Winter 2016

Wow, it's been at least 6 months since I sent photos!

 The Winter Festival in King George Square. Queenslanders have to make their own snow

 King George Square sculptures

 My handsome boys

 Ben's Athletics day

 Two doses of quirk in this family, from both sides. Here is C, eating her butter-only roll with a spoon and wearing undies on her head (proud of her colour coordinating skills though haha!)

 Dawn from the kitchen window

 Did I mention quirk?

 Paddy and his friend watching the birds at the back door

 Very Alannah Hill Sunday best

 Guilty never looked so innocent...

 We kicked that vomiting bug!

 Cousin sleepovers and lots of mischief...look at George's eyes!

 Frs Jubilee Dinner

  Luke and Paddy

 Paddy boy 12 months

Our buddy, almost 3.

 Chocolate custard monster...

 I don't remember if you ever got to see the tiling on the floor that Luke did.

 There's never enough time spent at the park...or encough headbands (Cecelia's obsession-she wears many at once)

 Spring has come early...

Marie is a tree hugger

Japanese Gardens

  Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

 Sassy!

 On the City Cat, Brisbane River

Until next time!! xoxoxoxox

Christmas and The New Year

I did zilch cooking for Christmas! Luke did every bit. So relaxing. Beer gravy happening here.

I did decorate a gingerbread house with the girls though.

Christmas family photos always have tears included in them on the day so we did this one a few days before at the in-laws.

Christmas Eve present from my hair dresser...purplish blonde hair. Woops! Spent the remainder of the day with my hair covered in tomato sauce to take out the colour (I kid you not)

Like our St Nick? hehe

Decorating Gran and Pop's amazing tree

 Poor babies! Just after we dragged them all out of bed for Midnight Mass:)

Your typical elf with extra chub!

Huge Christmas light display at one of the local Catholic churches. They also had this beautiful nativity scene inside. The kids did not recognize this place as a church sadly, it was extremely modern.

 Fairy floss hair

 Out for an excursion with Dad

Icecream?

 Fatty.

 Vienna's art work always involves lots of babies. Sign of the future?

 A little sewing project

 And another skirt I made (still a bit too big at the waist though)

 We had a mischievous elf running around our house at night this last Christmas hehe

 We went back to the spot where Luke proposed to me 7 years ago :) This bench seat down by the Brisbane River.

Cicada skins.

Our Little Miss Fearless with the cicada skins attached to her shirt. Yuck!

All this fresh air is tiring!

 Swinging from the trees up at Mount Tamborine

Is this a familiar look?

This was such a magical spot, up at a winery at Mount Tamborine. We went up to see the glow worm caves.

 Ben was sick in the caves (he a claustrophobic! way to find out hehe)

 Our gang!

 Pizza?

It's as if we don't feed him! He was drumming his fingers, waiting...