Megan's Birthday

Megan had a fantastic birthday! We had 18 kids (plus parents) here for a party and becasue of the bad weather we were stuck inside. They ran amok and let me tell you... it was noisy and chaotic... but fun.

Thank you to all the well wishes and birthday gifts.

Here are some photos of the day...

This photo was taken just as we started singing the Happy Birthday song... she turned a bit shy when she realised they were all looking at her.

This is our favourite photo of the day. When Megan first woke up we all piled into her bedroom bearing presents (she was a little overwhelmed by Aiden's enthusiasm!). They both received books from Oma & Opa and here they are inspecting them.

I decided to do cupcakes this year instead of a single cake - it worked a treat and I would DEFINITELY do it that way again.

Nana lighting the candles and Megan showing her excitement

Megan didn't quite wait for us to finish the hip hip hoorays before she blew out the candles so we weren't ready for the photo opportunity.

Enjoying her cake

Thanks to everyone who came along to help us celebrate Megan's special day. And a special thanks to Cass who took most of these photos for me ;)

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This is a reeeaaally old photo of Aiden This photo was taken on Aiden's birthday back in March

This photo is a recent one - taken two weekends ago

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Me having fun on the bouncy cushion in Busselton...

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Both photos taken in Feburuary this year by my friend Kerri (professional photographer in the making)

Hello again!

Yes, yes, I know... it's been 6 months since I posted here. I have been SO busy with my scrapping stuff on my other blog that this one fell a bit by the wayside. BUT, I am back now after succumbing to incredible pressure from my inlaws :)... OK, maybe it was just a little bit of pressure!

Apparently there are some of you out there who 1) are still on dial-up internet speed so you don't want to wade through all my scrapping stuff just to see pics of the kids and 2) some of you just don't want to see the scrapping stuff! So, here's the solution. I promise when I post a page where I have used photos of the kids I will attempt to remember to post it here too. And I will try to post some family photos too.

Here's your first instalment... some photos from our little family holiday down to Busselton when Hank & Vicki (aka Opa & Oma) came to visit.

It was Aiden's turn to take home his class dog, Dopey. Dopey came everywhere with us and featured in quite a few photos.

At the place where we stayed there was an awesome bouncy cushion (a bit like a trampoline) the kids (ahem... Dave) thought it was pretty cool.

Oma & Opa watching the bouncing

Our accomodation was just across the road from the beach

You can't go to Busselton without visitng the historic jetty (this isn't it... it's right next door to this one). I managed to snap a shot of the whole family all looking at the camera which is a first.

We made a special trip to an animal park where they gave each of us a bag of food to feed all the animals... Aiden was surprisingly fearless from the start...

Megan took a long while to warm up to the idea... it wasn't until we got to the small animals like rabbits and guinea pigs that she felt comfortable.