Alex

Alex arrived to look after Skye and Layla at the end of winter 

(his suitcase followed some days later!). 

Layla was just crawling, now she is running. 

He laughed with the little ones right from the start.

His 6 months with us flew by.

It went from quiet to busy, 

cool to warm to hot,

from working the girls out to knowing them brilliantly.

Thanks Alex for looking after them so well.  

They won't be forgetting you in a hurry. 

We all miss you already!

1st week

Last Week

Thank you

Running Away to the Circus

We had a somewhat busy weekend with a less than promising start.

Our car blew up!

So we brought a new van... (I am really quite excited by this have been wanting a van for ages so I guess the car going was a good excuse and then there was one for sale at the end of the road!)

We hitched the caravan up to the new (old) van and headed off to join the circus for the weekend.

I am not sure they would have had us for much longer...

Arthur was heard to comment that I had the grace of an Elephant as I twirled round a pole

But he had difficulty juggling more than one ball so don't think he would last long either.

We saw amazing acrobatics, juggling, flying trapeze, 

2 men doing handstands on a stack of 8 chairs.....

The girls were watching hope they don't try to copy!

We even snuck in some painting in Augusta and then a swim in Gracetown on the way home.

 

 

 

Putting the finishing touches to Daddy's painting... Augusta

 

 

Our 2 lovely vans!

 

 

 

A(nother) Great Weekend.

Grandma Snowden

Grandma Snowden came to stay with us over Christmas.

We got out to beaches and Busselton,

She got some knitting done and bowled a few bowls.

And got some cuddles from some happy little people too.

Sisters

I just like these strangely angled close up pictures that Arthur took of our girls.

HOT HOT HOT

Its been HOT HOT HOT over here.  

5 days above 35.

Happily we live only a short stroll from this beach.

Its not deep buts its crystal clear....

The smalls can play and we can lounge about 

as the occasional school of silvery fish swim past.

 

Happy Anniversary

This time last year Arthur and I got married on a hill in NSW and flew off the top.  

It was the perfect day.  And flyable too. 

So today is our 1st anniversary.

A pretty easy day to remember and a good one for looking back too.

To say its been a busy year would be a bit of an understatement..... 

here's a bit of what we did.

Big trips..... to the Uk, to Queensland, to Dunsborough (with everything).

Small trips..... to Bremer bay, Denmark, Nannup, Canungr.,

Flying......in Manilla, Mount Tambourine, Shelly Beach and Glencoe.

Visits...... from Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma, Rebecca(x2!) and Jason.

A new job for Arthur...A new job for me.

Skye turning 2 and doing LOTS of talking.

A new house in an old place.

A permanent visa.

Alex arriving to help with the little people.

Layla turning 1 and starting walking.

Hosting our first Christmas 

and now...

Celebrating our 1st Anniversary!

yey!

Here's to many good years to come.

How does your garden grow?

Here are a few of the beautiful things that have sprung up in our garden recently,

I planted a couple (and of course 2 of these beautiful things came with us),

the rest were here waiting for us to come and enjoy them.

Secret harvest!  We found these whilst digging our vegetable bed.  Yum.