The girl's got moves

Too funny... Found these photos on the camera. Looks like they put on their own concert! Gotta love the lighting in the first picture that gives an 80's hairdo look.

Blondes

Hey Daniel, who's the blond chick in your backseat?

4 blondes... (ps. lose the bubble wrap Daniel, it's kinda weird :)

Thanks Ella for coming and spending the weekend with us, your mum and I had a great time! Oh yeah, I'm sure you kids had a ball too... 

School Holidays!!

School holidays = good times

Had I known that the walk to the shop [didn't know it was closed] would be 2+ hours round trip, along the beach, road and rocks, with kids laughing and exploring and being silly and playing in the water, but also tripping, falling, whining... well maybe I would have cut my losses and gone for reading books on the couch. Who knows. But we were feeling relaxed and apparently pretty game, so off we went. So good to make the choice without prior knowledge.

Lead the way Nick

What's a long walk without a good stick?

Swagger Wagon

This goes out to all my SUV-driving friends, yeah...

"And it's true if I were you, I'd be jealous of me"




(credit goes to those who have posted before!)

Boys

Boy #1 on the toilet reading.
Boy #2 learning what boys do at the same time as going to the toilet.
Really, wouldn't you rather read on a comfy couch than the toilet?!!

Passport photos

You gotta love a good passport photo!! This is what the immigration officials will be looking at for the next 5 years.

And a bit more current than this one which is in his passport now...

70 Years. 840 months, of course...

These are my grandparents, married for 70 years today. SEVENTY YEARS! That's a long time. Every morning on the 17th he says "happy [# of months] anniversary". Too cute. Happy anniversary Grandma and Grandpa, I so wish I could have been there to celebrate with everyone.

Friends

It's fun to have out of town friends visiting - they provide motivation to see/do things in the town we live! I'm sure they were cold here, compared with temps in Sydney, but for us it was fabulous weather for mid-May. Annie and Luke, we had such a fun weekend with you, and you were very patient traveling around in our people-mover!!! :)

Fun Run

I expected to walk the 2.7 km fun run/walk with Daniel this morning, pushing L and N in the pram, talking with a friend, and casually meeting Andrew at the end after he and our friends from Sydney finished their 11 km run... We'd talked about a 'no whinging' policy and I was trying to decide a reward if he finished the entire thing without complaining. Instead, though, Daniel decided to run most of the way, so I had to as well! I really should expect the best [of the kids] more often than I do... it was good fun and if he is ever a runner, I'm putting my money on endurance over sprinting.

Colour

I love all the colours of autumn, and this Japanese maple is beautiful. Reminds me of being a kid cause there was one in our yard growing up. It's still there actually. It's probably my favourite tree.

The other trees that I look at a lot are these two below - they are very similar to each other, except that one is weeks ahead of the other with its leaves changing. This is the view from the sunroom off our bedroom. It's probably my favourite room. :)