Chef Molly!

Molly seems to baking up a storm at the moment. Her latest effort was Banana Bread - yum yum!!

Kaitlyn graduates primary school!

Kaitlyn had her last day at Seaforth Primary School at the end of the year. You can see in one of the pictures the whole school doing an arch for the graduating students. Then it was the Graduation Dinner - it was a lovely evening and a great way to end her time at the school. She is of to Stella Maris College in Manly this year. She is so exited about her new school.

Surfing wound!

Eeek - luckily looked worse than it was!

V8 racing at Sydney Olympic Stadium!

Andy and kids recently went to the V8 racing - they loved it and had a wonderful time.

Charlotte visits!

Tom friend from NZ visited recently - it was lovely to have her!

Kindy Pantomine!

At the end of the year all the kindy classes take part in the kindy pantomine. Noah was lucky enough to be a sheep. It is performed on the outdoor stage at school and once again the parents use their picnic rugs - the pantomine was lovely - Noah learned so many Xmas carols and had a lvoely time - we could even here him singing! Pictured also is Mr Ogilvie the school Principal.

Clever kids!

Noah and Kaitlyn recently received awards at the School presentation night. Noah received a teachers award for the Most Improved and Kaitlyn received an Academic Award for Excellence in English - we were thrilled - we love their school and they are all thriving there.

Kaitlyn is 12...

This is Kate's party - we had pizza at a lovely local beach - the girls swam and played Eagle Tag (very like touch rugby) and then we walked to a local Chocolate Dessert Cafe. Was a lovely night and beautiful weather. It is so pretty at this beach - we visit a lot and have dinner there regularly in the summer. A very special find!

Noah!

Kates Team the Netball PSSA Champions!

Kate and Molly played netball for school last season. Kate's teams won which was so exciting - the team they opposed had their whole school cheering them on - but a few Mums from our team helped out and made up for it! I helped coach and it was great fun and they were a lovely bunch of girls.

Noah and I!

Noah and I at his friend Felicity's recent birthday party.

Book week at school!

Here is Noah already for the parade for book week - another opportunity for the parents to picnic on the oval!

Halloween!

This is the creation by Andy and the kids - Halloween is readily celebrated here and many kids Tick or Treat - our kids love it. The pumpkins are also readily available to transform.. Granny was visiting at the time - which was lovely.

Sand storm!

This is what it looked like out our window on the day of the sand storm. It was most unusual and covered everything in a fine red dust. Lot of kids did not attend school - ours were not so lucky.

Noah on Dads bike!

Noah loves Andy's motorbike and most nights runs down to meet him and catch a quick ride if he can wrangle it! PS He is wearing his winter uniform complete with tie - I still can't master it!

Kate's Friends!

Here is a lovely snap of Kate's friends from school !

Noah turns 5!

Noah turned 5 in May - here he is at his party! He loved the magician in the photo - and had a lovely time and was very spoilt by his lovely friends!

Shark and stingray feeding!

On our way back from Diamond Beach we stopped and fed sharks and stingray. Was good fun!

A week away in Diamond Beach!

We hired a house in March and went away to Diamond Beach north of Sydney near Forster. We had a lovely house and a lovely view. Andy surfed lots, got to use his new camera as you can see and we just had a great relaxing time in a beautiful part of Sydney. It was a well needed break!

Tom turns 18!

Tom turned 18 - gosh that time went fast! He is now finished school and did really well in HSC! We were very proud and a little relieved!!

Soccer season!

Noah, Molly and Kate played soccer this year - makes for a busy week with three practices and three games to get to each week. Noah had a great first season with all boys from school - they were a lovely team and were lucky enough to have a great Dad coach the team. We had many a practice afternoon we could sit in the sun and watch. Molly's team pictured were the winners of Gala Day which was very exciting. Noah was very vocal on the field - but got better as the season moved on.

Seaforth School Easter Hat Parade!

This is an Australian thing - the kids make hats at school to celebrate Easter! Here is Noah with his buddy Patrick ready to parade in front of the whole school. Parents come and watch - the weather was great and we were able to sit on picnic rugs in the sun and enjoy. There is music and a great atmosphere!!