This weekend dad and Maura came back from Perth to attend a wedding in Newcastle. It was a nice warm day and dad donned his tartan skirt (he he) for the occasion.













We also decided to celebrate christmas while they we over here, so we had a brunch at our house on sunday. It was very lovely, Louise and Daniel came up from Sydney and Edward also made an appearance.

Whilst Marie and Terry were over from the uk, they went away with dad and maura to do a great ocean road (down south australia). We then met up with them in Sydney for a long anticipated lunch at doyle's restaurant. it was a lovely day - quite warm (well warm enough for me to get burnt).

we are slowly making the house more our own. Simon is starting to get the garden going but it is difficult when we are working all week then working on the house at the weekends. But i guess thats how the rest of the world does it. We have also discovered that our neighbour's youngest child loves to throw his toys over the fence. at the moment we are proud new owners of a tonka truck and a body board.






This is an image that simon and i woke to early one morning a few weeks ago. it was quite a cool morning but it didnt take long for all the mist/fog to disappear.








Kitty is adjusting to the house very well, we often find her spread eagle (as shown) all over the house. although now that we are here all day with her, i have never known a cat to sleep so much. she also still manages to find sleeping spots where we can't find her. and she has taken to opening the linen closet door and sleeping on the towels! i am not impressed!