Well, as close to a “Yes Day” that my kids will ever see! Our lovely friends Ally and Chris nominated us to have a “Day at The Ekka on the ABC” and we won! I have never taken the kids to the Ekka, knowing it would cost a small fortune to actually do all the…
Continue reading →I was aware that the Saturday we were leaving was the first day of school holidays for NSW, and driving north out of Sydney, I was absolutely convinced that the traffic was going to start building up very early. The alarm went off at 6am and after admiring the sunrise (it was stunning!) we got…
Continue reading →We weren’t in any great rush to leave on Thursday morning, so we took our time packing up after saying goodbye to everyone at Felix and Erica’s house. We got away around 10am (I think??) after packing the car to the absolute MAX, and headed towards the Blue Mountains to catch up with Kelly! We…
Continue reading →On the Tuesday, we all headed to the Borenore Caves just outside of Orange for a morning of exploring. It was cold but we kept warm with all the walking and scrambling and caving! There were so many little areas to go and discover, and the kids had a great time exploring. It was such…
Continue reading →It’s been about a month since we went to Orange, and today is the first opportunity I’ve had to sit down and blog about it (after making collages and uploading all the photos!) I had been planning this trip since the start of the year and the plans changed many times over – originally it…
Continue reading →We spent the weekend celebrating Julius turning 8 and we all had such a lovely time as always. We had a party for him at home on the Saturday, with some of his school friends, and some of our friends and families. It had been raining on and off for a week (or more??) so…
Continue reading →Here we go again! Another wrap up of our time at Pizzeys! It was a shorter stay this time, but we still packed in everything we wanted. The weather was mostly kind to us, with lots of sunshine and only spurts of rain – yes, some of it was torrential, but it never lasted long…
Continue reading →Marty and I had our little getaway a bit early this year and it was wonderful as always. In previous years, we have headed away in June or July for a mini winter break but when we saw the line up for Summer Salt in Port Macquarie in April this year, it was hard to…
Continue reading →So in case you haven’t heard, apparently there is a cyclone that has decided to travel further south than most, and might be headed straight towards us, due to make landfall on Thursday afternoon. As many of you know, this is not our first experience with a cyclone. Back in 2015, just after we had…
Continue reading →All photos used, and information shared with permission. The kids love it when I tell stories about them when they were younger. They are always interested in how we decided on their names and love to know what they would have been called if they were born the opposite gender. Quinn Maria was the girl’s…
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