Our Ward Christmas Party

 Mum and a lovely team of ladies threw another awesome Ward Christmas Party 2 weeks ago. We brought our camp chairs and picnic rugs and had heaps of fun in the chapel gardens! We has facepainting, jumping castles, kids crafts, games and even Santa rocked up with lollies for everyone! On top of all that, the food was wonderful, BBQ meats, yummy salads and icecream sundaes for everyone!

 Charlotte and Sarah show off our cute facepainting.

 Poppy David with Megan and Cahrlotte enjoying some BBQ dinner.

 The good thing about the moon chair that Jason got me for my birthday was that there is always room for everyone to snuggle in and cuddle with mum!

 Stealing some yummy chocolate cake and icecream sundae.......

 Josh and James enjoy the sun and the crowds............

 How blue are those eyes!!!!!!!

 I love this picture.......Mum and Jason smiling together in the same shot! It's a christmas miracle!!!!! Mum was run off her feet in the kitchen and Jason got the boys busy with set up and clean up. They did a great job behind the scenes and Jason was run off his feet talking to lots of people and new faces. He's a great EQ president, always working.

 SANTA visits with Jacob.......

 and Brooklyn...

 and Charlotte..............

 and James........he's not that much of a fan just yet!

 The kids and their christmas crafts, making wreaths!

 Brooklyn paints my christmas tree!

 A beautiful day for christmas crafts and fun!

 The YW's president is kept busy all day!

 Charlotte and Madison wait in line to visit with Santa.

Merry Christmas from Australia everyone!

Brooklyns' Busy Birthday/ Camping week!

 Brooklyn had her first sleep over birthday party for her birthday this year! Perhaps will be another few years before it happens again.......................Here we have Brooklyn and her friends in the lounge room dancing around to that song "Party Rock Anthems" "Every day I'm shuffling" An unfortunate angle for one of her friends!

 Brooklyn and her friends enjoy sone nail polish, some chips and lollies and some music.......PARTY!

 Good job Brooklyn!

 Brooklyn and her best friend Katelyn.....Brooklyn got a Hair Crimper for her birthday so we all had fun in the kitchen crimping every inch of her hair!

 This was all followed by some coloured sand craft outside on the back patio!

 Now for some Wii Just Dance fun. Even James got in on the act and had a boogie!

 Well moving on now............that party was Friday night, followed by Thanks giving on Sunday night with the family and here we are on Monday morning ready for Grade 4 camp. Brooklyn and her friends and classmates were heading to Phillip Island on the Peninsula for 3 Days. Here are a bunch of tired but eager girls ready to go!

 The kids got to go to visit the pelicans, coastal education units and event went for a walk with the Penguin Parade in the evening - a big attraction to Phillip Island. Brooklyn was so excited she forgot to take her camera for most of the activities.....

 she did enjoy watching this baby pelican............

 AND that scary stingray lurking in the water just there..............clearly no swimming please!

Self portraits from Brooklyn and her cabin friends!!!!! Oh to be  10 years old again!

A busy week for my baby, she's growing up so fast!

 Brooklyn's Guitar Recital!!!!!!!

Brooklyn has been taking guitar lessons for about a semester now and she finally had the opportunity to show off her new skills in an end of year recital with her teachers. As mum will tell you this is not the first recital in a local community hall we have all been too! (years of ballet rear their head!) but this was Brooklyn's first public performance and she was super excited to show her her parents and grandparents what she could do. She waits here patiently for her turn next.......

 A room full of excited parents........

 Brooklyn shows off what she's got! A duet with her teacher playing cords as well. She did an amazing job. We were so proud of her!

 Jacob showing his support and enthusiasm.........

 Charlotte's turn on the camera!

A proud Brooklyn and Nanny..... she did great!

Saturday Night Sundays........

 In celebration of Brooklyn's guitar recital, we decided to have a family night of home-made sundaes and a movie night. We bought some tri coloured ice-cream, sprinkles, M&M's, chocolate and caramel toppings, whipped cream and wafers and made the biggest sundaes that would fit into our special bowls.

 This was followed by a spooky kids Halloween movie and lots of laughs! It was great fun to spend some family time together after a month away from them!

YUM!!!!!

Charlotte's 5th Birthday!

 We had Charlotte's 5th birthday party recently at Mum's house! She has wanted a Tangled Rapunzel party all year because with her long blonde hair, she has always said that she looks just like her!

So we had a gorgeous princess party with some of her CTR friends from church. Aunty Tara made our gorgeous tissue pom poms AND the gorgeous cake! What would we do without her!

 Rapunzel's tower.......

 Charlotte's favourite posters on her wall in her room............

 I had set up a craft activity for Charlotte and her friends to do whilst at the party. They made secret treasure boxes and colourful paper lanterns from the movie.

 Daddy and his boy.

 Charlotte and her friends sing Happy Birthday.

 Opening presents...........Happy Birthday Baby!

Some pics of the kids............

Winter is normally a slow time here for pics.....not alot has been happening lately!

Last week Jason went away for 3 days for work and so one morning after breakfast we decided to send some pictures to him! James gave us the perfect smile and brighten everyone's day!

James is on the move! We had to go and purchase a gate this week after James or 'Cyclone James' emptied a whole roll of toilet paper followed by the waste bin in the laundry! Our solution!

This was Daddy's wake up call this morning whilst getting ready for school! Our gorgeous little angels!