Happy Birthday Tiffanie

Today we helped our Niece/Cousin Tiffanie celebrate her 16th Birthday.

 

Emma and Tiffanie have always had a special connection.  This is a now and then photo:-

 

2017

 

 

2004

 

PLACC Day 7

Mothers Day 2014

Project 365 - October 2015

Project 365 - September 2015

A Day Out:)

Today we took advantage of the great weather and headed out to the great outdoors.

We had an early start at 7am and made our way to Bli Bli to meet David's family at Muller Park on the Maroochydore River.  Grandad had the boat in and had already set the crab pots.

Both of the girls went out with David for a spot of fishing.

I was happy to sit on bank until they returned in time for some lunch.

While the rest of the family took the boat out, some more fishing was enjoyed on the bank.

Three generations of fishermen with lines in their hands!

As the tide rolled out so did we.  No fish were caught but it was a great day was had by all.

August 2014

This month we spent quite a lot of time in the garden.  We planted a passionfruit vine, a lemon, mandarin, orange and lime tree.  I made good progress on my latest crochet project.  Our chickens began to lay and the kids really got into looking after them which was great.  Hayley & Emma enjoyed time at the Ekka.  The end of the month saw us start to enjoy the warmer weather.  I also made time to smell the flowers of course.

Bella Mare

This week David and I were treated to a week away.  David's parents very kindly offered to have the girls for a week.  We spent 5 nights at the Bella Mare in Coolangatta.  

We went on a walk or 2 and really enjoyed the view.

 

Some wonderful sunsets.

 

Some time in the very warm spa.

 

 

On the last day David treated me to Prawns and Westcoast by the Tweed River.

We also had some "Opera on the Beach".  During the week they were preparing for the weekend.  On Friday night we were able to get a sneak peak of the show.

 

We had a great week and really enjoyed ourselves.

One a Day - July

Christmas Creek

Today we decided to take a trip out to Christmas Creek, with David's family.  We arrived just after lunch and had taken afternoon tea with us.

 Emma fell in love with the horses from the adjoining paddock.  The girls had fun playing with their cousins.

Just a really nice, quite place.  The girls expressed their desire to camp there sometime with their dad.

Paradise Point

On Sunday went packed up and went fishing for the day.  We ended up at Paradise Point on the Gold Coast (along with a few other people).  The weather was gorgeous, the sun was shining and only a little wind.

David and the girls set about fishing.  Emma was the first to catch something.  A little Butterbrim, which of course had to go back for another time.

The girls relaxed in their camp chairs whilst fishing, until their cousins arrived, and that was the end of the fishing.  The kids played in the sand and had a great time.

David and Gary continued to fish and then David made the "BIG CATCH".   He had a good sense of humour and let me take a photo.  The fish of course had to go back in.  Better luck next time.

A Ferry ride to the Qld Museum

Today we caught the the City Cat from Bulimba to Southbank.  We took a very scenic route, down the river under the Story Bridge, past the Kangaroo Point cliffs and onto Southbank.

We wandered through Southbank Parklands and were drawn to the pool/beach.

We then continued onto the Museum.  We all really enjoyed the  underwater section with the turtles and sea life.  Then all the way down to the dinosaurs.

The ferry ride home was a quite and relaxed trip.  A big day but a great one.

Mother's Day

Today we celebrated Mother's Day.  Emma and Hayley bought me some great gifts chocolates and PJ what is more important in life (ha ha).  Hayley had purchased a gift from the Mother's Day stall at school and I was very pleased with the coffee mug.  Hayley had also made some gifts at Girl Guides, which was bath salts which smelt of wonderful Lavender.  A scent that both Hayley and I like.  Emma made me a voucher book which I will enjoy collecting I am sure.

We also had Mum and Dad come over as well as Troy, Wendy, Jordan and Koby.  A very enjoyable afternoon was had by all.  It was a great day all round.

My Birthday

For my birthday this year I celebrated a little early (the weekend before), Mum took the girls for the weekend, David went fishing on the Saturday and oh no I was home all alone.  So what to do with all this time, craft that's what, so that is what I did most of Saturday. Saturday night David and I went to out to dinner and enjoyed a lovely steak dinner and we had cake on the day.  A nice quite birthday with the people I love and doing the things that I enjoy.

Visit to Grandma's House

Today after picking the kids up from Mum & Dad's went to visit with my Grandma or Ma Ma as the kids call her.  We had a lovely visit and looked at all the old photos on her digital photo frame.  Some of the photos I had never seen.

Anzac Day Parade

For the second year Hayley marched in the Anzac Day parade with the Browns Plains Girl Guides at Greenbank.  It was her year to wear my Grandfathers medals.  Dad and Mum join us in watching the march, it was Mum's first year as she was away for the last one, which Dad came to on his own.