Hi everyone! As you can all see, my aim to blog every week is going really well - ha!

We've been lucky to do some travelling this year, which is proving to be more challenging with a wriggling toddler in tow! In April, Brendan and I flew to Canada for a few days whereupon I left him to the care of my Mum and I flew to Denver Colarado to attend a Child Development conference where I was presenting a poster of the research I conducted in Oxford. For those of you unfamiliar with academic conferences and poster presentations, Kevin likens it to a big science fair!! After the conference, I flew back to Toronto to collect Brendan and to meet Kevin, who was in Austria playing ice hockey with the Cambridge University team "The Eskimos". From Toronto, we flew to Argentina to spend 2 weeks with my Grandparents, aunt, uncle, dad and step-mother.


What a fantastic time we had! It was the first time the Argentine side of the family had met Brendan and everyone got along so well!


It was great to be able to spend long sunny days, walking in the hills of Cordoba or riding into the sunset (or waddling as was the case with my almost-dead horse!) like a true Argentine gaucho (A.K.A. cowboy). We had some lovely barbecues, lots of ice cream and a few slide shows to bring back lots of family memories. Great times!

We were lucky to have a few days in Buenos Aires which we spent site seeing and soaking in the atmospher - what a city. Sadly, the city was too big to see it all in 2 days - we'll just have to go back!
We then flew back to Toronto and spent another week with friends and family there. Thanks to a terrible ear infection and flu, we extended the trip by an extra few days - we were so glad of the extra time with loved ones. During our time home we had the chance to indulge in sushi, dim sum (yum yum!) and also celebrate Chloe's birthday.
Sadly we had to return to the real world, and after being away from home for 5 weeks, Bren didn't quite know what to make of the house when we finally made it home. Since our return, we've stayed close to home (I think the 5 week trip tired us all out!). We've done a few day trips and explored the sites in Cambridgeshire.
Kevin's work is coming along really well, and despite the economic slowdown in the rest of the world, his company Phoria is still doing very well. His sporting efforts are somewhat on hiatus at the moment because the University almost closes down for the summer without the Undergrads around to keep it alive! He's signed on for a rollerblade marathon in Berlin in September - we'll keep you posted on that!
Brendan is growing so incredibly quickly... He's gone from a little, stumbly, walker to a runner - he runs everywhere! Its hard to keep up with him. He's growing so tall, he's nearly half my height (although that's not too difficult, as I'm somewhat vertically challenged!!). A few weeks ago, while we were enjoying what could be the only TRUE week of summer (warm, sunny, no rain!), Bren and Kev were playing in the back garden in the paddling pool. Bren slipped on the pavement and managed to knock out one of his front teeth! Despite the efforts in the A&E (emergency dept), the tooth couldn't be saved, so we now have a little "toothless wonder"! He was a bit shaken, but completely fine, and we have to console ourselves with the thought that the accident could have been so much worse.
I'm doing well, and it feels like I eat, live, sleep, breathe being a mummy and a PhD student at the moment. My project is coming along well, if slowly. I just keep taking it one step at a time! I've also been trying to keep going with my photography, and evidence of our adventures can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emimcglynn/

Kevin has also posted some more videos of our crazy life, and these can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/toolagio

There are now 84 videos for your viewing pleasure - just select them from the right side of the screen under the heading "Uploads (84)". If you click on "see all" it will show you all of the options.

We hope you and yours are doing well, wherever you happen to be in the world! We also hope for your sake that the weather is better than it is here! I think Mother Nature missed the memo that its supposed to be summer!

Lots and lots of love to all,
Emily, Kevin & Brendan x