February 2010

February was BUSY! School started for the year as did cricket and golf just kept on going, with L selected in the junior Pennants team. Soccer registration marked the start of pre-season training and Adam celebrated his 40th birthday!

T playing cricket for Iona

Adam's famous nougat.

Ethan's football team is playing a year up in the U15's Brisbane Junior League this year.

Adam's birthday!

January 2010

January school holidays were as they should be, long and lazy (with the emphasis on lazy!) After returning from the central coast we spent the majority of our time going to the beach or park, playing golf or soccer. It rained a bit here in Brisbane in January which was great for our dams and good for us going to the movies!







Australia Day was a great day spent with our good friends the Douglas family at The Spit on the Gold Coast. The canoe was christened after a long hiatus and didn't sink which was good (!) and the kids had so much fun paddling it around.




Unfortunately M took a trip to the hospital for some staples after an altercation with the sliding door rail. She was very brave and recovered quickly as you can see.

Preparations got underway for the start of school and M got very excited about her first day at Kindy!

Molly snapped this photo of me knitting.

Christmas and the new year

Well I am going to try and condense two of the busiest weeks of the year into one post in the interest of time and efficiency. As it is the summer holidays and nothing is getting done around here yet there is never enough time to do anything I thought it best that I make the most of the free time that I have on the computer. So here goes!



This Christmas/New Year was spent on the Central Coast of NSW with our families. We arrived a few days before Christmas day in time to go to the Payne family reunion/Christmas party which was a lot of fun. It was great to catch up with the aunts, uncles, cousins and their kids, some of whom we hadn't seen in a few years.






Christmas was a joyous occasion and we spent the day at Mum and Dad's house with Estelle and Johann and the kids, eating, swimming and sharing presents.








We visited Adam's Nanna and Uncle Nick on Boxing Day and had some of her yummy pasta; it was lovely to see them after so long.









We had the annual Family Golf Championship at Wyong Golf course, this time with carts. It was so much fun letting the kids drive. Heaven help us when they are 16! L was the winner of the day and his name shall be etched on the Championship Shield.










We welcomed in the new year by visiting my dear friend from school, Cheryl, then later at Estelle's house in Newcastle. There we watched the fireworks from her backyard high above Merewether.