Catching up on January

the sun sets on the old year

and a good friend celebrates her birthday

the cassia tree flowers away

 a little family came arriving on a plane on New Year's Day...yay

they borrowed the car since I wasn't allowed to drive, and two of us went up to Jo's place by train

the kids all had great fun together, especially with Hannah and Miriam's stacking cups,  and in the new cubby house

 watching tv, hanging around

swimming,  sharing a special meal

 exercising, having fun

 swimming in the pool again

 fish and chips at Moffatt Beach

 always fun looking at the ships out at sea...and the ocean

hello everyone....

 of course

 there was a home made raft to launch...

...and it floated! Hooray!

 then it was all off to Grandma's to stay and have another family get together...Robert and Liam sang an Aussie Christmas

 fun to get together...Sarah and Mimi exchanged stories about their prep year at school...

some one was wearing her new glasses

 the kids enjoyed putting on a play called Red Riding Hood, well done kids

 but swimming was the order of the day

eight out of nine grandchildren can now swim...Liam saw Sarah could swim and copied her, Mimi copied Liam, Hannah learned to swim on her tummy instead of just her back (doing a mean back stroke), and even Robert learned how not to breathe underwater and how to swim and dog paddle! Very well done kids!!!

 good to relax, and play some games, read , Your turn t learn to swim Michelle...

 after the fun and games, and family photos... the holidays end for some and they have to fly home

 meanwhile another little family leaves and arrives home from a holiday in NZ

 I think someone enjoyed the planes...

 Grandma enjoyed catching up with some siblings

 there have been floods and cyclones ...to be posted about in the next bulletin...

and after all the fun and games, visiting, cyclones, the power off for a few days, finally Grandma catches up on her library books!! Come back soon , and I'll try to catch up to the end of January !!