Uncle Ev's Birthday

The fellas

Just smile and be done with it!!!!

Blowing out the candles..... obvious that it's a fake for the camera!

The boys with mum

Counting...... are we up to 20 pics??????

some stuff...

Dunno why this pic did not upload with the others! Cute Hey!!

What a girl!!!

Farewell Naomi! Our friend Naomi has finally finished Uni and has scored herself a teaching position in Cairns...... well up there somewhere! We will miss her. She is an awesome tennis player. Now I will have no one to call on when I have the urge to have a hit!!

Jump Ollie Jump!! Here is our little Jolly Jumper having a go for the first time. He loves it. I remember Scarlett wasn't so sure of bouncing around and got sick of it pretty quickly. Ollie is so different to Scarlett in so many ways!!

rascal!

Here is the little rascal! Scarlett is in her own bed now. She is pretty good at staying in it at night and going to sleep. Unfortunately her toys can be a bit of a distraction!! I went to check on her and I saw a red light coming from the shower. I opened it up and there was the little miss playing with her night light glowing. We have moved Scarlett into another room now with NO toys and the room which once was hers is now the toy room.

Sam, Jarred and Lily came for tea on Saturday night. It was so much fun! Nick cooked a roast. We had to wait for ages but it was so good! You must try Nigela Lawson's Sticky garlic roast potatoes. Lily and Scarlett had a lovely time playing in the wood chips from the tree we got chopped until they started throwing it!!!

bickies and bu-fwies

Scarlett did some painting yesterday. This is the first time she has done painting at home and she was a pro! She was into the dot thing and we made some butterflies. Today we made some bickies. I didn't have any eggs so I had to find a recipe without them. These melting moments are thanks to Toni Coward who pops recipes on her blog. They were really easy and look cute! Thanks Toni! (If she doesn't read this could someone please pass it on)

Milford Sound

We stayed in Queenstown for a few nights and drove out to Milford Sound for Scarlett's Birthday. She was so excited to go on the boat!! We got to touch the ice on the side of the road! We also drove through a mountain!

Mt Cook....Part 2

We stayed at a lodge at Mt Cook. It was really nice and had a view of the mountain. Unfortunately we did not see the Mt Cook at all. It was covered the whole time! Nick had a lot of hope that it would clear up before we left!! Scarlett and I were going to go on a glacier boat ride but the water froze and they could not get the boat in the water. I was pretty disappointed but got over it!

Mt Cook.... Part 1

This is on the way to Mt Cook. These pictures were taken at Lake Tekapo. It was very close to Mt Cook. There was a church on the edge of the Lake with the best view ever. I would lose concentration pretty quickly on Sunday if I had that in front of me!

I know..... she's a little show off! More of Ollie to come