Ryan, Jaffa and the Marble Run

Ahhhh the joy of laughter, Ryan was in hysterics when Jaffa joined in playing with him, swiping the marbles. As soon as we drop Caitlin at preschool all he wants to do is come home and play with Jaffa, I guess it's nice for him to have her all to himself and not compete for attention / playtime. So a few pics of them together.

Movember update

All going well so far.






Just hoping for a bit more thickness, although a Tom Selleck seems to be out of my league this year.

Kids not sure of the Mo - Caitlin doesn't like it and Ryan says its prickly !

One day they will understand ...

Our Newest Adition

Well after a long wait for events to come and go, we have finally settled down enough to add a little kitten to our family. Jaffa is 6 weeks old and joined us over the weekend. She is very well suited to being in a family with kids, phewww! And so relaxed she even fell asleep on the journey home! Caitlin and Ryan are both in her face and don't give her much peace but funnily enough if they are off doing their own things Jaffa will follow to be with them.

Jaffa is similar colours to Tuppy which is kind of nice, with a little more black and white and a little less sable.

Anyway a few pictures of her ............

Movember

Welcome to Movember !

Gary here, posting for the first time. This month has now officially been renamed Movember, a whole month dedicated to getting men to look after themselves and take a bit more care with their health.

The idea is to grow a mo for the whole month, use it as a talking point with your mates (or, in my case, customers as well) and raise awareness of some of the important health issues affecting men. For more information and the opportunity to take part go to http://www.movember.com/ .

The main health issues being publicised are prostate cancer and male depression. If you are a man over 50 talk to your doctor about getting your prostate checked - it could save your life.

For men of all ages depression is a major issue that affects something like 1 in 5 of us. If you think you may be experiencing depression PLEASE talk to someone about it - wife, girlfriend, mates, doctor,boyfriend - doesn't matter who, just talk. For some inspiration check out this link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10412742

I'm having a go a growin' a Mo - and I'll post a photo for you all to laugh at very soon...

Ahhhhh The Whitsundays!

Well after a busy and rather stressful few months we have been on a well deserved week away to the Whitsundays. We were supposed to be heading off with Gary's parents and this was to be the big trip within a trip but unfortunately their trip has had to be delayed so at last minute we headed off with my parents.

The week was a mixture of swimming, swimming and swimming, accompanied with a jumping pillow (huge bouncy castle - without the castle!), playgrounds, minigolf, food and wine. All of which was at the camping ground, ohh forgot to mention the waterslides there - the kids (especially Ryan) are now water slide junkies. The kids would stay in the water as long as possible - until their lips turned blue, and the thermometer registered "LO". Hmmmm bit of a concern.

We did on occassions leave the campsite, venturing over to daydream island for a half day and visiting Airlie Beach. Gary and I even managed to go for dinner and cocktails one evening, beautiful! What a treat!

Can't wait to our return trip with Gary's parents, early next year.




Airlie Beach, not the most beautiful beach but it is the gateway to the beautiful white sandy beached islands.


The lagoon, or as Caitlin called it "the galoon". This is down at Airlie Beach and is used by anyone and everyone, part of the community and is a free-bee, we spent a wonderful morning down here enjoying the sun and swimming.

Grandad and Catilin at the Galoon!

Ryan and Gary on the boat to Daydream Island. The kids were go, go, go and you can really see the tiredness in poor Ryans eyes.

I did upload more photos but they didn't upload properly so will try it again.

Little Treasures from Caitlin and Ryan

I'm 4 and 4 kilos's (meaning 4 and 3 quarters)

Rain, rain go away, old man wants to snore all day. Caitlin altered the original in the car the other day, so now her latest is altering "come again another day" to as many different lines as possible.

Straw Berries Farm (ok maybe not so funny but the way Ryan's says it is just gorgeous and yes it is said as three words not two)

Ahhh the great Bathurst rivalry of Ford and Holden. Caitlin yells "Go Holden" followed by a louder Ryan "Go Ford" We're with Caitlin on this one but I guess Ryan wins on the final outcome - this year.

After Grandma yawns - "What's all that jewellery in your mouth Grandma"

Caitlin and I were talking about crockery. C "I've got a glass dish" M "It's called china" C "It's painted glass" M "similar but it's China" and finally it was left at C "Chinese Glass", I just smiled and left it at that!

There's lots more but my mind has drawn a blank so I will edit at a later stage.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE!

Hello Jamie, a big happy birthday to the big 5 year old. Looking forward to seeing the pictures of your fairy cake and hearing all about your party. Have fun at school on Monday.

Caitlin misses you and Max.