Australia Day 2010

Oz day 2010. We had a few mates rock up for a barbie on a scorcher of a summers arvie and we had a ripper of a day.

some green and gold 'decor'

The Lucky Country

We ate some bonzer snags, lamb and roo steaks
the blokes and sheilas having a chinwag before chowing down

The blokes yes, my old man IS wearing and Aussie shirt

Oliver, Mitch, Lyle, Kyosti (I think Mitch is the only real Aussie here)

Danny was forced to wear Lyle's springbok shirt onaccounta he came late 'cos he was at work, but it was ok because Danny can be a bit of a bogan sometimes.

We had a few ankle biters around, here's Jacob with his tat on his hand

here's my little ankle biter with her tat :)

and this one's Ella's - it's phonetic as we Aussie's actually call our country "Strayia"

The fourth ankle biter, Jacob having a dip

the blokes were mucking around in the pool

the sheila's showing off their tats

Emma, Me, Kate and Ella showing off our tats

Now....here's a lesson learned. When you weigh...a lot.... it's not a good idea to play aeroplane with your 11 month old ankle biter while sitting on a plastic chair..... (everyone was ok)

TRANSLATION:

mates: friends

rock up: arrive

barbie: Barbeque

scorcher: Very hot

arvie: afternoon

ripper: excellent

The Lucky Country: Australia

bonzer: excellent

snag: Sausage

roo: Kangaroo

chinwag: to have a pleasant conversation with someone

bogan: one who takes little notice of their appearance

ankle biter: small child

tat: tattoo

mucking around: playing around with no real intent or purpose

Eating an icecream...Emma style

These were taken on boxing day. Needless to say Emma found it to be possibly the happiest moment in her 10 months of life thus far!

Joy

sweet hey? We were in the Drakensberg with Jaco and Jacquie (I'll post lots more when we're back in Oz next week) and Lyle was running with Emma the morning we left. She LOVED it. I love my little family so much!