Sue watson Ditto me too. Can't wait! Love Mumx

Tony Watson Safe trip back. Really looking forward to seeing you both in just over a week !! Love Dadx

Melissa Patriarca Safe journey home....so glad I was on the 'visited' list. I too have memories that will last a lifetime. I loved meeting Sam, hes perfect. Can't wait to see you on your next adventure. All my love, Melissa

nikki Hi Darlins, Just spoken to your mum Emily and shocked to hear that you have been ill within hours of arriving back in Columbia!!!!!Do you think you might have an allergy to the place !!!!Only joking but if there is anything that you need please let us know and I am dying to have you both back here next week so please let me know which terminal you will be arriving at. Please check your emails . I am sending you both huge hugs and millionsxxxxxxxxxxxxxthe big bang went off this morning and we are all still here and cant see any black holes so fingers crossed and I love you xxxxx

Pheebs Hey guys, I'm so lovin school. It's really great. I've made lots of new friends and when it rains we form our little umbrella gang well, it's quite big really. My best friends are Ruby, Emily, Sian and caprice. The works quite hard though and there's lots of homework and so many class room. Upstairs is a one way system and once I went past my class and had to go all the way round again. I was so annoyed! Germans really cool except are teacher is really over the top. When you walk in she's like HALLO! And your like hallo... But anyway it's still cool we have another german teacher called Mr Witham and he's really strict. I don't like him. My Planners really cool and I even colour coded it. I fill you in more 2morrow Love you both, Pheebs xxxxxx

jon and caroline Hi Sam (remember us ?) and hi to Emily. Chaz and Alison are staying with us in the sunny Dordogne so they showed us your amazing blog. What a good idea to keep friends and family in touch with your wonderful adventures.(i've never seen a blog like his before) It's been good hearing all your news from your dad. Good luck in your last year at uni. You probably woudn't recognize Thomas (14) and jessie (12) now, they are real teenagers ! Elizabeth is now 6. Anyway, carry on enjoying your travels and hope to see you again one day before too long. love from the Burbidge family

sylvie amazing photos hope you are having a good time with Melissa, really pleased you managed to see each other. Your dad loved talking to you the other night. We are childfree this week as sab and dan are staying up north with friends so we are taking advantage and going up to London for the weekend. It feels like you've been away ages can't wait to see you both when you get back! Take care lots of love Sylvie xx

tania hello to the both of you!! just looked at all your amazing picutres-loved them!not sure where in the world you are right now-at least living it up in one of the america's im guessing!!just got back from canada and had such a memorable time with the family-wedding was stunning. il be back at uni on the 1st which is far too soon :( keep in touch and i cant wait to have you back on home turf! lots of love xxx

Sue Watson Loving the new photo additions . great you're getting a chance to upload them . Were those wild horses? Beaches - never seen the like of. Fantastic. Love the one of you two by the hammocks. Thanks, Sam! Hope your stay in Myrtle Beach is preparing and nurturing you for your next chapter in South America ,and the Miami house scene meets all expectation! Much love to you both xx

Pheebs Hi Ems and sam, Back in England now. I'm having a bath and then going to pick up stemsy. I missed him soooo much. I bet he had a nice hols though. Debbie probably looked after him really well. I can't to see him again. WAs up till 1.30 last night. got 2 packages. 1 from Nana Prior and one from my dad. Nan bought me some Beautiful hairclips and dad b ought me a star braclet and a cool ladybird neclace that transformed into a clock. Can't wait for the long journey back from whitbey with 2 whining cats though. Have a great hols. And see you in a month or so. Love you both lots feebs xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ps Reviews of sleeping in MIA are pretty bad! our dad also spent a night there waiting for me to arrive the next day and was definitely not impressed. However, none of them mention the prayer room situation. I've fouind one - think it's a new addition there-so you could check it out -concourse B , Level 4. Called The Chapel and it's nondenominational. Phoebe and I had one of our best night's sleep whilst travelling last year in the prayer room at John Lennon, Liverpool. We had to step over several backpackers sleeping right outside it on the cold marble floor so it would seem that not that many have caught on to this relatively comfy/safe 'sleeping facility.' Could be quite different in US though but worth a try if you can't get up to Fort Lauderdale until the early hours. Have a great journey. Love Marsxx

Sue Watson Dear Emily Just watched the sunrise over the ocean here.There's a certain spot on their front porch where you can do that and Max's bed was just at my feet so he had his head rested on them which was lovely too. I couldn't sleep . Partly because of the tropical storm they're experiencing here and partly because of your impending arrival tomorrow and my exitement about that. Hope the storm has passed by the time you fly into Miami and your trip here is not too arduous. Phoebe still doesn't know so I think she's going to get a bit of a shock when she sees you both :) , as will Joey and Madison but they know you're coming just not when. I've had a truly enjoyable stay. So good to get to know the children again and meet little Anthony - he is an absolute delight and is now walking evrywhere at only 11 months. Infact he made his first steps to me the third day I was here ( after lots of encouragement) and has gone from strength to absolutely everywhere ever since ! Melissa and I have shared a lot too and it's been lovely to be in her company for this long again.I wish she didn't live so far away. Rob took us all down to the ocean in the jeep after tea last night, and we ( just me and Mel) had a great time without the kids in the ocean together. It was really rough ( far too rough for them - which was kind of why we went hee hee) due to the storm- ridiculous waves crashing all around us but such warm water. You'll love it. We even did half a skinny dip when we got further out! The rains came down shortly afterwards and we all got totally drenched whilst waiting for the 3 older ones to do a kids bungee jump but it stops and you're dry again 10 mins later so nothing to worry about and just the right time to go get an icecream - if you can manage to decide on the flavour, literally everything. We have really had so many memorable experiences since we left Leeds and we'll be very sad to make our way back to New York on Sunday , but that will definitely be offset for me and Melissa by your arrival and the time you are all going to spend together. I'm so pleased we worked it so it tied in with our stay too and can't wait to watch some of Sam's reactions as he sees America for the first time. So lots of love to you both, safe journey , and see you tomorrow!!! Mumxx

palmi hi sam+ems hope u are ok.we are here in slovenia yesterday we took kim back to the airport and he is now in old england we all had a wonderful time and are enjoying our stay here in the mountainside in slovenia.we will show you pictures when we see you both.love you both.xxxpalmi

Melissa she also got a surfing lesson!

feebs Hi all. Thanks for the call. I can't believe I'm eleven now. So cool! Thanks for the gorgeous clothes! Ems I look just like you in that necklace,now we're twins! Although, I'm not as brown. Well,I'm brown but it's not incredibly brown. Off to the beach soon. Going to have a picnic.So I'm all ready in my bikini and surfing necklace. (Mel bought me it along with some really nice Hello Kitty Lipgloss. There was 8 lipglosses and a purse to put them in) While I'm on that subject I'll tell you what else I got: A Monkey swing with the full set of hooks and stuff which I really really wanted from mum, a cool Jacqueline Wilson book called Jeanette Winterson Tanglewreck and a Delicious Berry lipgloss from Elena And I also got a Rabbit lead from Stemsy. During the day I got loads more suprises too: a treasure hunt which lead to 1 scubadiving lesson, a peek in the letterbox which lead to Cirque de Soilei and last of all a BEAutiful cake ordered by Mel in the shape of a fish. So all in all I had a magnificent b-day. Thanks for lovely present. an't wait to see you again. Love you both, Pheebs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx