A (very) brief family update

Here's a look at a few events that have occurred over the past six months...

We had Dave's work Xmas party for the kids on the weekend.... here's a look at how Megan reacted to Santa last year...
...and here they are this year.... sitting patiently waiting for Santa to give them their presents... Megan was so keen she was slowly creeping closer and closer...

But she still wasn't quite keen enough to sit on his lap

Aiden & Santa

Santa asking if Dave has been a good boy??

The most exciting thing in the B-K household is the installation of a shiny new pool. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't figure out how to sink a full size below ground pool (mainly due to restrictions about how close you can be to a fence/house, etc). So, we went to K-Mart and bought this $500 metal frame above ground pool. It's only 3 feet deep so Aiden can stand and we have only actually filled it to about 3/4 so Megan can stand too. Of course, the kids LOVE it...

The patio had had a bit of a make-over to go with the pool. A general re-arrangement of furniture and some clear alsonite sheeting to replace some of the patio roofing...for the first time since we have lived here the patio area is actually appealing to be in...

It's that time of the year... the Christmas tree is up...

We tried very hard to get a family photo with all four of us in front of the tree... but this was Megan's thought on that matter...

They had an open day at the place where Dave & I were married so we took the kids for a look... this is just a nice pic of Dave & Megan. He was standing in that very spot for some of our wedding photos.

We were lucky enough to have some visitors back in September. Dave's Uncle Frank and Aunty Ellie were here from Melbourne... the kids adored them! The day they turned up was Frank's birthday... so we celebrated with some cake.

Hank & Vicki (Oma & Opa) came for their usual mid-year visit too.