{"id":103197,"date":"2021-02-01T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=103197"},"modified":"2021-02-01T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:04:27","slug":"celebrations-and-snow-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/dale-franklin\/celebrations-and-snow-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations and snow days"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope all’s well…<\/p>\n

We’ve had another eventful week at home what with the heavy snow (for lowland Surrey \ud83d\ude42 ) at the weekend and my wife Tracey’s BIG Birthday. We did our best to make it a special day, decorating the house with bunting and my daughter Ali and I made up strings of photos we’d printed off that highlighted her life in pictures. I think it turned out to be one of her favourite things of the day as it was a real emotional trip down memory lane for her and a source of amusement for Ali and Jack, particularly looking at some of the fashions and haircuts over the years!<\/p>\n

We had ordered some fancy food from online too and a very talented friend of Ali and Jack’s created this spectacular birthday cake – chocolate sponge with salted caramel and homemade macarons!! I’m pleased to say she had a wonderful day.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

The recent snow brought much light relief for many, particularly the nation’s children, and although I know of course there can be serious problems related to heavy snow, fortunately for most it’s an opportunity to re-appraise how beautiful life can be when seen through snow dusted lenses! I took the image at the top of this post whilst out on a walk, simple but beautiful. Ali however took a quick trip to Narnia with Toby and Ellie, as you can see in this video!<\/p>\n