Two Sundays ago, the weather was looking perfect for a dog walk – it was chilly but the rain from the previous day had dried up and we were all in need of some fresh air. I took my camera along with the intention of getting some shots of the kids running around. Badminton Estate is near my parents house and there are loads of places to wander, and big open spaces, perfect for wild kids and crazy dogs. This is mainly a photo heavy post, but I just wanted to point out the trees in the first photo. When…

When you are little there isn’t any better fun in Autumn, than playing in the leaves. My mum has two big trees in her garden, an Acer tree with beautiful golden leaves, and a cherry blossom trees on which the leaves go a gorgeous red. We had a plan a few weeks ago to go out and take some photos of the kids and Ollie was feeling very under the weather, and so we ended up in mums garden, playing with the leaves. Last Autumn Mason was very little and so this is his first experience of leaves – and…

My parents still live in the same house that I grew up in, from the age of two and a half. They live in a tiny village in the Gloucestershire countryside – about 15 minutes from where we live now. I didn’t really appreciate how lucky I was to grow up there – surrounded by fields and animals. We still live in a country town, but its not the same as a village. Most Saturdays we go to Nanny and Grampy’s when Ell is playing football, and take the opportunity wherever possible to get the kids out for a walk.…