My Garden

My veggie patch is blooming after all the rain and sun we've had. The largest courgette I've ever seen!

First day of school 2016

Big kids now - grade 4 and 1!

Sandy Creek

We spent the weekend camping next to a babbling creek with friends, kookaburras and snakes. We enjoyed marshmallows over the campfire, team cricket, a bit of off roading and lots of rock-hopping.

Roman Day

Visiting our local museum to learn all about the Romans.

Chickens

We are enjoying looking after our friends chickens for a few days while they're away. And we get to keep the eggs!

Sea World

We had an enjoyable day looking and touching sea life. The dolphins are still my favourites. Can you see William and Andrew on the rollercoaster?

Purdy helps with the wrapping

Purdy helping on Xmas eve.

Christmas Day

We had a lovely day, starting at the crack of dawn as the kids discovered their stockings and the massive stack of presents under the tree. Andrew cooked waffles for breakfast, then we bent to popular demand and opened more presents after which I pottered in the kitchen cooking roast turkey while the kids - and Andrew - played with their new toys. After lunch and feeling a bit sleepy, we went to visit friends for an afternoon of swimming and socialising. Exhausted after the excitement of the day and still with gifts left unopened, we all literally fell into bed. Boxing Day was slightly less busy, opening our last few pressies in the morning and having some friends over in the afternoon for drinks and cold meat and salads. A very pleasant way to spend an afternoon. We hope the friends and family we were missing all had such a happy Christmas as ours.