Life is a Journey not a Destination

Yesterday we had a great day out at the local waterpark. One of Amy’s friends had a sleepover the night before and came with us. And yep, you guessed it. Another video…

I had a really great Sunday. We started off the morning with a family walk down to the lake. I was inspired by Gretchen’s putt putt layout and started to make when we got back. It’s the first time EVER I have scrapbooked photos taken on the same day. Annie you are right - it was so fun!!

Kevin was wanting to do something today. That was fine with me but it was too nice a day to spend indoors either shopping or going to the movies. I suggested we go to Kiama - a seaside town about 30mins away. Then I remembered it was market day so that’s what we did. We packed some lunch which we enjoyed sitting on the grass. The girls went on some rides and visited the petting zoo and we wandered through the stalls buying a few bits and pieces. I was rather pleased to be able to buy some more seedlings for the veggie garden. Such a good idea - you buy a punnet and can fill it with whatever seedlings you like. So much better than better 6 of one plant. It was such a beautiful day to spend outdoors. And funnily enough we realized we last went to the markets here in Sept last year. When we came home the girls had a swim, I planted my seedling and finished off the scrapbook page. We then watched Camp Rock. Kinda cute but I don’t think quite the league of High School Musical.

Aren’t those cupcakes the cutest? Almost too nice to eat. Lucky they tasted as good as they looked.

Isn’t this chook beautiful? I think I might get some of those next time.

Well, it’s been a fun weekend in our neck of the woods.

On Saturday night we celebrated my good friend, Kay’s, 40th birthday. It was a very enjoyable night - dinner out at a restaurant. Don’t you just love her cake? Can’t see it? Look again. That’s not a bag on the table, that’s the cake. How cute is that? She sat and looked at it for about 5mins not wanting to cut it. Not that I can blame her. I don’t think I would have cut it. Luckily it tasted as good as it look so it worth cutting up.

Today we celebrated Father’s Day. The girls made Kevin his very first breakfast in bed. Not sure he enjoyed the whole experience - not with everyone (dogs included) piled on the bed with him. But he was a good sport.

Later we drove over to Berrima (about an hour away), with Mum & Dad meeting us there. We went to the Court House Museum - which gave us the history of the town and was rather interesting.

After that we did a bit of shopping. Amy was quite excited to find a tea shop and bought some green mint tea. We had a yummy lunch at a cafe.

I got this photo with my Dad, who wasn’t feeling very well (poor thing).

When we got home we had a spa and spent the rest of afternoon watching TV, reading and playing on our laptops. I think Kevin enjoyed his Fathers Day. And I hope my Dad did too (even if his present didn’t arrive in time )

Thanks to my good friend Leanne we found out there was special Dinosaur exhibit at the Australian Museum in Sydney. So for our May family day out we planned to go there (the exhibit is only on till the 8th June).

We had a fantastic day. The girls loved seeing all the dinosaur stuff.

We then went to another area where the kids could touch and play with lots of different things. They even got to hold a stick insect.

We stopped for some lunch. Amy took this photo of Kevin and I.

We then split up. Amy & Kevin went to the skeleton area and I took Christy to Kidspace. They met us there and goofed around for a bit.

Lastly we went to see the Indigenous Australians. We were there in time to see an aborigine playing his instument (not a digeridoo). The girls volunteered to do an emu dance.

One the way home we stopped at Paddy Pallin to get boots and jackets for our big trip.

For our family day out this month we again headed to Jamberoo Recreation Park (Amy got a family vochure for her birthday). It has be used by the end of the month so despite the cooler weather we went today - it was the only day Kevin could come with us. We went on the tobogans first - pretty fun - and we got to see a couple of deer resting right beside the track.

We then went on the go-karts.

Then did some water slides and playing in the water. It was pretty cold so we laid in the sun for a while trying to get warm.

Couldn’t resist taking this photo - lucky I had a pedicure on Friday

The girls went back in the water and played a game of putt putt golf while Kevin and I relaxed and read. It wasn’t quite the same day we had last time but we all had a good time.