6 weeks is a long holiday right? Haven’t really had a chance to update over that time because life is pretty hectic and also I have a 9 yr old who loves being on the computer!

Holiday highlights:

Went to Dubbo with James and Rowena, stayed in a great place with 3 pools and plenty of space and went to Western Plains Zoo over 2 days. It was a great break and the kids had a ball with Oscar, especially Amy, who loves him dearly.

We took a day trip down the coast. Had lunch under a beach umbrella, kids boogie-boarded, and I got extremely sunburnt. Not a good look to have skin falling off you while you are at work!

It was Holly’s 9th Birthday. She had a few friends over. Justin took them to the movies, and we ate a lot of cake!

On Australia Day we headed out to Casuarina Sands and had a BBQ while the kids swam in the Murrumbidgee River. It was blissful. We went back again on the weekend and the girls boogie-boarded there. No waves, but some great space to get some speed up.

Jessica mastered riding her bike without the training wheels, and Amy is learning to ride hers with the trainers. Big milestones for both of them, and both equally proud of their achievement.

The rest of the holidays were a jumble of swimming, friends over, going to friends places and more swimming. I even took the kids into work to test their hearing because I thought that over the break they had lost some – it turns out they were just ignoring me!

It was super to catch up with Laura and Giri, home from the UK at last; Gavin and Louisa on hols from Melbourne; and the ENTIRE family over here on New Years Eve where we took this amazing photo of us all. 4 generations, 12 kids and 26 of us in total (including James and Sascha’s baby bump).

Back tomorrow!! xx