Australia Day

Cheezy smiles!!

 Fun on the slide!

On the 26th of January every year Australia celebrates it's National Holiday so this year we did a very Aussie tradition of the beach and bbq. We went to the Rockingham foreshore and it was packed but still managed to find a nice spot under a tree and close to a playground. Our lunch was more breakfast like with bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomato and some good ol Aussie lamb chops (YUM). The girls loved the beach and Amelia got her face painted to raise money for the Queensland flood victims.

Face painting and fun on the beach

Amelia's 4th Birthday

 Opening presents

Playing pass the parcel

Jayda's big sister Amelia turned four on the 16th of January. This year Amelia wanted a party and a princess cake. As it was school holidays it was hard to invite her friends from daycare so it was just the family. We played musical chairs, pass the parcel and danced to Amelia's new CD.

Birthday girls blowing out the candles

Christmas Part1 and 2

Opening presents at Nanna and Pops house WA

 

 

As we were going to be on holidays for Christmas we celebrated with Tiff's family the week before. We went for lunch and thankfully it was not too hot. Amelia and Jayda got a Dora play kitchen, play guitars, Barbie dolls and lots lots more. Christmas day was celebrated in Queensland with Matt's family. Again the girls got spoilt as did Mum and Dad (haha). Matt's Dad cooked a traditional hot Christmas lunch soo much food. Both days were fantastic and most importantly it was a time to spend with family.

Opening presents at Grandads house Qld

 

Holidays in Queensland

At Australia Zoo

At Warner Bros Movieworld

For Christmas 2010 we all flew over to Queensland where Matt is from.This was the first time that Matt's family (apart from his Dad) had seen the kids.We stayed at Matt's Dad's house in Deception Bay which is about 30mins from Brisbane. During our stay the weather was not the usual sunny Qld weather, it rained alot of the time but we still managed to get some fine days in which we made the most of. We visited AUSTRALIA ZOO, home of the crocidle hunter Steve Irwin R.I.P and went to Warner Bros MOVIEWORLD. We also went to Bribie Island to swim in the sea and visited lots of family. The day we left Qld to head home was the start of what the world came to know as the terrible Qld floods.

On the beach at Bribie Island

At the Lagoon