Come back soon 'ya hear!!

Having been a bit of a crazy year for the family, Jay & Sarah, Simon & Lauren and Scott & I decided to have an "Aniversary" night out - since none of us really got to cellebrate our this year.

We went to an ALL AMERICAN Diner.

Minty's Diner.

It was so much fun.

Quote from Scott
(may this be recorded for ever and ever)

"That is the BEST burger I have EVER had - EVER!"

(That is alot to live upto!)

And well the deserts were just as big

It was a great night - we had so many laughs and it was just
great not to have to yell at anyone to 'stay in their seat' as it was a kid free night!

We had a great time, it was spent with great friends,
best of all those friends are family!!

Courtney's Kitchen Tea

Sarah and I had the priveledge of running
Courtney's Bridal Shower/Kitchen Tea.

We had so much fun......
The middle is a pic of the cake I made for the occasion!

ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!!

I was a little slow in getting to Maya when she woke from a nap.

This is what I came into!!

What NOT to do with Handcuffs!

The day after the Bush Dance,

Megan was playing with the (pretend) handcuffs that we had.

She was playing quietly and all of a sudden started to get really distressed,

here is why...............

YUP around her ankles.........

and they wouldn't open with the key!!

So Scott did what men do best!

BOLT CUTTERS!!!!

Boot Skootin'

We had a ward activity.

It was a Bush Dance theme.

Everyone was excited to get all dressed up
and run with the theme of the night!

SUN, SUN and more SUN

In late July this year we took a trip to Sunny Queensland
and we had a BLAST!!

Here are just some of the pics from our trip!

OK if you have seen 'Dirty Dancing' and remember "KELLERMAN's"
where Baby and her family stayed -
that is what Scott and I first thought of when we arrived.
OH MY GOODNESS it was so beautiful, peaceful and just lovely!

I think Scott took the girls swimming nearly everyday - at their request!
This was Maya's first time to go swimming - she LOVES the water!

We took a trip the Cararer Markets -
check out the face painting the girls got!!
(man they never had that around in my day!)




Maya had a great time of the trip.



We took the girls to 'Dreamworld' and they LOVED it!
They are such thrill seekers, Madison was so upset
that she wasn't tall enough to go on all the Roller Coasters
that she wanted to go on!

So one ride that Madison was tall enough to go on was the Log Ride.

Scott took her on this and she LOVED it
right up untill the 'getting wet' bit.

Luckily we took a change of clothes for her!!

Says it all really!!

The girls were so excited that they could meet Dora.

We also took them to 'Sea World'

They loved all the rides they were able to go on,
and went of many of them several times!

OUR TRIP TO UNCLE GRAHAM'S FARM

Since we were close (by about 3hrs)
we decided to take a drive down to Scott's uncle's farm.

It was so lovely, quiet and peaceful.

They girls were able to go for a horse ride, ride on the tractor and feed the cows.
It was so great to catch up with Graham and spend some time with him.

These pics were taken at
"The Spit"

" Yatala Pies"

This place was awsome and the pies - well UNREAL!

I think Scott just wanted to go there to rub it in!

The beautiful coast of Queensland