A busy time in Sydney !

At the end of the Term 2 school term we said goodbye to the boys and their family at Durham Downs Station and headed home once more to visit our family.

It is not often I blog and share about our family so it is about time we introduce you to them. We have quite a few readers who follow our blog, some who know us well already and some who have found our blog and read each and every one and have come to know us well that way. 

We have two daughters, Naomi and Jessica, and a Son-in-law, Nathan, we count as our son. He and our eldest daughter Naomi have six children.

It was great to re-connect with our daughters, son (in-law) and grandchildren, and wonderful friends. The time always flies so quickly with so much to do and this time was no exception ! With the additional task of changing our travel home from camper to caravan and doing the modifications we needed before leaving, we were full on.

There was the christening of our youngest granddaughter Macy, who is such an easy going baby. Naomi and Nathan, as usual, organised the most beautiful day and Sydney poured out a most glorious day. This was the perfect chance to catch up with a few family friends as well.

 Some photos from the day taken by my youngest daughter Jessica. We are truely blessed with two daughters strong of character, mind and heart !

 While home we were fortunate to see our eldest two grandsons play a game of soccer. Both are playing extremely well and are great defenders.

We took the opportunity while home to have a weekend away with the family, both in our new to us vans ! Ours is a 1999 Jayco Starcraft and Naomi and Nathan's a 1981 Jayco Jay-dove. On our arrival in Umina on the Central Coast it was raining, cold and windy but the following day was beautiful. 

We headed out to the Hunter Valley Gardens Snowtime where the Nathan, Naomi, Jessica 

and her friend Lucy and all the grandchildren had a ball playing in the snow, toboganning, 

ice skating - a first for the grandchildren, and generally just enjoying the day.

 

On the Sunday we had wonderful friends and their boys come to visit us all, while on Monday because it looked like rain we all headed off to Monkeymania for the grandchildren to enjoy some indoor playtime.

Our last day was spent at the caravan park where they all enjoyed the different things on offer at the park. Jumping pillows, karting and the local park next door had excellent equipment including climbing nets, a flying fox and skate park.

While home we also went to see the wonderful production of Les Miserable with Jessica and her friend Danny. I had been really looking forward to some culture after being away in remote Queensland for so 

long.

Overall it was a very busy time catching up with family and a few friends, and adapting our new caravan for travel. We were only disappointed in that we were not able to catch up with so many of our other good friends. Next time we will be home for two months !!