Tomorrow our new farm settles at 11am - and so begins the next phase of our journey. We've owned a house and a farm before but having the house ON the farm is something new for us. It will also open a new window here at Sliprail - something different to blog about instead of chooks, goats, my vegetable garden and my bebes!
In other news, Drew got another HD; that's 4 now!
Meg spent the weekend at the coast and has a management course in Brisbane this week. She will be home next weekend - for her 24th birthday! Holy Cow!!
Gibbo and I rode yesterday and today, just 15km each time as we try to find our cycling legs. Yesterday I couldn't find mine at all; today they were there and now my muscles are pleasantly sore in that way that you don't mind because you know you earned it!
It's been a marathon effort today to get all these photos posted.....so now I'm off to have a cup of tea and 4 timtams and read my book. Goodnight.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Birthday 80 - My Beautiful Family
I love my little family - so, so much. Here we are.
I had just been hit in the head with/by a football. Greg seems to be finding it fairly amusing!
Another all-time favourite photo of my kids.
Give Gibbo the camera and he goes crazy...
Not sure how he managed to do this; I'm sure it wasn't skill, just luck.
The football was heading our way...again.
I had just been hit in the head with/by a football. Greg seems to be finding it fairly amusing!
Another all-time favourite photo of my kids.
Give Gibbo the camera and he goes crazy...
Not sure how he managed to do this; I'm sure it wasn't skill, just luck.
The football was heading our way...again.
Birthday 80 - The Cousins
Meg and Drew have 12 cousins on Gibbo's side of the family although we only usually see 7 of them on a regular basis. My brothers have no children so there's no cousins there. I don't have a cousin in the world - BOTH my parents are only children!
The Gibbons family cousins have all grown up now and some of them have children of their own. Another addition to the great grandchild count was announced at the party - D&L have a baby due in December.
Drew with Ethan (Melissa). Mel and Drew road-tripped to Tba from Brisbane with Isabelle and Ethan.
Melissa (Kissa).
Meg has introduced cousin Mandy to the benefits of list making - but you must have a box to tick. I tend to cross items off my list rather than tick them off!
The Gibbons family cousins have all grown up now and some of them have children of their own. Another addition to the great grandchild count was announced at the party - D&L have a baby due in December.
Drew with Ethan (Melissa). Mel and Drew road-tripped to Tba from Brisbane with Isabelle and Ethan.
Melissa (Kissa).
Meg has introduced cousin Mandy to the benefits of list making - but you must have a box to tick. I tend to cross items off my list rather than tick them off!
Meg and Harry (Mandy).
Meg and Renee. These two clashed as children.
Drew, Deb (the pregnant one) and Melissa.
Ben, Meg, Renee, Linda, Doug, Pam, Drew, Melissa, Mandy, Debra and Linda. Four are missing - Jo, Jacqui, Kevin and Tina.
Gibbo with Holly (Renee) and Harry (Mandy).
Renee and Meg.
Pick the exhibitionist.
The Girls - Melissa, Amy, Mandy, Linda, Meg, Debra and Renee.
Mandy and Meg - It's Mandy's house where Meg lives in the granny flat.
The three Hodge girls - Melissa, Mandy and Renee - and Meg.
Slightly blurred but a beautiful close-up.
Birthday 80 - The Food
An incredible amount of food was prepared prior to and on the day. Meg did her usual excellent job with the macarons, sushi, goat cheese tartlets and thai chicken mince balls (which didn't get photographed because they went so quickly).
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