Monday, 31 August 2020

One year of Spud!

It's been a year since we welcomed Spud into our family, and what a change he's made to us all (and what a change we've seen in him... What follows is some before and after photos, as well as some recent updates of our 'goof'.







Sunday, 30 August 2020

The in-between'ers birthdays...

After celebrating Keira's birthday...and before celebrating Claire's birthday...we took some time to celebrate both Granddad's and Dad's birthdays... 65 and 40!  Thanks to COVID, both celebrations were quite low key...but with family so that's all that really matters.


Dad's birthday started with a nicely designed card by the girls... and was followed with a lot of eating (as you may notice in dad's growing tummy)... Meat & Wine Co with Grandma & Granddad for a rack of ribs... Hillside with his mates for texan BBQ... and then La Botte D'oro for Italian  with the girls...followed by a little too much Gelato at Bar Italia.




And then a tray of sweets to top it all off!


Also during the month...Claire started a go-karting programme at Minto...


Keira baked some great sugar cookies... and kept getting taller too!

Must be all the healthy food we feed her!



Sunday, 2 August 2020

Happy 11th Birthday Keira

Today, Keira turned 11...which in our family (thanks to a love of Stranger Things) is known as the year you get your superpowers!  We aren't quite sure what superpowers Keira will possess, but as long as she keeps on being the amazing, funny, loving, wonderful girl she always is...then that's super!

The celebrations featutred a very colourful cake...


Keira' celebrated the weekend with a small gathering of her potato club with a high tea... She's lucky have to found a group of friends who fit together so perfectly.






And then on the actual day (Sunday) a lazy weekend and time at the dog park... Alas, we didn't manage a family photo!  We'll get one in the coming days!




And... for memory sake, some quick links to Keira's previous birthday celebrations!