Gold Coast Weekend

We are now back from our wonderful but wet weekend away. It's really good for the Gold Coast to have the rain but it would have been nicer if it was the following weekend!

The highlights of our trip were having breakfast with our wonderful friends Joanna, Nigel and Tessa, and fun family time which included a bus/boat ride, ten pin bowling, dining out in the evening and walking around Surfers in the dark. I also got to drive past the house we used to live in and show it to Gary, Caitlin and Ryan. Isn't it funny how different things are to how you remember them. Although I guess things do change over time - it has been over 17 years. I think what was so different is it looked quite dark, but it was a grey old day and the trees were a lot bigger, it would be nice to see it on a blue sky day.

For those of you with preschoolers who haven't tried ten pin bowling, give it a go. We had so much fun and yes even Ryan played. They have ramps for the kids so they set the balls at the top and push them down the ramp to get the speed and when it was Caitlin or Ryan's turn gutter rails came up so they always hit some pins. By the end of it Caitlin even had "the stance", hand on hip, one knee bent watching until the pins got bowled, she didn't have the steering with her head movement, maybe next time! Caitlin and Ryan both enjoyed the good old high five after their bowls.

Another highlight for the kids was going on the amphibious bus/boat painted as a duck. They both were able to have a go driving the boat part of the ride. Ryan would have kept driving if he could have.

For Gary and I it was really nice catching up with Joanna, Nigel and Tessa. It's really nice to have friendships that can be picked up from the last time we caught up. Thanks guys for a really wonderful few hours

So after a lovely weekend away we are back home to pack more boxes for our big move on Monday week. We also get to catch up with Ang and Paul this coming Monday, looking forward to it!