When we sold up and moved to Spain I found it very difficult to adapt from 4 large bedrooms to just 2 bedrooms,but I soon got over that with the ease that came with not having to change beds every week after children had been staying at week-ends,we missed them dreadfully when we first moved abroad but got used to the quality time with them at holidays and the fact I could fly home in 2 hours if the longing got out of hand,which it did during the first 2 yrs.My DGSs are the light of my life they are all so loving the girls are more outgoing and out spoken compared to the boys,my dd has 5 DSs and 1 x DD and my eldest DS has 1 x DD with his previous partner he got married last June in Las Vegas to his fiancee of 3yrs it was a small wedding with just 14 of us travelling there but they had a wedding reception when they got home the week after,what they paid out could have paid off a large chunk off their mortgage imo but who am I to say all I know is it cost us an arm and leg to go as there was no way I would miss my boy getting married where ever it was.( I hope I don't come across as a apron string mum as I really am not) Will fill in later as time goes on about family and other bits and bobs,oh by the way I am mum also to Poppy the Lhasa Apso and Oliver a British Short Haired Blue Cat one of his relatives does the Sheba Cat Advert on TV if you ever watch the adverts.xx Glamma