Solis: a year in pictures

jueves, 17 de diciembre de 2015

The Solises in 2015

2015 in pictures

49th birthday, January

Newcastle weekend, February

Recce visit to Cambridge, March

John Humphries, Media City (Salford), August

Cup and Captain, St Monica's RC High School Football Team

The boy turns 15 - thanks to Aunt C for the Barcelona shirt!

Spanish exchange guest, November

Dropping our eldest at university, October

Abuelos visit, July

Cricket captain and cup, Stand CC

Badalona, August

Barcelona, August

Barcelona, August

Abuelos visit, July

Blenheim Palace, August

Blenheim Palace, August

Mother and son, August

Scout Moor wind farm, September

Karate girls - now both black belts!

jueves, 25 de diciembre de 2014

2014, the whistle-stop tour

Our year in pictures - 2014

(in no particular order)

Jorge's parents visited shortly after celebrating 50 years of marriage

Mica is now 18 - a keen baker, currently on a gap year

Luke devoted this year's summer to sport - cricket and football.
His club (Stand CC) achieved a few trophies

Our niece Ale from Barcelona came to visit us in August
Here with Mica, Luke and Monica on a day trip to London

Brother Jose visited in May - including attending
the England-Peru match at Wembley

Jose and I at Manchester's Football Museum

Myself with Luke and Mica's boyfriend, Ben

Mica and Ben - celebrating Mica's 18

Jorge and Cheryl, at a Wedding in September

Luke, niece Ale and Jorge, pod-camping weekend in Silverdale
- to coincide with August's storms: this picture taken during a rare
dry moment

Momo started High School - bringing to an end
our 14-year association with
St Bernadette's RC Primary School

2014 was in many ways a year of positive change and transition. Also a year during which we were fortunate to receive visits from friends and relatives - including as pictured above my brother Jose (twice!) and my parents who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Micaela finished college and turned 18. She did extremely well academically and is taking a gap year before going to a yet-to-be-decided university. She is working at Nando's and doing training as a "patissiere" - a good counterbalance to her intention to study philosophy at uni.

Luke is a keen footballer and cricketer, doing reasonably well in school when his busy social and sporting schedule allows any study. In football the team he played for in 2013/14 reached the final of their league cup - losing narrowly after a typically spirited performance in which Luke played a key role as defender. He also plays for the school football team, which he has captained on many ocassions. In cricket Luke has played regularly for his club's Under-13s, Under-15s, Under-17s and the 3rd team, and has been called to play for the 2nd team on a couple of ocassions.

Monica has continued with her karate and is now ... best approached with care. She is now in 'big school' - our 'baby' no longer. She does dancing too - I would say the perfect complement to karate, as both things are about coordinated movement, something Monica is very good at. She also loves to play the recorder, which she continues to practice on her own eventhough, sadly, high school does not cater for that instrument.

Cheryl, who also does karate, continues to work for Manchester libraries and has been extremely busy - earlier in the year with the re-opening of the refurbished Central library, and since then with a number of events including a tie-in with the theatre production of 'War Horse', where the huge 'Joey the Horse' puppet was brought to the library for a day of WWI-related activities for families.

Jorge - who this writes, but 3rd person writing is catchy - is now back home: after 2.5 rewarding years with the great team at Northamptonshire County Council libraries, he is working since the end of October for Wigan Council, linked to leisure and culture. The shock of having him home seven days a week is beginning to give way to quiet resignation.

No account of the family's year would be complete without mention of our two cats - they are now 3 years old, and during the summer this year moved from bringing the ocassional frog to instances of mice (dead, alive or in between) and a bat - all signs of maturity in cats, I'm sure.

More photos of the family (including the cats) can always be found at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cocosolis/

Very best wishes for these Xmas holidays and for 2015.

The Solises

domingo, 22 de diciembre de 2013

Here's to 2014! Happy Xmas!

Best wishes to all - may you have a fantastic Xmas and may 2014 be a good year for you and yours.

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so here is our account of 2013 in photographs.

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Nuestros mejores deseos - esperamos que hayan tenido una navidad fantastica y que el 2014 sea un buen an~o para todos ustedes.

Bien dicen que una imagen vale mas que mil palabras, de modo que aqui va nuestro recuento del 2013 en fotografias.

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Aug 13 - Holcombe Brook and Peel Tower with niece Ari

Oct 13 - Harry Potter World, Watford

Jul 13: Mica's BD

Momo & Ari in Liverpool, Aug 13

Momo's BD, April 13

The boss and her cats

Punting in Oxford, Aug 13

Badalona, Jul 13

Weekend in Haworth, May 13

Peniscola, Jul 13

Sitges, Jul 13

With the abuelos and Ari at home, Aug 13

Luke's team wins the League cup, May 13

Oxford, Aug 13

Luke, Dec 2012

Siblings and cousins, Dec 2012

viernes, 21 de diciembre de 2012

Happy Xmas and a prosperous 2013!

Dear Friends

Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year, here is our year in pictures.

With warmest regards

Cheryl, Jorge, Micaela, Luke & Monica

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Queridos amigos

Les deseamos una feliz navidad y un magnifico 2013. Aqui va nuestro 2012 en fotos

Con cordiales saludos

Cheryl, Jorge, Micaela, Luke y Monica

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