Birthday Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/birthday/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:54:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Birthday Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/birthday/ 32 32 2696646 A Weekend in Pembrokeshire – Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:26:35 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=40627 Happy Birthday Anna!! Not a bad room to wake up to on your birthday after a good nights sleep at Boulston Manor. We had a lazy start as we had said we’d have breakfast at 8:30am – that’s late for us, but we were on a mini-break so why not take it easy! I was...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/feed/ 1 40627 Happy 18th Birthday https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/happy-18th-birthday/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/happy-18th-birthday/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:14:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38824 I’m not quite sure how we did it, but it would appear as though Anna and I have managed to raise a fully grown adult!! Yep, Morgan turned 18 at the weekend. We had a family meal with just the three of us to celebrate at the Glen in Aberystwyth. We’re not 100% sure what...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/happy-18th-birthday/feed/ 1 38824 16 Already! Happy Birthday Morgan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/16-already/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/16-already/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:31:50 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35835 Who’d have thought it, Morgan is 16 already. How did that happen? It wasn’t the most of exciting birthdays for him as we were in lockdown and therefore at home all day long. He was also in school lessons most of the day. He did allow us to wake him up a little earlier than...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/16-already/feed/ 1 35835 Chocolate Overload for Morgan’s Birthday https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/02/chocolate-overload-for-morgans-birthday/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/02/chocolate-overload-for-morgans-birthday/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:45:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=32542 Somehow, Morgan is yet another year older and at 15 I’m not sure where all the time has gone. We decided to go a little OTT on the chocolate front for his cake this year. Anna baked a nice big Chocolate Celebration Cake for him and then made loads of lovely chocolate ganache using some...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/09/ott-with-chocolate/feed/ 1 30920 Shrewsbury Quadrathlon 2018 – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:45:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27164 Once again, Anna’s birthday weekend fell on the same week as the Shrewsbury Triathlon and Quadrathlon. I was competing in the Quad so Anna was treated to a weekend away! See, I’m a true romantic at heart, taking my wife away for a family camping trip on her birthday and even swimming, kayaking, cycling and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/feed/ 1 27164 Birthdays, Banksy’s and Bristol https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:47:46 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26155 It was Morgans birthday at the weekend. Quite how he got to be 13 already I’ll never know. It was also half term last week so Anna and I took Friday off so that we could have a long weekend away. We therefore headed off after work on Thursday to my parents house just North...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/feed/ 1 26155 Birthday Weekend in Bristol https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:27:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23796 We’ve just got back from a weekend with family in Bristol. It was Morgan’s birthday so we were travelling down to meet his cousins for some birthday activities, to visit Ikea and to look at some VW campervans. we had a bike ride planned too so it was going to be a busy weekend and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/feed/ 1 23796 Birthday Day Out https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/birthday-day-out/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/birthday-day-out/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23451 Yet another year older for me as it was my birthday on Sunday. This year, there were no exciting adventurous sporting activities which was probably a good thing as I was still suffering with a lingering lurgy. So, after a chilled morning I opened my birthday presents over breakfast. There was a new heart rate monitor...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/birthday-day-out/feed/ 3 23451 Anna’s 40th – Laser Tag and Cakes https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/09/annas-40th-laser-tag-cakes/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/09/annas-40th-laser-tag-cakes/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2016 13:29:42 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22853 Who would believe it? Anna, 40 years old already. We did of course tease her suitably about this landmark age, but not too much seeing as many of us are already way past this age! We also marked the day with something of a party. Party preparations I’d been working on the garden in the sunshine for...

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