Painting Painting & more Painting

We (or I should say Al) painted Mum & Dads place for them over Easter while they were in Perth. It was a huge job but it looks fantastic now - they were so happy with the end results.

The before shots.

Good help is hard to find - Jar & Ned on the job!!

The after shots....

The toilet shot isn't very exciting but this ones for you Nic - remember how bad it was??

Been a while !!

It has been quite a while since I have updated the 'blog' but I have had to bite the bullet & go back to using my old digi while my new one is getting repaired! Apparently it will be back in a week (though I have heard that before) & then I will be 'blogging' again!
Hope you are all happy, healthy & well.

March Birthday Shout Outs !

Happy belated birthday to the following people!

2nd Peter Hicks (Uncle Peter)
3rd Fiona 'Dolly' Hitchcock
7th Darcy Turner
11th Dad & Mandy Moo
16th ME!!!
30th Caro Thornton

Surprise !!!

Looked what turned up at my work from my very romantic husband - and no they weren't even for my birthday!!!

My Birthday

We celebrated my 33rd birthday on the 16th & I had a very nice day. I was spoilt by Al & the kids, had a nice lunch with Mum then dropped the kids off with Mum & Dad and Al and I went out to dinner at this beautiful seafood resturant. We feasted on oysters, morten bay bugs & reef fish, washed down with a nice sauv blanc!! A perfect night.

February

Had a fairly quiet Feb after a completley hectic Jan but here's a couple of photos! Jar got a funky fringe cut & looks fantastic and just a photo of me doing my BAS (thrilling stuff) - told ya not much happened in Feb!!!

Birthday Shout outs for Jan / Feb

I was going to start this year by doing a monthly birthday list but I forgot to do Jan!!!
A big happy birthday to the following people!!!

January
7th - Ali
8th - John Taeger
10th - Georgina Taeger/Chloe Stronach
17th - Robyn Stronach
18th - Bill Stronach

February
5th - Sue Meighan
19th - Jaimi Turner
28th - Dave Turner

Rain rain & more rain !!

As you probably know, Nth Qld has been experiencing alot of rain with most areas now a flood zone and we certainley got our far share here in Mackay!!

Hosptial bridge - well what you can see of it
This is an observation platform in the city which is usually about 6 mtrs above the high tide.

The Forgan Bridge just before it peaked.

Hospital Bridge in the distance - totally underwater.

Sugarshed Rd (behind Macca's)

A street in Andergrove - where Mum & Dad live.

Soccer field in background with totally submerged train lines up front.

1st Day of High School

Look at our big girl on her first day of high school. Not sure where those years have gone - feels like high school for me wasn't that long ago!!!

Greydog

We have just had Grae up for a week and it was great to see him. Unfortunately it rained most of the time but we were able to show him some of the sights of Mackay. These photos are taken in Eungella - a beautiful rainforest area up in the Pioneer Valley.

Catching raindrops!!

Boulder Creek

Jo & Wayne found this place out the back of Kuttabul where they live & we went out to picnic with them and Mum & Dad. It is so beautiful - really thick rainforest with running creeks right in amongst the cane fields!!

Picture perfect !

Al's 37th Birthday

Al had a nice relaxing birthday, with a quiet day at home & dinner at the Eimeo that night.

Bits n Pieces

Heres a few other piccies from our trip to Adelaide.

Jar and I hitting the Myer sales!! Posing in the hat dept!!

Nice family photo......

Ned driving a go kart, Glenelg. A highlight of his trip!!

Al and his Mum!

Glenelg

Check out our fancy digs we stayed in at Glenelg with Kelli and Stu!! We had left it a little late to book an apartment so we found this in the phone book and lets just say it made for an interesting night!!! It was 96 years old and not much had been done since - it was the worst nights sleep - Ali and my sheets were so old they were all pilling (Al calls them 40 course like the sandpaper!) and Jar's bed had a cigarette burn all the way through! Kelli and Stu on the other hand got beautiful crisp sheets, a tv and a heater!! Bugger!

We still had a great night catching up with a bottle of wine and a beautiful thai dinner and our accommodation gave us plenty to laugh about!!!

Jar got a henna tattoo done down on the beach and started a bit of a trend cause Kel and I got one too!!!

Introducing Tigger (the disappearing doggie!!)

While we were in Adelaide we 'discovered' a beautiful female Cocker Spaniel at a breeders in Meadows so Al, Bill and Barb headed out to meet 'Tigger' and bring her home. Unfortunately she had other ideas and made her great escape that night!! We walked and drove the neighbourhood, did letter box drops, put signs up and I even went on the radio!!!

We are glad to say that Tigger is now home after 4 days on the road, in the hottest weather, with the New Years fireworks celebrations going off and being in an area she didn't know.

Xmas in Adelaide

Heres an update of our trip to Adelaide - don't have a great deal of photos because my beautiful new camera stopped working as soon as we arrived!! Lucky Jar brought her little digi so theres a few piccy's!

We had a great Xmas day with all the family, a generous visit from Santa, a full hot lunch (which was great cause it was bloody freezing!!), pudding and all the trimmings!!

Merry Christmas to All

We are flying out tomorrow so a big heartfelt "MERRY CHRISTMAS" to everyone. Hope you have a relaxing peaceful Christmas and a rockin' New Year!! Love to everyone Jacqui, Al, Jarrah and Ned

Conversations with Ned

This is a conversation between Ned and Jar in the car.

Ned - "Jar I've got a girlfriend"

Jar - "No you don't"

Ned - "Yes I do"

Jar - "What's her name then?"

Ned - "Charlotte"

(we are both shocked at this stage cause we really didn't think he had one!!)

Jar - "What's she like?"

Ned - "She's pink.......light pink.........she's clean and sweet.........she's like a fairy"

Ohhh - melt my heart right now!!!!