Home again...

We got up at 6am. Left the holiday house at 7:40am and got home 10:40am... The traffic was a breeze...

It was such a joy to go on holidays. It has been way too long... It was even better coming home. Home to our breeze, rainwater and our home...

One thing we noticed as we came up our street is that we've had allot of rain and our street has deep crevices. Same with our driveway... We now also live on 8 acres of jungle. Everything is green and has had a huge growth spurt! We are supposed to have another four days of rain. I can't wait for the ground to dry out a little and then getting into the mowing and the slashing :)

The chooks greeted us as we drove up the driveway. The chicks have doubled in size. Tim and I took half from one cage and placed them into the other so they had more room. They are sooo big.

Four loads of washing later and we are all settled back into being at home.

I love being back home, in my own environment and in my own bed! Ahhh, nothing beats it :)

Blessings,

Our front house yard...

Nearly lost the car...

The Wattle has grown heaps, all in two weeks!

Little cramped...

More room...

Chicks loving their new digs...

Lunch with Aunty Lis and her MIL...

Having lunch right on the water at Caloundra was very special for my family and I... Even more so when on Tuesday, Lis and Sheila came visiting for the day.

Fudge brownies is what got Lis in the front door and after a coffee and tea we headed out for lunch. Tim, Josh and I loved our calamari! Russell, Lis and Sheila enjoyed their sandwiches and burgers too...

Lis is Josh's Godmother and he loves her to bits. He's always joking with her and the bear hugs are getting stronger and stronger! He's also quite a bit taller than her now. Yep, he grows, we shrink... Or so it seems! I love watching the banter between the two...

Tim was very busy with a huge grasshopper at one stage and then took off to the beach...

Wonderful day... Love spending time with family...

Blessings,

Opal Scratchings...

There's a large opal shop near where we are staying... Tim was desperate to get there as he wanted to hunt for opals and other semi precious stones in their three pits. It was basically a large area where you can pick through rubble and stones and buy container worths of any stones you find and get to keep them...

Josh didn't want his container so generously gave his to Tim. He was over the moon. There were scratching in the pits for over a hour, while I looked through their showroom. You could even watch them cutting opals open and polishing them. There certainly were very expensive pieces on show. They had many displays... Even fossils! Such natural beauty... The hidden treasures in our planet truly are amazing...

Next time we go, we will take longer there and I'll pack a lunch for them ;) There's no time limit as to how long you stay and they really want to find the main prize... One of two golden nuggets! There's an extra prize in it for the finder and Tim's determined to find it :)

Maybe next time, you never know... He would need to take spare clothes though as he got soooooo dusty and dirty I barely let him back in the car :/

Blessings,

Playing silly...

Josh loves to do this... Pull faces that is...

Blessings,

Spot Josh???

On our holiday both boys have had two beds each... They both pushed them together so they had bigger beds. They're a little sad that they have to go back to single beds tomorrow when we go home...

Here Josh is trying to hide from Tim... Can you spot him???

Hint... There's an extra hand near Tim's left hand and toes showing at the top middle of the photo... Yep, he's lying snuggled in between the two beds!

Blessings,

Christmas Pudding...

Russell's mum has a great receipe... Made a double size one this year. Bit too big as it too an extra two hours but yummy all the same!

Made homemade custard to go with it. 1/4 of it is gone already hehe... Russell totally approves ;) So glad I brought the ingredients with us so I could still make it. Next year I think I'll make them earlier and freeze them though ;)

Blessings,

Ready for the pudding mixture...

Into the pot for five hours...

Taste testing time...

Look what I Found...

Loads of interesting things...

Blessings,

Low Tide at the Beach...

Love spending time with my men...

Had a great time at the beach today...

Blessings,

Fishing again...

Tried late morning today... Josh spoke to a guy on the beach that had called 17 fish that morning...

We tried but only saw some stingrays... The boys were standing still and Tim saw a couple. One came very close to Josh. Both ended up running out of the water and now want to go and fish off the jetty tomorrow. 

We are also trying bait tomorrow not lures... See how we go :)

Blessings,

Laserzone...

The boys have conquered Laserzone! They had a 2 1/2 hour session there tonight! They had a ball. Talk about two sweaty teenagers that came out! Phew!!!

We got back to the house and they just about drank the taps dry. Josh is complaining of very sore legs. They ran so much and crouched down... Time having the best ever holidays he reckons...

Yay for the parents... And Russell and I got a great chance to do last minute Christmas shopping :)

Blessings,

Gone Fishin'...

Tim went up one end, far away... Josh and I tried down near where we are holidaying... 

Loads of fish were splashing on the surface of the water but none would jump on our hooks... There's always tomorrow...

What a beautiful sunset we were able to witness... Such beauty...

Our little bit of Water...

Two streets over and we have the canal... We are opposite the end of Bribie Island. The little and not so little Soldier Crabs and Hermit Crabs were on the move :) Josh even 'interrupted' a pair. 

Saw a dog having a dip... Missing Jasper! Was a lovely walk...

Blessings,