Cowboy

Love this family photo that surfaced over Christmas. My dad is second from the left. His little brother Brenton in the cowboy outfit. Another little brother Rod standing behind the cowboy, and his sister Barbara next in line. They all still look just the same!

Wild west ride

My Andrew is such a clown. Can you spot him posing for the camera?

Superman ride

Yesterday at the theme park

We're on holiday - 21 of us in a huge house. Yesterday we went to Movie World.

Sitting on the eggs

Eggs

Love the fabric they've used for these eggs.

Quilt for mum

I bought this quilt for mum for Christmas. I've been looking at these quilts all year. It's by Nellie and Fred http://www.nellieandfred.com.au/
This quilt is called let's collect the eggs.

Platypus

Platypus, a photo by Psycho Hamster on Flickr.

We spent more than three hours paddling a river yesterday, with a few baby rapids thrown in. We were trying to see a platypus in the wild. The guy who dropped us all off said that David Attenborough's film crew had used the pool we were starting from to capture their platypus footage. Still didn't see one, but had a great paddle.

Scooter

Granny has bought a scooter. Here's the boys having a whirl. They love it!

Quilt

Mum made me a quilt for my birthday. She used some fabric she'd hand-dyed years ago. On the back it said count the petals to see how old you are. Ben counted petals and butterfly wings and came up with 70!!

Birthday quilt

Here's the back of my birthday quilt. Love, love, love the free-motion quilting round the petals.

Basketball final

Tonight Andrew plays in a final with his basketball team. It's the first time one of our kids has played in a final. We parents say we can't wait for the end, it's been so heart-pumpingly stressful!! Here's Ben sitting on Mark's lap watching the semi final last week.

Coffee and rhubarb

We bought each other a coffee maker for Christmas this year. And my sister-in-law bought me a wonderful Rhubarb cup and saucer. It fits perfectly. Thanks Debbie!