Hey Lynne, dear sweet smiling Lynne with the talented children and with the happy, friendly husband ... whatever you do, just keep going! Go to as many sessions as you can and try to join in everything which is played (but quietly!). It will help your ears to pick up the tunes and your brain to translate that into the actions of your fingers with the instrument. (However, just maybe the bombarde is not the friendliest session instrument I have come across - unless you can fit a silencer, of course!)
And in between you should practice for short lengths of time but often, certainly daily and preferably multiple times per day! Go for it and at Sidmouth FF we will both take our instruments into the Anchor Middle Bar and enjoy the look on Tony's face!
Love and kisses ...
"Dancing and singing, bell ringing!"
Alan