Once again it has been a long time between posts and a catch up is well overdue. There has been a lot happening over the last few months but rather than waffle on now I'll put a whole lot of pictures in and put waffle around them.
The gorgeous Ella with the lovely Sophie who is very pleased to have another female cousin at last
Toby turned nine in April, and we were lucky enough to have Mum over here as well to help us celebrate. Heres some of the boys checking out the birthday cards
Meanwhile the girls congregated for a bit of a photo opportunity
There was lots of cake and silliness going on ...
Meanwhile Ella continued being gorgeous
Mum left that night and after dropping her off at the airport we went to Hogsies at Toby's request. He consented to a photo with Dad but drew the line at posing with the big pink hog that was walking around the restaurant ....
Here's the girls on the other side of the table
For the first week of the school holidays we were lucky enough to have the use of Ange and Zanes place up at Twin Waters which was a very welcome escape from Brisbane. The weather wasn't flash but that didn't stop us from getting out and about. Thats Sophie in the orange top about to leap off the trampoline.
Despite a distinct lack of wind between the ferocious storms sailing was a popular activity
As well as the obligatory posing every time a camera was within sight!
Zero wind did not deter Sophie from having a go at wind surfing ... who needs wind anyway when Dad is there to lend a helping hand
Sophie got brave and decided to tackle the trapeze one afternoon...
She told me that right about at this point her hands became strangely sweaty and her legs felt a bit trembly
Off in full flight on the practice run ...
Legs over ....
and reach ....
And then the real thing
contact ...
holding on for dear life ...
and phew, we all relaxed considerably
She even got a certificate for completing it. I think I should have got a certificate for watching it.
Over the several long weekends we have had, we have done a fair amount of hiking. This particular walk was on Labour Day, and is in Cunningham's Gap south of Brisbane. It was a 10km hike up to the top of a very big hill and back down again. Interestingly this was the only walk we have ever done where we have seen snakes on the track ... which made for a few heart-stopping moments. The vote was then unanimous that Rick walked out the front making lots of noise with his boots ...
At the top of Mount Mitchell - there was only a very small area to stand on, with sheer cliff faces on three sides. Some of us got trembly legs when we looked at just how high we were ... Sophie for some reason was absolutely fearless and could not understand why she couldn't just walk to the edge and look over.
Very sheer drop to Ricks left
The views were awesome and pretty much 360 degrees
Then it was back down again, blessed relief for the legs!
Well that's all for now, hope everyone is well.
Kerrie
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