Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Luke and Lou Turn 50, 1950's style

So we stole Jeff and Lizzy's wonderful idea of having a combined birthday party, since Luke and I have our birthdays only a month apart. It was 1950's style, cocktails and lots of laughs! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

looking pretty good for 50, aren't we?

Helena at the bar
Dave (a la Sinatra?)

Luke taking orders

no I did not chop my hair for the party

Damien
Ben, Luke and Tom

Annie, Natalia and Maria
Bern Gaynor with a strange shot

Jules and I doing our best silly 50's pose
Evie and Alice

Anthony and his lady friend Katrina (they could be twins, right?)
Julia and Maria

some of the girls and Dan
Leo, John, Dan and Vienna
Andy
Phillie

Ben and Jaime

jules
blue shark cocktail
some messy masseys
more messy masseys

Phillie, Helen and Tom
Timmy, Tim and Tom

Bern
ummmmmm...

Timmy and Andy

birthday boy and Julia
James and Natalia
James, Evie and Natalia
someone's popular!
Marce
Dave Erikson
Erik and Timmy behind the bar
Annie

woodland lovebird cake (7 layered pink ombre butter cake)



Sunday, June 3, 2012

May was Chockas!

May also came and went like it only lasted for a week. It started out with us all having the voms for a week and it was one of the worst times of my life. It was such a vicious bug. Somehow Vienna didn't get it, thank goodness. But the rest of us were super miserable. I still had my camera out though. When do I not? Ben and I both had our birthdays, Vienna began to crawl quickly and properly, and has also started to pull herself to stand at everything. She started solids too and has been much happier! Luke has been super busy at work, and started on the bathroom reno's...should be finished by the weekend!
A big highlight for me this month was going in Gourmet Garden's blog-off against about 50 other cooking bloggers. I have been chosen to be in a cook off against another foodie blogger at the Brisbane Good Food and Wine Festival in November! I'm so nervous, as we are to be judged by celebrity chefs, and may go on to be the face of Gourmet Garden Herbs for the next year, plus win a whole stack of other goodies. Should be fun.

A sick Ben...and then he got a big cuddle of course:)
a typical girl, discovering a box of new clothes.
Sunday mornings down at the park
Best friends is an understatement.
Ben loves helping in the kitchen.
What was served for breakfast on Mother's Day!
the cake I made for mother's Day

Me and Vienna on my 25th birthday. Spent at little George's baptism and with the Massey clan.
Aunty Alex pushing Ben in the wheelbarrow
Nan Massey with all her great grandchildren. Leo (3), Ben (2), George (0), Martin (2 months)  and Vienna (6 months).
the newest Massey babies

9 months ago and now!
leaves are yummy!
Vienna crawling properly.
Ben's 2nd birthday, and the moment he saw the cake.

"I made that cake"

"and I can stand."

pixi photos
I love this age where they start to play with their toes!
We got some really amazing pixi photos this time around. The big ones were in black and white and are fabulous! too big to scan though.


We had lots of highlights! Unfortunately the month was overshadowed with a lowlight with the death of a friend. Sadly, Inca lost her battle with cancer, to the devastation of her babies, hubby and friends. Thankfully she converted just before her death. She was a wonderful, wonderful woman.

Inca and I at The Lime, just before she was diagnosed with two types of Leukemia, 8 months ago.
Lots of love!! See our new bathroom next month!!
Love Lou xox