Very busy weekend

What a busy weekend it has been! All in a nice way of course because Jennifer, Russell, Josh and Ben have been our house guests and we have had lots of fun. On Saturday before they arrived I had lunch in Amarone with my school friends. It was the usual convivial occasion - we have all reached the age of 50 now (I am the youngest!) so there was much hilarity about that. When the Smith family arrived we ordered a Chinese meal and had a relaxed evening. Ally and Cat had been working hard to make and decorate a cake for James' birthday in the shape of a Vulcan bomber. It is magnificent and tasted great too! It has been a rather rainy weekend so on Sunday, after watching the tennis in the morning (Djokovic beat Murray in the Australian Open final), we went karting at Scotkart. Well actually Russell, all the boys and Cat went karting; Jennifer and I cheered them on. They all had a great time and excitedly compared scores and times. Then off we all went to the cinema to see The Impossible, a film based on the true story of what happened to one family during the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. The special effects depicting one of the characters being buffeted about under the water were amazing and certainly brought home to us how awful it must have been to be caught up in the tsunami. I've heard that tsunami survivors who have seen the film have found it very traumatic to watch. This morning we are all on the way to Margaret's funeral in Edinburgh; I'm blogging from the car on the way through.