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Memories made at Danson Park

I can't believe I still have readers to this dormant blog!  Thank you for coming back again :)

In case you didn't know, our little family of four actually flew back to the UK together for the first time last November.  For me, I've been back twice with Izzy, and poor Gabriel kept asking when could he go back to London.  Finally K said we should take the trip together and also drive around northern France, our fav area to visit.  Well fav, in that it is very easy to get to from the UK and we have really grown to like the more rural parts of Brittany.

I grabbed the chance to contact Joanne, who took some photos of the kids previously.  In fact I think she has seen my kids grow up, from taking Christmas photos to family photos.

We were pressed for time and I had to do some convincing for K to agree to do this shoot... looking at the photos, glad i insisted on doing it.  More to document kids growing up well.. and us growing old 

I plan to blog more about our trip, but suffice to say Gabriel was in his element, and every photo he was smiling widely like a Cheshire cat.  Really melts my heart to see how much they loved their past lives in London.

I told Joanne our fav parks were Swanley Park and Danson Park (in that order) and whilst she hasn't photographed at Swanley before, she agreed to do it at Danson as it was bigger.  We agreed to meet on a set morning by the English garden which was beautiful because it was exactly where I took my maternity photos when I was pregnant with Izzy.  And of course we came back many times for the kids to run or scoot around...

Pretty sure this was summertime

Gabriel loved his little doggie ride which we bought for his first birthday

Izzy in the English garden


My chubby baby

Izzy learnt how to scoot here

Fast forward to almost 3 years later (since we left)

Photographing here years later with two beautiful kids does make it feel like I've come one circle.  Look at how much they have grown!

Love this photo of the kids in the foreground and us two in the background



On the steps of Danson House

Looking so grown up now

Jumping on the trampoline

They remembered this big playground and it was so hard to bring them away


Us






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Anonymous said…
Beautiful photos which will no doubt serve as a reminder of wonderful times spent in your favourite places. Anne
9 February 2025 at 21:31
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