Thanks to blogging

Annikki and I greatly missed our girls, their husbands and grandkids this Christmas. They were holidaying in Florida at a place known as Kissimmee on the top end of a very Finnish sounding named lake, Lake Topopekaliga. It is about 50 km inland from Cape Canaveral.

We had a chance to speak to Joanna, Tony and Samuel on Christmas Day using Skype.

Joy and Jaakko in Birminghan

We also spoke to Jaakko and Joy on Christmas day.


Nirupa, Suchi, daughter Susanna, Chitra, daughter Joanna, Nandini. Grandson Daniel looks up at them!


Son-in-law Chris, Dipak, son-in-law Tony, Sajit, Michael


Granddaughter Asha, grandson Danny, Rohan, Anisha, grandson Samuel, Nikhil

But Susanna brought us right up to date with these three pictures from Florida. Thank you dear girl. And Joanna, congratulations - you are looking extremely trim.