife Anna and their twin girls Sophie and Kate all made the long trek from London to Vancouver to come and see us. We haven't seen them in almost 16 months so not only was this the first time they were meeting Brandon but last time Cam and I saw Sophie and Kate they were just babies.....how things change!!

A heat wave hit Vancouver while they were here but that's OK we'd recently installed a pool in the backyard which the girls made great use of (Sophie on the left, Kate on the right)

Brandon taking the tie to get to know his Uncle Matt.

And his Cousin Kate, taking the time to get to know Brandon......ooh!! Sophie is in line behind her for a turn a kissing Brandon.

The Thomas Children trying to step it up outside (L-R: Kate, Brandon, Sophie)

And chillin' on the couch inside.

An added bonus........Grandma showed up from Melbourne.

Mum decided at the last minute that she simply couldn't miss the rare opportunity of all her grandchildren being together so she decided to make a last minute trip to Vancouver.

Needless to say I think she thought she had died and gone to heaven!

Grandma shows her grand kids one of the 14,678 photos she took in the week she was here.

Brandon had a great time meeting the English Chapter of the Thomas Family!!

Nobody in the house would be brave enough to say it was a relaxing visit, with 3 children under 2 years old life was never dull but we did find sometime to relax and catch up after all the troops went to bed. My cousin Steve and his wife Sherree who are based in Thailand have been spending the last 4 month in US only about 3 minutes from us also joined us one night for dinner.

Thanks for coming across Matt, Anna, Sophie, Kate and Mum.....it was fantastic to see you all.