We attended the funeral of Alice Barnes, our brother-in-law Tom's mother. It was a lovely funeral, for a lady who made no impression on the world in general and achieved little in the way of career, material or financial reward, not even a successful marriage, but who was greatly loved and sadly missed by the children and grandchildren to whom she had lovingly devoted her whole life.

Stacey bravely read a poem praising her qualities as a Nan and everyone recalled her sense of fun and love of a "nice family day out."

It gave us the opportunity to meet our first gt niece, young Alexa, now four months old and due to be christened in June, when the photos will be more cheerful, I hope. She's a little sweetie - the image of all three of her brothers and going to be another redhead.