Sunday, 26 October 2014

Yarrawonga

What a fabulous weekend!
We went up to visit our very good friends Tan and Brett with their 3 kids: Kyah, Lochie and Benji. What's there not to like? pool, trampoline, lake to jump into and lovely warm weather as well as great company and a spicy drink or two!
My kids just wanted to know 'when can we go back?' on the way home.



Alex, me and Lochie
Charlie, Sam, Kyah, Nan, Tania and Benji

Sunday, 19 October 2014

Helen's 40th Birthday Party in the King Valley

We had a lovely weekend in the King Valley in Northern Victoria with our good friends Lisa, Dave, Helen and Rodrigo and lots of kids.
We stayed on a fabulous property on a vineyard with stunning views of the surrounding countryside with the High Country in the background. The garden was great with a trampoline, tree house, swings, fire pit for marshmallow toasting etc etc.

The nibbles platter hit a sticky end as it slid off the table shattering into a million pieces, covering the cheese and dip in bits of glass. Not to worry, we just had to drink champagne without nibbles. Lisa was in charge of the slow roasted pork belly which was a triumph and I made a birthday pavlova.

We had walks through the vineyards and went down to a swimming hole in the King River which was good fun. The older kids enjoyed riding down the rapids on their bottoms.







Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Sam turns 3, Alex turns 10!

It's birthday week! Very busy, let there be more cake! Much fun had by all, Sam had a little party in the park with an ice-cream echidna cake and then took a number 3 cake to Kinder on her actual birthday.
Alex had a party with a few friends at one of the local pools with cool water slides.


Sam refused to be in this photo!