INTERRUPTION....

well there I was minding my own business trying to concentrate,study & retain lesson 8 in my course when I heard scratching at the window? Looking down I discovered a blue tongue lizard staring up at me,gee that IS back to nature!I was relieved that this creature was on the outside and I was on the inside!!!

THE FIRST DIP!

PLAYING WITH THE CAMERA!

CHECK OUT THE "WHITE" SAND...

NOT TOO COLD....

THE "BUFFED" ONE....

SAND BETWEEN THE TOES!

JUST PUTTING THE TOE IN!!

TODAY WAS OUR FIRST SWIM FOR THE SEASON,ACTUALLY IT WAS MY SECOND & QUINTON'S IST!AND WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY IT WAS,OH THAT "SUMMER" SMELL OF SUNSCREEN & SALT!THE CLEAR BLUE WATER,THE SAND BETWEEN YOUR TOES....YES THIS IS THE LIFE!

TECHNO

IT MAY SEEM THAT I'M A LITTLE SLOW WHEN KEEPING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY BUT I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO TAKE THE PLUNGE AND FINALLY PURCHASE A "WEB CAM"..YOOHOO! NOW ALL MY OVERSEAS FAMILY CANNOT ESCAPE ME!

"BIG MOTHER" IS WATCHING.."EEEE"

The Wedding

AT THE CEREMONY

THE FAMILY

THE LOVELY GOWN

WITH BIG SISTER ROXANNE

LENISE & NICO!

18Th May 2007.

This day is when my little girl Lenise wed her handsome Dutchman.

The day unfolded into a lovely spring day,with lots of happy people,lots of photographs and lots of fun! The whole event right from the lovely relaxed ceremony to the party afterwards was perfect!

"where we left off"

24th April...!!

What a wonderful day,to see and touch my (baby) Lenise after nearly 3 long years!l lots of hugs and kisses! we just picked up where we left off ,those 3 years were instantly erased.

We have had such a fun time together and it's so nice to see that Nico (my soon to be son-in-law)

has caught Lenise's wacky sense of humour!!!

welcome home!

AFTER 7 MONTHS WE WERE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF OUR ROXANNE AT SYDNEY AIRPORT ON SUNDAY 11TH MARCH,HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE HER SAFELY BACK ON HOME TURF !
OVER A LONG LUNCH WE SAT BACK AND TOOK IN ALL THE STORIES OF HER ADVENTURES AND SAW LOTS OF PHOTOS.
AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME SHE HAD SKY DIVING & GLACIER WALKS IN NEW ZEALAND,TREKKING IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR 6 MONTHS,THEN
TAKING A BREATHER IN LONDON TO CATCH UP WITH FRIENDS BEFORE FLYING TO CAIRO FOR A FEW WEEKS,THEN ONTO BANGKOK FOR SOME R&R BEFORE FLYING HOME!
WELCOME HOME ROX!

OUR LOVELY GINGER TIES THE KNOT!

FRIEDA,PROUD MOTHER OF THE BRIDE!
BARRY,THE PROUD DAD....READY TO GIVE HIS GIRL AWAY!
LITTLE SISTER SABINA IN ATTENDANCE.
GINGER,GLEN & THE BRIDAL PARTY.
ON THE 3/1/07 OUR LOVELY GINGER MARRIED GLEN AT
THE SUTHERLAND MOTOR BOAT CLUB,WHAT A HAPPY DAY!!

NEW YEAR!

BOB & DENNIS SHARING THE COOKING!
WE SAW THE NEW YEAR IN WITH A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS AT NELSON BAY AND A B.B.Q. WITH FRIENDS...NEEDLESS TO SAY A LATE NIGHT WAS HAD??!!!

XMAS 2006

CHEESE!
AMUSING GIFT KERRY?
XMAS EVE
ON THE FERRY
MINITURISED BY THIS TREE

WELL THE LEAD UP TO XMAS PROVED TO BE VERY HECTIC WITH VISITORS,COMMITTMENTS AND WORK;YET ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PARTYING WAS HAD! DESTINATION....THE HUNTER VALLEY WITH "DIAGEO" MORE XMAS FEASTING! JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A HIGHLIGHT AWAY FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD......SHOCKED? "MMM" A HELICOPTER FLIGHT OVER THE VALLEY WAS VERY SCENIC!

ON THE 5TH DECEMBER CAME SOME LOVELY NEWS FROM THE NETHERLANDS,LENISE & NICO ANNOUNCED THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND WILL BE MARRIED IN APRIL/MAY!!!!

TWO WEEKS BEFORE XMAS DANIELLE & ADAM MADE THEIR ANNUAL VISIT,WE TOOK A TRIP ON THE FERRY OVER TO TEA GARDENS FOR LUNCH,THEN A GRUELLING HIKE UP TOMAREE HEADLAND TO WALK OFF LUNCH! THEN DINNER OF COURSE, COOKED BY MOI!

THE 23RD DECEMBER WE TOOK THE SHORT PLANE FLIGHT UP TO BALLINA TO VISIT FAMILY FOR XMAS,WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE HAD,XMAS EVE TOOK US SHOPPING FOR THOSE LAST MINUTE ITEMS,A SANTA PHOTO,LUNCH,AN EVENING DRIVE TO VIEW XMAS LIGHTS AND OF COURSE XMAS MASS;AFTER SOME LAST MINUTE GIFT WRAPPING WE ALL TURNED IN FOR A SOMEWHAT EARLY NIGHT READY FOR THE EARLY RISE XMAS MORNING! 5.45 A.M...YES SANTA HAD BEEN!!SOON ALL THOSE CAREFULLY WRAPPED GIFTS WERE RIPPED OPENED!
A TRADITIONAL CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST & AFTERNOON A GREAT TRADITIONAL LUNCH,THEN THE TRADITIONAL VIDEO ....CAPPED OFF A GREAT DAY!!!