tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84924076745014409522024-03-10T13:45:40.718+11:00The KingsA record of our family, which was started as a way to record photos and memories as we knew our son Noah wouldn't be with us on earth for many years. He passed away at the age of 10 and less than 4 months later, my husband Aaron passed away suddenly, from a heart condition. I am now forever grateful to have recorded our family memories - big and small.The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-46571392142592934462023-08-10T15:28:00.000+10:002023-08-10T15:28:37.292+10:00My Favourite Holiday Ever <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of months ago I realised it had been a long time since I had blogged, and to be honest I felt like I had probably blogged for the last time. Over the last school holidays Kobe read a lot of my old posts, and it reminded me of how important it is to record our memories somehow, even if it's once every six months or more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe and I often talk about our trip to Queensland in January, and I couldn't not blog about it. It was the first time we had all been away on a holiday to the mainland for a while (including Mum) and we had some extra special surprises up our sleeves for Mum as she turned 70 in January. We organised a surprise party for her birthday, but the best surprise was a week later, when we went to Queensland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe and I had already been up to <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2022/07/queensland.html" target="_blank">stay with my brother Chrish in Queensland</a> twice before we all went up together. Harri came up with in July, but we just couldn't wait for both him and Jay to come up in January, as we knew we would have so much fun at the theme parks and at Chrish's place together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When my siblings and and I organised a surprise 70th birthday party for my Mum, it wasn't good timing for my sister Nicki to come over from the USA, or for my brother Chrish to come down. Instead, she was able to organise to fly to meet us in Queensland when we went up a couple of weeks later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We kept it as secret from Mum, but it was so hard not to tell her as I knew how excited she would be to see her. We haven't seen her for a few years. When we arrived at the Brisbane airport, Chrish and Nicki were there to meet us. We love scaring Mum, so Nicki jumped out and scared her. You could tell it took mum about 10 seconds to register that it was actually Nicki there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvi3kqIkVOY7_60VDzFY2BMZfF_8z92eqT_BwAY17pCr06o1KvUk1SNt-LibitPO-wK2IHk2JGUIV03bngkA2NgV0STTJ-wRCqlk_-gQPy3FhOzAkntbLQryT8fXQy5YvqptGM5tyWo1ZZLhbuDGf0-U-FR0uhMUZCJzhfOgau8vl82S0oJSfauaQyLp4/s2053/IMG_6660.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2053" data-original-width="1160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvi3kqIkVOY7_60VDzFY2BMZfF_8z92eqT_BwAY17pCr06o1KvUk1SNt-LibitPO-wK2IHk2JGUIV03bngkA2NgV0STTJ-wRCqlk_-gQPy3FhOzAkntbLQryT8fXQy5YvqptGM5tyWo1ZZLhbuDGf0-U-FR0uhMUZCJzhfOgau8vl82S0oJSfauaQyLp4/w362-h640/IMG_6660.PNG" width="362" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6v8nf5OSZGj4C70oZNCXq-hWjrKI_JEgOQqKqSwRLk9kOUvX3Bm4XHLfvm2kKCNplkLCzu6yTuEAJQtJ5GZKhjKhPTuaswu7KUhIG1fSwyOzrVgazI6O_9RGj8fjV1kpNTVAjueYVcp4KfFCgTYGLM9hTyWeXG-TVbShot0RQOlDq6-pZvTryqD0Zpg/s1722/IMG_6653.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="1153" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6v8nf5OSZGj4C70oZNCXq-hWjrKI_JEgOQqKqSwRLk9kOUvX3Bm4XHLfvm2kKCNplkLCzu6yTuEAJQtJ5GZKhjKhPTuaswu7KUhIG1fSwyOzrVgazI6O_9RGj8fjV1kpNTVAjueYVcp4KfFCgTYGLM9hTyWeXG-TVbShot0RQOlDq6-pZvTryqD0Zpg/w428-h640/IMG_6653.PNG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kvQeNdi1J94" width="320" youtube-src-id="kvQeNdi1J94"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Christmas day my cousin Konnie's husband Colin had a stroke, and we were so anxious about how he and the family were. He was still in hospital when we got there, but we had a lovely night catching up with my extended family including my cousins and their families and my aunty. We got to catch up with Colin in hospital, during the week. We are so happy that he is doing much better now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT0106eRH5NUjKtwB32aXW68oEDIVHbPi0h960fBUnL3TyOFWRXejjbAF67YUDlmbs-0beJrMjbJmjG4y89oIng0IXxCBcbnnjzWptMR6VpeW9YJj9ysExcNHY6CUG90fy_d41dTQGxTMKLgKl_5dMx4tVV7l4GvKADYpx0AHitY8vrxlj3JHBfCcCmQ/s4032/IMG_6699.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT0106eRH5NUjKtwB32aXW68oEDIVHbPi0h960fBUnL3TyOFWRXejjbAF67YUDlmbs-0beJrMjbJmjG4y89oIng0IXxCBcbnnjzWptMR6VpeW9YJj9ysExcNHY6CUG90fy_d41dTQGxTMKLgKl_5dMx4tVV7l4GvKADYpx0AHitY8vrxlj3JHBfCcCmQ/w640-h480/IMG_6699.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>We love staying at Chrish's house. He is such a fun brother and uncle and goes out of his way to make sure our trip is always extra special. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3ZA1gqpQL6tTNxoGoho4MUkUjdKgHiN4tEESmWGLT7jXCUHovE7I3rBCZn_2q1yiDMxn8ZyiDAVN9fZCoc4XNShfGnswTLoq2YdvV6lDAA4QF-Ox0IYuXEclqeUp9zno-0TQDb4kRvejoR5fbn36c4woQxx8G-pDiAjQxdmT4qkDa8be85tiAwEIvog/s1440/GCCK6531.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3ZA1gqpQL6tTNxoGoho4MUkUjdKgHiN4tEESmWGLT7jXCUHovE7I3rBCZn_2q1yiDMxn8ZyiDAVN9fZCoc4XNShfGnswTLoq2YdvV6lDAA4QF-Ox0IYuXEclqeUp9zno-0TQDb4kRvejoR5fbn36c4woQxx8G-pDiAjQxdmT4qkDa8be85tiAwEIvog/w640-h640/GCCK6531.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>There were a lot of nights of eight ball or table tennis tournaments, water volleyball and swims in the pool. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIeDj9rOkeOJ6TZ2YGwgVdjp53kdnFs8RPoVDb6rY_FfRQ4iEfK_69It8O4eAuwps1ZWPO4J5ctkXRP2Qt9Duhh2gmbAizM8nL-PanzFtLFhK_fkJ8jMk8Yf7jlvylOyV5r-0EMmTpUZLfsPfSaH5et9NBXdupilThOJRAarex8yZ1gGOt_5arQvnDE0/s4032/IMG_6682.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIeDj9rOkeOJ6TZ2YGwgVdjp53kdnFs8RPoVDb6rY_FfRQ4iEfK_69It8O4eAuwps1ZWPO4J5ctkXRP2Qt9Duhh2gmbAizM8nL-PanzFtLFhK_fkJ8jMk8Yf7jlvylOyV5r-0EMmTpUZLfsPfSaH5et9NBXdupilThOJRAarex8yZ1gGOt_5arQvnDE0/w480-h640/IMG_6682.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was so good to have so much time with my sister. Mum and Nicki spent many hours every night catching up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoEAFm4-i0XQZANG0fm8DpC1j2J52vE2CEM5DJ83u6R8nCSp5X876_wPEVCDqDo86_HVOoMS2h4KZ4qLIZ3khZuQYiUSbHkUhJ-KVyzrzNAml6YphHsUb4uNO0lkHEO_AiUMn4BcRiyf-wwpa7v_pdNPOCG19NFHRju4ClbtWLUDT6vSU1onoRwZb7Wg/s4032/IMG_6877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoEAFm4-i0XQZANG0fm8DpC1j2J52vE2CEM5DJ83u6R8nCSp5X876_wPEVCDqDo86_HVOoMS2h4KZ4qLIZ3khZuQYiUSbHkUhJ-KVyzrzNAml6YphHsUb4uNO0lkHEO_AiUMn4BcRiyf-wwpa7v_pdNPOCG19NFHRju4ClbtWLUDT6vSU1onoRwZb7Wg/w640-h480/IMG_6877.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifz-dWZdX3ZfcfuTjeUsG5X0DXiJULOTURR2MYRDotTho5ov0aENXg3kE-ilriM_RdsxomoxdsMeeWpiXG2g7tyyoJ69JgVg9_PfjAYuKuleGt_U_hPGu73hOxW4XjzWnBfTWwA16eAy-s1Bvyv3EiG0O31GVRJeiAmhdaZkcgHFnJzdDXF5k4LaMtww/s1440/EFCAA83F-427C-411F-AC2C-930F54C07865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifz-dWZdX3ZfcfuTjeUsG5X0DXiJULOTURR2MYRDotTho5ov0aENXg3kE-ilriM_RdsxomoxdsMeeWpiXG2g7tyyoJ69JgVg9_PfjAYuKuleGt_U_hPGu73hOxW4XjzWnBfTWwA16eAy-s1Bvyv3EiG0O31GVRJeiAmhdaZkcgHFnJzdDXF5k4LaMtww/w640-h640/EFCAA83F-427C-411F-AC2C-930F54C07865.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS0oQEgaDPTXzbTawi5Ni2kRIE-7nPO6OVYtYfpKgAEAbnJqWbk1GEsf9JP1dFTSbc85z66258h-IemunFwk4ry9UQwnvbjMPm8HXrUPyoRaX0I3ue3CzsPtoLoXe1ZelX4g_HwGp-lMp1sgY5weZAdDqz3frpkeM70xZDgp6inOajxVpZ1XQLWFmwTg/s4032/IMG_1296.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS0oQEgaDPTXzbTawi5Ni2kRIE-7nPO6OVYtYfpKgAEAbnJqWbk1GEsf9JP1dFTSbc85z66258h-IemunFwk4ry9UQwnvbjMPm8HXrUPyoRaX0I3ue3CzsPtoLoXe1ZelX4g_HwGp-lMp1sgY5weZAdDqz3frpkeM70xZDgp6inOajxVpZ1XQLWFmwTg/w480-h640/IMG_1296.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've become so addicted to rollercoasters since going to Queensland last July and can't believe that I love them now. When Aaron was alive, I was petrified of them and there was no way I'd ever get on one. Now I just can't get enough. We are very lucky that Chrish lives so close to all the theme parks. We definitely made the most of our passes and I think we went to a theme park, at least for part of every day. We loved going on the new rollercoaster at Sea World together and even got Nicki on there (who isn't a fan of thrill rides). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPJTVPB_S2lXR3oo34_BqJpr-qsWx3GTXfjPg4qxMnkJV6OpNWxgLA7hmzieTPxw5TmHFO7yynuP0IQ7jkugHup0Vv2JMmOP04Xv_nTaf3_9v2b1bidqtqJqMQJf2l2H3SHK8TL8HRxn5d4D-JzHt4p0rX3Ygg6yhZVenYsX51ZeWrXeCq5anHOz04SE/s1440/441468FB-8B17-47BC-A46C-D5674990D40E.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1440" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPJTVPB_S2lXR3oo34_BqJpr-qsWx3GTXfjPg4qxMnkJV6OpNWxgLA7hmzieTPxw5TmHFO7yynuP0IQ7jkugHup0Vv2JMmOP04Xv_nTaf3_9v2b1bidqtqJqMQJf2l2H3SHK8TL8HRxn5d4D-JzHt4p0rX3Ygg6yhZVenYsX51ZeWrXeCq5anHOz04SE/w640-h530/441468FB-8B17-47BC-A46C-D5674990D40E.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ-dgssHpJ9bx1fhJcCXogeCSuVTq4jCkBqKxZArZQDpSnS0TuTQwyQIF6DCtJxs0kpx1b6luJF3diEfPdKrNAvhBo60VsRgj-f9UV69YgkGOCGWEKkhGVgnpQYbAdZTWlPHgvnR3iRMI7ZHG6NLLabSqsZNgEJ3lwXfbjWkuiVfPv7Ale2b1NQ_rof8/s3088/IMG_6905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ-dgssHpJ9bx1fhJcCXogeCSuVTq4jCkBqKxZArZQDpSnS0TuTQwyQIF6DCtJxs0kpx1b6luJF3diEfPdKrNAvhBo60VsRgj-f9UV69YgkGOCGWEKkhGVgnpQYbAdZTWlPHgvnR3iRMI7ZHG6NLLabSqsZNgEJ3lwXfbjWkuiVfPv7Ale2b1NQ_rof8/w480-h640/IMG_6905.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsy9tJkp_bVv3wwlaauczYH4HcoD4Md_hLlWA4BDagaGfqI_z2nkLGFjWVQ9AdMAiISWpxirkM6rpIAfpg3oOwxAT1yy_-S-qZ1HYTqm4prP18-Q7aBWQX0CpJkAXe80fiWacwO3Gwf_iJLQBgvBacTFTL22KkMU63QHWYwh2FVgd3DI8N_yHxgIF1Wg/s1440/GJHE2847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1440" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsy9tJkp_bVv3wwlaauczYH4HcoD4Md_hLlWA4BDagaGfqI_z2nkLGFjWVQ9AdMAiISWpxirkM6rpIAfpg3oOwxAT1yy_-S-qZ1HYTqm4prP18-Q7aBWQX0CpJkAXe80fiWacwO3Gwf_iJLQBgvBacTFTL22KkMU63QHWYwh2FVgd3DI8N_yHxgIF1Wg/w640-h530/GJHE2847.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0H9gZOh6q-aVL8mkyXQuq8aKvm0ITg_JheTaE7kAU8vnGzbyM0Ey4xsja_PU7eyeLh9RaW4BM3Cf8pWYeovgZKqydhVNnotCychhi624tm1A0NFvENtCN1SiZBPCRbdXww4mlhBkSXuZhr4toYSVhSwxqRvIUioiNyKWFQHkIlXlu0F41OGmqd3-ThQ/s1440/HQZA8310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1440" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0H9gZOh6q-aVL8mkyXQuq8aKvm0ITg_JheTaE7kAU8vnGzbyM0Ey4xsja_PU7eyeLh9RaW4BM3Cf8pWYeovgZKqydhVNnotCychhi624tm1A0NFvENtCN1SiZBPCRbdXww4mlhBkSXuZhr4toYSVhSwxqRvIUioiNyKWFQHkIlXlu0F41OGmqd3-ThQ/w640-h532/HQZA8310.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrF34luobDHvgSkOwqsUbWqCs913l7L4OKQdLYewfHA8ko0rrpL4nDl4lJ8gJHOTZMT7-q8Cv24EVe1SOM2RyS6T261xttgnfylbyhTXYGJo15TnS4MNEgamFW4RDJZgh3jjeboo-WEKX9IFBOsZaFQceEByHDBhd7e1VNwEvPQOxHz0Knf3547CecBI/s1440/B3EE503C-BA21-478B-857F-032C519258FA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1440" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrF34luobDHvgSkOwqsUbWqCs913l7L4OKQdLYewfHA8ko0rrpL4nDl4lJ8gJHOTZMT7-q8Cv24EVe1SOM2RyS6T261xttgnfylbyhTXYGJo15TnS4MNEgamFW4RDJZgh3jjeboo-WEKX9IFBOsZaFQceEByHDBhd7e1VNwEvPQOxHz0Knf3547CecBI/w640-h530/B3EE503C-BA21-478B-857F-032C519258FA.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Often in the morning we would go somewhere else, and then in the afternoon while we were floating around the pool, Kobe would check a website which would tell us how long the lines were at Movie World. It was often quiet in the afternoons and as soon as he'd tell us that the lines were 10 minutes long, I'd yell at the boys to get dressed and we would race down there. We'd often get in 4 or 5 rides in a couple of hours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I look at photos like the one below and it hits me how different our lives are to 10 years ago. When you are in the early stages of grief with little kids, it's hard to imagine that you'll ever feel 'normal' or any joy again. This whole holiday was so much fun and I kept thinking how lucky we were to just all be together, having such a great time. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWGvg0L-dxoiRq8BW5-HCJbz2YnTF8hkAPe1m7Q7v0oD2i2SY0A8PAvYgdGQjIgEI6XFm7oq6guWCEYeRh2wc96hjE48a1uWMLjAXJ7mW_hLvqxzUiUxJtBN9kSYH5U23enrnn2ZfSfJ47xpeP_cn6v-g8cM5U0EVL_gv5aTYHKROlUb_TlyREPYwuRE/s1440/CPOJ9889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWGvg0L-dxoiRq8BW5-HCJbz2YnTF8hkAPe1m7Q7v0oD2i2SY0A8PAvYgdGQjIgEI6XFm7oq6guWCEYeRh2wc96hjE48a1uWMLjAXJ7mW_hLvqxzUiUxJtBN9kSYH5U23enrnn2ZfSfJ47xpeP_cn6v-g8cM5U0EVL_gv5aTYHKROlUb_TlyREPYwuRE/w640-h640/CPOJ9889.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknhgdh530n43nOJbD0O_DraDFoDv8R3TXk-R1mFl7S1_hv_AZ9K3K2VKKtKClT1F0nYzKn_3Pl63YCkyjm0aNKyW0qL9xQxb8mK0qjzGrSLP1Kr17brwoZVC185HYcXfREKPosztZF-Mptlgotci6tKidM0yFxXvOHqcphRJ3beYXRf2qWdN7cZJ9pGI/s4032/IMG_7518.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknhgdh530n43nOJbD0O_DraDFoDv8R3TXk-R1mFl7S1_hv_AZ9K3K2VKKtKClT1F0nYzKn_3Pl63YCkyjm0aNKyW0qL9xQxb8mK0qjzGrSLP1Kr17brwoZVC185HYcXfREKPosztZF-Mptlgotci6tKidM0yFxXvOHqcphRJ3beYXRf2qWdN7cZJ9pGI/w640-h480/IMG_7518.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqf-_Eexnw7SBcDDe8wEjMEkT-mMnMFd52nuBlgyTJOcq8R-mvf98GFvBas0NVVa7RQpUnI84fKx4dB7OrWbXKo0Wy1Nk3nWwtbe-1OOLVTBPOvo62YCGrL9PMCfwJaEXzuV7cAUpkGrNzGVcTNOmVrpPa3xXub_FQStI00xlUQsNXCSOEDvmN_7nemA/s1750/IMG_7174.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1750" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqf-_Eexnw7SBcDDe8wEjMEkT-mMnMFd52nuBlgyTJOcq8R-mvf98GFvBas0NVVa7RQpUnI84fKx4dB7OrWbXKo0Wy1Nk3nWwtbe-1OOLVTBPOvo62YCGrL9PMCfwJaEXzuV7cAUpkGrNzGVcTNOmVrpPa3xXub_FQStI00xlUQsNXCSOEDvmN_7nemA/w640-h458/IMG_7174.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Our cousin Nikki joined us a few times, which was heaps of fun. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YJqIwjwaCuokFIwK0zXY5KZMlddoyY76A_YNIIlFV1gz3kdKVFm_REfvK7lttIOx3SsjOkbObGkS9ZZ_layOW7SuqRUg57Kk15RBFrr5OMynYp-Axnp-eUNj0q2nq5ZCzGPbbqARNWRKU2VpQF78a41jkGK9lYj4mLBE-q4Ueuifh19z6T89BTBgnrU/s1440/D6049A79-FBA6-4362-AB1C-1DE49F169C00.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YJqIwjwaCuokFIwK0zXY5KZMlddoyY76A_YNIIlFV1gz3kdKVFm_REfvK7lttIOx3SsjOkbObGkS9ZZ_layOW7SuqRUg57Kk15RBFrr5OMynYp-Axnp-eUNj0q2nq5ZCzGPbbqARNWRKU2VpQF78a41jkGK9lYj4mLBE-q4Ueuifh19z6T89BTBgnrU/w640-h640/D6049A79-FBA6-4362-AB1C-1DE49F169C00.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjI3wn6XIjEl-yNtmcNc5WupLQ_haRrAXttXTwHFHWVGVnu4uhK8zpNFYr0TFUKF3CsVquqb8etTAsaODvLsqaaHLIl6Fap-WzZU3_UJr3MvBsrZS77cXdToMrTG_U8kbPeNlHyyiPfR5gazFXchMvXMGy1LeCVn6krPrDJT3dwsjk3FnSdN6kti8xuI/s1319/9B44AC0E-3BD9-4B16-B6BD-96CD6D62D6D6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1319" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjI3wn6XIjEl-yNtmcNc5WupLQ_haRrAXttXTwHFHWVGVnu4uhK8zpNFYr0TFUKF3CsVquqb8etTAsaODvLsqaaHLIl6Fap-WzZU3_UJr3MvBsrZS77cXdToMrTG_U8kbPeNlHyyiPfR5gazFXchMvXMGy1LeCVn6krPrDJT3dwsjk3FnSdN6kti8xuI/w640-h482/9B44AC0E-3BD9-4B16-B6BD-96CD6D62D6D6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dFl8eOsr-S62M-xD-2TTr1eaoVHWcRlsT8xFeNtgI7ZwO3tGN8D_XynfNZ6BQetUb26g0yk3kZLRxWoxJSOE5Ic7Zx5DfO22HBlQ7VjPx6w4zmjJiQnlzBx_rNVoD96NDBz7UFqESMz5jpBxKTPwDcso_NQOLDyW6P1cCc4W2J6ziVcT0sLxseiodMI/s3088/IMG_7075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dFl8eOsr-S62M-xD-2TTr1eaoVHWcRlsT8xFeNtgI7ZwO3tGN8D_XynfNZ6BQetUb26g0yk3kZLRxWoxJSOE5Ic7Zx5DfO22HBlQ7VjPx6w4zmjJiQnlzBx_rNVoD96NDBz7UFqESMz5jpBxKTPwDcso_NQOLDyW6P1cCc4W2J6ziVcT0sLxseiodMI/w480-h640/IMG_7075.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>We only went to Wet N Wild for half a day. It was so busy and we don't love it as much as the other theme parks. Nicki and I enjoyed just floating around the lazy river while the boys did a few other rides. We do miss Wet N Wild in Sydney and loved going there when Chrish lived in Sydney. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhWUyGjkOV6npQoToRz9EFiGIo-tfV1NQ5uXGilNjBOj3PvqbXsjm5a_e1aEoM8sFrVLLT41idU_YQ3FXsAcI5sVni-csPlTJARgSS_0pVcy080Rg3mWHe5U4jaN_Fu2oxYpNuM9c8U5dDQ_rYG8c3DrJGge9K0epAVek_yCiycrMv7zR-6EWrkm0K9M/s1440/ARKF6719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhWUyGjkOV6npQoToRz9EFiGIo-tfV1NQ5uXGilNjBOj3PvqbXsjm5a_e1aEoM8sFrVLLT41idU_YQ3FXsAcI5sVni-csPlTJARgSS_0pVcy080Rg3mWHe5U4jaN_Fu2oxYpNuM9c8U5dDQ_rYG8c3DrJGge9K0epAVek_yCiycrMv7zR-6EWrkm0K9M/w640-h640/ARKF6719.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This trip was extra fun because Kobe became really brave and went on the big coasters with us. 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I try to make it a fun day and we spent our last day with him at the beach, so going to the beach is usually what we do. We were told by Chrish's friends Dave and Ande that the beaches get very busy on Australia Day on the Gold Coast and that they will shut down the roads at a certain time, so if we didn't get there early, we wouldn't make it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We ended up literally going at 6:30 am and it was such a beautiful time to get there. People were just starting to arrive, and it was already hot (about 21 degrees when we arrived). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJkqRQXj_SlhO-gJJtL2OdMtMgEJwqinSoK69d1jmG63e7mCoG0zveplCy-iiYfH3a2GbjvYqW2UCak9bHBRazPFum31kcrSonFncmC6mWlM6VPcx-AstzPEtRa0kbFDaIEQrmZThR7Y0sQNBUnpcCpFAVNTvyjF7ks_5fda3Y33bfazVv5t-ItlF6g8/s2048/IMG_7094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJkqRQXj_SlhO-gJJtL2OdMtMgEJwqinSoK69d1jmG63e7mCoG0zveplCy-iiYfH3a2GbjvYqW2UCak9bHBRazPFum31kcrSonFncmC6mWlM6VPcx-AstzPEtRa0kbFDaIEQrmZThR7Y0sQNBUnpcCpFAVNTvyjF7ks_5fda3Y33bfazVv5t-ItlF6g8/w640-h480/IMG_7094.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANMOqgYE2agiZauoL3osnhC4yHu_Soagf_h101U9wfKK77v8W05btPehZ6xkXelBRt5u4HcyI6tD7mnn1TzlTOEFZdO5WbNpw2VwNUZLXKhgDNF958uOAL3neDeuczyNspX_Tev7qPlRkyoxO2l3aC-2RlZciIzW0GMuQPffQ8CM_CdzBxrGKFvoCkDc/s2048/IMG_7095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANMOqgYE2agiZauoL3osnhC4yHu_Soagf_h101U9wfKK77v8W05btPehZ6xkXelBRt5u4HcyI6tD7mnn1TzlTOEFZdO5WbNpw2VwNUZLXKhgDNF958uOAL3neDeuczyNspX_Tev7qPlRkyoxO2l3aC-2RlZciIzW0GMuQPffQ8CM_CdzBxrGKFvoCkDc/w480-h640/IMG_7095.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzBug8fafN1mpbnS2SjFfcBcbVE2zo5NG5xS5kVFe3xqR8amDI-Lpy9RdvGQ2b_vgaUsc6e5gPtmrdQEOB8I-h0ZYVmnXPyqdN40kUjluf1zDI5A1xbHflC8klQgDj417Q1WXZSsKrhhI2ess9wkIy0Chx9Pk4TmLQoIzZnC_xd5rDUgqnc9Mk3RzAAk/s1440/B887E822-27CB-42F9-946A-F60B7FCD6BD9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzBug8fafN1mpbnS2SjFfcBcbVE2zo5NG5xS5kVFe3xqR8amDI-Lpy9RdvGQ2b_vgaUsc6e5gPtmrdQEOB8I-h0ZYVmnXPyqdN40kUjluf1zDI5A1xbHflC8klQgDj417Q1WXZSsKrhhI2ess9wkIy0Chx9Pk4TmLQoIzZnC_xd5rDUgqnc9Mk3RzAAk/w640-h482/B887E822-27CB-42F9-946A-F60B7FCD6BD9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The water was beautiful and we spent hours swimming. 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It was such a beautiful place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uyQAgOfmKGzcQzWOPta_WCFuCOUTRl8Cj8usChBSPRKfBrNv_-ILq189FCDy-HCDGOi_k-_wF2jEHQlAfMO2Ry92iiUsievEawI1bKkGj-5oRp-zrdUlMQvdHnVPdq_L2WmNjRXr2XGdawez2NtB711V-U-AXNLvkDqx2oB39CFN1qb6cPotEjAGE4Q/s1800/9713A4C4-9D10-4426-A94C-300D49CF6F7C.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uyQAgOfmKGzcQzWOPta_WCFuCOUTRl8Cj8usChBSPRKfBrNv_-ILq189FCDy-HCDGOi_k-_wF2jEHQlAfMO2Ry92iiUsievEawI1bKkGj-5oRp-zrdUlMQvdHnVPdq_L2WmNjRXr2XGdawez2NtB711V-U-AXNLvkDqx2oB39CFN1qb6cPotEjAGE4Q/w512-h640/9713A4C4-9D10-4426-A94C-300D49CF6F7C.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The water was absolutely freezing but we couldn't resist going for a swim. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCXds6ceXDf1YnDxexKpiGGIRwiBzhD4ErSJjf9GftKIRvWKwpnSIeoqr2-OchXM_XYMlscdC4H3eGsfzPdiAYQlqrmQR-R0EvugVJSeOpAL5-XDinXkynMnKqL6o-N-W32a5N92e9RmfRaUvf8UIehCwCuSN8F8JrDCn-g6ZRVImRRcGx8pR-JWT62g/s1800/ED1EE05A-C1A8-4B80-B7FA-95C233CF94CA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCXds6ceXDf1YnDxexKpiGGIRwiBzhD4ErSJjf9GftKIRvWKwpnSIeoqr2-OchXM_XYMlscdC4H3eGsfzPdiAYQlqrmQR-R0EvugVJSeOpAL5-XDinXkynMnKqL6o-N-W32a5N92e9RmfRaUvf8UIehCwCuSN8F8JrDCn-g6ZRVImRRcGx8pR-JWT62g/w512-h640/ED1EE05A-C1A8-4B80-B7FA-95C233CF94CA.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGiKEauR4iBkNOnPKQl25XME9PQZOy1DbIbo80kAA40XeVcVIH0NdguBH1-8PnmV1ko_RFN7KzMX1B8pYFs4OExDx9WOLr_oizilmyRSmgfGA3-2G7rVp27KGpfuaiam7VSQ45Bdl2HNowk89TsEsab9ED_SU0f7k0SFTlD_Wo2GVWnjC07p92OS5AuEM/s1800/EEAL2833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGiKEauR4iBkNOnPKQl25XME9PQZOy1DbIbo80kAA40XeVcVIH0NdguBH1-8PnmV1ko_RFN7KzMX1B8pYFs4OExDx9WOLr_oizilmyRSmgfGA3-2G7rVp27KGpfuaiam7VSQ45Bdl2HNowk89TsEsab9ED_SU0f7k0SFTlD_Wo2GVWnjC07p92OS5AuEM/w512-h640/EEAL2833.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This was around the time that Chrish saved a guy from drowning! He actually couldn't swim and was walking over, but it got deep all of a sudden and was splashing around and I realised he needed help. Mum saw it from a distance and thought that Chrish and the guy were fighting in the water! It cracked us up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjLjU0CRg4Xn1qSN_2Sg6_TXoYGQtn3gqCOn30ELDtED8nkpWDsSs9zh7gwHCSFLDwsWr9jJRot19W2_vRo6eJTiWpY_xO5qxT_YQhkait528ttN1M7-roJRI8EJhVSzcMrKw7uI8cSkT0IuaUrTkQXjEbm58Bi3peKpYz0XW8IvDBWG3j3Yos0VBMJE/s2048/IMG_3494.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjLjU0CRg4Xn1qSN_2Sg6_TXoYGQtn3gqCOn30ELDtED8nkpWDsSs9zh7gwHCSFLDwsWr9jJRot19W2_vRo6eJTiWpY_xO5qxT_YQhkait528ttN1M7-roJRI8EJhVSzcMrKw7uI8cSkT0IuaUrTkQXjEbm58Bi3peKpYz0XW8IvDBWG3j3Yos0VBMJE/w640-h364/IMG_3494.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It started absolutely pouring when we got out of the water, and by the time we got back to the car we were drenched. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2_AILlV_uTqwdF0UOsJ_eNm85ActTCz-ks-CReZEmSMuedAnPYpt_82ZAF5KWdwDOljuq1i0s7WsENSQJtOU9waILL-XKZrkQpjrZgEaCA0MUoix09xqcCON3WahqmHBaBprQSGDy8A9bTJIo1COzrxdpnditZyL6XxJBtb0kL4JShUi6vuwiyPutWk/s3088/IMG_7209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2_AILlV_uTqwdF0UOsJ_eNm85ActTCz-ks-CReZEmSMuedAnPYpt_82ZAF5KWdwDOljuq1i0s7WsENSQJtOU9waILL-XKZrkQpjrZgEaCA0MUoix09xqcCON3WahqmHBaBprQSGDy8A9bTJIo1COzrxdpnditZyL6XxJBtb0kL4JShUi6vuwiyPutWk/w480-h640/IMG_7209.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We had one more birthday surprise for Mum, and a couple of days before we left, her best friend Barbara and her daughter Sarah (who is my sister Nicki's best friend). Mum's reaction cracked me up (and my laugh is terrible!). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/70L-uCJ9O5U" width="320" youtube-src-id="70L-uCJ9O5U"></iframe></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF07g262p041em6H6XjtJ6kESoy13H_K1Fo6ekpcSXYpoB-w4EK2Yeiuje_MKfG8RY8d4f_5nRxOWfJZGdY3EhP1oF0spt4gc2bCr1kRFikZDls9kkKx4P6-S38AWqFjJEhu7TiQdYIJSnlCu0yNuryDs0g_zUfL3jwuZoM8vlK5-rQ48mu4bkUsh5Zc8/s1800/33072AEE-8C92-4B8E-BB81-833F17EBBE54.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF07g262p041em6H6XjtJ6kESoy13H_K1Fo6ekpcSXYpoB-w4EK2Yeiuje_MKfG8RY8d4f_5nRxOWfJZGdY3EhP1oF0spt4gc2bCr1kRFikZDls9kkKx4P6-S38AWqFjJEhu7TiQdYIJSnlCu0yNuryDs0g_zUfL3jwuZoM8vlK5-rQ48mu4bkUsh5Zc8/w512-h640/33072AEE-8C92-4B8E-BB81-833F17EBBE54.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nicki got to spend another 4 or 5 days on her own with them before she went home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5RQZlqryPVADSpTFBjwyE7IRLISgHnmYHZaFhksdKW8lFVudH3zGRPi3tlAMKhGKDzYF3z76tySqfck7kUI0HQeqkXFVPnsBbw5uwvJBkOmE8qnwJnGebEa-s6waTVS8HTcyUg5qa5I1NjsFW-CxGu0FqQlGsrMQwORXTi4SGL3cX0WGsiJxSRodRX0/s1800/52327D22-D2E5-4D08-A31E-98F7D9022F2A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5RQZlqryPVADSpTFBjwyE7IRLISgHnmYHZaFhksdKW8lFVudH3zGRPi3tlAMKhGKDzYF3z76tySqfck7kUI0HQeqkXFVPnsBbw5uwvJBkOmE8qnwJnGebEa-s6waTVS8HTcyUg5qa5I1NjsFW-CxGu0FqQlGsrMQwORXTi4SGL3cX0WGsiJxSRodRX0/w512-h640/52327D22-D2E5-4D08-A31E-98F7D9022F2A.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before we left Tassie I kept a close eye on the Hamilton Australia website. It had just moved to Brisbane and the first shows were on while we were there. Unfortunately, they were sold out, but all of a sudden, they released more tickets. I couldn't really justify the cost of the tickets but desperately wanted to see it again and wanted Jay to experience it as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri, Mum, Chrish and Nicki weren't keen on coming so the three of us headed to Brisbane to see it without them. It was Jay's first time in Brisbane and he loved it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dkHHW1IiXbhpy-Q_7N7IzJaQRxV3MvWXx_2RQwdNVeMoaYwQk-gIj3CkhBEoAZkPSskXyhnQGLtrIsazJ4zybYsEFGPwIB-q4cF8nYnRQ9NUsWgjJsKxjdXRJ9yvyT47hVynTJ9S6MEGBMPoFlGavDv1sxLMuTZbxe00-SevgZ5QFDyN_kTi3Lt92Zc/s1800/09347440-45BE-4E0F-8BA1-93905533DEDC.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dkHHW1IiXbhpy-Q_7N7IzJaQRxV3MvWXx_2RQwdNVeMoaYwQk-gIj3CkhBEoAZkPSskXyhnQGLtrIsazJ4zybYsEFGPwIB-q4cF8nYnRQ9NUsWgjJsKxjdXRJ9yvyT47hVynTJ9S6MEGBMPoFlGavDv1sxLMuTZbxe00-SevgZ5QFDyN_kTi3Lt92Zc/w512-h640/09347440-45BE-4E0F-8BA1-93905533DEDC.JPG" width="512" /></a></div>I think seeing it for the second time, was even better than the first. Jay loved it just as much as we did, and at intermission he just looked at me and said 'wow!'. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlBAQIhS4G4trASy0MC9H1EugSJlaukRJRCHHKeuB3AUxHNvKVKC7uTzyHYe1zzLKF_Jlnj2gM2LkRyA4wpSPFY1hX65H6fgCyYmTMEtFwNGhKcsxYEdsdLPm5vj0MdQ8HwfmAzuzBbPqp33OwR01m9iNhS_FF3-7UbfMCQP6deiM5YPkmoI2SzroPWI/s1800/07D084CE-4FBF-4020-A0D5-628C79822466.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlBAQIhS4G4trASy0MC9H1EugSJlaukRJRCHHKeuB3AUxHNvKVKC7uTzyHYe1zzLKF_Jlnj2gM2LkRyA4wpSPFY1hX65H6fgCyYmTMEtFwNGhKcsxYEdsdLPm5vj0MdQ8HwfmAzuzBbPqp33OwR01m9iNhS_FF3-7UbfMCQP6deiM5YPkmoI2SzroPWI/w512-h640/07D084CE-4FBF-4020-A0D5-628C79822466.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div>I had heard that the actors often come out quickly afterwards, so I told the boys we will wait for ten minutes and if they don't come out, then we'd head off. A lot of the male actors came out straight away and they were very friendly and happy to get photos and to say hi. Jason Arrow (who played Hamilton) was really lovely. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kZuoqLH5y2i_j3Hhzd7tZez6hq5VruDFNWXMW_G1CttKfYWSIRFgL49FJikY1hiIArYG9befOpXoHhByQmJuzGQMOHBtj4DeXVaB25D3481UkAPuG6EVyBajE3raNeD8I2eLhGJovDNBSKEb9cDDw2erxvBOvGC6SrJsL7h-of5TKIzjslzmaNwiZ98/s1800/173B4643-1917-4143-B327-D869CDEEB0E0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kZuoqLH5y2i_j3Hhzd7tZez6hq5VruDFNWXMW_G1CttKfYWSIRFgL49FJikY1hiIArYG9befOpXoHhByQmJuzGQMOHBtj4DeXVaB25D3481UkAPuG6EVyBajE3raNeD8I2eLhGJovDNBSKEb9cDDw2erxvBOvGC6SrJsL7h-of5TKIzjslzmaNwiZ98/w512-h640/173B4643-1917-4143-B327-D869CDEEB0E0.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we were at Hamilton, Mum and Nicki spent time with Barb and Sarah and Harri and Chrish went and played some golf (which Harri said was much harder than Top Golf, but he loved it) and then they went to Surfers Paradise and went ten pin bowling and played some games together. Kobe was jealous that they were having fun without him, but of course wanted to see Hamilton as well. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAWYFldH_EA_kxbD3rgibx2LIbbwbdOSn4oHJ9dl9OzKurC-Ufg5hODcmB-ybnFqSCWi_1xvHxF0R584Of4M5UlEereiBtfnXj93ig_UVqk2QgQtNu-Mqs9GSUEBskGlJtykLL7HCUP15FstO2Fz0BxsK-isOubvuJUC2ihc4Wz-RWZ8hwhbnL46KOUU/s1465/IMG_7492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAWYFldH_EA_kxbD3rgibx2LIbbwbdOSn4oHJ9dl9OzKurC-Ufg5hODcmB-ybnFqSCWi_1xvHxF0R584Of4M5UlEereiBtfnXj93ig_UVqk2QgQtNu-Mqs9GSUEBskGlJtykLL7HCUP15FstO2Fz0BxsK-isOubvuJUC2ihc4Wz-RWZ8hwhbnL46KOUU/w362-h640/IMG_7492.JPG" width="362" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcSZ9TZllil1izJiKgjF1YGOpuAplAZS5HmEC6y0n7uhUlr2yDphqWdHpmnUeonZzW2c0hC9hs-f-WTKE096-nkysV8Q6HpETqezE77sGyh6ImyyZjE_f85eYic-k2OnGf2C7t3oiQHrgszK59kjkFM-dtJH9Y1LlaQhc6sJHdMqgXdL9PF3-HeQNrMA/s4032/IMG_7501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcSZ9TZllil1izJiKgjF1YGOpuAplAZS5HmEC6y0n7uhUlr2yDphqWdHpmnUeonZzW2c0hC9hs-f-WTKE096-nkysV8Q6HpETqezE77sGyh6ImyyZjE_f85eYic-k2OnGf2C7t3oiQHrgszK59kjkFM-dtJH9Y1LlaQhc6sJHdMqgXdL9PF3-HeQNrMA/w480-h640/IMG_7501.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nhwHVrr9rwveselbyP_0yaH-Lk2ivkrtTUUXGFP8gA9OxUv4g7ZgEaALHkQJCefz9ncpdni8NoWO9ctyHhzZ00aYQ4Xc4Qb0CSJZ4yjUCjydQvsHiSoaRdSlvw5XOPm34AiDmE8OnDhaqhWNgMc2l2_op16LqbmlzesM-DZNdHSJozMS1GyakIyh2gc/s3088/IMG_7498.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nhwHVrr9rwveselbyP_0yaH-Lk2ivkrtTUUXGFP8gA9OxUv4g7ZgEaALHkQJCefz9ncpdni8NoWO9ctyHhzZ00aYQ4Xc4Qb0CSJZ4yjUCjydQvsHiSoaRdSlvw5XOPm34AiDmE8OnDhaqhWNgMc2l2_op16LqbmlzesM-DZNdHSJozMS1GyakIyh2gc/w480-h640/IMG_7498.JPG" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge22l_UJ7uLgwSxaX0xHsyx3H1S70_uUXZ4s0rBqF4kvziQgroawwprvZHIdhyGJ33gFFm1dTL_DUOJh7VL83at1Ho6FQl24CRSko3xNqxa4LSfyLIgHev6ZhAUSI5oJWgJptlNwKhaPtWq1SB2EQ0IP9NhcjwTi3N2nYR-bur8TyNlCYNdcBegPbfDhQ/s4032/IMG_7502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge22l_UJ7uLgwSxaX0xHsyx3H1S70_uUXZ4s0rBqF4kvziQgroawwprvZHIdhyGJ33gFFm1dTL_DUOJh7VL83at1Ho6FQl24CRSko3xNqxa4LSfyLIgHev6ZhAUSI5oJWgJptlNwKhaPtWq1SB2EQ0IP9NhcjwTi3N2nYR-bur8TyNlCYNdcBegPbfDhQ/w480-h640/IMG_7502.JPG" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had such an amazing time together and it was hard to leave. We knew what a special holiday it was, especially having Nicki fly over from the USA for it and Chrish always makes sure that we have a great time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9QUyMXOLt24jng-tASCWfe-plVNBOoNhWxyorrpVOusN7LSLHCyr2U4suiIxfNt1xQf94eztEcKGzH54N6hO_b1LH8FtNPi7eZ8pSBw8FeTDJL_17AsTsLAaBYobIlu4LkW4ZMnC6ckis0A_Hip-8Y0keBOVpU1XacwxGwebXy5QRJf6AvTfeDxL5dM/s1800/75B76178-A3C3-4423-9327-B48E4A32CCF0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9QUyMXOLt24jng-tASCWfe-plVNBOoNhWxyorrpVOusN7LSLHCyr2U4suiIxfNt1xQf94eztEcKGzH54N6hO_b1LH8FtNPi7eZ8pSBw8FeTDJL_17AsTsLAaBYobIlu4LkW4ZMnC6ckis0A_Hip-8Y0keBOVpU1XacwxGwebXy5QRJf6AvTfeDxL5dM/w512-h640/75B76178-A3C3-4423-9327-B48E4A32CCF0.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntQDgnKotIbjdjB7_retLLlUF5fSUIyqbx_l6vSvDpegBfDjj8Q0ThW7VY1NBYLHwWBMuEcXi6h_XPLd_95ox8tMntiM4KAfDUbX319d_5aPksVHjvClL3Cq5EcXR94YJPGcz1SB6bFdHnSq9rjIHplNOSjXI0qVZq34jG98UeI3rCkczRH855g_vnMM/s1799/85B1D5D0-1B95-4B09-AB14-A547894E6BCD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntQDgnKotIbjdjB7_retLLlUF5fSUIyqbx_l6vSvDpegBfDjj8Q0ThW7VY1NBYLHwWBMuEcXi6h_XPLd_95ox8tMntiM4KAfDUbX319d_5aPksVHjvClL3Cq5EcXR94YJPGcz1SB6bFdHnSq9rjIHplNOSjXI0qVZq34jG98UeI3rCkczRH855g_vnMM/w512-h640/85B1D5D0-1B95-4B09-AB14-A547894E6BCD.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we got home and Jay left to go back to Hobart, I felt quite emotional, and it wasn't because I was sad he was leaving. I just realised how special it was having such a lovely holiday together and I was grateful that we had come so far. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWh5e2kJAxHRJJKm4veZFM6T2hCZ5AXbL4e7wQOR5Kr0jGofiszbVTIT6YgRuOy4hCZuTJXreu0vH7LsCo-UjCDsJsIZT7qeamDJQPY-ckn8WS7rpOAN-VpfrlhbeWG3gkTGYBM9PvWRzK_CsoEdXeIR8IrRJS2f7F20QRyZ8Vg3CwCcBbID8lrIo1o30/s1799/07F4E42B-25DF-4AC0-A4C1-53CC902A1E7F.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWh5e2kJAxHRJJKm4veZFM6T2hCZ5AXbL4e7wQOR5Kr0jGofiszbVTIT6YgRuOy4hCZuTJXreu0vH7LsCo-UjCDsJsIZT7qeamDJQPY-ckn8WS7rpOAN-VpfrlhbeWG3gkTGYBM9PvWRzK_CsoEdXeIR8IrRJS2f7F20QRyZ8Vg3CwCcBbID8lrIo1o30/w512-h640/07F4E42B-25DF-4AC0-A4C1-53CC902A1E7F.JPG" width="512" /></a></div>Thanks Chrish for having us, and for making our holiday so special. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XOB0Qh-yCI" width="320" youtube-src-id="8XOB0Qh-yCI"></iframe></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-74626747721242145082022-07-22T22:30:00.000+10:002022-07-22T22:30:09.173+10:00Queensland <p>For many years my brother Chrish has talked about moving from Sydney to the Gold Coast. We never really thought it would happen, so we were pleasantly surprised a few months ago when he sent a message to the family group chat saying he was about to put his house on the market, and was going to move to the Gold Coast. </p><p>His best mate and his family live there and also some of our cousins which he is close with, and of course the weather is beautiful, so he finally decided to make the move. He sold his house in Sydney within two days of going on the market and then went up to look for a house a few weeks later and ended up putting an offer on one, which was accepted. It all happened so quickly. </p><p>We loved visiting him in Sydney but have been there so often, so we are very excited to have a new 'holiday home' in Queensland. Chrish is always so generous and happy to have us any time, but I'm sure he's going to get very sick of having us as we will be going up there a lot! </p><p>I didn't think I would book a holiday up there until the October holidays, but a work colleague reminded me that life was short and it was 'only money' so I ended up booking a trip up there for these school holidays for a week. </p><p>Jay just started a new semester of Uni, so he didn't come up with us this time but will come with us when we go again in the summer. We didn't waste any time and went the first Saturday of the holidays. It came up so quickly that I didn't feel very prepared to go. It was such a busy term that I hardly thought about the trip. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV7Hesb4gKdmhlj5ofL-VE1odUNK3KdVabjBVAjxfjusBslH_b-2g1NUeTX1ixK1dNB2fK5mTpBv3dcUH1DO9ENnnPc4F7c3o__5PSm_gOOfdAZmNXMK72-h7ZvvOoYQ2yeVh5jgnALxVF_lUDRUetBZwY69ygPqFEzjk6yQpjGcf7dtsyyJ-h5s0/s4032/IMG_1750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV7Hesb4gKdmhlj5ofL-VE1odUNK3KdVabjBVAjxfjusBslH_b-2g1NUeTX1ixK1dNB2fK5mTpBv3dcUH1DO9ENnnPc4F7c3o__5PSm_gOOfdAZmNXMK72-h7ZvvOoYQ2yeVh5jgnALxVF_lUDRUetBZwY69ygPqFEzjk6yQpjGcf7dtsyyJ-h5s0/w480-h640/IMG_1750.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn_w69ifCnk5b9D4N1kfpXgmIkaEd1cnGC0TwO9PkrzDOyT8hieF7ve9M3IrcymdSedkPxlHeS-LbGK1sgdhyDUqQUHe9sbPOf5zXapZKs4P-fz1QQ0MCY8OGgbg12nV57_m3okyHKQdobM4Q2E2rhxGUQzPrM0VSl3uQh1B8MBEHx2QiimVV6Uea/s3088/IMG_1751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn_w69ifCnk5b9D4N1kfpXgmIkaEd1cnGC0TwO9PkrzDOyT8hieF7ve9M3IrcymdSedkPxlHeS-LbGK1sgdhyDUqQUHe9sbPOf5zXapZKs4P-fz1QQ0MCY8OGgbg12nV57_m3okyHKQdobM4Q2E2rhxGUQzPrM0VSl3uQh1B8MBEHx2QiimVV6Uea/w480-h640/IMG_1751.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was actually freezing when we arrived in Queensland, but the boys couldn't resist a quick dip in the pool at 10 pm at night, just because it was a novelty to have a pool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were so excited to see Chrish's new house and it's so lovely and literally a couple of minute drive from Movie World and Wet N Wild. Mum helped Chrish move up from Sydney so she was already there when we arrived. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsd66jpqDLrVlfjxa6jcWXzvVmrKVAULMsKh6s4z7iiLhwP2lnDKvWy1eS-mDSdC3wYJ_g4S9cHeYQxyda72nCiMdVLgdSLzdRhj3YdxZcZjArKcYomNtN0Kt3IG67q2sZrafs6-gYXVsNicLOKwX2dOiau02Vm9eH2JjSulkU7UZXhWFQA7sHOQO/s4032/IMG_1778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsd66jpqDLrVlfjxa6jcWXzvVmrKVAULMsKh6s4z7iiLhwP2lnDKvWy1eS-mDSdC3wYJ_g4S9cHeYQxyda72nCiMdVLgdSLzdRhj3YdxZcZjArKcYomNtN0Kt3IG67q2sZrafs6-gYXVsNicLOKwX2dOiau02Vm9eH2JjSulkU7UZXhWFQA7sHOQO/w480-h640/IMG_1778.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was the first time that Harri had seen Chrish's sports car so he was excited to go on a trip to Bunnings in it with Chrish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-hicxfDJjtpJua9N2kEY3KBhdoOGsvz2yWEn6MNyIC-JVASDTkbiRrnYZXf6hIL97pWwX1PhcePLcidntpdhrKjO2GdtodlG0vnxo4nzes_9uL8IsuoKGRskLo_55dN_Awt6lr0Z7dGAcDW4EC4MHdRiQY7eEcIX8TkYr2TTiyLaTQW6EXzpnBQu/s4032/IMG_1800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-hicxfDJjtpJua9N2kEY3KBhdoOGsvz2yWEn6MNyIC-JVASDTkbiRrnYZXf6hIL97pWwX1PhcePLcidntpdhrKjO2GdtodlG0vnxo4nzes_9uL8IsuoKGRskLo_55dN_Awt6lr0Z7dGAcDW4EC4MHdRiQY7eEcIX8TkYr2TTiyLaTQW6EXzpnBQu/w480-h640/IMG_1800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first day we were there we decided to drive up to have a look at Brisbane as we had never been there before. My cousin Konnie gave us some tips about what to do and see so we caught the free ferry along the river and then had lunch at Southbank before going on the Brisbane Eye and then the museum and art gallery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3O03cxTf5yBdf-c9ju8YPXuaWoSKnOZlMxDDDX1RM-NtMQZB8m9ZaXSbZkCCA-lWP3GQcvR5tCaUcDVdSDHJyQXPcm3rmFjENGE4FLbC38GRoMr7Y8qsSvCOHn0N4O2VIRHeQ_Y0yOXKD-BchumxrnwfTYmy7nMS3Mw2fgTpD6exnHVi9_9Sm8x2/s4032/IMG_1809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3O03cxTf5yBdf-c9ju8YPXuaWoSKnOZlMxDDDX1RM-NtMQZB8m9ZaXSbZkCCA-lWP3GQcvR5tCaUcDVdSDHJyQXPcm3rmFjENGE4FLbC38GRoMr7Y8qsSvCOHn0N4O2VIRHeQ_Y0yOXKD-BchumxrnwfTYmy7nMS3Mw2fgTpD6exnHVi9_9Sm8x2/w480-h640/IMG_1809.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We probably should've waited another day to go, because the first day we went ended up being a student free day and it was so busy with NSW and SA still being on school holidays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSxzGG3_0jpdHzWq6h1-RpdGcq5WEKQrBq_k7AcE9vD4Oj4aHtN61GoyZx33dkikFBHCZdXkIPrO9yppIDXn3EAdXAExb1JT9Qt_DhA5G7Z6BDOHnFIWKPXAOBSqf06iXooSAo8mgFzmWnEvq9tc8IvbBeyNxEwRZglZjAByY1NdmTXzpWFpVQEiy/s1799/46D45852-3D06-4A58-8580-6DCC5ED3E19D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSxzGG3_0jpdHzWq6h1-RpdGcq5WEKQrBq_k7AcE9vD4Oj4aHtN61GoyZx33dkikFBHCZdXkIPrO9yppIDXn3EAdXAExb1JT9Qt_DhA5G7Z6BDOHnFIWKPXAOBSqf06iXooSAo8mgFzmWnEvq9tc8IvbBeyNxEwRZglZjAByY1NdmTXzpWFpVQEiy/w512-h640/46D45852-3D06-4A58-8580-6DCC5ED3E19D.JPG" width="512" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got there really early and got in to ride Scooby Doo just after it opened. I was so excited to finally do it with Kobe and Harri as we hadn't been there for 10 years and they were too little to go on last time. Harri loved it but Kobe hated it and found it too scary, so I was disappointed because he wouldn't go on it again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv28k-ujcrc2bNDI0J4sIie7OR40sofdihaANMTjCS_8NwyRHO6DsFPPs69foPpVLfN2e8lh0ifIHfSVIJGDMWrWIDrwoE6Wjb3ezzW1UU6OEKp9fXDi7M2zUrpwGK06MSwgK5USaiMqdcI_79kUWRv2DhImhSEfYFBX51XPFSh2IgX4H7MR_9Nus7/s1800/82E6DF16-B53C-4300-BE78-5ED9B15D58BC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv28k-ujcrc2bNDI0J4sIie7OR40sofdihaANMTjCS_8NwyRHO6DsFPPs69foPpVLfN2e8lh0ifIHfSVIJGDMWrWIDrwoE6Wjb3ezzW1UU6OEKp9fXDi7M2zUrpwGK06MSwgK5USaiMqdcI_79kUWRv2DhImhSEfYFBX51XPFSh2IgX4H7MR_9Nus7/w512-h640/82E6DF16-B53C-4300-BE78-5ED9B15D58BC.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mum was with friends on the first day we went to Movie World, but Kobe was happy to walk around on his own while Harri and I lined up to go on Superman. I went on it ten years ago and remember being petrified but it also being awesome, so I was excited (and also nervous!) to go on with Harri. It was just as scary but awesome as I remember it being, and we both loved it and couldn't stop shaking when we got off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjDrWM0lcWCmA9igBRO8oqzfLq1wjf_YN7YSN13SnHiNCVIakmjxsu2-pD6jt2VEwVI50yyO7Atkmk9TDXYgCxWHTt0rXJJhCJaist80PW1wbHdJo6-Zwb1LLaWn194J4MRTngIfjyZAKqWLvB6sKeV9exDjdSV4pF6K5qYpdaQOKyrNIfM_s5Kuh/s1800/612C93AE-1840-4E1C-851A-52B6E0E61C69.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjDrWM0lcWCmA9igBRO8oqzfLq1wjf_YN7YSN13SnHiNCVIakmjxsu2-pD6jt2VEwVI50yyO7Atkmk9TDXYgCxWHTt0rXJJhCJaist80PW1wbHdJo6-Zwb1LLaWn194J4MRTngIfjyZAKqWLvB6sKeV9exDjdSV4pF6K5qYpdaQOKyrNIfM_s5Kuh/w512-h640/612C93AE-1840-4E1C-851A-52B6E0E61C69.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Justice League ride was more to Kobe's liking. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p5cWKMSybLMx6qKIFpApgo5LuYC8fYegn9S7Ntl57GRos0IPR1WUGo5a27GGiiZuJsNw1isODsHNGgqajZrsvDbMYRXRGjq9QOXHZG0WM-6KjarPQE6YE5B2Y-jK4rJjkj5HxkZSPI7RVSpPDXLMY1qWJPtuFrH6HKsJJvh0NnRpfTkRbJxK2zko/s1800/6FF1DB6D-CC9E-42BB-A8EE-F611DCECF0BE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p5cWKMSybLMx6qKIFpApgo5LuYC8fYegn9S7Ntl57GRos0IPR1WUGo5a27GGiiZuJsNw1isODsHNGgqajZrsvDbMYRXRGjq9QOXHZG0WM-6KjarPQE6YE5B2Y-jK4rJjkj5HxkZSPI7RVSpPDXLMY1qWJPtuFrH6HKsJJvh0NnRpfTkRbJxK2zko/w512-h640/6FF1DB6D-CC9E-42BB-A8EE-F611DCECF0BE.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also loved the display of Batman costumes from different movies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxmTsUz3P5duYJTAAZ90Oo0kIUhA0a5Vf0ueCb4IKRLk4EkGTaixQEIartRQzIe1YUcJ8IfZWm7TqamOcvnAXsqm3cYXdUw3GAHPVvFNCGllpwTlOSgJUsH2PXNF5TuQ4zL2c2JP1vF2fM70YaTXVNI3sUnjODE4vb9pSKVG1lSGGR9S6OWJCxOJU/s1799/ECBED688-9C14-4C05-8A64-3509E8A7BA21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxmTsUz3P5duYJTAAZ90Oo0kIUhA0a5Vf0ueCb4IKRLk4EkGTaixQEIartRQzIe1YUcJ8IfZWm7TqamOcvnAXsqm3cYXdUw3GAHPVvFNCGllpwTlOSgJUsH2PXNF5TuQ4zL2c2JP1vF2fM70YaTXVNI3sUnjODE4vb9pSKVG1lSGGR9S6OWJCxOJU/w512-h640/ECBED688-9C14-4C05-8A64-3509E8A7BA21.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri had a funny conversation with 'Fred' from Scooby Doo who told him to stay in school so he doesn't have to fight monsters like he does :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v8KvQ9Dyf2E93qlyH9YM4tezC5xggAtdc6XIcgra2h5dhzelx8Ornze5mH6iMMSTyYu_F7iXSN_3-wzKSjjzc_Uv7F-Ne0LL7hI4h86l1Q6BSohOC5OZ2rUduBwFSRhsSc1MeyXGWcbJqSvc8XKf6UzrrL1gGmAq4PMk25A0HEHPwZK5HUkCPYLx/s4032/IMG_1987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v8KvQ9Dyf2E93qlyH9YM4tezC5xggAtdc6XIcgra2h5dhzelx8Ornze5mH6iMMSTyYu_F7iXSN_3-wzKSjjzc_Uv7F-Ne0LL7hI4h86l1Q6BSohOC5OZ2rUduBwFSRhsSc1MeyXGWcbJqSvc8XKf6UzrrL1gGmAq4PMk25A0HEHPwZK5HUkCPYLx/w640-h480/IMG_1987.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We loved the car stunt show and loved the Wild West Falls ride, but hated lining up for two hours for it. <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF_7xT8NY1u_sgSoqP1NafMz3l48AhOSlcMNOCazUoxDh92ohk80EfKzeJTmzo5MTIN7coHNqEBfyFJmjPJe_nGGapIY3psUM1N--GZS6tQJ-rIfVfzzzj3o9sq3DcYIYCydZTHoKovhNOWwpHykgEip5ZRqy3iA58C0XTTgmGbI_s3QQ_cP-jPhL/s4032/IMG_1995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF_7xT8NY1u_sgSoqP1NafMz3l48AhOSlcMNOCazUoxDh92ohk80EfKzeJTmzo5MTIN7coHNqEBfyFJmjPJe_nGGapIY3psUM1N--GZS6tQJ-rIfVfzzzj3o9sq3DcYIYCydZTHoKovhNOWwpHykgEip5ZRqy3iA58C0XTTgmGbI_s3QQ_cP-jPhL/w480-h640/IMG_1995.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite long lines and feeling exhausted we had an awesome day and loved that Chrish's house was just up the road from it. We knew that we would be going back during the week, especially since the weather really wasn't warm enough to go to Wet N Wild (even for us Tasmanians). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FPRhctOqTL9PXr9tM3lb4Z1Rp65A4r8OB8AOURcaNkpAq9dT6PN46FrvdtkGG9UQezuX2mhrZDqfx6pYo3sNJzctv4wkvG88lCT-BtlF2TXNvQsYmqLQW1ZO3kNBmMrjBdfsilaSzd3meXT_hmYoRgMrRiSVphMqupVNiQCc7kVm69mdzRPRH-M8/s1800/0776FCA7-A38D-4E79-9BC4-6DE450CC9E85.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FPRhctOqTL9PXr9tM3lb4Z1Rp65A4r8OB8AOURcaNkpAq9dT6PN46FrvdtkGG9UQezuX2mhrZDqfx6pYo3sNJzctv4wkvG88lCT-BtlF2TXNvQsYmqLQW1ZO3kNBmMrjBdfsilaSzd3meXT_hmYoRgMrRiSVphMqupVNiQCc7kVm69mdzRPRH-M8/w512-h640/0776FCA7-A38D-4E79-9BC4-6DE450CC9E85.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though we were exhausted the boys were very keen when Chrish's friend Dave offered to take us to Top Golf on his monthly membership. We absolutely loved it even though we were terrible (but Mum was actually good!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt98AaVwxRNIhUTz0T15Nhml7iKnH8RR5BZ1Gmy2wj4Ii7dBkDzLAWez56Mg3rVDri0HJHkqafQDW7lFZKYbUht92dGPqZPi0y2DlKznIRLO3OvpdBsjTWQ1lCQl4a-W5BXatmFlv5zBjxcBdWUcK-TkDOYx8NDqD7Fp7myvTKL5Kv9nTXArQdF0O/s4032/IMG_2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt98AaVwxRNIhUTz0T15Nhml7iKnH8RR5BZ1Gmy2wj4Ii7dBkDzLAWez56Mg3rVDri0HJHkqafQDW7lFZKYbUht92dGPqZPi0y2DlKznIRLO3OvpdBsjTWQ1lCQl4a-W5BXatmFlv5zBjxcBdWUcK-TkDOYx8NDqD7Fp7myvTKL5Kv9nTXArQdF0O/w480-h640/IMG_2011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO7pzFrNSc0WpWn-hX4jqtGwYmjm133PQ0v7RHDTxldem7T6SzHYJev0jnaqxQ5fGy2rxxr37Rnq0WiKCYCdhOyrOYrkrElnTQIcJgrQpKbmhE4wKymEcjHowh8NLPm6vP1MHQiSk0SErwmP3TPMBcAp-JbP5UomMzFsU_qoKgtGIkvPnPOm9Hi4S/s4032/IMG_2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO7pzFrNSc0WpWn-hX4jqtGwYmjm133PQ0v7RHDTxldem7T6SzHYJev0jnaqxQ5fGy2rxxr37Rnq0WiKCYCdhOyrOYrkrElnTQIcJgrQpKbmhE4wKymEcjHowh8NLPm6vP1MHQiSk0SErwmP3TPMBcAp-JbP5UomMzFsU_qoKgtGIkvPnPOm9Hi4S/w480-h640/IMG_2016.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day we wanted a quieter day so we went to Surfers Paradise to have lunch on the beach (because it wouldn't have felt like we were in Queensland unless we went to Surfers) and we decided that Surfers really isn't that nice at all. I think we just have fun memories from there from ten years ago when we stayed in a lovely hotel with a pool. We also went to Harbour Town and Pacific Fair but I hate shopping, so I was keen to get in and get out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G-ECO6_HYgy-RRbeegys60AazLS4Q6OZe6GJf8dMOJcZBG27Qb5kYAgTLNwnchJMrdHf6WAnftdCic33odnA6B1jHGO6SOTcZgAcL1YhwVW82_ErMQT4ejr0NF192AB49gMPlmdcY2Myc6TX8NC-SovV9TYxfV1U6knz9lZ1YB145nkCWUDFX3XA/s1847/IMG_2048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1847" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G-ECO6_HYgy-RRbeegys60AazLS4Q6OZe6GJf8dMOJcZBG27Qb5kYAgTLNwnchJMrdHf6WAnftdCic33odnA6B1jHGO6SOTcZgAcL1YhwVW82_ErMQT4ejr0NF192AB49gMPlmdcY2Myc6TX8NC-SovV9TYxfV1U6knz9lZ1YB145nkCWUDFX3XA/w640-h420/IMG_2048.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That night Mum, Kobe and I went to see Thor. We were so impressed with the fancy cinemas which had recliners which lay back and a very fancy area to get food and drinks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTakszVL0GGRdzNu099D_B68qNGLMt7w-h2R9dgZ8MzWMnFI2R6JSyZp1l6AM5pXRg_wurrRZz66CmzmTTalLNdTg0PbCPv62cCViDy35j87btJoSZXOUJScniAG8mv2lzFVa_jiYpqdoPLCKu0c88iUNe7ZIkIFcZ1ZRflCrFQ0nunioXujyoMR/s4032/IMG_2056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTakszVL0GGRdzNu099D_B68qNGLMt7w-h2R9dgZ8MzWMnFI2R6JSyZp1l6AM5pXRg_wurrRZz66CmzmTTalLNdTg0PbCPv62cCViDy35j87btJoSZXOUJScniAG8mv2lzFVa_jiYpqdoPLCKu0c88iUNe7ZIkIFcZ1ZRflCrFQ0nunioXujyoMR/w480-h640/IMG_2056.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe loved the movie but Mum and I didn't. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6huQAMGDsTGlrNSQ2PsCuMoay_PnYfqF4vEvaBv9vaOjClyjxcHz3V_SIwlJy3kVxa-U_les5gj8raI5Xcbd78uiTy32ouZ4hO9SXOeSJiUjb3U0nob9-ToGNhBpxyJC0-wZn1IYeffCzyH1TIQfxFCj2whX0esTdM162hnqsWUex61pOrfRA1DAR/s4032/IMG_2065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6huQAMGDsTGlrNSQ2PsCuMoay_PnYfqF4vEvaBv9vaOjClyjxcHz3V_SIwlJy3kVxa-U_les5gj8raI5Xcbd78uiTy32ouZ4hO9SXOeSJiUjb3U0nob9-ToGNhBpxyJC0-wZn1IYeffCzyH1TIQfxFCj2whX0esTdM162hnqsWUex61pOrfRA1DAR/w480-h640/IMG_2065.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">About a month ago we went to my cousin Emily's for lunch to meet her baby Jasper. We got talking about school holidays and were so excited to hear that they were going to be at the Gold Coast at the same time as we were! We worked out some days to go to the theme parks together and met at Sea World the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wlUpYPlUJt3gVqdGFcoOSgqSelS5X0STXpnAYnqd7yO5XETgCnUQKju_giu47r7ClU0x8dAFQSpiC6gSgipWNu37NlYzkV7I6UNNnwWXGLw0UpJ4UBdy1MsSNhjqU2TFzGESYNUP-Kz37etI1Ok7_jueg21-Bboi3MUepJTikA9z4x__9SRZ_oG8/s4032/IMG_2073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wlUpYPlUJt3gVqdGFcoOSgqSelS5X0STXpnAYnqd7yO5XETgCnUQKju_giu47r7ClU0x8dAFQSpiC6gSgipWNu37NlYzkV7I6UNNnwWXGLw0UpJ4UBdy1MsSNhjqU2TFzGESYNUP-Kz37etI1Ok7_jueg21-Bboi3MUepJTikA9z4x__9SRZ_oG8/w480-h640/IMG_2073.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was so fun to be there together. We watched the seal and dolphin shows together and Aaron and Sophie came on the jet ski ride with Mum, Harri and I which we absolutely loved (and I think Sophie was shocked as to how fast it went!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2c7PglZAQkTeFY46ByZMSzIGWUaui1EeDsIjlS9gJLA4DRAgWLq-maE_mA-Z1Vf2Kc3onzhQsJGXil9Iw0m594iT1kDmV9IrlXyrojjD7Z8woIQLIwq0wzxqEmIS6qNVhAYenB3roq4uFINe5X0FmdUrACmp5YJA0qRuFlGOODLyjetvn-ba3HqB/s3088/IMG_2111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2c7PglZAQkTeFY46ByZMSzIGWUaui1EeDsIjlS9gJLA4DRAgWLq-maE_mA-Z1Vf2Kc3onzhQsJGXil9Iw0m594iT1kDmV9IrlXyrojjD7Z8woIQLIwq0wzxqEmIS6qNVhAYenB3roq4uFINe5X0FmdUrACmp5YJA0qRuFlGOODLyjetvn-ba3HqB/w480-h640/IMG_2111.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The next day we went back to Movie World and got there early again, so we could get an early ride in before the crowds got there and were hoping we could get rids on Virtual Queues (if you are lucky you can get them for free during the day, where you don't have to line up to get on the ride, but you can only book one at a time and they fill up fast). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By 10:30 we had already ridden Scooby Doo (except for Kobe who decided he's not getting on it again!) and had a VQ for Wild West Falls! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWN7m0jWTtoarDnkJD6RMEftHWHEuOEz2dU1xkFS0FOBUJ1KZey6-GM7up1w6XALAt5HRebfpZAA5_mDiRvS6gYEx9qfX3gHUJsCfZZBs0bXsprnM_-sTxY66--eSZC1Jzn7yoJCF3D34sqPT2na49H8a1A0j21g5nCUGMXyWuPJnza6GUB7pR26r/s4032/IMG_2168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">It was so fun to be there with Emily and Aaron. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsJLHmZ_sBh7ofNfC05q6V7u4rqZGWuRRP8XpgfTTKGZs7C0I7JTvsQNU7tIZZTpNx0eMZg-Rau9pP9jFgDlLGdb4A0KLf6saKIvht1XwiZvqm70RFillPl-FCaZdM3Ea611FDcIBhrsCRK0TeNOG5gLd_g3WavBcg18fwWZdh23acOZ8N-dnItsg/s3088/IMG_2201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsJLHmZ_sBh7ofNfC05q6V7u4rqZGWuRRP8XpgfTTKGZs7C0I7JTvsQNU7tIZZTpNx0eMZg-Rau9pP9jFgDlLGdb4A0KLf6saKIvht1XwiZvqm70RFillPl-FCaZdM3Ea611FDcIBhrsCRK0TeNOG5gLd_g3WavBcg18fwWZdh23acOZ8N-dnItsg/w480-h640/IMG_2201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgso7exZLCBj-WbbxZRsEB7ez3Smg2pzf0_aaXJj06ATWJiscvlFEsBF0GyjmAtOKD9ppzutKjtr9OYSbUkEsHJZ8XKoo2PEhfVi3tnL1lEK0C0FOi1R3Osyg8Tm83OgnfFj5-ylaCSLYquuUBfmEUrqOvCGU2jQm1ABSbugNb41dcYEc-x-qTsJL5/s4032/IMG_2207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgso7exZLCBj-WbbxZRsEB7ez3Smg2pzf0_aaXJj06ATWJiscvlFEsBF0GyjmAtOKD9ppzutKjtr9OYSbUkEsHJZ8XKoo2PEhfVi3tnL1lEK0C0FOi1R3Osyg8Tm83OgnfFj5-ylaCSLYquuUBfmEUrqOvCGU2jQm1ABSbugNb41dcYEc-x-qTsJL5/w480-h640/IMG_2207.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I loved being able to help out by having Jasper for them so they could go on a ride together, as I remember how tied down you feel when you have a baby (or a child with a disability) and you feel like you can never do anything as a couple. He's the cutest little man. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OtT3KPR81d4V9CJ7TnngeujpaUb7zoNm_zr-BlIRdPUyrv3LEbYQnpGNqHfAEW-lguxvoj2rurV93y0uf28Lgp_hgVLs4Ygyub1GrVVgixyCcoaMkrK67jUG7_IBmH2Mw7JwtU1vluYNstl5z2jJkSIG9xFUYsb_3_qEU4vxD02p57nYpAOkLYCa/s4032/IMG_2195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OtT3KPR81d4V9CJ7TnngeujpaUb7zoNm_zr-BlIRdPUyrv3LEbYQnpGNqHfAEW-lguxvoj2rurV93y0uf28Lgp_hgVLs4Ygyub1GrVVgixyCcoaMkrK67jUG7_IBmH2Mw7JwtU1vluYNstl5z2jJkSIG9xFUYsb_3_qEU4vxD02p57nYpAOkLYCa/w480-h640/IMG_2195.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPqVdPZvh9ndgSPWFR5jmDn6lwkE2IIkqHYjU1m1yxBis3pHtQB57YpwbSBY0K7BTuYttwWC2TfWc7AOUb5BnZpQjHxyzMURjLLcmXdtOOgtW5U5WQirNOJUOEuLLycSYqY8jevUCCzomf3kuj8aC7deUlryzpTgiqvbIym2UI9L4RS8Ow4XcEUFG/s4032/IMG_2216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPqVdPZvh9ndgSPWFR5jmDn6lwkE2IIkqHYjU1m1yxBis3pHtQB57YpwbSBY0K7BTuYttwWC2TfWc7AOUb5BnZpQjHxyzMURjLLcmXdtOOgtW5U5WQirNOJUOEuLLycSYqY8jevUCCzomf3kuj8aC7deUlryzpTgiqvbIym2UI9L4RS8Ow4XcEUFG/w480-h640/IMG_2216.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we were watching the stunt show at lunch time I was shocked to be able to get a VQ for the DC Rivals Hyper Coaster. It's the fastest, highest and longest coaster in Australia and has only been open for four years. Aaron and Mum said they were keen to go on with me and Sophie was so brave and also came with us! It is 1.4 km long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGO3kZPiAqRf8TzqHx5SnBt7ZoXMniQxcF8htXUGuyqgq42zXRyDx8X3EYFg5142Zs5PWPAbkyjNMfMN5JA4rkxMBRynguPnTd6WxDx9O-MSaEshXkA-DN-5Y-qHgd0WfnlkzfVBs63cPyRPlG3hTZn3nZu8br5nWoAYuL8KPwn2kf4LXj4TFTaTS/s4032/IMG_2234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGO3kZPiAqRf8TzqHx5SnBt7ZoXMniQxcF8htXUGuyqgq42zXRyDx8X3EYFg5142Zs5PWPAbkyjNMfMN5JA4rkxMBRynguPnTd6WxDx9O-MSaEshXkA-DN-5Y-qHgd0WfnlkzfVBs63cPyRPlG3hTZn3nZu8br5nWoAYuL8KPwn2kf4LXj4TFTaTS/w640-h480/IMG_2234.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZTGTTEPHiX7GqEL7kn06WrtujUVTontZKDAsFsvIeYrw804hOLDJSdzvzg6pW3NwJ7uyMhPiEYic3O3GuC7FvYQ2QU08sxideC5HCmGmc5mk3cax49yj_l58eHO5KvnFSA7m678shPbvgT3oA0Lkd7jYjWVVi86_vNP42RmtVicK_4LgibeS387P/s4032/IMG_2213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZTGTTEPHiX7GqEL7kn06WrtujUVTontZKDAsFsvIeYrw804hOLDJSdzvzg6pW3NwJ7uyMhPiEYic3O3GuC7FvYQ2QU08sxideC5HCmGmc5mk3cax49yj_l58eHO5KvnFSA7m678shPbvgT3oA0Lkd7jYjWVVi86_vNP42RmtVicK_4LgibeS387P/w480-h640/IMG_2213.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Years ago I never would've gone on something like this but I absolutely love rides like this now. I think it's because I love feeling all the feelings - petrified, adrenaline and the laughing at the end. It's like jumping in freezing cold water. It's scary but it makes you feel alive. It was so scary but incredible. Aaron was so calm as we were getting on, but then as we were going up he started saying 'what are we doing!?'. Mum got a cramp in her foot because she was tense! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeDvsZhVfWimd51IHp36sMR91H7PZP_IQJsw9NZnmI23g3QzIXGvCoZd8XhAclaKSCsYaNIVs-NKGR3-O1ZrFQlliJkIpK-ThWLSXeyore_KWIvlimCJadaXEKpebxshW0l2WL_fr1MfO82JM0HyclLnooh94kyxQ93dgM7zHYsa3J2qZ6sUlEHYN/s700/IMG_2217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeDvsZhVfWimd51IHp36sMR91H7PZP_IQJsw9NZnmI23g3QzIXGvCoZd8XhAclaKSCsYaNIVs-NKGR3-O1ZrFQlliJkIpK-ThWLSXeyore_KWIvlimCJadaXEKpebxshW0l2WL_fr1MfO82JM0HyclLnooh94kyxQ93dgM7zHYsa3J2qZ6sUlEHYN/w508-h640/IMG_2217.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emily asked if I wanted to go back again the next day as she was planning on leaving her boys with Aaron in the morning, so we could get some big rides in. I was very keen and although Kobe didn't love the big rides, he loves the atmosphere of Movie World, so he decided to join Emily and Sophie and I there again. Mum and Harri were happy to have a sleep in and quiet day at Chrish's house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got there as the gates opened and were on the DC Hyper Coaster by 9:45 am! It was even better the second time and one ride that I could ride over and over and not get sick of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqPp6aNu8V_SNaj4ptg0e5Q1Pa66EUXLCOsGbV7yKvKlrQgFhdn4DscNZTSLQsKI_5pFPBReQuPrmdFToOt3tcZktZqOLwE1E_-nDDcw4iChtdv4nwYlG_HLaTyZRphLqoBvgu3PxndAuEZmevjD1EPA8D4xpF0ATaXnqh43i17m4Nziex8fRoO15/s4032/IMG_2275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqPp6aNu8V_SNaj4ptg0e5Q1Pa66EUXLCOsGbV7yKvKlrQgFhdn4DscNZTSLQsKI_5pFPBReQuPrmdFToOt3tcZktZqOLwE1E_-nDDcw4iChtdv4nwYlG_HLaTyZRphLqoBvgu3PxndAuEZmevjD1EPA8D4xpF0ATaXnqh43i17m4Nziex8fRoO15/w480-h640/IMG_2275.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qN9x-vyzyQsH6mblZAiCCAenGCHZvCkY3qdNhy9HvgXfalWCyehJ2G7zuqXqo2RPzAg3IfP66bGGS-iNksQtz_FX0PDFWXFBjzE3YUi_Lej44DSy_2yFa8tkrd1ayupjG4T3VmxGtuHXXvpof1OMx2j-JZGCxlt0mcJb_Bev8HY5TA2BXC8fQYRa/s1800/07D8F76A-FA2E-4535-91B6-D6E8BE0E04B0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qN9x-vyzyQsH6mblZAiCCAenGCHZvCkY3qdNhy9HvgXfalWCyehJ2G7zuqXqo2RPzAg3IfP66bGGS-iNksQtz_FX0PDFWXFBjzE3YUi_Lej44DSy_2yFa8tkrd1ayupjG4T3VmxGtuHXXvpof1OMx2j-JZGCxlt0mcJb_Bev8HY5TA2BXC8fQYRa/w512-h640/07D8F76A-FA2E-4535-91B6-D6E8BE0E04B0.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEr3amLpt0Ipvp_LDNI3fU4KugGVvCAwCFE6mPwhc9pjAmqTXRMAJVEVnpn-VpeZmRsdeumKSYBEHQqQHm0xyZ2rSe6EoSwzZybKMn4g6FP1xcbNZmacbHLum7mHFNiQl6zpTBeCwTC84jkdqriCdImz5NIGsyiGR0q_db__MrIc98VtiGBksP4BYs/s700/IMG_2323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEr3amLpt0Ipvp_LDNI3fU4KugGVvCAwCFE6mPwhc9pjAmqTXRMAJVEVnpn-VpeZmRsdeumKSYBEHQqQHm0xyZ2rSe6EoSwzZybKMn4g6FP1xcbNZmacbHLum7mHFNiQl6zpTBeCwTC84jkdqriCdImz5NIGsyiGR0q_db__MrIc98VtiGBksP4BYs/w508-h640/IMG_2323.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time we got off we both got a Virtual Queue for Scooby Doo and the Wild West Falls (one each for four people). Kobe wouldn't come on Scooby Doo with us but did brave the Wild West Falls and got very wet! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6D2QNWHZa__uv7w8rcYF1ZEVQ7LP4YlvoU9qmldjfAN_mPv9Wa7oJfxuDsOcL58yeIl9JggmHsmkoub2pQ_3YzKno2Pi4BIOHs-E9UR18zGtvJjzV3jvcOrQTj2Eo8gePSoNccQqlbrhXvXjmop3O8jne4ZFCtCS8GSKPRV6zKWNAOLqsf4VnPUoM/s1800/484384D5-8987-4644-BFB6-64305DEEB3A7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6D2QNWHZa__uv7w8rcYF1ZEVQ7LP4YlvoU9qmldjfAN_mPv9Wa7oJfxuDsOcL58yeIl9JggmHsmkoub2pQ_3YzKno2Pi4BIOHs-E9UR18zGtvJjzV3jvcOrQTj2Eo8gePSoNccQqlbrhXvXjmop3O8jne4ZFCtCS8GSKPRV6zKWNAOLqsf4VnPUoM/w512-h640/484384D5-8987-4644-BFB6-64305DEEB3A7.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYKzGp-YBQyBMx184DbyqKD9LLFznzlfCbBuSJ-H_Lr_DoSJ92qlYi3-dQ2bo6d2uZWPsnYnhvKzBEdHwqFsiLGehqrt75BFL12prKAeimQEJgRBFj_m_R3EDl6JAADKgX7_4mKYzm9jOghcTjwI59f86vNHwmt2fPHXhKRyf98PnQz338IvIxGsW/s1800/2868A575-CBBE-4CA4-AA94-B1D3BA55C1DE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XehroNvGQbndwHjunX1IjN7VZc0WklgGg84R0BRe3vZ6F22BXwPzGfpWJj2mZBustLOdrwElkew8aCAVPMAMMMOZ3CpVhavmo99mSYqPPHfCy_yrBQNYSTTXzHk5_N4ggjWAuimS1gH24YmOmf0FXUo9ZoMfw6lbbffjapHfBat1pDel3dDNMnoX/w512-h640/262095AA-2650-4BCE-A8AB-1532219D573B.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aaron and the boys arrived about 11 am and we couldn't believe that we had already had three rides without having to line up. We ended up getting seven rides all day on Virtual Queues between the two families and didn't line up once. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT-zhz9WliBOEyAxu5aaltRDth_0DqNHvQyQ0ZxahjKgjq3HGwXUQh1iZ0IQOpmerW_iU13_BApAUk1n7bziPQzaJUTtLSg1_WGfMgjAFZsPSlHJHI-XJl_gHjjU7Cokm6QHe-q7OG_jaUVmVHJefcdDGNumuoKUjiOTFkvjvrxEeduLBXCEXA3Q4/s4032/IMG_2347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT-zhz9WliBOEyAxu5aaltRDth_0DqNHvQyQ0ZxahjKgjq3HGwXUQh1iZ0IQOpmerW_iU13_BApAUk1n7bziPQzaJUTtLSg1_WGfMgjAFZsPSlHJHI-XJl_gHjjU7Cokm6QHe-q7OG_jaUVmVHJefcdDGNumuoKUjiOTFkvjvrxEeduLBXCEXA3Q4/w480-h640/IMG_2347.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the end we were getting so tired that we considered just leaving and not even using the rides we had on the VQ as they were in an hour and we were feeling tired. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But time flew and I got another VQ for Scooby Doo and thought that maybe Harri might like to come down to go on it with me, Emily and Sophie. He said he was keen (he felt much better after having a sleep in) and it took him 18 minutes to walk/jog down from Chrish's house! I wish now that I rang him earlier as we had so many rides using the VQ and had four spots for each ride but only three of us would use them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BOdoKZ5dPruBbbSRHBUxFjYd3E8d_-nlezsjaZ3fq1J7SvlT2qUphxCSvAyJ0WB7WdDwskxgDnUlU3ElSb0YRzmmKKFieVjmz_7vsCALXbadcNGWOrD9lqpbHqe2sfaNrJqyAz6jcjAUzLn1UZWMNrw0vuChnXYL2k8JJbzeCHLqU03v4X7lDIe3/s1800/C8FE1DF8-66BE-4C54-AE25-50EECAAE80DB.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BOdoKZ5dPruBbbSRHBUxFjYd3E8d_-nlezsjaZ3fq1J7SvlT2qUphxCSvAyJ0WB7WdDwskxgDnUlU3ElSb0YRzmmKKFieVjmz_7vsCALXbadcNGWOrD9lqpbHqe2sfaNrJqyAz6jcjAUzLn1UZWMNrw0vuChnXYL2k8JJbzeCHLqU03v4X7lDIe3/w512-h640/C8FE1DF8-66BE-4C54-AE25-50EECAAE80DB.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNbwdJd6YQQO2D6W62ePeIzSB8IiIVC8ZcIPG2nwxFJ0OuKskQQ130XF8ATRE3OjCQNwphUClGC6HaACSerNPjmqKJ-xY8QtbQeztUWqdbEYTvbTPEYptg__Rw70P7J3vwWKNQ2M1H7qOBfV3Jrz31mLydpQ8iVC0_TX1-3WRN9PxpPVr8_hLu9Ju/s4032/IMG_2356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNbwdJd6YQQO2D6W62ePeIzSB8IiIVC8ZcIPG2nwxFJ0OuKskQQ130XF8ATRE3OjCQNwphUClGC6HaACSerNPjmqKJ-xY8QtbQeztUWqdbEYTvbTPEYptg__Rw70P7J3vwWKNQ2M1H7qOBfV3Jrz31mLydpQ8iVC0_TX1-3WRN9PxpPVr8_hLu9Ju/w480-h640/IMG_2356.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECPkkAf4yfEiHFuktXs9URmm1D3thxwJhQmepSY40QWyw9WdJx9kLDQ2gyQPNXApS_5qNv1NnKzUUx7F2_6NzTZ9AGoryYu_vfWsxPCY--sMUv-PHIAU6fNfSzIBZGU18AHSvNMzNUe6ikz-B-nP55zI1Y3lekysVAHvk9DyvxptGupGrtMURN_zs/s1800/3E3119CC-7180-419F-843F-8DB48808DF0B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECPkkAf4yfEiHFuktXs9URmm1D3thxwJhQmepSY40QWyw9WdJx9kLDQ2gyQPNXApS_5qNv1NnKzUUx7F2_6NzTZ9AGoryYu_vfWsxPCY--sMUv-PHIAU6fNfSzIBZGU18AHSvNMzNUe6ikz-B-nP55zI1Y3lekysVAHvk9DyvxptGupGrtMURN_zs/w512-h640/3E3119CC-7180-419F-843F-8DB48808DF0B.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were so tired but happy when we left. We couldn't believe how many rides we got to do without lining up and we loved having Emily and Aaron there with us. It was my favourite day of the whole trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7L4maEgb1peObZoioRebjrPQWs29tspPMlT6OAKSJllJ1IwYCvXUeqHeJtwEW_J8zMOnxQtHFvcTHMfA2vDCq_nujDBTRrHQvxbNq8LTwpTu9kw7xW_sljwOSDbDd3AfyqpxAeIWB0AY3TvLgxmrBGbpPegrCO4MmLXMXdfv84cd8gDmTzBsYM7q/s1800/0306B3D1-3FDA-4556-B368-C8DF11733570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7L4maEgb1peObZoioRebjrPQWs29tspPMlT6OAKSJllJ1IwYCvXUeqHeJtwEW_J8zMOnxQtHFvcTHMfA2vDCq_nujDBTRrHQvxbNq8LTwpTu9kw7xW_sljwOSDbDd3AfyqpxAeIWB0AY3TvLgxmrBGbpPegrCO4MmLXMXdfv84cd8gDmTzBsYM7q/w512-h640/0306B3D1-3FDA-4556-B368-C8DF11733570.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day was the weekend so we decided to go on a road trip to Byron Bay (northern NSW) with Chrish and Mum. None of us had ever been there before and we couldn't get over how beautiful it was. It was so busy at the lighthouse that we couldn't even park the car to get out and have a look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We bought some lunch and then sat at the beach to eat, before Chrish and us braved the cold water and went for a swim. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtlnY0u2nIiKqiAvyAuLpEda2PmJ7yOBsw-ES3bJ9TCyud-YF5HTIuFDEyEvO4hviMRUFrnJOLPs63lYDDdTyC1MV4go5sd1KTSPnpAI1Xm8ZJPKrEadV5EguTHb6LBob0W7YFoqKeKTas5XkmO90PzrK-r60208Ve-Xpu-rNK_E90HOrW_cl8d2R/s4032/IMG_2406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtlnY0u2nIiKqiAvyAuLpEda2PmJ7yOBsw-ES3bJ9TCyud-YF5HTIuFDEyEvO4hviMRUFrnJOLPs63lYDDdTyC1MV4go5sd1KTSPnpAI1Xm8ZJPKrEadV5EguTHb6LBob0W7YFoqKeKTas5XkmO90PzrK-r60208Ve-Xpu-rNK_E90HOrW_cl8d2R/w640-h480/IMG_2406.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weather was beautiful and it was the first day we felt like we didn't really need to put a jumper on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tbYnCi-puNeNfwYTb2QHCBOMOei8AwS5-lgbvGS5OUDwaOHN2pLMQu0O-PpfGUAaPnnE3uHShasyYbqZZ9A15ZDSgc9sta5f9H5_UFoTxkJ4eREoR-ooVk0Ywda-DJjzCs5y5v8CMjolMTJrFaDZK4ddlDYFtm7v6_W9__0dsH3YzBdLS4QCRBk5/s4032/IMG_2402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tbYnCi-puNeNfwYTb2QHCBOMOei8AwS5-lgbvGS5OUDwaOHN2pLMQu0O-PpfGUAaPnnE3uHShasyYbqZZ9A15ZDSgc9sta5f9H5_UFoTxkJ4eREoR-ooVk0Ywda-DJjzCs5y5v8CMjolMTJrFaDZK4ddlDYFtm7v6_W9__0dsH3YzBdLS4QCRBk5/w640-h480/IMG_2402.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">That night we had a lovely BBQ at Chrish's house with my cousin Konnie and her family and Dave and Ande and their girls. We are so happy that we will be able to see them more often from now on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FciZT9anofN6ohZtc93OwgbB3zsEVkurJQWwZj_7ULi8OdOnFJOB8tWvfzvWMlsL-XJ3LYuzelFb1n5pY0sG7GM4rzHt7T8wgM6As7nRApZbEJMblVhmYGls5C3FRfJVG1UEc5HHu-_NF26c5krF5zNoEZWb-zbjXkNQccshzQjf2nQjO6Ye7qap/s4032/IMG_2414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FciZT9anofN6ohZtc93OwgbB3zsEVkurJQWwZj_7ULi8OdOnFJOB8tWvfzvWMlsL-XJ3LYuzelFb1n5pY0sG7GM4rzHt7T8wgM6As7nRApZbEJMblVhmYGls5C3FRfJVG1UEc5HHu-_NF26c5krF5zNoEZWb-zbjXkNQccshzQjf2nQjO6Ye7qap/w640-h480/IMG_2414.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We loved getting away from the cold weather in Tassie for a week and had so much fun. We are already looking forward to going back up and love spending time with Chrish. He always makes it so much fun for us. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK4MXv-qHXMqq-FnjKdWDYfqbZpBVOSN4g4HV4xEf5Jf3NtXc91j9ShdRCZsqIwXHzE6ixqPtnoDx1zmMI3tK0nrneyrLdr-MmJ1ZvQeGQZ8ppw2UHW9Buef-aX3CN7g0SxCt5oBYBa2gvn0n9PIEjF2SggkCuSDMvGUu3u0MSxh9P6aBQw_F-ZU1/s4032/IMG_2421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK4MXv-qHXMqq-FnjKdWDYfqbZpBVOSN4g4HV4xEf5Jf3NtXc91j9ShdRCZsqIwXHzE6ixqPtnoDx1zmMI3tK0nrneyrLdr-MmJ1ZvQeGQZ8ppw2UHW9Buef-aX3CN7g0SxCt5oBYBa2gvn0n9PIEjF2SggkCuSDMvGUu3u0MSxh9P6aBQw_F-ZU1/w640-h480/IMG_2421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I loved our week away, but I'm always glad to come back home. I love my own bed and space and knew that I would need a quieter week before going back to work. I was feeling very worn out at the end of term and definitely needed some sleep ins and a week of catching up on things at home before a busy Term 3. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq2n-fAPSdiIukK6Yz3Gw7CKvG8-G9FRX5Jht5xmW0F7FowYuYaLy7KcMB1wysYGXCODKzQse1jmsMOMnCUPHAd9yzW6ivX4auT0M6q0iHKvxuVKp6Zk3r6MJVhsQU2rJScz13WVWURJtK36ar60yl35dzHDem06ZXwixx4GjoFREf1PlWEDoOGbN/s4032/IMG_2433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq2n-fAPSdiIukK6Yz3Gw7CKvG8-G9FRX5Jht5xmW0F7FowYuYaLy7KcMB1wysYGXCODKzQse1jmsMOMnCUPHAd9yzW6ivX4auT0M6q0iHKvxuVKp6Zk3r6MJVhsQU2rJScz13WVWURJtK36ar60yl35dzHDem06ZXwixx4GjoFREf1PlWEDoOGbN/w480-h640/IMG_2433.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-61859510009749567802022-07-22T20:40:00.005+10:002022-07-22T23:08:48.280+10:00Term 2 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far this school year has been crazy busy, and very stressful. It's been such a messed up school year with Covid and the flu as so many students and teachers have been away at different times, we've had to wear masks (up until a couple of weeks ago), and we've been so busy with planning interpreted Parent Teacher meetings and then having to reschedule so many because of illness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also had to plan extra on top of my usual teaching in case we needed to go on class. Illness hit many teachers hard last term and I ended up getting the call to teach on class at my school for a day last term, when no other teachers were available. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I literally haven't taught on class for 22 years but it wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. It reminded me of the good things about being on class (only having to deal with your 'own' students, creating relationships from the beginning of the year, knowing exactly where you students are at) but I love my job as an EAL teacher, and although there are many challenges that come along with it, I still think I have the best job in the world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bR1_FMTUY3aoObAa2aZBGfYDU1XNTM6PpxTqYkfYCZFCfcGo7Z81kYR3F0yw6DNKXAO1fTSwtK2P79Samoy90SMjOW_yuwnrbXs40FjbaL9djGOP_grb99-nFtPLdshI1_pUS07alSQ4RXqB-PDJpN5ygbs8eLKY1t6gcImJZ1ZkEI8gYMC5Jq6o/s3024/IMG_0776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="3024" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bR1_FMTUY3aoObAa2aZBGfYDU1XNTM6PpxTqYkfYCZFCfcGo7Z81kYR3F0yw6DNKXAO1fTSwtK2P79Samoy90SMjOW_yuwnrbXs40FjbaL9djGOP_grb99-nFtPLdshI1_pUS07alSQ4RXqB-PDJpN5ygbs8eLKY1t6gcImJZ1ZkEI8gYMC5Jq6o/w400-h350/IMG_0776.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love working at the school that I'm at because I feel like a real part of the school community and not 'just' an EAL teacher. I had fun planning and running the school disco with the P.E. teacher last term and the kids had the best day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV2L630PTHyfmt43OYdqBgivKirRpxG3SFhhm_CYoIsvfGiTfCXVuq-MCdDnz1r3hZi54KP4nP4qwbjjx2kufOi3DRY2r8CIUQDPR253qnR319bt7-BscUgBkcW8Jh_CT4PuMx3uwWBk-xTIAUObwOjIloyRGGyvIKjv7zvTOtpZ5CkBU0wUciX2Z/s4032/IMG_1685.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV2L630PTHyfmt43OYdqBgivKirRpxG3SFhhm_CYoIsvfGiTfCXVuq-MCdDnz1r3hZi54KP4nP4qwbjjx2kufOi3DRY2r8CIUQDPR253qnR319bt7-BscUgBkcW8Jh_CT4PuMx3uwWBk-xTIAUObwOjIloyRGGyvIKjv7zvTOtpZ5CkBU0wUciX2Z/w480-h640/IMG_1685.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe and Harri have both loved playing club footy on the weekend and both of their teams have won pretty much every game. Kobe has also loved playing school footy again and we so excited to play on Aaron's oval with his team. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfZ1N6jOoo1enaPoZTYKg-DuOaHUNvduRDdgb4i0NtA-idJwBGaaSWuKGsdTru4hD5-VUsAyD62cIF2BLKg_xzmPBlVHJdua5BcG3a7e6FadBYc6KG4ItJWfK2q9R5a-lTn3NwTHKl-o9onzVROL87O1bywyL4RlDMKapHlRwQtiPiz1E-hfHQUpl/s3125/5760A29F-73A8-4629-9A49-B6FB3759A9DA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3125" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfZ1N6jOoo1enaPoZTYKg-DuOaHUNvduRDdgb4i0NtA-idJwBGaaSWuKGsdTru4hD5-VUsAyD62cIF2BLKg_xzmPBlVHJdua5BcG3a7e6FadBYc6KG4ItJWfK2q9R5a-lTn3NwTHKl-o9onzVROL87O1bywyL4RlDMKapHlRwQtiPiz1E-hfHQUpl/w640-h620/5760A29F-73A8-4629-9A49-B6FB3759A9DA.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We loved watching the NBL this year because of our new Tassie team the Jack Jumpers. They did so well in their first season and made it to the grand final. I joined up as a member at the beginning of the season just to support them, and also so we could go to the games when they played in Launceston, so we were really lucky to be able to get finals tickets when they were released. We went to Hobart to watch them play in the second game of the finals and were so excited when they won the second game. Unfortunately they didn't win the third. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOI_u1YZXMklQ1DcOjijZGSPeQtmuYRtUjL2APvEU3A2jHas6on9fztedGZczvqIALILxj-mj-dhhQU3FjvAGJrLuFy38AgRzEZ3u6H3bVOyKk6MNGQkUDZWUqnpBRqimDodHC5pQMnbXQlzhPStcE844T3QykDwc9O4PzudxnWVnAw87RzZJwTAk/s4032/IMG_0451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOI_u1YZXMklQ1DcOjijZGSPeQtmuYRtUjL2APvEU3A2jHas6on9fztedGZczvqIALILxj-mj-dhhQU3FjvAGJrLuFy38AgRzEZ3u6H3bVOyKk6MNGQkUDZWUqnpBRqimDodHC5pQMnbXQlzhPStcE844T3QykDwc9O4PzudxnWVnAw87RzZJwTAk/w640-h480/IMG_0451.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We've been to a couple of live AFL matches in Launceston to watch Hawthorn play but I have to admit that I don't follow it much anymore and have no idea who the players are. Kobe is still really into it though and so is mum. Aaron would be happy that at least one of us is still into it! </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq69Nx-ZeuyuSGCRaH6jF3PFvDMmxsdqiIRzgNvHtDJOM9ficjvxHvLHG1FHBAxlFhz534tl8otR-wRI_zb1uh7o5xxeHZf8SoE7qWPS0bcyY8ZF2NOf63o1WdkZtjUYmbKC5aS7uNDKfADyL5aOmj_U5puPhJBZ1Js-MhKRQPZR4fGAKI8YrQr3Y/s4032/IMG_0731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq69Nx-ZeuyuSGCRaH6jF3PFvDMmxsdqiIRzgNvHtDJOM9ficjvxHvLHG1FHBAxlFhz534tl8otR-wRI_zb1uh7o5xxeHZf8SoE7qWPS0bcyY8ZF2NOf63o1WdkZtjUYmbKC5aS7uNDKfADyL5aOmj_U5puPhJBZ1Js-MhKRQPZR4fGAKI8YrQr3Y/w480-h640/IMG_0731.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p>Kobe had his 14th birthday in June and as an early birthday present I gave his bedroom a makeover. I spent a whole weekend pulling down an old wardrobe that was falling to pieces and taking it to the tip, and then putting together flat packs and putting up floating shelves. He was so happy with it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT9ZOFA-tP7oiir4QvPbERqrfk1zt7p8a5F7ODzjTXApsH5rP5pWjiaBjXLC1nMdMgrBOd7Sld4k703qEVXnHMrboZdZQHYaTgoXglpV5N0a5Yvo8NX0xLJTqIn9yDZs9kRNBSVElLc0KRUJGq55OqZhFPCdOyQ3k_OuBHV51jTKqKEhxG594VHuf/s4032/IMG_0825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT9ZOFA-tP7oiir4QvPbERqrfk1zt7p8a5F7ODzjTXApsH5rP5pWjiaBjXLC1nMdMgrBOd7Sld4k703qEVXnHMrboZdZQHYaTgoXglpV5N0a5Yvo8NX0xLJTqIn9yDZs9kRNBSVElLc0KRUJGq55OqZhFPCdOyQ3k_OuBHV51jTKqKEhxG594VHuf/w640-h480/IMG_0825.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>His birthday was on the weekend so we decided to go down to Hobart for a night and stayed in our favourite hotel. <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTv6N7KQU7Nn-10mckzOHy5uEfPPgfOzPIWHyLmH0htUfcUkBxz-JPot-LRrXrABtDynOQE8_KUy5lMx98pzR4nHm1lLvneXnHBWzA7Lk-BSlLU0A-KaaproXsLe-Ft6XJ2vP9Lsbbmq5iRVnSf1khDRRuyNlzgs6NdUciAyNeICBG-kKDnPaUMGK/s4032/IMG_0903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">The next morning after opening presents we went ten pin bowling and then Kobe chose sushi train for lunch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMOsYE7ZCMVESSmylw9q9Gy49OslLTRnbe6QH-BbOpGX9xrWMnjnqZEtaALZ_mw6tysUeXDCQMKIQoolgw9pJJry4RWCQC7LPbEIzJiuM-5HhdPtoL_ccE3Rthpu45yJW-cdYX0mrprFQ_IkvbwoixJbxkRO4QBT6UsrM3IsxeMfXWWZYZb6PHgip/s4032/IMG_0975.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMOsYE7ZCMVESSmylw9q9Gy49OslLTRnbe6QH-BbOpGX9xrWMnjnqZEtaALZ_mw6tysUeXDCQMKIQoolgw9pJJry4RWCQC7LPbEIzJiuM-5HhdPtoL_ccE3Rthpu45yJW-cdYX0mrprFQ_IkvbwoixJbxkRO4QBT6UsrM3IsxeMfXWWZYZb6PHgip/w480-h640/IMG_0975.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WvtBsaZvY6CdffcMKOVrBPrDmNBSV8Gef0HWPyUk0MeZkhqTM8PJqQGkw0tdZT6Z4YSPYPczVQ7A5KqpQKmk9uU9En7ppLRMx12bizc4P5Paujb-5PCiLlmsGuyAYXPhgAZ_9Rf0m6Kuxsq9yWncQycmPZii188-YUrYmlPRGe9Swhqkqs0QZIQX/s4032/IMG_1020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I always love going to it, but am always so glad that we don't have to live in it all winter long. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_srnpyssF_de6YB-Bc80TNhOFguNBuhRAfGBgBUal4Q6cw55Dp5de47fqCdUY-XBmM7vHZ_RER4R8heNry-kpvtoK03n696PMA-gq6MNHkJlWUA5PgyYSjTASvojedelfoSweNaHYKCVHAG1jTlHyV-dmTeHSu-UpnIyVXsCS_rojlFNiQuq-c6a6/s4032/IMG_1171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_srnpyssF_de6YB-Bc80TNhOFguNBuhRAfGBgBUal4Q6cw55Dp5de47fqCdUY-XBmM7vHZ_RER4R8heNry-kpvtoK03n696PMA-gq6MNHkJlWUA5PgyYSjTASvojedelfoSweNaHYKCVHAG1jTlHyV-dmTeHSu-UpnIyVXsCS_rojlFNiQuq-c6a6/w480-h640/IMG_1171.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1sGEeFqIQzzPDJFKGpCO5k4XxfuWqoH4Wq8OqWXiLwB5cpbnKQaWzp9_1OqsKmEUFp9cYXEV9CEcJl7cCbC5TqeWEIo0FLvcb4MeCyBIofpg_qDDAvvEFBT0vPY6QZiHOgYzanpstI-HWojYHyOWltqJ3r2GU79ol7IGHSnHrF9LvVDq-KP_p6C4/s4032/IMG_1181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1sGEeFqIQzzPDJFKGpCO5k4XxfuWqoH4Wq8OqWXiLwB5cpbnKQaWzp9_1OqsKmEUFp9cYXEV9CEcJl7cCbC5TqeWEIo0FLvcb4MeCyBIofpg_qDDAvvEFBT0vPY6QZiHOgYzanpstI-HWojYHyOWltqJ3r2GU79ol7IGHSnHrF9LvVDq-KP_p6C4/w480-h640/IMG_1181.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>It was also my birthday in June. The boys were great and all made an effort to buy me some lovely presents. It was on a school day, so after school we went out and had Bento boxes for tea. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR36sduCELTp8YEQU2ORByPy7LNsEXkHd-oQ9UM4koFafwymW4VMcBBnDyFX8CdtOi-LI-0YH3bLG-7-WiLNET4E-8ybUw1t3OmL40qROl4i_opEXayyBp3n4oy_qH3tQOKUCkGmeoX0Tnjk1ISNrItmLBLnS8AF7qXD26da9THM4JjHrh6JTIV64V/s4032/IMG_1264.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR36sduCELTp8YEQU2ORByPy7LNsEXkHd-oQ9UM4koFafwymW4VMcBBnDyFX8CdtOi-LI-0YH3bLG-7-WiLNET4E-8ybUw1t3OmL40qROl4i_opEXayyBp3n4oy_qH3tQOKUCkGmeoX0Tnjk1ISNrItmLBLnS8AF7qXD26da9THM4JjHrh6JTIV64V/w480-h640/IMG_1264.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>The next night it was lovely to go out for tea with Simone, Naomi (visiting from Adelaide) and Collette (visiting from Hobart). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-efK5fgIffmljetBTGEnOvg-EMj0fayOyzNIPnMLl-FR5ZxUu0X_Ry787s2SPQ3W0leFiexuRYgs0Qwo08gMN0jr8l9k1-wrt96dLzqgoVc3O1tQ1VmRcJNNYyIXU8smtr7Bnzmnn9bYPEBDeYKTbjdjEd_MNda8rLCiAr6V6WEPoorGALKdZvQM/s4032/IMG_1315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-efK5fgIffmljetBTGEnOvg-EMj0fayOyzNIPnMLl-FR5ZxUu0X_Ry787s2SPQ3W0leFiexuRYgs0Qwo08gMN0jr8l9k1-wrt96dLzqgoVc3O1tQ1VmRcJNNYyIXU8smtr7Bnzmnn9bYPEBDeYKTbjdjEd_MNda8rLCiAr6V6WEPoorGALKdZvQM/w640-h480/IMG_1315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kobe and I loved meeting my cousin Emily's baby Jasper for the first time about a month ago. We couldn't visit when they were in hospital (bloody Covid!) but I had dropped off some treats and had spoken to Emily through the window. He was so cute and such a happy little man. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7bbU69zHO20xIfYfwVZjEdp-jG9_03-XzaLe-q571oeN3ghJTNrynnZaSmuzXH6XQUb6skbLv8xjHixfHjuzx4zXdg01BF5SVTDNmytq1jbX14HuLFPBLg_ieVGthmVMukbHNCIrRTwZ4HSeCoqxVn_AAJCr-sOUT7xynUoL3zCr4UtYSHbgtoH_/s4032/IMG_1348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7bbU69zHO20xIfYfwVZjEdp-jG9_03-XzaLe-q571oeN3ghJTNrynnZaSmuzXH6XQUb6skbLv8xjHixfHjuzx4zXdg01BF5SVTDNmytq1jbX14HuLFPBLg_ieVGthmVMukbHNCIrRTwZ4HSeCoqxVn_AAJCr-sOUT7xynUoL3zCr4UtYSHbgtoH_/w480-h640/IMG_1348.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We loved spending a weekend with my brother Jared and Becky when they came up for a pickle ball tournament. Kobe and I went out for tea with them (and of course Jared has to give the finger for every photo!) and then the next day Jared came and watched Harri play footy and then we watched Becky play pickle ball. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x68wCQdEhpf1SQUwI1uuFkkJQbo4pJWYAeFEohpQfoHAa-Ixs4YqkzoXwP3mW7SGRH8jkI8xLTyaqoEdC43Lb505GcavRiVmnV_tGSi7QsDjT8AXH0EXh1qmBqj1Ra4V-tMWfMll20BloMbPjD5ctF-f8cG6GVq6OvFaSUTJZyeDX7frkcBxlTmV/s4032/IMG_1463.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x68wCQdEhpf1SQUwI1uuFkkJQbo4pJWYAeFEohpQfoHAa-Ixs4YqkzoXwP3mW7SGRH8jkI8xLTyaqoEdC43Lb505GcavRiVmnV_tGSi7QsDjT8AXH0EXh1qmBqj1Ra4V-tMWfMll20BloMbPjD5ctF-f8cG6GVq6OvFaSUTJZyeDX7frkcBxlTmV/w640-h480/IMG_1463.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnj1dms6-ECeeLXdYC2WaUim6Zitd1bN8L7bbTQ30pwIw8NNd-24GdHw1EDg6TeCl7q2qWYt8eD88cZxiKejo-y7ddMbShXgYMplSxQacXD5_NcN0dGsMeXRkE1ikvuefAuCecFtYc9x1K-D6lqAGXmW89-fJzYpZa-FLjBll9q3ILJj4eVsplpMY/s4032/IMG_1485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnj1dms6-ECeeLXdYC2WaUim6Zitd1bN8L7bbTQ30pwIw8NNd-24GdHw1EDg6TeCl7q2qWYt8eD88cZxiKejo-y7ddMbShXgYMplSxQacXD5_NcN0dGsMeXRkE1ikvuefAuCecFtYc9x1K-D6lqAGXmW89-fJzYpZa-FLjBll9q3ILJj4eVsplpMY/w480-h640/IMG_1485.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p>We loved having them around for tea and to play games. Becky kept saying how quiet it was in our house because they had left their five kids at home. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2W3im3Tk8k9xkN5IC63MmyKUBejEALishbFz7VdSwM8VVIHQwIzpW8Q6aovqfJaBTmtjWsqnGgdJVibT2Bvzv5ogz74aCCqzyvkkQZiEOvYUEJO59RIc9g9ycLXO12-pJNVhPksIe5_jbpfgMpKrXNXWwcme4kbbkhOwGNv-roVtosu_dhL7Jqj/s4032/IMG_1497.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2W3im3Tk8k9xkN5IC63MmyKUBejEALishbFz7VdSwM8VVIHQwIzpW8Q6aovqfJaBTmtjWsqnGgdJVibT2Bvzv5ogz74aCCqzyvkkQZiEOvYUEJO59RIc9g9ycLXO12-pJNVhPksIe5_jbpfgMpKrXNXWwcme4kbbkhOwGNv-roVtosu_dhL7Jqj/w480-h640/IMG_1497.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Noah would've turned 21 in June and it kind of crept up on me. We have a joke from when Harri was little that Noah's favourite meal was KFC (as Harri wanted to eat it one year for his birthday, even though Noah never had KFC because he was tube fed), so we had KFC and cake at the cemetery. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Y48D5qzktPLMw4Pe-0fqq3SiLZWPyX8wXODkV5Qt192b1B-HJcAlB-ghNLfyc_m2FHSPXBPtBlH2sVqaOo8EZySnHbdyp2No8DN1EuSa1hlHZ9Q4FexT8P3czrdgpApYwRaMd2cGTyC_5xNXvjzBnSZyxV2mW5YzXvZ0nOmkbKWNexMIlqqVVvDo/s4032/IMG_1537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Y48D5qzktPLMw4Pe-0fqq3SiLZWPyX8wXODkV5Qt192b1B-HJcAlB-ghNLfyc_m2FHSPXBPtBlH2sVqaOo8EZySnHbdyp2No8DN1EuSa1hlHZ9Q4FexT8P3czrdgpApYwRaMd2cGTyC_5xNXvjzBnSZyxV2mW5YzXvZ0nOmkbKWNexMIlqqVVvDo/w480-h640/IMG_1537.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">One of the best things about Kobe playing footy is that Thomas is on his team, which means Bec and I get to hang out every Sunday. We've been friends since Kinder so it's fun to have our boys play on the same team. We had lunch at the beach after they played at George Town one week. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwzoh1Z5gQUk71RGLdEZA3xkj1rnwCcNyFo94znMuoY952qieDMqB3ZLm47P3rrdNqo4o4_uSab_YqkwuLSsGKztEMgBSLCI5LZnft0BJFmtv5dcfPQYd0yMeMNrFphmnjJ4HnfPwUMrzAv7alKbl7Cg1O_9rxrR8UJUtYbfL-esEw0obYGGjzFe5/s3088/IMG_1637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwzoh1Z5gQUk71RGLdEZA3xkj1rnwCcNyFo94znMuoY952qieDMqB3ZLm47P3rrdNqo4o4_uSab_YqkwuLSsGKztEMgBSLCI5LZnft0BJFmtv5dcfPQYd0yMeMNrFphmnjJ4HnfPwUMrzAv7alKbl7Cg1O_9rxrR8UJUtYbfL-esEw0obYGGjzFe5/w480-h640/IMG_1637.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Harri isn't home much as he's either at work, at Josie's or hanging with his mates at the gym, but I'm glad that he's out and about and busy. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXH1cTy49EBoHTxJvSejz4lkWNm_ZTtR1mQr6E-nH0eAU_8GJZvw7fJ7znstVu-M588T5zWcFV9MMCovAuUaDG4GcuBC_1pCRdGWMz-gx-6nYLqj22LFqLWco7wl4ZWK3NE7WMAPpINerYhH_n7VOIzoiytYfTP5FmMQlqJiWJwq9c4ZS4hyui7OP/s4032/IMG_1550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXH1cTy49EBoHTxJvSejz4lkWNm_ZTtR1mQr6E-nH0eAU_8GJZvw7fJ7znstVu-M588T5zWcFV9MMCovAuUaDG4GcuBC_1pCRdGWMz-gx-6nYLqj22LFqLWco7wl4ZWK3NE7WMAPpINerYhH_n7VOIzoiytYfTP5FmMQlqJiWJwq9c4ZS4hyui7OP/w480-h640/IMG_1550.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p>Poor Kobe got really sick at the end of last term and we did three RAT tests which were all negative for Covid. We also did a PCR just in case, which was also negative so it must've 'just' been the flu. He was home sick for a week and I ended up staying home with him one day, but probably should've stayed home a lot longer with him. I can never find the balance of not feeling guilty as a mum or a teacher (especially when there's so many teachers away from school at the moment). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've still avoided Covid somehow and are hoping that next term isn't going to be as crazy as the last one, but with Covid peaking in the next month plus the flu around I don't think it's going to be better for a while yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAk7hvlti5Htqf71PONG83lI3W_NA7Cs8sL3dGq6tnJGtSwIC-2Ixry6TcgpYk-Hz4LPDM6lxiODlqL3aZ4A6_dF9tjojDccWKiWrPBOQoTB9C9AGb5WtN7u-aOtqqwelGVxTFRE84FYOgQKbZ0yHDJ2sl2usXVVcBG6LFt-PFENnKlN_r4jNwMEd/s4032/IMG_1546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAk7hvlti5Htqf71PONG83lI3W_NA7Cs8sL3dGq6tnJGtSwIC-2Ixry6TcgpYk-Hz4LPDM6lxiODlqL3aZ4A6_dF9tjojDccWKiWrPBOQoTB9C9AGb5WtN7u-aOtqqwelGVxTFRE84FYOgQKbZ0yHDJ2sl2usXVVcBG6LFt-PFENnKlN_r4jNwMEd/w480-h640/IMG_1546.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-66534877319369721692022-04-30T23:40:00.005+10:002022-05-01T10:56:22.665+10:00Term 1<p>Term 1 has been interesting with the Tasmanian borders opening and Covid arriving in full force. We weren't really sure what the term would look like on the first day of school as we have had to learn to live with Covid. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xslObHpVSdJAdpzgvkC1m_bOW7Z0mUdXqbFxpKeetkRTyj1VbHDhRtZCWQIpMjnRe2xq5p8gOG6BtlgeRK9D3f7wUDLhRx-unP6hwZKbNA3exgL80vgUVjy1yKNKL5SRzSLgQXesGypmHwtG-aOhC8jnKE5DPCEbaTeohCxK-l57u76ESaM45VFX/s4032/IMG_8399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xslObHpVSdJAdpzgvkC1m_bOW7Z0mUdXqbFxpKeetkRTyj1VbHDhRtZCWQIpMjnRe2xq5p8gOG6BtlgeRK9D3f7wUDLhRx-unP6hwZKbNA3exgL80vgUVjy1yKNKL5SRzSLgQXesGypmHwtG-aOhC8jnKE5DPCEbaTeohCxK-l57u76ESaM45VFX/w480-h640/IMG_8399.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>This year Harri is in Year 12, Kobe is in Grade 8 and Jalen started doing his Masters. I forced the boys to do the usual first day of school photo :) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VGJ9x0JymCl_LEI0QtwQDCk0u8_vfWYenawX2cCoLVXVDpbiyy_m8PaWLoPmQUJo6kqNPKHFxiSFFe0b-DrnsY890lEQITNBc2x6xvGzcKHax7dCyo2Zar5m4dkdtcebIC1mZHSJ-WVnoeRyu28sIR9UraGAwCuZmqO5NHHuLDtgkhVqvnmoVE-S/s4032/IMG_8429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VGJ9x0JymCl_LEI0QtwQDCk0u8_vfWYenawX2cCoLVXVDpbiyy_m8PaWLoPmQUJo6kqNPKHFxiSFFe0b-DrnsY890lEQITNBc2x6xvGzcKHax7dCyo2Zar5m4dkdtcebIC1mZHSJ-WVnoeRyu28sIR9UraGAwCuZmqO5NHHuLDtgkhVqvnmoVE-S/w480-h640/IMG_8429.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>Kobe was excited to be appointed as vice Junior House Captain for Allen house early in the term. He is following in Harri's footsteps as he was also Junior and Senior House Captain at high school. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uQWQZrre89ZP_QiAv8cZZYbtLC9pXKyphCOPSh0g1LP21GLibuVENKkosZUK8vSuyhxQNyxPJrw87h5Hrs4MJTiTN-SeLf4vC2vgDgyVBquu5qrgvMK1cR8ycVfqkF1xNPyshaWZyzJ2vtiRMQ7Dhf9OYsy9HpL6vjIAq86LGcY9Di5umk8Ye2wv/s2797/A78B581B-06CA-4BF6-8436-D2A89D8FC816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="2696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uQWQZrre89ZP_QiAv8cZZYbtLC9pXKyphCOPSh0g1LP21GLibuVENKkosZUK8vSuyhxQNyxPJrw87h5Hrs4MJTiTN-SeLf4vC2vgDgyVBquu5qrgvMK1cR8ycVfqkF1xNPyshaWZyzJ2vtiRMQ7Dhf9OYsy9HpL6vjIAq86LGcY9Di5umk8Ye2wv/s320/A78B581B-06CA-4BF6-8436-D2A89D8FC816.JPG" width="308" /></a></p><p>The first weekend after school went back for us, Jalen moved back down to Hobart. It was stressful over summer as he and his housemates were desperately trying to find a rental. It's so hard to get rentals anywhere, but they finally were approved for one, right in the suburb they were hoping for. It's a very cute 200 year old cottage which has a lot of character. Kobe and I took a car load of his stuff down for him, and helped him move in. He was happy to be reunited with his girlfriend Jessie, who had gone home to the mainland for summer. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU01B65KmHZZ20tFs1yD05HjPnwkCpvtbyfFRhEfTLs4dA1QMUYpThcFw-imLhtO0NDw4paV3ODFkrOh0nXNqyDH-yjzip73zANXCVqSUNfs2XDJS-uCVEi0YLV96a_KxwUGMVaSRTJ_N5jwBr2N7bYxel9jlzovZ6vEp6y5YWkHwNj9GxKJofzag/s4032/IMG_8102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU01B65KmHZZ20tFs1yD05HjPnwkCpvtbyfFRhEfTLs4dA1QMUYpThcFw-imLhtO0NDw4paV3ODFkrOh0nXNqyDH-yjzip73zANXCVqSUNfs2XDJS-uCVEi0YLV96a_KxwUGMVaSRTJ_N5jwBr2N7bYxel9jlzovZ6vEp6y5YWkHwNj9GxKJofzag/w640-h480/IMG_8102.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>He's sharing the house with three friends he met at Christ College (his Uni accommodation that he stayed in the last three years). I had met Alice and Pearl before and was so happy that he was going to be living with them.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEj2pZuZQTC-g0dsrzX0t-PkoNofWhVpuCmEpMjzjuFGkg3_lolXpxPriC9DzE6ft6xIf7x_-S5zpcFCo-TYEI45h0xRhRXo_O5HbsJqTyhd8ez_C7PMuOMI-LRQqMG49yMBwB3pqtNENnaw_0B3GBhf_PSdqsCOCZq6w2fkYFEsAL62CWa1s3dwNj/s1440/C78556A0-93B2-47C9-AEDF-FC7B77A7D6EC.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEj2pZuZQTC-g0dsrzX0t-PkoNofWhVpuCmEpMjzjuFGkg3_lolXpxPriC9DzE6ft6xIf7x_-S5zpcFCo-TYEI45h0xRhRXo_O5HbsJqTyhd8ez_C7PMuOMI-LRQqMG49yMBwB3pqtNENnaw_0B3GBhf_PSdqsCOCZq6w2fkYFEsAL62CWa1s3dwNj/w640-h480/C78556A0-93B2-47C9-AEDF-FC7B77A7D6EC.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p>I hadn't met Callum before, but was so happy to see this photo of the four of them, just after they moved in. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies8otgpnUwu3uGfMa2MVanTVxzhAiHyb0nK5zCqxoCAjfUd5DZq--03uiTCPNfNfZg1Pl-Yihot0yj-0jFa8S2vQewtNhblZ6nsDPVtx2iHsh7wo84LWnO_qVmp0xDY25X0OE3VrQpf0C7tmFtdwhDfEvoBfXRnA_6uQm94J_Vg49mRy-YLMtqe-x/s1793/9786E419-2798-4A10-81B9-58EF19B37E77.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies8otgpnUwu3uGfMa2MVanTVxzhAiHyb0nK5zCqxoCAjfUd5DZq--03uiTCPNfNfZg1Pl-Yihot0yj-0jFa8S2vQewtNhblZ6nsDPVtx2iHsh7wo84LWnO_qVmp0xDY25X0OE3VrQpf0C7tmFtdwhDfEvoBfXRnA_6uQm94J_Vg49mRy-YLMtqe-x/w514-h640/9786E419-2798-4A10-81B9-58EF19B37E77.JPG" width="514" /></a></p><p>Just before school started Harri bought a car and got his Ps. I was so happy for him but also very nervous to know that he would now be driving on his own! It's made my (and his!) life so much easier though as he now drives himself to school (instead of catching the bus) and drives himself to work, the gym and sport. He's so happy because he's independent and doesn't have to rely on me to take him everywhere. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEJc58Wnzyj0qw7_-NDysmsjPjb0vV1yq30Y4113uVOmsohl1LF3t7Hk6ROMRma585aLcAXEFfqXymZqd53Ljz3-vEk6C3XMDJX9TJISlCtL-ZA9b1XLZ1QiVtoa8s5XGpEexovgjm10M1P2v9ota8TxeaNRIi2h-KpexU3y7WY0SvztPJrYutRlr/s2963/FAD6441F-47D9-4C7A-8D01-51726C220D12.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="2963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEJc58Wnzyj0qw7_-NDysmsjPjb0vV1yq30Y4113uVOmsohl1LF3t7Hk6ROMRma585aLcAXEFfqXymZqd53Ljz3-vEk6C3XMDJX9TJISlCtL-ZA9b1XLZ1QiVtoa8s5XGpEexovgjm10M1P2v9ota8TxeaNRIi2h-KpexU3y7WY0SvztPJrYutRlr/w640-h640/FAD6441F-47D9-4C7A-8D01-51726C220D12.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was such a stressful and busy term at school. Tasmania went from having no Covid for over 18 months to it being everywhere. The isolation and quarantine rules meant that we had many students and staff away from school at different times. Everyone has been feeling very run down and for me it felt like it was the end of the year, rather than just the end of term. Jalen unfortunately tested positive about half way through the term, but so far Harri, Kobe and I have been lucky and haven't caught it yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The term has been so different as we have to wear masks and can't have school events like assemblies. Because we can't have big events we were not able to celebrate Harmony Day how we normally would, but it's still one of my favourite days of the school year, as I love seeing the students dress in their beautiful traditional clothing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxjsV9n7O0-ZvFGdfx-fF5kI3ckQ1ZVvEiV-bmgIDEK4a3RJTfj_axso2CHnDqVkg2i8lGOE8fogGuSXvh5cOof93vsjvDaqH-ILYfGxQGWUvQq0ZvwBEc24lEwG1GSIaJjGuhCt50lqO6iKv0T94cztosCITrf34UNRU-z6FZ-PYICl3AR4u6VF6/s4032/IMG_9169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxjsV9n7O0-ZvFGdfx-fF5kI3ckQ1ZVvEiV-bmgIDEK4a3RJTfj_axso2CHnDqVkg2i8lGOE8fogGuSXvh5cOof93vsjvDaqH-ILYfGxQGWUvQq0ZvwBEc24lEwG1GSIaJjGuhCt50lqO6iKv0T94cztosCITrf34UNRU-z6FZ-PYICl3AR4u6VF6/w480-h640/IMG_9169.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo9LJdCsl7MFKwzZCwgZvIMowdYeERBAGziuD48xgeAdaJgms_I2X2YBSx-LJTB8tsDXVb-z5eAXqys6mMflxvxKzAdCaEPNqZfkVtQC5S7Dlnnf1C1KHs63BjkfWgieVkCp8x_iiPoIC4YIbsacsnCDnmf_rycFu1mMqt5L87P5SVjXwg1X-lgs5/s4032/IMG_9149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo9LJdCsl7MFKwzZCwgZvIMowdYeERBAGziuD48xgeAdaJgms_I2X2YBSx-LJTB8tsDXVb-z5eAXqys6mMflxvxKzAdCaEPNqZfkVtQC5S7Dlnnf1C1KHs63BjkfWgieVkCp8x_iiPoIC4YIbsacsnCDnmf_rycFu1mMqt5L87P5SVjXwg1X-lgs5/w480-h640/IMG_9149.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the beginning of term we went to a pre-season AFL match between Hawthorn and Richmond with my friend Bec and her son Thomas and Mum. It was to support Hillcrest Primary School after the tragic accident on the last day of term last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67Cr9imBkqCk_SEjz6oSaHAtqbENCB5jW3K1hFCKTycpNRB36AF3Y0mEYvCe-pyAedmMYgFBEJ6jp27t_iWbNJ7AK28JAhLrHYqeZ2LNr0H2TtCgUM3bscUuw1yZEE9UjESgz2rsPRvG2cwSPMvapDPS_wAAxkl7hHkY331ChTc6uXMlXChY7Ku_x/s4032/IMG_8912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67Cr9imBkqCk_SEjz6oSaHAtqbENCB5jW3K1hFCKTycpNRB36AF3Y0mEYvCe-pyAedmMYgFBEJ6jp27t_iWbNJ7AK28JAhLrHYqeZ2LNr0H2TtCgUM3bscUuw1yZEE9UjESgz2rsPRvG2cwSPMvapDPS_wAAxkl7hHkY331ChTc6uXMlXChY7Ku_x/w640-h480/IMG_8912.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtdugR0KCBNkit_tTWtnau1aKn7PZeeN6Z-hxcu4H15azUIxO-0k0F8o3AhGaO4GiME6YOonz2v88WguKvbCihUDgQ4AqRR7xVI5G-Bhf8BXFnHK0AQU95L2lcPHK8k9S6mTFN8Y5WhckZ33IvKpeK_y51jjiKEXMclW57kVZAFoOQseJzR3i8wZ8/s4032/IMG_8914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtdugR0KCBNkit_tTWtnau1aKn7PZeeN6Z-hxcu4H15azUIxO-0k0F8o3AhGaO4GiME6YOonz2v88WguKvbCihUDgQ4AqRR7xVI5G-Bhf8BXFnHK0AQU95L2lcPHK8k9S6mTFN8Y5WhckZ33IvKpeK_y51jjiKEXMclW57kVZAFoOQseJzR3i8wZ8/w480-h640/IMG_8914.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've gone to lots of things with Mum this term including the movies, a musical and the AFL. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq84aMm97dseVymUD-haxfTNySwilcPKTTS3YlHROfF90N0S2Ws56hYrqG_kGLMHfJ73ZdEH7MEhRa4BZnPrpoL4YjkzIW1YdtFP9oXiIxjNUk9mndVWW3a4f_kJ8fMo-o9n2Dc54RlI-tQElwPm6qnek1DyqWMwABfolr5QrRkDeqPXBk44fiNfG/s4032/IMG_8879.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq84aMm97dseVymUD-haxfTNySwilcPKTTS3YlHROfF90N0S2Ws56hYrqG_kGLMHfJ73ZdEH7MEhRa4BZnPrpoL4YjkzIW1YdtFP9oXiIxjNUk9mndVWW3a4f_kJ8fMo-o9n2Dc54RlI-tQElwPm6qnek1DyqWMwABfolr5QrRkDeqPXBk44fiNfG/w480-h640/IMG_8879.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri was not enjoying working at Maccas like he used to and found it more stressful than fun, so he decided to quit and was able to get a great job working in fresh produce at Coles. His friend works there and told him to drop in his resume as they were struggling to find workers, especially with Covid restrictions. He's been working there for a couple of months now and loves it. He says its very busy but it's not stressful like Maccas, as you aren't having to get things out quickly to customers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9PiswLx2ccyK0rzL-qcfYyQywQuQbVU5lHtK5s-h2U5U2WmJfoGh30DcXX1n8A1ccfwkRV5UCIqVAMX0rEV7KpO5EFrNeYUzxEDFnN5l9QWqSZi299WCY6NgQb-JXmwCWyC9t51PbC9dYu7agiun0UtQ_9oRDg1r6L3mO5FgOr-5k_xCFKsmTnae/s4032/IMG_8761.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9PiswLx2ccyK0rzL-qcfYyQywQuQbVU5lHtK5s-h2U5U2WmJfoGh30DcXX1n8A1ccfwkRV5UCIqVAMX0rEV7KpO5EFrNeYUzxEDFnN5l9QWqSZi299WCY6NgQb-JXmwCWyC9t51PbC9dYu7agiun0UtQ_9oRDg1r6L3mO5FgOr-5k_xCFKsmTnae/w480-h640/IMG_8761.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">He's been getting a lot of hours at and has saved up a lot of money to go on a trip to Melbourne to watch </span><span style="text-align: left;">the Formula 1, which he's dreamt about for a couple of years. He went with his girlfriend Josie and was able to stay at her sister's house which is right in the middle of the city. They had such a fun weekend and he was on a high when he got back. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8od9a_EtWPKe6IsTKvpMjKdsHnp8SEU1hgbis0rWAwOAJmbj-R1Nm2CdqC3PqqqhRUbeHIvW4SCOYscUDipEf7rWe57pMXf_YXmK7pmNThhLufXWbXwI2lYckcOkmMgu-zN_yGjSr3VAdqD3f5Bn3Jpul7QI78fHKpw2uGcRDQwTLu9OqIsl2QXjE/s1440/C3237DE4-B864-42B3-A679-722C702E3EA4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8od9a_EtWPKe6IsTKvpMjKdsHnp8SEU1hgbis0rWAwOAJmbj-R1Nm2CdqC3PqqqhRUbeHIvW4SCOYscUDipEf7rWe57pMXf_YXmK7pmNThhLufXWbXwI2lYckcOkmMgu-zN_yGjSr3VAdqD3f5Bn3Jpul7QI78fHKpw2uGcRDQwTLu9OqIsl2QXjE/w640-h640/C3237DE4-B864-42B3-A679-722C702E3EA4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuuX3wk_1rzD3Y7lw9yAmT8dxs3aeMM0VVlTKqTp-WPEx3kSg7j1tE7-j67VbjQ77ePgjavNcwYKWN7-avXpQtWRYMzhTLsej2d93mEa4wGxF267pssNyoTNgCV4lQl2r4HUK0uxrJa33U-w0_1Wv6YRd883Hnmyv0hO_TIqzApGkZhQG5H0DO-mW/s896/E2D362C8-2AA9-4FFA-A812-52607597076D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="896" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuuX3wk_1rzD3Y7lw9yAmT8dxs3aeMM0VVlTKqTp-WPEx3kSg7j1tE7-j67VbjQ77ePgjavNcwYKWN7-avXpQtWRYMzhTLsej2d93mEa4wGxF267pssNyoTNgCV4lQl2r4HUK0uxrJa33U-w0_1Wv6YRd883Hnmyv0hO_TIqzApGkZhQG5H0DO-mW/w640-h640/E2D362C8-2AA9-4FFA-A812-52607597076D.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kobe and I tried to hold onto summer as long as we could, even though school had started. Every weekend we headed to the beach (if the weather was decent) and found a beautiful beach that we hadn't been on before. It's now our favourite beach to go to as it's so quiet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigur5xdnCH-bgEH-9bfkwgqg8WXIYQCcNEK80mv8O6qeXw6l1wk4qDt0IqezUrknWyUMMg2WFwAcq-1Tu_KYCYzofitblNRsZng-UKALrNFKqy_zbYQT7PlaWmPb9ZHG2IC659sDN0rl6Hz-s_IiVqq-KnTGJi1koika8dPmwkQzrmiiHZ3MarRZWB/s4032/IMG_9273.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigur5xdnCH-bgEH-9bfkwgqg8WXIYQCcNEK80mv8O6qeXw6l1wk4qDt0IqezUrknWyUMMg2WFwAcq-1Tu_KYCYzofitblNRsZng-UKALrNFKqy_zbYQT7PlaWmPb9ZHG2IC659sDN0rl6Hz-s_IiVqq-KnTGJi1koika8dPmwkQzrmiiHZ3MarRZWB/w480-h640/IMG_9273.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b4h9ux0QonVWS8fTqWhtY-7bXY74PXFvZbidYHA7h6fIXa8y7kdRo0uiFrUZy2sVV4juv7sPTQnfTR8ptXJ7AyAnMvUdkVfoCqf0_5OzGAaSdB5KWpDg5Pbw5wvaArz5Clkf93SOYrDK4BKw9DwoxnCHKnMxu5Vk3bAwGwcenmg0w1UiX6aRNdng/s1800/5FA1CB80-8022-4C82-8B97-9FCD303B6E77.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b4h9ux0QonVWS8fTqWhtY-7bXY74PXFvZbidYHA7h6fIXa8y7kdRo0uiFrUZy2sVV4juv7sPTQnfTR8ptXJ7AyAnMvUdkVfoCqf0_5OzGAaSdB5KWpDg5Pbw5wvaArz5Clkf93SOYrDK4BKw9DwoxnCHKnMxu5Vk3bAwGwcenmg0w1UiX6aRNdng/w512-h640/5FA1CB80-8022-4C82-8B97-9FCD303B6E77.JPG" width="512" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2eCXlJp2y4UGKQj2R7eBJGjIuCFkVbzwXPlXNevJGZpHCZ-9b3btEjUZB18pi9lCp3g_AgulVI70XJcgwU45F4TlXEXvWrSrGpGQRve1J9ognZEtKFp17ZxwQsjW6xXGBlA9zwQTH5y7ZOKvpzGComHc5AENFuX112JC6MGOPF38A-TosjNC6XrK/s4032/IMG_9015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2eCXlJp2y4UGKQj2R7eBJGjIuCFkVbzwXPlXNevJGZpHCZ-9b3btEjUZB18pi9lCp3g_AgulVI70XJcgwU45F4TlXEXvWrSrGpGQRve1J9ognZEtKFp17ZxwQsjW6xXGBlA9zwQTH5y7ZOKvpzGComHc5AENFuX112JC6MGOPF38A-TosjNC6XrK/w640-h480/IMG_9015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We both love swimming in the cold ocean...or I should say that I've finally convinced Kobe that it's awesome. He used to not enjoy it, but now he's the one asking me if we can go swimming at the beach. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtNG1ctUnWYfvMVwnZM4oCf3BLtayy7hiBelITDdF_F8CouffPeSaoc-S74KhyDMxCoFYs_OblFx28OmcyRzk6iAdTIRFLZzK4IzV4FHCimsojLrZcJDuVHqr6rtBfh-L9bKs3D6Chpozj6oc3VfkEDAyiWHH6krXbBK0jCxfYUGNm2cUhf2WBnnA/s3088/IMG_9323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtNG1ctUnWYfvMVwnZM4oCf3BLtayy7hiBelITDdF_F8CouffPeSaoc-S74KhyDMxCoFYs_OblFx28OmcyRzk6iAdTIRFLZzK4IzV4FHCimsojLrZcJDuVHqr6rtBfh-L9bKs3D6Chpozj6oc3VfkEDAyiWHH6krXbBK0jCxfYUGNm2cUhf2WBnnA/w480-h640/IMG_9323.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkIFe7Fii9zRWIL1duQx7ELDMlbfuL6jDBi994swDKlFujqcPOEKEEi2aux2pCvkc4btBoHL5ItYUbtUwk4VTqg9oi2xBGWgEsQwJjlUGNBVI1WD77IU6obpTHl84saPTKobKUUJxM_Ptkn9xVtcuguZUgDOyy2bteXp3qR8ClOrfCl9Pzv1pbMfx/s4032/IMG_8743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkIFe7Fii9zRWIL1duQx7ELDMlbfuL6jDBi994swDKlFujqcPOEKEEi2aux2pCvkc4btBoHL5ItYUbtUwk4VTqg9oi2xBGWgEsQwJjlUGNBVI1WD77IU6obpTHl84saPTKobKUUJxM_Ptkn9xVtcuguZUgDOyy2bteXp3qR8ClOrfCl9Pzv1pbMfx/w480-h640/IMG_8743.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love my job as an EAL teacher, but I hate that it's so hard to find a work/life balance during the term. I always feel so run down and work is all I can think about, so it's always nice when I take some time to catch up with friends. Simone graduated with her Masters of Teaching last year and has her dream job teaching Legal Studies at college this year. I'm so proud of her and don't know how she did it, as she has six kids plus was working part time, while studying. It's been fun to talk teaching with her and she now understands how demanding teaching is, but also how rewarding it can be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczTUXSLHv1BxN9ETuad60BbiVEveBVrGVwy0Iffd-_lWObOc5kNZwK_Cl9-FbQWMOCkNXCVoo7H1LZKs9RN50TtYpt53DU5FYNZ8V5kwqnYEBMMMDK-GbQmbo4rAVY1P7_kYVVUOZotzo4BQ3CoPiuzFFJ3H67fH2vUmFWoo8_Lb3z9ParNCAPDjw/s4032/IMG_8599.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczTUXSLHv1BxN9ETuad60BbiVEveBVrGVwy0Iffd-_lWObOc5kNZwK_Cl9-FbQWMOCkNXCVoo7H1LZKs9RN50TtYpt53DU5FYNZ8V5kwqnYEBMMMDK-GbQmbo4rAVY1P7_kYVVUOZotzo4BQ3CoPiuzFFJ3H67fH2vUmFWoo8_Lb3z9ParNCAPDjw/w480-h640/IMG_8599.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">About a month ago my cousin Emily had a beautiful baby boy Jasper. Covid restrictions meant she couldn't have visitors, but was able to have her sister in law Louise with her. I knew they must've been over the food and asked them if they were keen for takeaway one night. I bought them some yummy food and treats and had to drop it off and leave it at with a security guard, but was lucky enough to be able to talk to them through the window. They made me laugh with their cute sign that said 'thank you Lisa'. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixILQPI2kiEYQhf3VnQMiy8Jb3Ulr4FUpcevroHslvvnkaqDbwEg3DAhQEcwHJK5ss_BImiVdCLUg6FucwAhkpSOnJB_atPynhlPqStAliEHrx2Li0Fkn548wllBjEcs1ug-1pMU7PPdIiYUPjU5YiMCGh2W78s840bq0DBB05DS95cXVsA8aqiKtT/s4032/IMG_9246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixILQPI2kiEYQhf3VnQMiy8Jb3Ulr4FUpcevroHslvvnkaqDbwEg3DAhQEcwHJK5ss_BImiVdCLUg6FucwAhkpSOnJB_atPynhlPqStAliEHrx2Li0Fkn548wllBjEcs1ug-1pMU7PPdIiYUPjU5YiMCGh2W78s840bq0DBB05DS95cXVsA8aqiKtT/w480-h640/IMG_9246.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was lovely to be able to catch up with my cousin Penny who was finally able to visit from the USA, as the borders opened up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtitiq2fjRSM-TVSX9LZwOhi3fgOi9O3sjK4FHpScOag-K6Q9iFk0td2xCKs2Z18iYdMd1Xo5nwi13TX9MnNwWy8FjOWhbJ1JK8kG-NrPVzBIE102APpx_NUMKL1i46jYelp-w6XsYx0L7k1FFPB9v97Fi5tM2euvuAIj_yh-5H1E6bCy-6M29D3X/s4032/IMG_9207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtitiq2fjRSM-TVSX9LZwOhi3fgOi9O3sjK4FHpScOag-K6Q9iFk0td2xCKs2Z18iYdMd1Xo5nwi13TX9MnNwWy8FjOWhbJ1JK8kG-NrPVzBIE102APpx_NUMKL1i46jYelp-w6XsYx0L7k1FFPB9v97Fi5tM2euvuAIj_yh-5H1E6bCy-6M29D3X/w480-h640/IMG_9207.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri decided he wanted to play footy this year and I agreed that Kobe could finally play, as I couldn't get both of them to trainings and games before (the joys of being a single mum). Now that Harri has his license it's so much easier. Grandma and Chrish came to watch their first games (Chrish came down from Sydney to visit for two weeks). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejvYErSlynMG6rqmnjRXdVBpFJCdGz9UbP5h5rvPXCocgA2HfBoAK_Vr8ZGCIkQsQO3fZL-w9F8Zfu6baiZnNn4RdzYj1fQOIJHcrd7Nb0WXrJqLdv0Z3dT6yHSTXwr8TLHFagyvEHxC09avQmeTq0tDk4v8ZXoEdgOL3AA72F2XaQ6EYY8YETF7N/s4032/IMG_9398.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejvYErSlynMG6rqmnjRXdVBpFJCdGz9UbP5h5rvPXCocgA2HfBoAK_Vr8ZGCIkQsQO3fZL-w9F8Zfu6baiZnNn4RdzYj1fQOIJHcrd7Nb0WXrJqLdv0Z3dT6yHSTXwr8TLHFagyvEHxC09avQmeTq0tDk4v8ZXoEdgOL3AA72F2XaQ6EYY8YETF7N/w640-h480/IMG_9398.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They're both absolutely loving it and I keep thinking how much Aaron would love that they're playing and would be so involved with it all if he were still here. Thanks for the great photos Chrish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zsuq_EzeCRjWlzpf7AKM0ZaR5kY2WfwpnXi4bBx8eqMqtQqxiPMJA10RMKqJB06_U6Z_yDvEl0_6ZCbnkpRoqK5DwFnhr4_Un4oTDBMWe6ezqoYTRqXox9SPx22m19E7QJTSEBljpgb3ryQsTlyQKaEf5rKai_xRRjgPz8XYC-eG9JHGv_cGDzla/s1440/96776C92-209B-421F-835C-1853807643BF.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zsuq_EzeCRjWlzpf7AKM0ZaR5kY2WfwpnXi4bBx8eqMqtQqxiPMJA10RMKqJB06_U6Z_yDvEl0_6ZCbnkpRoqK5DwFnhr4_Un4oTDBMWe6ezqoYTRqXox9SPx22m19E7QJTSEBljpgb3ryQsTlyQKaEf5rKai_xRRjgPz8XYC-eG9JHGv_cGDzla/w640-h482/96776C92-209B-421F-835C-1853807643BF.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSOD43TAWowFH1wu-7d15IRW4LOfoAK2Euo6DIZRPN1eycTQJBJMtI6x7w6NsAcEBr6K6vERG4x8phVrR47PCtsd627R6san4scz99G69J09rasRdxnRf7rDzPpWktDjlxOOQaUfm3AnWRDE8FO4c9EVSPgcLjn1P4fosiw4oA1m1KQtVpeQzBax/s1110/IMG_9495.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1110" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSOD43TAWowFH1wu-7d15IRW4LOfoAK2Euo6DIZRPN1eycTQJBJMtI6x7w6NsAcEBr6K6vERG4x8phVrR47PCtsd627R6san4scz99G69J09rasRdxnRf7rDzPpWktDjlxOOQaUfm3AnWRDE8FO4c9EVSPgcLjn1P4fosiw4oA1m1KQtVpeQzBax/w640-h426/IMG_9495.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqzo2oOzSFaUyk82LMYP16t96FX4qPJM0eEwUR00CwmLGalJxBi-2mGTvwQcBLKW2PDuwM3qC81adX-Ej7STRYx4MHzy7vxjpGzQa6zhNYvi13n_Ky08RCYc-2LZuxBAZ1HobIyDUzzvQ4wMmait8T5mRKFZvp2zPiqO3xyY84QBsan0AeH51pXQ0/s1800/AF555F03-A18E-4B09-B0F7-AE8CA6D59D7A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqzo2oOzSFaUyk82LMYP16t96FX4qPJM0eEwUR00CwmLGalJxBi-2mGTvwQcBLKW2PDuwM3qC81adX-Ej7STRYx4MHzy7vxjpGzQa6zhNYvi13n_Ky08RCYc-2LZuxBAZ1HobIyDUzzvQ4wMmait8T5mRKFZvp2zPiqO3xyY84QBsan0AeH51pXQ0/w512-h640/AF555F03-A18E-4B09-B0F7-AE8CA6D59D7A.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9DtrfhuaaMRmn5fYBXVVQ_dk-bCcQkpjbq7asZq0MT00z1kFeon7eXL3n6DPP8AceRPJBYRH02DoLrZ8KRac5d1FLW_HPDNEVMmoRfggknY-iCSM-ddimgOTGkpWbBw8SS-7Nde3VRQjX1MOHkzGKxYAUog66Jh9ZWJiqyWP8YvepK2yYNNgDnFx/s1800/ED566B3F-1521-4AB4-BBF7-10F92040B43B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9DtrfhuaaMRmn5fYBXVVQ_dk-bCcQkpjbq7asZq0MT00z1kFeon7eXL3n6DPP8AceRPJBYRH02DoLrZ8KRac5d1FLW_HPDNEVMmoRfggknY-iCSM-ddimgOTGkpWbBw8SS-7Nde3VRQjX1MOHkzGKxYAUog66Jh9ZWJiqyWP8YvepK2yYNNgDnFx/w512-h640/ED566B3F-1521-4AB4-BBF7-10F92040B43B.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe and I always have a little joke about how this is probably the last year he'll want to hang out with me, because next year he'll turn into a horrible teenager who won't want to hang out with his daggy mum ;) For now I'm enjoying that he still likes to hang out with me, and taking him out for yummy food probably helps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvweA94_oLXFQfY-LHilG4yA1Nx3tV557F5CpthTcOLwYtEuQz14SZhReLhboB7gS5Fxp1GVZkKzKwlvvE9GnUwFjbgIMYRoRifYMJeTXolUnm_6BbEu5e3pOAL8ovPhHE2c1sfXFh8_g3rvM4HM8q9AvimlJUAhjGx1K8-9FzRgiA2STgIR-uHvI/s4032/IMG_8417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvweA94_oLXFQfY-LHilG4yA1Nx3tV557F5CpthTcOLwYtEuQz14SZhReLhboB7gS5Fxp1GVZkKzKwlvvE9GnUwFjbgIMYRoRifYMJeTXolUnm_6BbEu5e3pOAL8ovPhHE2c1sfXFh8_g3rvM4HM8q9AvimlJUAhjGx1K8-9FzRgiA2STgIR-uHvI/w480-h640/IMG_8417.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were so ready for school holidays after the most stressful and busy term ever. Chrish came down the week before school holidays started, so we enjoyed taking him to the places that Kobe and I love going to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkhN9tErj8FToSIXKlK15j8G6NtH5IymFC_rkjMbKObhPG6JvJYhri1wOyZ_PKR8duqEyqr9wGOPGYRxhp76tOQ9xVvwpGuq65P29NIIg2FarxuBbHMr93br6WUTJHt7lE-Mk62wqsKEkD1mSmIG2ZZ-cJ83CWDBiOrK5ltKBu5WFmdO5Ew6Enei2/s4032/IMG_9404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkhN9tErj8FToSIXKlK15j8G6NtH5IymFC_rkjMbKObhPG6JvJYhri1wOyZ_PKR8duqEyqr9wGOPGYRxhp76tOQ9xVvwpGuq65P29NIIg2FarxuBbHMr93br6WUTJHt7lE-Mk62wqsKEkD1mSmIG2ZZ-cJ83CWDBiOrK5ltKBu5WFmdO5Ew6Enei2/w480-h640/IMG_9404.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WOhezIoCirZRk6UmIG9XgQRJEOfQOJzOn4PzuS-XAklUcInI7QKdiC9RMi7OQfwGi680fk1PT0iWF6SA7tdl6YYyUbmxUIY6PEjrNDMghiudNtI_eIveMQABl2UqJhjXKvdIqvJDnygjSxgQtL2V9p1wmkjidldJEnFHciksAlFTMJlC-JXGYekR/s4032/IMG_9409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WOhezIoCirZRk6UmIG9XgQRJEOfQOJzOn4PzuS-XAklUcInI7QKdiC9RMi7OQfwGi680fk1PT0iWF6SA7tdl6YYyUbmxUIY6PEjrNDMghiudNtI_eIveMQABl2UqJhjXKvdIqvJDnygjSxgQtL2V9p1wmkjidldJEnFHciksAlFTMJlC-JXGYekR/w480-h640/IMG_9409.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBtYh01xI26FNM56JFqZVRN248IiStV_2aUnsqMsXtL9WM3ZonMn7nvSNpYnzX-iLI7f0Lrg88lIQjFp2Iz7EsGk1U4M03wCTKP-IDqfVOYTPS8EgC3x0ueBBnvtuFCu9fKoRwx0rg-7sDXAcwsGFqPnGfEPgWg3WWQUzMGvAmMNmGERNYER45WD1/s4032/IMG_9424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBtYh01xI26FNM56JFqZVRN248IiStV_2aUnsqMsXtL9WM3ZonMn7nvSNpYnzX-iLI7f0Lrg88lIQjFp2Iz7EsGk1U4M03wCTKP-IDqfVOYTPS8EgC3x0ueBBnvtuFCu9fKoRwx0rg-7sDXAcwsGFqPnGfEPgWg3WWQUzMGvAmMNmGERNYER45WD1/w640-h480/IMG_9424.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwOF0IgIxNxMuP5Ni50-Pa2BtLEIBUO-HtQHRFzTqhMyN9fBhaD0CBQhNtjSp9WfJiSG9nrnmoObTFSRq5xDu0BM02KWNhCmP651FiUc9wG4EJDBojosOW6df6Ae5MEhnk3Gp2Q2cRB6o8FW40tIbK64K04vy797qsznmWoYBmZmxFu5BS4L8bLdI/s4032/IMG_9446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwOF0IgIxNxMuP5Ni50-Pa2BtLEIBUO-HtQHRFzTqhMyN9fBhaD0CBQhNtjSp9WfJiSG9nrnmoObTFSRq5xDu0BM02KWNhCmP651FiUc9wG4EJDBojosOW6df6Ae5MEhnk3Gp2Q2cRB6o8FW40tIbK64K04vy797qsznmWoYBmZmxFu5BS4L8bLdI/w640-h480/IMG_9446.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a lovely Easter as Jay and his girlfriend Jessie came home for the weekend. 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I caved in :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEy2mRwAY3FVE-MW67_YdT0wKgI1G7yRhiGAQhXvD0fou8Rl9FAaOerkVCDDsJficSj21uO-lzxkh6mx51GSmYvvKP3otJUfnmVcvgkkEe4pQiPg4KRdB13hiQMid60316rGur7Ld4Ggp7e3nwQRVrRO4OD0aTSNcwPcUTi4bGTlsJTrAAagFtgkxi/s1440/C69F2E1A-192D-4CA5-8EDA-3BCC8B63DD5A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEy2mRwAY3FVE-MW67_YdT0wKgI1G7yRhiGAQhXvD0fou8Rl9FAaOerkVCDDsJficSj21uO-lzxkh6mx51GSmYvvKP3otJUfnmVcvgkkEe4pQiPg4KRdB13hiQMid60316rGur7Ld4Ggp7e3nwQRVrRO4OD0aTSNcwPcUTi4bGTlsJTrAAagFtgkxi/w640-h640/C69F2E1A-192D-4CA5-8EDA-3BCC8B63DD5A.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7FPR6Q0jsHSKgj8Rel2WlWu3L1WtRNSn_fKDpxt2TY6rgyOaR66UB_hyLrNMNFls9vE6t0mkUmJj3uvu3siXdcyrYjnjAULIqpUunbbzWd65sAk6U4odbCWqgmR2x-HNsFo41Y1l_Uy9EB863n-do62l2Qw3pUcQojYXMREKVqAT4t9w2ACYTgpS/s1440/557C0B73-A9EF-4E6F-8AAE-8E11D17AFED5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7FPR6Q0jsHSKgj8Rel2WlWu3L1WtRNSn_fKDpxt2TY6rgyOaR66UB_hyLrNMNFls9vE6t0mkUmJj3uvu3siXdcyrYjnjAULIqpUunbbzWd65sAk6U4odbCWqgmR2x-HNsFo41Y1l_Uy9EB863n-do62l2Qw3pUcQojYXMREKVqAT4t9w2ACYTgpS/w640-h640/557C0B73-A9EF-4E6F-8AAE-8E11D17AFED5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Easter Sunday we went to the beach for a bit before having tea with my family. We even braved the freezing water, but it was lovely once we got used to it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrspSVEAvgnRobm3Aex5cyicED0BPWpxyL1HccVDadq2T4NqEUj8BDiwb7FId71ssV5StGS1C_gYSb7mi2CGmLi4xYGSJFNmK85KT_6hTHhQYZBBaXGRrYf2RppAkoTXB1BeHAltqEISW9PEq8J1dYe7mevyhRKSXKJlAG7fHaPonnysQ1-wCdQnUH/s1440/3DAC5E16-E38A-49C0-AAA4-AB2F2D497546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrspSVEAvgnRobm3Aex5cyicED0BPWpxyL1HccVDadq2T4NqEUj8BDiwb7FId71ssV5StGS1C_gYSb7mi2CGmLi4xYGSJFNmK85KT_6hTHhQYZBBaXGRrYf2RppAkoTXB1BeHAltqEISW9PEq8J1dYe7mevyhRKSXKJlAG7fHaPonnysQ1-wCdQnUH/w640-h640/3DAC5E16-E38A-49C0-AAA4-AB2F2D497546.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OCtsMQeeTyv0dSMvy6SRZD3Mf1zZLrhgj6MuPFn-YmWupay-PVhGblzyy1tKi-DLg5CzqNN5JT_w9teFt5aaTjka1TM1XfL-p_0cbwiVchm_YeutYDDK1Vq7kTVbVZpd7VSO85BcUueNzB-aHAeM2uetKJ-nI2WIpYqUk1jkjPw3DT8jEJV2740-/s1440/125F33F8-7660-4BF8-B973-4D2E8AFF9146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OCtsMQeeTyv0dSMvy6SRZD3Mf1zZLrhgj6MuPFn-YmWupay-PVhGblzyy1tKi-DLg5CzqNN5JT_w9teFt5aaTjka1TM1XfL-p_0cbwiVchm_YeutYDDK1Vq7kTVbVZpd7VSO85BcUueNzB-aHAeM2uetKJ-nI2WIpYqUk1jkjPw3DT8jEJV2740-/w640-h640/125F33F8-7660-4BF8-B973-4D2E8AFF9146.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tea was fun and noisy. It was so lovely to have Jared and Becky come up as we hadn't seen them since before Christmas. Becky's cousin Brock and his girls also joined us as they wanted to come on a hike with everyone at Cradle Mountain the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt1PNJG4Dj1qq4MtjI2TRaPNu3CDw89d1pQayzI3xxYSBlQcU7qPIv_RpRseMHYmjoPDRUB54AkNz216zIrP6NqC0sRdBsO2FroCc1a9JhejQn5srh9b0pTjsdfLZBb1AmIRSpKRekbGvOQrJS4lKvnCHBudSjpeqqmioEqEoO9e9tkwXXD7eKfDe/s1440/022085AE-1706-4BF8-BFCD-49E8BF0318EA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt1PNJG4Dj1qq4MtjI2TRaPNu3CDw89d1pQayzI3xxYSBlQcU7qPIv_RpRseMHYmjoPDRUB54AkNz216zIrP6NqC0sRdBsO2FroCc1a9JhejQn5srh9b0pTjsdfLZBb1AmIRSpKRekbGvOQrJS4lKvnCHBudSjpeqqmioEqEoO9e9tkwXXD7eKfDe/w640-h640/022085AE-1706-4BF8-BFCD-49E8BF0318EA.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We took the opportunity to take some photos and everyone tried to stop Jared sticking his finger up as usual! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_Yp8q9N1-_mNKogcBru1JmyBsSsVbld9ZLbADK3eN2nL0sYKkYChCooReZUmtXWw3uTlseNppqO7Ix4NoyBbImITdySHWnOF8YfjeZ0LgA1BdFeGUugrkHTMdMUCZa5blg1GHqOyznUx2GcSLfoE88eRRDhjaWLcUWYAbSvaxEKMdM4OTxmwRL45/s1440/82A7FD2E-8925-4A99-81DB-A5A94122C231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_Yp8q9N1-_mNKogcBru1JmyBsSsVbld9ZLbADK3eN2nL0sYKkYChCooReZUmtXWw3uTlseNppqO7Ix4NoyBbImITdySHWnOF8YfjeZ0LgA1BdFeGUugrkHTMdMUCZa5blg1GHqOyznUx2GcSLfoE88eRRDhjaWLcUWYAbSvaxEKMdM4OTxmwRL45/w640-h640/82A7FD2E-8925-4A99-81DB-A5A94122C231.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We didn't succeed!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfLO971qWhBpYUJ4I3piw9wOrzWT4F3_dlaPe3zI9mkf93vxZ_IWI1FhrjhQlqkChJcqKqTvd81BqQ_hU1QfBM9qbT_7YPttHnqhj5y1QnmKemb7WBzpF0K4w6HBQYCF4Ln9QtpZaGHGa8-q_x7tmz58lG1_858B768QRGoDPcubHlHUgd8t6OGoZ/s1440/AC77BAC1-C719-4541-8065-C298DDCF2686.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfLO971qWhBpYUJ4I3piw9wOrzWT4F3_dlaPe3zI9mkf93vxZ_IWI1FhrjhQlqkChJcqKqTvd81BqQ_hU1QfBM9qbT_7YPttHnqhj5y1QnmKemb7WBzpF0K4w6HBQYCF4Ln9QtpZaGHGa8-q_x7tmz58lG1_858B768QRGoDPcubHlHUgd8t6OGoZ/w640-h640/AC77BAC1-C719-4541-8065-C298DDCF2686.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>All the cousins in order of age, except my sister Nicki's kids who are living in the USA. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsvpMfD2cvn8yq9E2ugVYVXUv_CnDHwpicFMR7hO4SSqrXQsDVxB8Nzvex0Nucc4RAlXTOa3EzCImKktbgrAom7p3LkhDocYbCApEMR-0Us6MVCAeVT_YzZxu0Ivu2sWcvnBVb2mLiXo2_ePzZfwBENonVmSv56KfyUYbn003V44_Bxs57Pkd8Zvg/s4032/IMG_9964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsvpMfD2cvn8yq9E2ugVYVXUv_CnDHwpicFMR7hO4SSqrXQsDVxB8Nzvex0Nucc4RAlXTOa3EzCImKktbgrAom7p3LkhDocYbCApEMR-0Us6MVCAeVT_YzZxu0Ivu2sWcvnBVb2mLiXo2_ePzZfwBENonVmSv56KfyUYbn003V44_Bxs57Pkd8Zvg/w640-h480/IMG_9964.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Easter Monday Kobe and I joined my family on a hike to Marion's Lookout at Cradle Mountain. I knew it was going to be a bit tough, but was really keen to go. It was an 8 km walk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhnqcAhZG3P4cBGEIc3654v3ZPOHrisWLz36N7ZVaT0SXuSoBZ-dAnPNK_mKrc_whYYIsCBXwmEsVUtoRdEFH5vXiFYxC-rijR8yClknjS7incZsPxwsrHwJrNu_XgtkDWeyJbv4HlI9tJATWC3PMXLa_6f3KaNgaYdoDCUjlYs8YtqMRBPH1aYeY/s4032/IMG_9991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhnqcAhZG3P4cBGEIc3654v3ZPOHrisWLz36N7ZVaT0SXuSoBZ-dAnPNK_mKrc_whYYIsCBXwmEsVUtoRdEFH5vXiFYxC-rijR8yClknjS7incZsPxwsrHwJrNu_XgtkDWeyJbv4HlI9tJATWC3PMXLa_6f3KaNgaYdoDCUjlYs8YtqMRBPH1aYeY/w480-h640/IMG_9991.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMzUju6X2qIeABJLPiD6xHLm-0f-9b3K4npjf_oE72h1VJjYxeP7JVOJabMTzQd92_mgM3eVbb3_t3MH6AB50Fv5B8uQ7YqS1_9lkxHhWRWKUaKixud2UMrJEZDlVZUp-arYLAV-IA3AgdKxiBup3xSZ3T8RF369aLvO662FhAKkOGd1K2CeGXr_L/s1440/A036EF98-FC9F-47CB-9645-848C6ABB103D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMzUju6X2qIeABJLPiD6xHLm-0f-9b3K4npjf_oE72h1VJjYxeP7JVOJabMTzQd92_mgM3eVbb3_t3MH6AB50Fv5B8uQ7YqS1_9lkxHhWRWKUaKixud2UMrJEZDlVZUp-arYLAV-IA3AgdKxiBup3xSZ3T8RF369aLvO662FhAKkOGd1K2CeGXr_L/w640-h482/A036EF98-FC9F-47CB-9645-848C6ABB103D.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChF_GLJT0cJGsZa1UlRTxbQknutqp5cWq1fldCqk1aASlcMy99d5rMLCJAxpsa_r3VSEMCqHWaMVbzgL8QfYcxtism6_1Cpgs2__WU9WnUK-DOUKBiLfpnXJ_yv6pF3XESK-kuz-0vAKAnMat9rZ7_XwDgeV2Ki9Nip-Wz6_rTpP3JFRdG1PKKO3t/s4032/IMG_9995.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChF_GLJT0cJGsZa1UlRTxbQknutqp5cWq1fldCqk1aASlcMy99d5rMLCJAxpsa_r3VSEMCqHWaMVbzgL8QfYcxtism6_1Cpgs2__WU9WnUK-DOUKBiLfpnXJ_yv6pF3XESK-kuz-0vAKAnMat9rZ7_XwDgeV2Ki9Nip-Wz6_rTpP3JFRdG1PKKO3t/w480-h640/IMG_9995.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23C0ZnbjHZa4stjBuF6PztExD95UhPOJsLXN6OgNC6R6xkATqCD7kWf_aNSgcsNaIseLuY8bwJvXT3_5OgYau2AyHEt07Viqnn_VQAlfu2bs2hJHWTieo7a0VVV2WB5EezhkUXW-z8kYxr5xwcT2q6mKoNDJkMRBD8oaNtcCsdJNp2V-vIjKEcVch/s1440/76288D83-A80B-4B50-BF50-0FE3172D2698.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23C0ZnbjHZa4stjBuF6PztExD95UhPOJsLXN6OgNC6R6xkATqCD7kWf_aNSgcsNaIseLuY8bwJvXT3_5OgYau2AyHEt07Viqnn_VQAlfu2bs2hJHWTieo7a0VVV2WB5EezhkUXW-z8kYxr5xwcT2q6mKoNDJkMRBD8oaNtcCsdJNp2V-vIjKEcVch/w640-h482/76288D83-A80B-4B50-BF50-0FE3172D2698.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>We stopped for lunch at Crater Lake and there were so many other people there. It's weird seeing so many tourists around again after borders being closed for two years. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYW8q0hr3hVV6mST3Kkd3WkCzOFWgjpWyHqZ3mXn9VadnMMBMOiyAw9ex4UgBLkBPV48cwZHJEzItEaIhQN5bWVqQEv1ALHpa-35xt7czKTiCEcsFyatrCfADQTmw3V1ujY6-aH24BQumUpNPm556W7OxjamZ8VP3RP6gpAmPbA4p2UhQNFyZbhwV/s1440/3DC49D4C-22BE-4705-B6FF-D7BB5528F655.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYW8q0hr3hVV6mST3Kkd3WkCzOFWgjpWyHqZ3mXn9VadnMMBMOiyAw9ex4UgBLkBPV48cwZHJEzItEaIhQN5bWVqQEv1ALHpa-35xt7czKTiCEcsFyatrCfADQTmw3V1ujY6-aH24BQumUpNPm556W7OxjamZ8VP3RP6gpAmPbA4p2UhQNFyZbhwV/w640-h482/3DC49D4C-22BE-4705-B6FF-D7BB5528F655.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL1udufyMxAd2ABJ44B3f2a2-lEr-fLBp6JfHwy7oRzwENOXuF1eqKHCQ3JiWeM34Ae96Le3b_fYRmgGHhf9aXlN-lZR7cpMa0h88tt5VGlXBc7vWoVbpZ6b3uh_9idd_xVt1zeiBeyd927QNKccoO1_2V_fLsANaXAgjjPlRyTjWP4iLEWDzihx5/s1440/DCB5F6DC-4874-4434-8E16-729CB3EB64F6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL1udufyMxAd2ABJ44B3f2a2-lEr-fLBp6JfHwy7oRzwENOXuF1eqKHCQ3JiWeM34Ae96Le3b_fYRmgGHhf9aXlN-lZR7cpMa0h88tt5VGlXBc7vWoVbpZ6b3uh_9idd_xVt1zeiBeyd927QNKccoO1_2V_fLsANaXAgjjPlRyTjWP4iLEWDzihx5/w640-h480/DCB5F6DC-4874-4434-8E16-729CB3EB64F6.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is about two thirds of the way there. The views were already incredible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN96CKOIb-dpOpzaMkfxsF6nOQ1lRpIDu2qMbbGcKy20t7SX6TNFZvoBaXlbZgiT_uLieVcGsPSMD1y9tlSmCezHDRwL_F89Fgw98JYU_ZJS50kWm9BhXUJlt7aCWSHIXslK8ZX2cBB-S7F7j_u6wLpC8LilsNAqbLSMGnMxSUgr7fKo1XJnFtkdCk/s1440/6F3FC824-20D7-4055-AAF4-495CE23835A2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN96CKOIb-dpOpzaMkfxsF6nOQ1lRpIDu2qMbbGcKy20t7SX6TNFZvoBaXlbZgiT_uLieVcGsPSMD1y9tlSmCezHDRwL_F89Fgw98JYU_ZJS50kWm9BhXUJlt7aCWSHIXslK8ZX2cBB-S7F7j_u6wLpC8LilsNAqbLSMGnMxSUgr7fKo1XJnFtkdCk/w640-h480/6F3FC824-20D7-4055-AAF4-495CE23835A2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALTNcw2WwPtVHQKqvMTEcQe3-72vM4PpHOzTHSnNbX6hPfvS2fsxAwBSpYmxMWtrDLkRKEptNJSGjv9yXNis5iZfI7RdxH7-3PfPeTIImEaYkPSjNg255pXEL3l4SfHoQE_SInQwM1HkZiaeV-vJbaJo0udDaoKyMDdaZjbO5JpfSfCmtuC_r-WeN/s1440/FABCC803-7337-43F3-9013-55E27012EA20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALTNcw2WwPtVHQKqvMTEcQe3-72vM4PpHOzTHSnNbX6hPfvS2fsxAwBSpYmxMWtrDLkRKEptNJSGjv9yXNis5iZfI7RdxH7-3PfPeTIImEaYkPSjNg255pXEL3l4SfHoQE_SInQwM1HkZiaeV-vJbaJo0udDaoKyMDdaZjbO5JpfSfCmtuC_r-WeN/w640-h480/FABCC803-7337-43F3-9013-55E27012EA20.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP8C4arh6iDc6LJmmtqsLo1g-ingvOWqyK2gIg8p3uyVjGRpHOcocGs0Gbe1n-ekh9WMIC_Ro6uGCh4NWFf7ScFzvnmWNF5V70vnrKgQaBCIDgR2zLZZkVyJbA17Lg6sKWMKhyM_TbFr2S2pQRUcDV9kHfh0UAAUGpADT3vHE4DB13crtCMzIAJCe/s4032/IMG_9350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP8C4arh6iDc6LJmmtqsLo1g-ingvOWqyK2gIg8p3uyVjGRpHOcocGs0Gbe1n-ekh9WMIC_Ro6uGCh4NWFf7ScFzvnmWNF5V70vnrKgQaBCIDgR2zLZZkVyJbA17Lg6sKWMKhyM_TbFr2S2pQRUcDV9kHfh0UAAUGpADT3vHE4DB13crtCMzIAJCe/w480-h640/IMG_9350.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>It got a little tough when we had to start pulling ourselves up with chains, but it wasn't too bad. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPfODMevbyOh1YSwzmG1eR7N5J9LEKE53wYmNWBRv2zVRgJA8u26lppaWQeUGkZR8fH6KRJrLgoALMl__jnaS4AGyPdp5cBecmR_e_KUOkCQmj063JLUaNVR3QDbhn4trkQHZlmCMxNc0FXaIgeZJgeTw6PSbMC2sxNGtNEFHk0VqEWIevmBx-AyU/s4032/IMG_9351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPfODMevbyOh1YSwzmG1eR7N5J9LEKE53wYmNWBRv2zVRgJA8u26lppaWQeUGkZR8fH6KRJrLgoALMl__jnaS4AGyPdp5cBecmR_e_KUOkCQmj063JLUaNVR3QDbhn4trkQHZlmCMxNc0FXaIgeZJgeTw6PSbMC2sxNGtNEFHk0VqEWIevmBx-AyU/w480-h640/IMG_9351.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was definitely worth it. The weather was amazing and we were so lucky to have such a clear day. The view of Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain was amazing from Marion's Lookout. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4e3fcs-AbX_xO7bTXhVedSbYL8MlI568oHFu4IZ0IioSsoaWgE5ttoS2dkrsujmuh5DS7kgXHYdOsPWPyaf7gN_gF-HtppkiX9GuzIRFFyxthOq85A9ec6dOYrc5mLPi7YZlbNSyH977AL0kENWnsdlFu4HaYAypKhoia5EsQt4BLOQZGDIUWY0m/s1440/7A1F815B-F35A-40DC-A65B-00D2EB84C5B0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4e3fcs-AbX_xO7bTXhVedSbYL8MlI568oHFu4IZ0IioSsoaWgE5ttoS2dkrsujmuh5DS7kgXHYdOsPWPyaf7gN_gF-HtppkiX9GuzIRFFyxthOq85A9ec6dOYrc5mLPi7YZlbNSyH977AL0kENWnsdlFu4HaYAypKhoia5EsQt4BLOQZGDIUWY0m/w640-h480/7A1F815B-F35A-40DC-A65B-00D2EB84C5B0.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the way back down it was very steep (we took a harder route than we should've) and I stacked it a couple of times and really hurt my knee. I was so glad when we finally got down to Dove Lake and my legs felt like jelly! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kEwO3eiS0bKhxyw3I-Vz7e2auv7JJpdVG-RwS_WVr1oigJ88mpnOl3TEO3Clp9-zXwe9n9WcsX6OzFl6B7xgPMqcCnu31-uXP6PToy-WEVxMOiO1kedqj6Zm8I9ynEXiKXDgCM0Xmb5qwF61DE1QFdUpTQnmVzBVvWZEvhOojcom8ToYbGOemRd2/s1440/DDE15722-E3BA-4954-927D-2FF9CB6F37E4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kEwO3eiS0bKhxyw3I-Vz7e2auv7JJpdVG-RwS_WVr1oigJ88mpnOl3TEO3Clp9-zXwe9n9WcsX6OzFl6B7xgPMqcCnu31-uXP6PToy-WEVxMOiO1kedqj6Zm8I9ynEXiKXDgCM0Xmb5qwF61DE1QFdUpTQnmVzBVvWZEvhOojcom8ToYbGOemRd2/w640-h480/DDE15722-E3BA-4954-927D-2FF9CB6F37E4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rest of the holidays we've had a lovely time relaxing and catching up with friends. Last week we went to Hobart for the day. It was fun to visit Jay in his house and the boys had fun playing table tennis against him and his house mate Callum. It was lovely to meet him for the first time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxizPKFdPzGZlGdPMuHwqUGLp-vANMH0so_E6FL_yQCKzjjUycSX8C1iYTFAqTdAu-sToEr1gbeO22n9tPX3Rai1WodYIHgFR9MBet7FqSb2x_NNFgR-gvfXugAjc6IQmmSYn9Kazkvv1BhZsd6SslLYlZth1LBOtJbziZ8pcrjNBdILbyWl9Lxn_/s4032/IMG_0128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxizPKFdPzGZlGdPMuHwqUGLp-vANMH0so_E6FL_yQCKzjjUycSX8C1iYTFAqTdAu-sToEr1gbeO22n9tPX3Rai1WodYIHgFR9MBet7FqSb2x_NNFgR-gvfXugAjc6IQmmSYn9Kazkvv1BhZsd6SslLYlZth1LBOtJbziZ8pcrjNBdILbyWl9Lxn_/w640-h480/IMG_0128.jpg" width="640" /></a>We went down to watch the Jack Jumpers play basketball which was heaps of fun, as there's such a great atmosphere at their home games. We loved having my brother Jared and Eamon join us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm6LV03JW8NlPhTZpiiOL2ePpZ3rCk9oVf8NnBw4znaATbeW5B-QxWqv0b1I2o_bERkufk8lPWMkzpRO3lE-rKmAb71MDtLM0_iP8ymg1DWyuMnAJFzvQoGVyDRhWUbMAWlmBzJh8dMblt-fm4XvxgNakm19Zpmk2WU81vPUBijMtQbje3CZaV8Hi/s4032/IMG_0140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm6LV03JW8NlPhTZpiiOL2ePpZ3rCk9oVf8NnBw4znaATbeW5B-QxWqv0b1I2o_bERkufk8lPWMkzpRO3lE-rKmAb71MDtLM0_iP8ymg1DWyuMnAJFzvQoGVyDRhWUbMAWlmBzJh8dMblt-fm4XvxgNakm19Zpmk2WU81vPUBijMtQbje3CZaV8Hi/w480-h640/IMG_0140.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>We also went to our first AFL live match of the season which was Hawthorn v Sydney on ANZAC Day. Before the game we joined Helene and the kids at the ANZAC March in town. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7xkK6dwfaln-biAKjQrvU3dv_G73BAel8vuiqs_-Dho9k_c51V3SjdCJrvApVJGjhyFJfBNixu9uTb4enpwlqY9Mv-EpK5tr39cYL_HQNn9JgIhuO6PTMaxrKH5S1S9CXENypci4rxJ8ndXKNRFZT_T6h5HRL23gmME1CkohtG2pyu24-aDnlOBh/s4032/IMG_0173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7xkK6dwfaln-biAKjQrvU3dv_G73BAel8vuiqs_-Dho9k_c51V3SjdCJrvApVJGjhyFJfBNixu9uTb4enpwlqY9Mv-EpK5tr39cYL_HQNn9JgIhuO6PTMaxrKH5S1S9CXENypci4rxJ8ndXKNRFZT_T6h5HRL23gmME1CkohtG2pyu24-aDnlOBh/w640-h480/IMG_0173.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai5ZR7MRZJDhBUPTja1MYektsv2WNrZBt8mK089wurCNOpmQBuMl_DSjJaaKKzcaPJStkZGzqPjOjaDLBXBgko41WGuAvD0aF2V2g1OXcID3h2BN-WmmhETZWM3KY_51l_w838qrRzg8SNAYeexzQDffLub8ZMyAOnQ1F4N4YKUCDOdnYGaXR8w6l/s4032/IMG_0197.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai5ZR7MRZJDhBUPTja1MYektsv2WNrZBt8mK089wurCNOpmQBuMl_DSjJaaKKzcaPJStkZGzqPjOjaDLBXBgko41WGuAvD0aF2V2g1OXcID3h2BN-WmmhETZWM3KY_51l_w838qrRzg8SNAYeexzQDffLub8ZMyAOnQ1F4N4YKUCDOdnYGaXR8w6l/w480-h640/IMG_0197.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've had such a lovey holiday and are hoping that we can continue to stay Covid free and hope that this term will feel a little bit more normal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-43825394595270507872022-02-01T20:20:00.001+11:002022-04-30T23:55:28.575+10:0010 Years without him <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time is a weird thing. Ten years can feel like forever, but also like it was just a few years ago. On Australia Day it was ten years since Aaron passed away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It used to feel like he could just walk in the door at any time and things would be the same as they always were, but over the last couple of years it's starting to feel like he's never been here. I feel like I've been a single mum forever and it's getting hard to remember when I wasn't bringing the boys up on my own. He's missed out on so much of their lives, and so much has happened in my life since he passed away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to go to the beach for Australia Day but wasn't keen on just going to the beach we usually go to with family and friends. Australia Day is no longer the same and I didn't want to rely on other people to make the day okay, so I planned a road trip with the boys and Mum as I didn't want to be disappointed if the day wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. I also wanted it to be different to every other beach day we had over the summer holidays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My friend Simone messaged me a week before and asked what we were going to be doing. I told her we were going to the NW coast to a place that I'd wanted to go for a while - Trowutta Arch and then on the way back we were going to stop at Sisters Beach. She asked me if we wanted company or would prefer to be on our own, and I told her that of course I would love her to join us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We met at Smithton and she gave me a beautiful gift and also Jay a lovely house warming present (a plant and treats) to take to his new share house in Hobart. We then followed each other to Trowutta Arch from there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a lovely short walk from the car park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZG0WuJMm1IwBaL3ugZe05oHZdTGM_RSkiRYoUJxegBucC3dtEA78arJpr9S4SS27eG05CMO5UzU6oZQHs0Sj-no_1Od7lNUucXntJiB9g9SkozPc70hvtd83L_WDUODM2-IX-fGWzVY2XKfQAojHFWJdOOqPUDZ2J9hOzxHkVw36_XpOurkkzR9Q/s4032/IMG_7964.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZG0WuJMm1IwBaL3ugZe05oHZdTGM_RSkiRYoUJxegBucC3dtEA78arJpr9S4SS27eG05CMO5UzU6oZQHs0Sj-no_1Od7lNUucXntJiB9g9SkozPc70hvtd83L_WDUODM2-IX-fGWzVY2XKfQAojHFWJdOOqPUDZ2J9hOzxHkVw36_XpOurkkzR9Q/w480-h640/IMG_7964.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We went there for the first time last Easter and loved it so much, and hoped there were going to be big waves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4kq2S5TMrGZzSI2KrOGwKiz87qkeoRsg4HwC15dyFHx1_xXoQ39LJ2Bm7bkEhXrEexnByftwhnIu3q_aSv0LLor_z-mx9pQoV3Ni9OvED_FbQR5GRQLcZol1xQQMk3Yyx-yfe9uCVZLjV_2XJ9gNN-DjDKtudyFOFlhENJRQ_Qy-fzTn5NyiQoQz/s1800/A13B6152-E8C9-44F0-8824-A9DC7AA7F007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4kq2S5TMrGZzSI2KrOGwKiz87qkeoRsg4HwC15dyFHx1_xXoQ39LJ2Bm7bkEhXrEexnByftwhnIu3q_aSv0LLor_z-mx9pQoV3Ni9OvED_FbQR5GRQLcZol1xQQMk3Yyx-yfe9uCVZLjV_2XJ9gNN-DjDKtudyFOFlhENJRQ_Qy-fzTn5NyiQoQz/w512-h640/A13B6152-E8C9-44F0-8824-A9DC7AA7F007.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We of course had to have Pepsi for Aaron. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VKLt-PRKgiM-T45E-kPP-qEB7GmuJHq5r8IKI2qNZl0PjHyy37Z3wN_BbNjqli1dq3DXco_e_QOqSCwGCE5eoaGmir_YbVFL9Ak35l_Ioo3fV5iUehB-jnnN6CKyMsYcCDRaNuqPldo1CAM7EquvEO4G-04VeesBwlKc66cAUx8GwtMPfpilcPid/s1799/D69E2546-F2EF-47B0-940E-EDE8741DF359.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VKLt-PRKgiM-T45E-kPP-qEB7GmuJHq5r8IKI2qNZl0PjHyy37Z3wN_BbNjqli1dq3DXco_e_QOqSCwGCE5eoaGmir_YbVFL9Ak35l_Ioo3fV5iUehB-jnnN6CKyMsYcCDRaNuqPldo1CAM7EquvEO4G-04VeesBwlKc66cAUx8GwtMPfpilcPid/w512-h640/D69E2546-F2EF-47B0-940E-EDE8741DF359.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVQTKvsAP3id7RJRGW0eQL5xQUy8jZji1D0mDH_-KYzHQFwiMcZW1Zpo6hASdYlax1wd-BaLD72fiRQU9JfKR6RR-hLeoyYDywko3dqgIA0WlwfyqF75iHS2GqAkQ_W2gFs32tRqZU0LwGOZjV6DceRZ8WeUZWD3jFhe7yn_OIEOacDIwsgix4gOS/s1805/E1A9920F-FB9D-4C7A-ACAF-D5ABE683FA17.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVQTKvsAP3id7RJRGW0eQL5xQUy8jZji1D0mDH_-KYzHQFwiMcZW1Zpo6hASdYlax1wd-BaLD72fiRQU9JfKR6RR-hLeoyYDywko3dqgIA0WlwfyqF75iHS2GqAkQ_W2gFs32tRqZU0LwGOZjV6DceRZ8WeUZWD3jFhe7yn_OIEOacDIwsgix4gOS/w510-h640/E1A9920F-FB9D-4C7A-ACAF-D5ABE683FA17.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was so windy at the beach, but it meant that the waves were awesome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stayed in the water for about an hour and only got out because we got tired as the waves were so massive. The water was so warm and even Simone (who hates swimming in cold water) said it was the best beach day she'd ever had. Aaron would've loved seeing us jump in the waves for him, as it's what we did on the day that he died. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDC-ZtBopq-hjQsTwfxF1tF1w9-B5cucqTTPZbfRO84NmCMlMM8X7SnywuOhwVc4xFLsiW2Oc5KTwqYMaegTgFX1olsPeS9gZnaSU5W0fEEjyppqqMM2M_Xbu17O-qA4mq-J50eqdKGOCPqOUndzYAv_-FevojajxNorG9EmDNFha6cI-i0-dQpNQ/s1800/ED58B4A8-E3B8-4B24-915B-E17D3BE3A12B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDC-ZtBopq-hjQsTwfxF1tF1w9-B5cucqTTPZbfRO84NmCMlMM8X7SnywuOhwVc4xFLsiW2Oc5KTwqYMaegTgFX1olsPeS9gZnaSU5W0fEEjyppqqMM2M_Xbu17O-qA4mq-J50eqdKGOCPqOUndzYAv_-FevojajxNorG9EmDNFha6cI-i0-dQpNQ/w512-h640/ED58B4A8-E3B8-4B24-915B-E17D3BE3A12B.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJoWuK5OITUvbv2Pl32T7WmQs_906E1Wra70KNW5lshA0D2Ut9uie8X24ldemEi9NlD4IADXjcGAtKUXnbQ-FWiUTWEHLDvj4iG_kO-KumH4wrwuV-gVZEHeVq2wdGQj00KgvdUwZpnGzChU1qCvN6oEI-6BXf3CtYVqlexm5aDZb8Obm9m7ao_lz/s4032/IMG_6857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJoWuK5OITUvbv2Pl32T7WmQs_906E1Wra70KNW5lshA0D2Ut9uie8X24ldemEi9NlD4IADXjcGAtKUXnbQ-FWiUTWEHLDvj4iG_kO-KumH4wrwuV-gVZEHeVq2wdGQj00KgvdUwZpnGzChU1qCvN6oEI-6BXf3CtYVqlexm5aDZb8Obm9m7ao_lz/w480-h640/IMG_6857.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>We had such a lovely day and I was glad that I decided to do our own thing. We were so lucky to have good weather, as I was told that the weather back at the beach we usually go to near Mum's was rainy and cold all day. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0f39KCQgZqc8SJZ0YFs7Arbf_sxzKQIs-rSKk-HLEunE7O01M1LryXu0RKYmATloBmYWDx9FH_-vLKkyaJTDY405jD6shN5mvFscSVyuUw7rjfOfCJCm0vKbabjK83DsG9tjYVs9-GqS3sKitI3g5TRk4n8A-d0aF1CHIMkuAsRscQv69lhJKlWhM/s4032/IMG_7956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0f39KCQgZqc8SJZ0YFs7Arbf_sxzKQIs-rSKk-HLEunE7O01M1LryXu0RKYmATloBmYWDx9FH_-vLKkyaJTDY405jD6shN5mvFscSVyuUw7rjfOfCJCm0vKbabjK83DsG9tjYVs9-GqS3sKitI3g5TRk4n8A-d0aF1CHIMkuAsRscQv69lhJKlWhM/w480-h640/IMG_7956.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Grief never goes away but time does help it to sit in the background, rather than being all I think about. There are still times when it pops back up and it feels very raw again, but I'm grateful that although Australia Day was once the worst day of my life, that we have been able to make it a day that we have look forward to and have fun together. </span></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-4651979557690648242022-01-30T23:24:00.002+11:002022-01-31T00:57:21.044+11:00Wait(ed) For It <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2021/07/june-birthdays-on-earth-and-in-heaven.html" target="_blank">Kobe's birthday back in June</a> I gave him tickets to see Hamilton in Sydney. Unfortunately we had to cancel the trip twice because of Covid/travel restrictions back in July and October. We were so disappointed as both of us were looking forward to seeing it. I gave up thinking we would get to Sydney to see it, as it finishes in Sydney in February and moves to Melbourne. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The borders to and from Tasmania finally opened up on December 15th but I still wasn't keen on travelling. There is so much Covid in Sydney and I was worried about getting it, plus you had to be tested for covid before flying back (and people were waiting 6 hours or more in lines to be tested).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The travel rules then changed again and we no longer had to be tested before travelling back to Tasmania (unless we had symptoms) so I started to get that feeling again that I wanted to book tickets to Sydney. I follow Hamiton Australia on social media and saw that the show was cancelled for over a week because a lot of the cast had Covid, so it reminded me again that we could book tickets and still be very disappointed all over again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One night I was in bed and just kept thinking about how much I wanted to surprise Kobe and just go. I didn't want to leave it till the last week of the holidays as I didn't want to go back to school feeling tired and was worried I'd get Covid and have to isolate just before school went back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I woke up the next morning and started to look at flights over the next few days. I talked to Jay and Harri about it and both of them had plans over the weekend that they didn't want to cancel, and both said they were worried about getting Covid and didn't want to have to isolate when they got back. They both said they were happy for me to go without them, so I went online and saw there was a flight that afternoon and decided that the risk was worth the reward. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I booked flights for that day and the tickets to Hamilton for the next day, and rang my brother Chrish to see if he could pick us up at the airport. Then I told Kobe to go and pack his bag. He kept saying 'I know you're joking!' and Jay said to him 'no she's not...go and pack your bag' and Kobe said to him 'why aren't you packing your bag!?'. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I could tell he was thinking it may be real, but didn't want to be disappointed if I was joking, and I told him I wasn't joking and that we were catching a flight at 4:40 pm (it was noon at the time!). He got very excited until he realised that boys weren't coming with us, and was then really disappointed as he was so keen on having a fun family holiday in Sydney together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When he heard the reasons that they weren't coming and I reminded him it was his birthday present, he started to get excited again and packed his bag very quickly. I couldn't believe that I had decided that morning to go and that we were on a plane 5 hours later! It's the only way I knew that we could get to see Hamilton without it being cancelled on us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6GbREuUvR0Vfp0x9Fe5Xxd8jaBMAlCoYbls4E0PnWY6D6wnA3U1xurQVVL0lG4aWmzggxGLpNHq4Bh-oXvCQAChHrIPf--WshO9zdVBflNETIhJ2qopcAoeMpGZ_WlE0fBCtEG0LviHq6oFJy1xMXgllwkIr3GcPseH7hacA4o8L6YXvCzHAlePxv=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6GbREuUvR0Vfp0x9Fe5Xxd8jaBMAlCoYbls4E0PnWY6D6wnA3U1xurQVVL0lG4aWmzggxGLpNHq4Bh-oXvCQAChHrIPf--WshO9zdVBflNETIhJ2qopcAoeMpGZ_WlE0fBCtEG0LviHq6oFJy1xMXgllwkIr3GcPseH7hacA4o8L6YXvCzHAlePxv=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were very excited when we got off the plane in Sydney.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi87uTcFSJf1G4kQ9IL_JYag7m-L_sLNJBQcm48WEeZyTK_zLyUyO1MigiIJ9qcQ6E-q-xn6D9kOtc7mWTlh62yGHsHJ53tShdZFRSXYVSW9p2w3ahdKdlyL-hR15FUzEIi_baz332IfE1mQZReLq7_YxFBoRsNTtl6ey6WY8-xpW9aRG3yeAiaPMOG=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi87uTcFSJf1G4kQ9IL_JYag7m-L_sLNJBQcm48WEeZyTK_zLyUyO1MigiIJ9qcQ6E-q-xn6D9kOtc7mWTlh62yGHsHJ53tShdZFRSXYVSW9p2w3ahdKdlyL-hR15FUzEIi_baz332IfE1mQZReLq7_YxFBoRsNTtl6ey6WY8-xpW9aRG3yeAiaPMOG=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chrish picked us up and when we got to his house Kobe was excited to go for a ride in his Triumph which he had bought during the last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJOZnTR7pid48lgNcBhYoNP3HcOyx8HwGG6iPBdVwlbBMHZn5x7PL8SexwbvJjL0-Vh5eztbL9mf8NW-MS5p_40xOb0760woN68YRRw29b7kdHyD3bZtVIZvzzHyAj54i2InwvPuv9p2rgmTL1CXvkRJm4eKAVKRy-KAdpGUxoynC1bvJd0RYV3mT9=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJOZnTR7pid48lgNcBhYoNP3HcOyx8HwGG6iPBdVwlbBMHZn5x7PL8SexwbvJjL0-Vh5eztbL9mf8NW-MS5p_40xOb0760woN68YRRw29b7kdHyD3bZtVIZvzzHyAj54i2InwvPuv9p2rgmTL1CXvkRJm4eKAVKRy-KAdpGUxoynC1bvJd0RYV3mT9=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe was so excited to see Chrish's dog Tess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn5y1eHNwCr4JRwt8qgi3P9oGMNIBThzEDGAxMLbUgCA098igvdH7jqYqpw8myGddvk03oP4wMDbgqpK63b1Ln7Z3Q7UzvFI0SuCM-GD70DU_zHRc0HyK1Nt3kQgtS8TILBBYBNrz9I7GFeAm4KVdpwTXsv_GyLCiw2LCmrbHvzrc5LfbongBR2nP8=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn5y1eHNwCr4JRwt8qgi3P9oGMNIBThzEDGAxMLbUgCA098igvdH7jqYqpw8myGddvk03oP4wMDbgqpK63b1Ln7Z3Q7UzvFI0SuCM-GD70DU_zHRc0HyK1Nt3kQgtS8TILBBYBNrz9I7GFeAm4KVdpwTXsv_GyLCiw2LCmrbHvzrc5LfbongBR2nP8=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were seeing Hamilton on Friday night and Chrish had to work that day, so we headed into the city on our own early as we know our way around easily on public transport. We realised we hadn't been to Sydney for three years! We went to Circular Quay first and couldn't believe how quiet it was. There was hardly anyone around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyZkuHVWbPI_v1gwQ71xjXpxTziCSQtd5J5iVB1usoahFVfIaYH_ROCBmmljZaNa2DkDr6SOP0820qTByxEpkSifjsUVCFw4pU9ksS1gUW-1GMZPqk1ahB9-O3Mhky6uaBz0pbQ-7QQstHhXOSv0aaM3FVpP_tOJ9cUXaNNQLdn8oEGdXFdSW7ERUb=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyZkuHVWbPI_v1gwQ71xjXpxTziCSQtd5J5iVB1usoahFVfIaYH_ROCBmmljZaNa2DkDr6SOP0820qTByxEpkSifjsUVCFw4pU9ksS1gUW-1GMZPqk1ahB9-O3Mhky6uaBz0pbQ-7QQstHhXOSv0aaM3FVpP_tOJ9cUXaNNQLdn8oEGdXFdSW7ERUb=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpgk0ihs68cbQFiwMiB-Abcqgt9w_A6NxPwhPOfwxuVLBJyDOjQpJNgVjyZD2IjaFBn-Rll3KyLeT02DmX5sZSX7FtH1irBpsbV4YxznkvrnR41ZtjkZ_d47drPtwiiAegunVTOBBEGWRGNfZm_Ss_kcP159efZpxJoEhykWo2PRQiOae2nVAc-xHl=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">We caught a ferry from Circular Quay to Darling Harbour which was very cool as it went under the Harbour Bridge, and it also stopped at Luna Park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu-huZ8h9gF_o-3GRKgnAf7_c7mtYlgS9fVQuwHBb6TpnRWpKIjJd-0INAWv-oNxCIbTcoOC0meBsA3kKmJlinO9K_58KrbSXeowSXFap8wnJ3_O2M3jrPbXnPUPT5IctK9tQUBZinn6jGK9W9yhH6Xo86qPFonW41MSMN9Yh18v6AI7EEwiCEj8kN=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu-huZ8h9gF_o-3GRKgnAf7_c7mtYlgS9fVQuwHBb6TpnRWpKIjJd-0INAWv-oNxCIbTcoOC0meBsA3kKmJlinO9K_58KrbSXeowSXFap8wnJ3_O2M3jrPbXnPUPT5IctK9tQUBZinn6jGK9W9yhH6Xo86qPFonW41MSMN9Yh18v6AI7EEwiCEj8kN=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLL-qa03ggnuLhGuLwsXROb8lIjvB5021a4bR5X7KglOGhQassjE3FjuEVoRSkO75DGhD7KIPS1sTtLzmoLEfmfld7IdLaFGFXgBp09CjILg6LbG3DZ_7WPG__jEUmrqhSNxq4o-MqQ_kzk2HpSDG48mICVY2wQwApMrVAYmd_k9f1I4uEGngTq5zP=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We have been there a couple of times before but knew there were some new wax figures and it's always lots of fun. There were literally two other people in there with us while we were walking through, and then a family of three at the end. 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Unfortunately the weather turned bad as we were heading there, so it was rainy and foggy by the time we got up to the top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1rgiafpCScTr883H-VJ8cSrI0SHHS8vJZr_3OLXOcEE85khwiVmEpVIQbpCN3AQbvJiUyKlXkDeQ4x5ysnaEtdbgaV_QeEH0GRNEKhjzC-t_KLHfzxqMfwQ_qChjc6MBoIo7yZoT2oRvGJI8okc8J9LfOYsrIRroC5ZeS-rQkWb2yICuu1GGdboGR=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1rgiafpCScTr883H-VJ8cSrI0SHHS8vJZr_3OLXOcEE85khwiVmEpVIQbpCN3AQbvJiUyKlXkDeQ4x5ysnaEtdbgaV_QeEH0GRNEKhjzC-t_KLHfzxqMfwQ_qChjc6MBoIo7yZoT2oRvGJI8okc8J9LfOYsrIRroC5ZeS-rQkWb2yICuu1GGdboGR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOVx6mvriYhuaPOqKyc-62UEW39G5lK-WHYqfXfXVWDPup8wg4Bieoxdq5b4CR9VG_SupF6W9hOYUwLpIFZv88SflyLwRa4B1YFIqie1r9JPbuVljFbfA4X0a0OwVNgjxcwpnsNH29HqMXlZq6CShnVE-GJBreNdQcpBT7EmOktq2Kua-9-aVzfIn=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOVx6mvriYhuaPOqKyc-62UEW39G5lK-WHYqfXfXVWDPup8wg4Bieoxdq5b4CR9VG_SupF6W9hOYUwLpIFZv88SflyLwRa4B1YFIqie1r9JPbuVljFbfA4X0a0OwVNgjxcwpnsNH29HqMXlZq6CShnVE-GJBreNdQcpBT7EmOktq2Kua-9-aVzfIn=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were surprised that the weather was hotter back at home in Tassie, as it's always so hot when we go to Sydney. We walked back to Darling Harbour (and were both so tired by this point!) and went to the Star to get tea before watching Hamilton. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9yL-9TdO-NxkAVAJlNjJ2hfb_ynPJSHfTQIgA4nlBTQmEKnkFA-eZb1g5Bpo8WnP2LT4TbIDzwMJhw7yzIWfL5rtuGk5N2peDgYsDBFRkbaT16cCkLQ3hHQkQ90-3zy3-29URSFa9TS4CopSRF9mtLqsLrw4yOAFRS27y8B7eqe0EjWnCWUEGxF27=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9yL-9TdO-NxkAVAJlNjJ2hfb_ynPJSHfTQIgA4nlBTQmEKnkFA-eZb1g5Bpo8WnP2LT4TbIDzwMJhw7yzIWfL5rtuGk5N2peDgYsDBFRkbaT16cCkLQ3hHQkQ90-3zy3-29URSFa9TS4CopSRF9mtLqsLrw4yOAFRS27y8B7eqe0EjWnCWUEGxF27=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was so exciting to finally see the Lyric Theatre in person. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcPfN-O-6t0ZKl34XmteuKczUwHZUG4tvcj71Q8leBm71Vk0AlGmSGUsKjKyRDe9N3B6IqetHcno8Ir_hrV2mCOF3lW53XlQHkoXj03ijZsg6UnBtinaJY5E5fVaUIz88WXqLzUK5cOBWtvkCU2NFRAicM-H-opiN3eduqTTzWaoZUuFeJZ9qIwlWG=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcPfN-O-6t0ZKl34XmteuKczUwHZUG4tvcj71Q8leBm71Vk0AlGmSGUsKjKyRDe9N3B6IqetHcno8Ir_hrV2mCOF3lW53XlQHkoXj03ijZsg6UnBtinaJY5E5fVaUIz88WXqLzUK5cOBWtvkCU2NFRAicM-H-opiN3eduqTTzWaoZUuFeJZ9qIwlWG=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHH5yxY51rz-kgQe_bfNPeOrpf-AbkLJ48yE4DNB6iZbMGOgtReIbFnWkO9UyvKbhf20mT0TkanLK65f-9RCzly1cv8KfVrp7u_J394ilpg_yXis-DPZmj33cQBhUNYdXyszHAVHnYFJAf-4O93n7Y6AnXiKHs3Q23Lzg6LljnkgZSstyhhkQNwt1n=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHH5yxY51rz-kgQe_bfNPeOrpf-AbkLJ48yE4DNB6iZbMGOgtReIbFnWkO9UyvKbhf20mT0TkanLK65f-9RCzly1cv8KfVrp7u_J394ilpg_yXis-DPZmj33cQBhUNYdXyszHAVHnYFJAf-4O93n7Y6AnXiKHs3Q23Lzg6LljnkgZSstyhhkQNwt1n=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi01pkLAjUQAmaX7Mlui6v2Z42CJB3gmrexpBp77xi9A13NbCztgjiGgvmUiwpPHMnkJDKipAX-xkhgM0MMukBV_z09_oKeHP_FDSYxZvOtYfDxYdcdUPTwqxubu4OGsepEoYUIOZYrJ0FXrSBV8W0ltMJBN2ngWHQ3Pg8PLTnv2cSI8D-W21kiyZQy=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi01pkLAjUQAmaX7Mlui6v2Z42CJB3gmrexpBp77xi9A13NbCztgjiGgvmUiwpPHMnkJDKipAX-xkhgM0MMukBV_z09_oKeHP_FDSYxZvOtYfDxYdcdUPTwqxubu4OGsepEoYUIOZYrJ0FXrSBV8W0ltMJBN2ngWHQ3Pg8PLTnv2cSI8D-W21kiyZQy=w640-h640" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had tea and then couldn't wait for the doors to open. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzknwnUWM8UZgDPG6d-h-viRKEEPnjYQCyXlRk4WlANUOK9scIh2mOk8Pq_TitJgbCH3-d2BFzrSXth10hktlO2ZxDg5yJ23xV919z9vkvUPHQdpctLTpcPF_MWsVetHL_d6iGzMtFk8rI2Ggi4TAnoumN1Gf8Slw-VUr-olOAkSaTUa0c2Na_e1kK=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzknwnUWM8UZgDPG6d-h-viRKEEPnjYQCyXlRk4WlANUOK9scIh2mOk8Pq_TitJgbCH3-d2BFzrSXth10hktlO2ZxDg5yJ23xV919z9vkvUPHQdpctLTpcPF_MWsVetHL_d6iGzMtFk8rI2Ggi4TAnoumN1Gf8Slw-VUr-olOAkSaTUa0c2Na_e1kK=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were the first ones in the theatre! I ended up buying the cheapest tickets which were $70 each and were right up the back row, but the view was still so good. We had some older ladies come and sit next to us and they cracked me up as one of them said 'so what's this about?' The other one replied 'oh you know, that American guy named.....' (couldn't remember it!) and then the other one laughed and said 'Hamilton!' and they both laughed. Then they started googling about Alexander Hamilton and what he did. The theatre wasn't full so the people sitting next to use all moved along, so we had heaps of space around us which was great. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlSpivGdMT5wgtX7ij0UAcYq5OopMchM5061iZt0hg72q6wwiKqMf5MqFfvUDJwzyhAS3w7CrYqVGXu82_Giq3Q7GCvn4n8nxHPhL3b2l_PZkJNsjlSwckEGM4CoMmCZAwc6ysauULL5aUpAecszA35Tk5Pupr81WIOjcsrdjaIaMYFDZQN4EGTsoy=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlSpivGdMT5wgtX7ij0UAcYq5OopMchM5061iZt0hg72q6wwiKqMf5MqFfvUDJwzyhAS3w7CrYqVGXu82_Giq3Q7GCvn4n8nxHPhL3b2l_PZkJNsjlSwckEGM4CoMmCZAwc6ysauULL5aUpAecszA35Tk5Pupr81WIOjcsrdjaIaMYFDZQN4EGTsoy=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>We absolutely loved Hamilton and I loved our view from the top. It was incredible to watch all the stage work and lighting and we were amazed at how much more we picked up because you could see everything going on, on the stage. We love watching Hamilton on Disney but it is nothing compared to watching it live. We were on a high all night and would absolutely love to go again (maybe in Melbourne). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji3lXihUL5YVOQhexe30720yrKSfDh7dg3PqF_PJ5hZ7L_zlvp2iGh103XZegSvPeph7h8L-CX_QV4pKAbq4QuiGa_lO5aR23IzUy-OW9oP_dFaFBarDLdP9OFUO-eCPHQhP5Gm-65qWmQlENnC_jHrhKc_nFRgI8lMr73YTPr7T-uXaXTyj3B1jyi=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji3lXihUL5YVOQhexe30720yrKSfDh7dg3PqF_PJ5hZ7L_zlvp2iGh103XZegSvPeph7h8L-CX_QV4pKAbq4QuiGa_lO5aR23IzUy-OW9oP_dFaFBarDLdP9OFUO-eCPHQhP5Gm-65qWmQlENnC_jHrhKc_nFRgI8lMr73YTPr7T-uXaXTyj3B1jyi=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We caught the train back to Chrish's and didn't get back till around 1:00 am. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFnXgb3iZ5G_0TkED1SgBm24M_Sh9mEd6yC72WjVsX4gGiXBKD5XWYpW7sSsXeTSQe_yp_gxaviEkWBy6iHkaYi5n4N4pX4iNPdjyy4d5ZX57akVyEupCEMzx5iZ3tLAaxoWoW60RLOlcf2Iiru0jEOxLv-WQz45OkJbs3_Q_6NwtIA4K7uwx48aOZ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFnXgb3iZ5G_0TkED1SgBm24M_Sh9mEd6yC72WjVsX4gGiXBKD5XWYpW7sSsXeTSQe_yp_gxaviEkWBy6iHkaYi5n4N4pX4iNPdjyy4d5ZX57akVyEupCEMzx5iZ3tLAaxoWoW60RLOlcf2Iiru0jEOxLv-WQz45OkJbs3_Q_6NwtIA4K7uwx48aOZ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chrish didn't have to work on Saturday, so we decided to go to the 'new' Sydney Zoo in western Sydney. It was quite cheap to go and although it was quite a small zoo, we were very impressed with it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhiYQyYIPGzhbfg8GZr4LVEasenb8We35WybIEnkAUsjpBL7u5WnOSvzyKD8r-PLYPrwn7fV6pefMLOf2pih5v3sv1nTrpq1R0t9MzbCs123GHQl7BlF0ebldKc9Av80zBaI1-R_w3ZuTehZef4oc2qoMOiVigTGMRy5VE3hOLwpZdO0LkSZS2eDRF=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhiYQyYIPGzhbfg8GZr4LVEasenb8We35WybIEnkAUsjpBL7u5WnOSvzyKD8r-PLYPrwn7fV6pefMLOf2pih5v3sv1nTrpq1R0t9MzbCs123GHQl7BlF0ebldKc9Av80zBaI1-R_w3ZuTehZef4oc2qoMOiVigTGMRy5VE3hOLwpZdO0LkSZS2eDRF=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It looks lovely and was set out really well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzzY4HN-h-xcrgTwMfDC1FeINVPaAClo6UiiB889_vl4LIRViuSZXTqXzdplj_lH7nTftBIGrYGk9z841DEhEWVxOhmOb8FnxZK1w4ShsyZzcELA3MlqBkwLYVYEoVkFfhhC6OpCq0DUCyl384VNcNl60V5E4Yqli74jH1bkgAMjh_5k2adZnQCQZf=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Kobe asked Chrish if he'd take us to Taco Bell for lunch as we don't have it in Tassie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCw7F_boCiZB0qG13HiJK-ihyG7Casq8h3jNlFh8tD_T_CtG_U0bM_-fPrPzf2RSpaABk6otf4IPv5vAp3MiUlt-nCasB5VceI0rqrJQ0mvuI1Pq2vj9Be2H6RMLvJ6jJVdaolLkRingmxakYRsEnu57pWCjw_fzA9Y-DOe2AImBk_CXm5Fsd5PbgP=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCw7F_boCiZB0qG13HiJK-ihyG7Casq8h3jNlFh8tD_T_CtG_U0bM_-fPrPzf2RSpaABk6otf4IPv5vAp3MiUlt-nCasB5VceI0rqrJQ0mvuI1Pq2vj9Be2H6RMLvJ6jJVdaolLkRingmxakYRsEnu57pWCjw_fzA9Y-DOe2AImBk_CXm5Fsd5PbgP=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was my turn to go for a drive in the Triumph. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The first Krispy Kreme store that opened in Australia is near Aqua Golf, so we had to call in there to grab a treat (as we also don't have Krispy Kreme in Tassie). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpTzGzQHC1qSkNTG_c_mBGpELm2QSeJO7fuh4f5EkLbR4m0A5l6U1dsi0-lYH71O_f784TdH8iJqRklyd0V6EIF5RIwFXWppvGnri3svYaGApkdfsv1us0aOyk_t6Nn3AiQ1NSBotsES3OKKrYICTCcvvj2FHd26XMvL25L5nYieYRf7g4KjRyyaV9=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpTzGzQHC1qSkNTG_c_mBGpELm2QSeJO7fuh4f5EkLbR4m0A5l6U1dsi0-lYH71O_f784TdH8iJqRklyd0V6EIF5RIwFXWppvGnri3svYaGApkdfsv1us0aOyk_t6Nn3AiQ1NSBotsES3OKKrYICTCcvvj2FHd26XMvL25L5nYieYRf7g4KjRyyaV9=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div>We flew back home the next day, but not until after lunch so we went to Botany Bay for a quick look and also Little Bay which was beautiful. I was wishing so much I could go for a swim but we had to catch the plane. <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOH_Wop_0zcTXRldK4tNnFBq1_vBhyGZeUAlI27dTehiAPBMh4jDJVZ0H-8LKX2_SYtYi1qAVmLsctoUr5KTeCqFX7c8dZLJdT9WiYhCpMua44E86n1MLM8z5NGOjU5Z-mrqBH8TTTO-ztFoLc2UX_S6-1-YtC52tomOoKKy4j8Wo6B--AI1Wu02_C=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOH_Wop_0zcTXRldK4tNnFBq1_vBhyGZeUAlI27dTehiAPBMh4jDJVZ0H-8LKX2_SYtYi1qAVmLsctoUr5KTeCqFX7c8dZLJdT9WiYhCpMua44E86n1MLM8z5NGOjU5Z-mrqBH8TTTO-ztFoLc2UX_S6-1-YtC52tomOoKKy4j8Wo6B--AI1Wu02_C=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIutXIsKSatHWwnkmGsDix-p6t2Xyd6IjqMSkAgtIR9JgeguFQctSiF2S5afBcBbHcBc2S4n0wUKRlldSf4xpK2LLui9VqDMmQY96hdQaPSzuKQ8gVf28Cd6ipFfHHWYchjAv1ID_gA1N2WaHQrHJ1yRpDO_xCTBZk-qm-66h3H5-rMcFvSr0lV_aR=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIutXIsKSatHWwnkmGsDix-p6t2Xyd6IjqMSkAgtIR9JgeguFQctSiF2S5afBcBbHcBc2S4n0wUKRlldSf4xpK2LLui9VqDMmQY96hdQaPSzuKQ8gVf28Cd6ipFfHHWYchjAv1ID_gA1N2WaHQrHJ1yRpDO_xCTBZk-qm-66h3H5-rMcFvSr0lV_aR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHaEeiy1jbwtTfhvWcwuYqiGC9aBX9ZMds12czpFep7wkeSoau949tHQ4lQX11KzijXSmI2KYe_0gZXfZAfYWJzptAUq8hz5yrdNHnZ_1s6AOE1p9YEgA38JVbsr_fuLKT4F7WA7b2aDY3gbqm4jlkR6kgrICnzbCmiULvyhzQNI1V2zaYPhMIdFea=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHaEeiy1jbwtTfhvWcwuYqiGC9aBX9ZMds12czpFep7wkeSoau949tHQ4lQX11KzijXSmI2KYe_0gZXfZAfYWJzptAUq8hz5yrdNHnZ_1s6AOE1p9YEgA38JVbsr_fuLKT4F7WA7b2aDY3gbqm4jlkR6kgrICnzbCmiULvyhzQNI1V2zaYPhMIdFea=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwxRzgNBgUZDyg-V-9zp1NV1_jfljkW6ojzsUH2F_HZtJ-qJ3oTDYmU6knwGWcONU5i2T6Bj6dmZ1olpIoAkdnWyLPKe4BOsui67y6Sjb0S5JQgAoSX6-lSqfyYGPl_mw69ZVhglDc0evHn0cBIAdEb_IDhiErfG24swR07noDF9OMPUAuYuey4_WX=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwxRzgNBgUZDyg-V-9zp1NV1_jfljkW6ojzsUH2F_HZtJ-qJ3oTDYmU6knwGWcONU5i2T6Bj6dmZ1olpIoAkdnWyLPKe4BOsui67y6Sjb0S5JQgAoSX6-lSqfyYGPl_mw69ZVhglDc0evHn0cBIAdEb_IDhiErfG24swR07noDF9OMPUAuYuey4_WX=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9x8bXLAnlnuOde3jPHU28rpekA8pB-EJl1yhs2AFCS6lTQXY1_ot6D0TM9_zAFdHveIXgiqpdnottp64XmVcslFwaWO2UU9-jvWUWeX3s1e5lLHDl_aWrJ6b6_I3Gd9Ezx5ll_FuXcqD-nwg3FYMDqKalOvlDQh62ZgAXVHfswvlOC7Br2aBpsmvQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9x8bXLAnlnuOde3jPHU28rpekA8pB-EJl1yhs2AFCS6lTQXY1_ot6D0TM9_zAFdHveIXgiqpdnottp64XmVcslFwaWO2UU9-jvWUWeX3s1e5lLHDl_aWrJ6b6_I3Gd9Ezx5ll_FuXcqD-nwg3FYMDqKalOvlDQh62ZgAXVHfswvlOC7Br2aBpsmvQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9pCyTsw_8mYsTlSBnVYJnJZg-b0XWR9Ay2K6OzQgD5YD2Tq4552rJGF7MxrfG3IjrvpFw_fGlwlF69flajHEjLOgofrNnz5zJGKYBY8HHazOKTpJ5KXlUypHZ8l7Vrck141AAT7Pj4IZfg0_T5OI6qMh-qpy_oSaNY_1K8mtw3bG28gYY9o35eZAG=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9pCyTsw_8mYsTlSBnVYJnJZg-b0XWR9Ay2K6OzQgD5YD2Tq4552rJGF7MxrfG3IjrvpFw_fGlwlF69flajHEjLOgofrNnz5zJGKYBY8HHazOKTpJ5KXlUypHZ8l7Vrck141AAT7Pj4IZfg0_T5OI6qMh-qpy_oSaNY_1K8mtw3bG28gYY9o35eZAG=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We fitted about a weeks worth of activities into three days and had a lovely time, but I was so tired when when we got home. I was glad that I didn't do it at the end of the holidays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Out of ten places that we checked into, I got six alerts that there were Covid cases where we had been. Luckily for us we are still Covid free and the risk was definitely worth the reward, even though we had to wait for it for so long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks Chrish for letting us come and stay at such short notice and for always showing us a good time when we are with you. I promise to give you more warning that we are coming next time! :) </div> <p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-76748342658018189492022-01-14T14:25:00.002+11:002022-01-14T22:25:17.642+11:00One off the Bucket List <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was trying to figure out what to get my Mum for her birthday, and then remembered us chatting about going to the west coast of Tasmania sometime. I've never actually been and either has Mum. As a child I remember Mum always saying 'I hate the west coast' which is why we never went, but now that we talk about it, she says she hated the idea of the long drive to the west coast. We are very spoilt with everything being so close in Tasmania so anything longer than a 3 hour drives, seems too far! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I rang her last week to tell her that I'd booked a night in Strahan and a cruise on the Gordon River for her and the four of us, and she was very excited, as it's something that she's had on her bucket list to do. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a 3 1/2 hour drive from Mum's house and I was amazed at how beautiful the drive was as we got closer to the coast. We were oohing and aahing the whole way down at the mountains and forests we were driving through. We were happy when we finally got to Strahan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbKL6BfDooG3clF17KGmrKUR8PH7R8phAp5ZBXAO4QMmR2XRQ0G9Zf4aDixkFHZ1e9nW0lTMnZJq3U9QuFhZDFn93aqWgXXaabyfMe93zSITfoco7lqclR5Z1C2mOjSlTBUQQEkOyKZLkvG3hmH3hwdU-uk6wpARwqTqiZz0aLuKNMkxc4OkTBcmKv=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbKL6BfDooG3clF17KGmrKUR8PH7R8phAp5ZBXAO4QMmR2XRQ0G9Zf4aDixkFHZ1e9nW0lTMnZJq3U9QuFhZDFn93aqWgXXaabyfMe93zSITfoco7lqclR5Z1C2mOjSlTBUQQEkOyKZLkvG3hmH3hwdU-uk6wpARwqTqiZz0aLuKNMkxc4OkTBcmKv=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwtYoAZ3KLdm1hmWVwkex0uBENHoux77e6gMCkHJX1sUQk6J8Z9KGf6-xJthqn338qo2vJ25s5ShmiySqPYYIfnQYgPwxuS02F3A_8e2F66cVVRjxfIhYMBLN4T8kxUdZqKdpVCk6fdo0Uqo3UVJOHcIYydb2or4HkdoDKxsrlQRE_u2v8V5B7RciM=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwtYoAZ3KLdm1hmWVwkex0uBENHoux77e6gMCkHJX1sUQk6J8Z9KGf6-xJthqn338qo2vJ25s5ShmiySqPYYIfnQYgPwxuS02F3A_8e2F66cVVRjxfIhYMBLN4T8kxUdZqKdpVCk6fdo0Uqo3UVJOHcIYydb2or4HkdoDKxsrlQRE_u2v8V5B7RciM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We couldn't check into our accommodation for a couple of hours so we had lunch and then went to Ocean Beach which was so beautiful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTOuNECTDh_4q1mMPewd1lq-F-y-58efQf8Drmn6_b3Xbv48y3kj4voW-fETnHTsNiCAe74biotTmg7XEEm702wZKP_UqkLNsqlcsfcPVVImKycIKOjZCHSyhHkEnYVIrIdSX7s5tCddEYXFret3hr5Ep2tGpY_41NhFVj9sDwzsNM_mn-hXvnhADj=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTOuNECTDh_4q1mMPewd1lq-F-y-58efQf8Drmn6_b3Xbv48y3kj4voW-fETnHTsNiCAe74biotTmg7XEEm702wZKP_UqkLNsqlcsfcPVVImKycIKOjZCHSyhHkEnYVIrIdSX7s5tCddEYXFret3hr5Ep2tGpY_41NhFVj9sDwzsNM_mn-hXvnhADj=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-tACwBsj_v2AvWW6AKdjzQvfpVx4LMF0P3P_DDtMOqFHufP1DdnGyFslsYURpSF3lBfslCUgy4ETWtmv5IZ1MvldADAn023V9SfRun3V8MjumWRTm-osXZ7j6HFR4QjSX8WZG6DpC-_jn0lwB5qcUc6tnQ714uqbPj7_QdmQsDgQuA9q8g_npz1LZ=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-tACwBsj_v2AvWW6AKdjzQvfpVx4LMF0P3P_DDtMOqFHufP1DdnGyFslsYURpSF3lBfslCUgy4ETWtmv5IZ1MvldADAn023V9SfRun3V8MjumWRTm-osXZ7j6HFR4QjSX8WZG6DpC-_jn0lwB5qcUc6tnQ714uqbPj7_QdmQsDgQuA9q8g_npz1LZ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBJZEcxYofhTlKapLmdl8hb4rpX7I-d6ljLzwjF-NbfQpLPf-AnDNjosQGYrfgkclTPoEE00BeObq1BFvffmtEz17CRa9_hY05hwHE_Wokj8Cd6JiLwbKN5i5XfxvmBlc0HWMoPLFT3fnr9sjBiiddpHHj4Wfiv8HDCqiH-a94DPondydBiY4QOMTY=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBJZEcxYofhTlKapLmdl8hb4rpX7I-d6ljLzwjF-NbfQpLPf-AnDNjosQGYrfgkclTPoEE00BeObq1BFvffmtEz17CRa9_hY05hwHE_Wokj8Cd6JiLwbKN5i5XfxvmBlc0HWMoPLFT3fnr9sjBiiddpHHj4Wfiv8HDCqiH-a94DPondydBiY4QOMTY=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTDVXi9kdUHtA-kKR2ieT3JiBWyxJdlHTKXdHf2VtKJpPGRUYfrCO4DuzOtJSdQL1p2c62Nke1rdInFZ0DwPpEVsqnkQAx9HLURhnw8lpZy-eg9h0VcCN1wtMmrnWt7QZ9qwhT0gVk3mfe3QZY3th4ysAWhQtMfTaP-2cj8iXDDgb27UO_bSrNeZVw=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTDVXi9kdUHtA-kKR2ieT3JiBWyxJdlHTKXdHf2VtKJpPGRUYfrCO4DuzOtJSdQL1p2c62Nke1rdInFZ0DwPpEVsqnkQAx9HLURhnw8lpZy-eg9h0VcCN1wtMmrnWt7QZ9qwhT0gVk3mfe3QZY3th4ysAWhQtMfTaP-2cj8iXDDgb27UO_bSrNeZVw=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jay and Kobe were keen to get in even though we had no towels in the car! 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It made me nervous that our cruise may also be cancelled, but we were lucky. </p><p>I'd been telling the boys that it was a six hour cruise and Mum thought I was joking until she saw the sign outside the cruise office and then said 'on it really IS six hours!!'. The cruise started at 3:15 pm. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Cvg-W8Qy7M7wnjk0IxZnER0y0UaBRiUkH0RC21DiqfGwFsG2-UyPx2fH23B9GDZK_H_po3B0_vdAewcoWwBaYonudhZ0nlcgB-ARhd2FDH9qlSsuM4BCUBxqx-TF1WeJqA90T0MjI-Y5AhN6WX_yvIA5TFL7rSA8PplxXHcx0c7nkN8RoOTkxqPJ=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Cvg-W8Qy7M7wnjk0IxZnER0y0UaBRiUkH0RC21DiqfGwFsG2-UyPx2fH23B9GDZK_H_po3B0_vdAewcoWwBaYonudhZ0nlcgB-ARhd2FDH9qlSsuM4BCUBxqx-TF1WeJqA90T0MjI-Y5AhN6WX_yvIA5TFL7rSA8PplxXHcx0c7nkN8RoOTkxqPJ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p>When we got to Strahan it was really cloudy, but just before the cruise started the sun came out and it was a beautiful warm day. We had allocated seating inside the boat, but were able to go out on the deck whenever we wanted. We went straight up to the top deck (there were three). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6wS5DmGICWJ5HjMyNjMEa19Upp2WHJv4kbLIFEH5Vkz8cxuZzvCoUmlWFK_3rsWVxXiSNtlF2krsN2gTIZTkjZhQGSqamte2w8Tfkga7jFGW9O08whKD6Rc7OsjcUAlPCEBXVYiCP_lBGTi78VBzRLQEfKn1vnteMDIPfyQFcg4VyXDl5_u1pajm6=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6wS5DmGICWJ5HjMyNjMEa19Upp2WHJv4kbLIFEH5Vkz8cxuZzvCoUmlWFK_3rsWVxXiSNtlF2krsN2gTIZTkjZhQGSqamte2w8Tfkga7jFGW9O08whKD6Rc7OsjcUAlPCEBXVYiCP_lBGTi78VBzRLQEfKn1vnteMDIPfyQFcg4VyXDl5_u1pajm6=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk3MwMw1tKOT6gdgxbFv1_aMPHPfm2Vci4_IYU0q--3rE0WAJYLQf6xelSgDK9xYfdpyMHPZdUhy0tRQbq_nj-0nXCyxdZmDum-6yINx-CFOVPy4lVhzRmB2JumRc6ADaTeS22roBmF08HbvE_leOkAEFm-FvTcndFKzkehk-VYHaNpWFwbb4peNuD=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk3MwMw1tKOT6gdgxbFv1_aMPHPfm2Vci4_IYU0q--3rE0WAJYLQf6xelSgDK9xYfdpyMHPZdUhy0tRQbq_nj-0nXCyxdZmDum-6yINx-CFOVPy4lVhzRmB2JumRc6ADaTeS22roBmF08HbvE_leOkAEFm-FvTcndFKzkehk-VYHaNpWFwbb4peNuD=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>The cruise took us to Hells Gates first which is a narrow entry from the Southern Ocean to Macquarie Harbour. There were absolutely beautiful beaches. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4LikIme1uOI6zMUEo9OEHALg8P0Wa3lhHU99vZ9KOTvuffW4znta3SC42cKLKixa1Rp2TLVNhRFdJsj0QKh3vSQwSYluEqxFySB6XfdhtjfjouyD0to4hYxRoQyTUXmYO_qb0HYNtT75FVTYE5e9YU-lSVTMjv7Ed63kfUzUd29KnyUUfXazKFX8W=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4LikIme1uOI6zMUEo9OEHALg8P0Wa3lhHU99vZ9KOTvuffW4znta3SC42cKLKixa1Rp2TLVNhRFdJsj0QKh3vSQwSYluEqxFySB6XfdhtjfjouyD0to4hYxRoQyTUXmYO_qb0HYNtT75FVTYE5e9YU-lSVTMjv7Ed63kfUzUd29KnyUUfXazKFX8W=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Pb4pDA5gIwfdTF-dsovxLt2rsLgOWdjwROQv3y6tg_2lko4TtoaIj4M0Z6rbBl0KJ2H6LIxzW6DYAgZM8sWnVyqChV8VjpMpK0_xyw1BpX6FAGI2xhGOa_lamAkKvlei0erykhAFsu-tgBznp8lwJaBOA6pynkIlEkf2xf0Ob6psuIcTrDoQqnUS=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Pb4pDA5gIwfdTF-dsovxLt2rsLgOWdjwROQv3y6tg_2lko4TtoaIj4M0Z6rbBl0KJ2H6LIxzW6DYAgZM8sWnVyqChV8VjpMpK0_xyw1BpX6FAGI2xhGOa_lamAkKvlei0erykhAFsu-tgBznp8lwJaBOA6pynkIlEkf2xf0Ob6psuIcTrDoQqnUS=w640-h640" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEk9qiFyKNOf1_HRXaTkBNGWr8peWmmaygTqJ25XQ7__6rg022bwhpv3BG78h2gSnBYD4fOExbJvVWDCTDXSYNHAc9vA1lnathZpw-Gw6ESkY3GhEGZX-Hz-5CrTE74orlcAITjpfZseT_KWr9sE7KpHHJ_B4GQzvMdUlkB3A6zVpaJpky4rNnTPwg=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEk9qiFyKNOf1_HRXaTkBNGWr8peWmmaygTqJ25XQ7__6rg022bwhpv3BG78h2gSnBYD4fOExbJvVWDCTDXSYNHAc9vA1lnathZpw-Gw6ESkY3GhEGZX-Hz-5CrTE74orlcAITjpfZseT_KWr9sE7KpHHJ_B4GQzvMdUlkB3A6zVpaJpky4rNnTPwg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivsnMch-OTUamaY4pBCEyLbenX-crul0dJlsMV70ofmLjd6_VEjj00Isj5jB0bUDts0yV8wTMoWx-pB-1DmCrdnNKjjXu3VJjBJZRk6kC9chEpJBQDhfygjsLYRftcl2XsQ-lGNsbVMwK3NVAWIroX7Z4SZYu_qGYidexpLJHKT5lAwoIcSQO580OY=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivsnMch-OTUamaY4pBCEyLbenX-crul0dJlsMV70ofmLjd6_VEjj00Isj5jB0bUDts0yV8wTMoWx-pB-1DmCrdnNKjjXu3VJjBJZRk6kC9chEpJBQDhfygjsLYRftcl2XsQ-lGNsbVMwK3NVAWIroX7Z4SZYu_qGYidexpLJHKT5lAwoIcSQO580OY=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhINWK0H8I44HCnAQP5PuXaWcUNj-Xf4_CHedaBmApFmgLYt_hlAh6FeuXtn3SpAuoyyfc9gAIEMRvFoP69DQGcgEcpJOCjNyEbTPc0AuwtSVflCb9D5z99fd2J3TTC6DJ5GxnvbwHTSoAsxi5ZkLTvpSfddcVFf_W-gh6qtUM1_iAQBHdWSySXVwbC=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhINWK0H8I44HCnAQP5PuXaWcUNj-Xf4_CHedaBmApFmgLYt_hlAh6FeuXtn3SpAuoyyfc9gAIEMRvFoP69DQGcgEcpJOCjNyEbTPc0AuwtSVflCb9D5z99fd2J3TTC6DJ5GxnvbwHTSoAsxi5ZkLTvpSfddcVFf_W-gh6qtUM1_iAQBHdWSySXVwbC=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it went to Liberty Point and stopped close by the aquaculture pens which were full of Atlantic salmon and ocean trout. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQLCIj81GLfqScVli5svXo2emST4hGgOLWK_Fynk3gnPoy5w7xub787w_QGGGdJISxRd2sZkWIA4vUFF4NwKMaIVBy3zpQaf4u6xIefGTn2GHgT7Cn0Z_Gr8YcLVacjCo0QoOb6QXCLzaGfHBL4hb4poi9BJ8QiXpFs0aGdGjxHe9-FDuYYnmqwuqp=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQLCIj81GLfqScVli5svXo2emST4hGgOLWK_Fynk3gnPoy5w7xub787w_QGGGdJISxRd2sZkWIA4vUFF4NwKMaIVBy3zpQaf4u6xIefGTn2GHgT7Cn0Z_Gr8YcLVacjCo0QoOb6QXCLzaGfHBL4hb4poi9BJ8QiXpFs0aGdGjxHe9-FDuYYnmqwuqp=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><div>Inside the boat they had a commentary and information on TV screens about the area and its history. They talked a lot about the aboriginal communities and convicts. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRq4kZKh5KqVgnJV_vOI0rnpfIGFBI6YtXgegVZPGequX-PCkLhLczrI143z2BRzVCYLhMa-Bn0pFpMq2iSrnNsTivMKcO7n40-pPZWXvzUkn7JtWMiZeuI7VkmVR5C1dZhPsq-t6hnmYYQaqM-OybxnAj41651tyRMHpeSu4Mw37WPvDwBlppjPBw=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRq4kZKh5KqVgnJV_vOI0rnpfIGFBI6YtXgegVZPGequX-PCkLhLczrI143z2BRzVCYLhMa-Bn0pFpMq2iSrnNsTivMKcO7n40-pPZWXvzUkn7JtWMiZeuI7VkmVR5C1dZhPsq-t6hnmYYQaqM-OybxnAj41651tyRMHpeSu4Mw37WPvDwBlppjPBw=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next stop was at Sarah Island where we got off the boat for about 45 minutes for a guided tour. You also have the option of doing a self guided tour, but I wanted to hear about the history from someone who knew it well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWjFFer7zUN4Bs8RfyD2JNBiiFWaq4LLKRqGnrIaq0wXMoEzlOWpi7jM5RmjULCpCkWKVQ8B468evA9G5yo2Qi9jS_0bIKNDcBwSyqTFsjxpfX2msjcScyN5fazkmI-IfL4ZmizfhPHe2Wmd0L2pc-DXxU1vOlwJZwfR_V5bdiyels1yoPVA5WY4dz=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWjFFer7zUN4Bs8RfyD2JNBiiFWaq4LLKRqGnrIaq0wXMoEzlOWpi7jM5RmjULCpCkWKVQ8B468evA9G5yo2Qi9jS_0bIKNDcBwSyqTFsjxpfX2msjcScyN5fazkmI-IfL4ZmizfhPHe2Wmd0L2pc-DXxU1vOlwJZwfR_V5bdiyels1yoPVA5WY4dz=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOHtec80DuBmRkYtBImbdb_DE3VFYAtB_so5o32b8ciarJqdU9o2MLWQ2tsrY_OmhRNBr98FtzbaqtTd_3f-bzR0BVlBmqYVPJzB_8f_PX2d8E0qRiLrcrPeVLviVOrYIhJ6mz8OSdVYB4YL1YAsE4zQi5WZiUur6oYBOVpJdeQqopbELXCoRjW6ZO=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOHtec80DuBmRkYtBImbdb_DE3VFYAtB_so5o32b8ciarJqdU9o2MLWQ2tsrY_OmhRNBr98FtzbaqtTd_3f-bzR0BVlBmqYVPJzB_8f_PX2d8E0qRiLrcrPeVLviVOrYIhJ6mz8OSdVYB4YL1YAsE4zQi5WZiUur6oYBOVpJdeQqopbELXCoRjW6ZO=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our tour guide was a guy called David and he was very funny and enthusiastic. He taught us a lot about Sarah Island which was the harshest convict settlement in Australia and one of the largest ship building yards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGc03PEWdcrURg0DK-r2XvVr6f-vD6bnx2mQfVRudBwdbwbrgEZVHrhAuyCYz6QrjYijGNZPf_XkKyFt1F8s5EGb_rCc17zxdD48TYRr9yIddFcz0CoF7EaMkVYsnrMyIzSPf5KaIneEfLGSxhP_E8kZjAvHlaMGT1x6fln-2UdR6aVVUIpenqb7--=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGc03PEWdcrURg0DK-r2XvVr6f-vD6bnx2mQfVRudBwdbwbrgEZVHrhAuyCYz6QrjYijGNZPf_XkKyFt1F8s5EGb_rCc17zxdD48TYRr9yIddFcz0CoF7EaMkVYsnrMyIzSPf5KaIneEfLGSxhP_E8kZjAvHlaMGT1x6fln-2UdR6aVVUIpenqb7--=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo3WrBNVO1czgS9bpO_E_PLJdzrSAF_L41Qpck64LpqGrwfg1yS-U8_C78QiIdYlWWQkNq-RjVYETZELir_mlBqvMBpEO-LVHPN4oi15_T43sZk1jh3r8cXuAT1etV0K_MOy5uzdr6ifTZD3o3HlZ6IT_M59VoGTajkgcQ7dXoPlQyKzW16EJz8tJS=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo3WrBNVO1czgS9bpO_E_PLJdzrSAF_L41Qpck64LpqGrwfg1yS-U8_C78QiIdYlWWQkNq-RjVYETZELir_mlBqvMBpEO-LVHPN4oi15_T43sZk1jh3r8cXuAT1etV0K_MOy5uzdr6ifTZD3o3HlZ6IT_M59VoGTajkgcQ7dXoPlQyKzW16EJz8tJS=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXkPh0bjdSe7D742szkpGwNEakAJW2nm3IWUN-K-VOTonXA5rhJI8e0GM3WLwho0Ey_Afq8nd29piusVzno3w1lrmwe4hmKOf04jiwth1t21HfEF3Nikv_P3lo0gOtF83C1ncCRDHil0Zy85uZRwolGSe2Dy2L8ZEviaYe4OfnF07F-P1dcADeEfFu=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXkPh0bjdSe7D742szkpGwNEakAJW2nm3IWUN-K-VOTonXA5rhJI8e0GM3WLwho0Ey_Afq8nd29piusVzno3w1lrmwe4hmKOf04jiwth1t21HfEF3Nikv_P3lo0gOtF83C1ncCRDHil0Zy85uZRwolGSe2Dy2L8ZEviaYe4OfnF07F-P1dcADeEfFu=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR5Y5_F7KeZTOvucMAgWLA5fxzxPoKJArsU4M5QaGYcxaNfNYazKSAx0ySrcoqSNjyOBYvfsguAlov2DbDmHxJtLJnMw0WTXFJGDqYwnQlLVegIrpXmujFtJBx86g4q2SrmxHv_onhTFQ9P5L0eFO8iy6UtV-Dn-j_kysdoy8vujlgGO3P2DrEJtxF=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR5Y5_F7KeZTOvucMAgWLA5fxzxPoKJArsU4M5QaGYcxaNfNYazKSAx0ySrcoqSNjyOBYvfsguAlov2DbDmHxJtLJnMw0WTXFJGDqYwnQlLVegIrpXmujFtJBx86g4q2SrmxHv_onhTFQ9P5L0eFO8iy6UtV-Dn-j_kysdoy8vujlgGO3P2DrEJtxF=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhGnkJbGbWuSLdxIeOL1Vr9SPk1R_XwwbgGaYI7W2gbY038dftYXoVS2YOSYWFClv-LD7d4XNpAhrPt-S89GCtCXR1fLfTpniw0S1ifuuDSnejMpkDsthYsIsnuZjxLf4ZztGr4VCTAo7Q8NDWUo-CCaG8-UhvSfx-Wx4OPhYMfLyEdPbdsw3mWFsC=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhGnkJbGbWuSLdxIeOL1Vr9SPk1R_XwwbgGaYI7W2gbY038dftYXoVS2YOSYWFClv-LD7d4XNpAhrPt-S89GCtCXR1fLfTpniw0S1ifuuDSnejMpkDsthYsIsnuZjxLf4ZztGr4VCTAo7Q8NDWUo-CCaG8-UhvSfx-Wx4OPhYMfLyEdPbdsw3mWFsC=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once we got back on the boat we were served a light dinner of fresh Tasmanian produce including salmon, meats, cheeses, and salads. Kobe was disappointed to get the child's option but happy when I shared my salmon with him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPAdk9OxvM5njw8lhJ7KJANqYC5hpSge6DIffKOgOTbBliJqrFH3mifeE-hWF8Rl-UiLfeq1ReAf3WyyrdZmYf-RjDn7-prxhGSBrLp-WeB013bRBiTX4m4Lcwy05dU7X4bcg0Jindl8S-3ecHJJiTVCs0QUSRmrTa1VbdgJTy8xr0R9v_JXfYg1UA=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPAdk9OxvM5njw8lhJ7KJANqYC5hpSge6DIffKOgOTbBliJqrFH3mifeE-hWF8Rl-UiLfeq1ReAf3WyyrdZmYf-RjDn7-prxhGSBrLp-WeB013bRBiTX4m4Lcwy05dU7X4bcg0Jindl8S-3ecHJJiTVCs0QUSRmrTa1VbdgJTy8xr0R9v_JXfYg1UA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>Just after dinner, the cruise reached the world heritage wilderness area, which was absolutely beautiful. It just went on and on and on, with incredible forests on each side of the river. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDQ71kJdiNSKfWGLPV_wrrDqkM9Dnu3SHMzt_iNZOnXwEmk-SEqg4H-OcJJYC-qZ10IqaVDp1NL2uEZFPChBV_WYhIu51Ue3yLgP6jiJDA3keWt3PNsrPnG10D9aP1Uc-jU43RuDPNk-M4cV-ezr8jtzb8td5lE2jEWPZc1o8TRe0P6dSQuEuO4Vfv=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDQ71kJdiNSKfWGLPV_wrrDqkM9Dnu3SHMzt_iNZOnXwEmk-SEqg4H-OcJJYC-qZ10IqaVDp1NL2uEZFPChBV_WYhIu51Ue3yLgP6jiJDA3keWt3PNsrPnG10D9aP1Uc-jU43RuDPNk-M4cV-ezr8jtzb8td5lE2jEWPZc1o8TRe0P6dSQuEuO4Vfv=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdBBuQBz3XDlt1NcTMl_1cSsHVXQAJhmpVOIMUx-e1KVs3T0nZzmD6eTNO95-E7pUwOoalqfKk6Jz_TNEpz5P1dXyCV2irQRlhl6msEoJAOCEZQUz2JraI7j-LJBH4m-GXn1fgDMR1cktHFeTwDe_BXk2-KVsXsemOEyCZ4pEqYB2OYggijWFoJFDe=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">One of the workers from the cruise came off the boat to tell us about the flora and fauna within the forest. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjkqKSNd3FNcbcP-UsVvSVulRjZpq7VqfpsMPMROcmiHMHVHbN1iQRIavflvd33WdhBCvGVU7cro9PkABIe2Q2yaAOT_B82e5HJ7SXgBxJ-0xQicfgW69lDGHIo0_fYaxiDaFuKoYMupJ3C_NzPawq7ASFcWs3qgJmpXeTFgIhd2PfCgI70oT4BGO=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjkqKSNd3FNcbcP-UsVvSVulRjZpq7VqfpsMPMROcmiHMHVHbN1iQRIavflvd33WdhBCvGVU7cro9PkABIe2Q2yaAOT_B82e5HJ7SXgBxJ-0xQicfgW69lDGHIo0_fYaxiDaFuKoYMupJ3C_NzPawq7ASFcWs3qgJmpXeTFgIhd2PfCgI70oT4BGO=w640-h428" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a small black tiger snake just behind the fence near the boardwalk which everyone was excited to see (and I was glad it wasn't moving!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgobvq-AurMgQ5E9hA13iARDYcuFy9RKszkVpGahAdovp3PVU0MurNd9H56640Sl7G35v9cg1KpLoZAE9ZPbuh23s4FzKYDIeyCU-fZt33CtWXEI6KeinGswH6zPl5tqSVvu2I2alkTyjt-TQJpgRGRds6q2UJCxUZ3r7KdWCCPJqFF0aryqHQIHEXt=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgobvq-AurMgQ5E9hA13iARDYcuFy9RKszkVpGahAdovp3PVU0MurNd9H56640Sl7G35v9cg1KpLoZAE9ZPbuh23s4FzKYDIeyCU-fZt33CtWXEI6KeinGswH6zPl5tqSVvu2I2alkTyjt-TQJpgRGRds6q2UJCxUZ3r7KdWCCPJqFF0aryqHQIHEXt=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div>The boat headed back up the Gordon River very slowly to Strahan until it hit the harbour and then it picked up speed. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiay_ewSKXRN_66uh19sIPi0dl5MX2I07sklGtTUM2m8o34ktH8aXHXo8dL8R0iA5EYfVjcqRyUCxvkjuNBScr9ILUoYoewTLf3HOebFTnDvNcvwpcSDS3q2ZjhPW2CGagGjkbWAWSh_5aXovz6D49Jr-COZqFx35DSnu_KCzAXUg6XYMUFuZ5JWyqX=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We got back into Strahan about 9:15 pm and were so tired even though we sat for most of the day. It was a big day of driving and cruising, but it was incredible and so worth it. Mum had a wonderful time and I'm glad we were able to cross something off her bucket list for her birthday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguSV4fPwDcShLJcw5RfCwCoBQvfO44kua3McNSZw0iaFfzbwLbGYLHYTqm3PfMP5R1Oa-aGejoM8bYZxuCoKeFVOiEApcXce7EU94J_nqpH7jYBiSM4Gpo5neouEFrNOvNTzYjAag7nHzeSQRlskpFR7Cm1JhEb-XDs3ICpt-SkIXhZmYHPdtW7Jl5=s3660" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2745" data-original-width="3660" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguSV4fPwDcShLJcw5RfCwCoBQvfO44kua3McNSZw0iaFfzbwLbGYLHYTqm3PfMP5R1Oa-aGejoM8bYZxuCoKeFVOiEApcXce7EU94J_nqpH7jYBiSM4Gpo5neouEFrNOvNTzYjAag7nHzeSQRlskpFR7Cm1JhEb-XDs3ICpt-SkIXhZmYHPdtW7Jl5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>The next day we headed home through Queenstown. It was such a cool little town with lots of awesome old buildings. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Yzao54RoJtfHUHnxbVXt1s3GW-BF2O9ip49AzmthtnqVNjnCCUGLyFpACDx6iL7-d2GFAUVv7dThWEz0ZXNAbonoGSHqukEXql6YbCv_N-63TTn35WrKO0Xu7PiijLx-TRP82r2_L_yqkTpUCuYcIz02M5kviTH8lYADf0M9O6IqbQEf_Q7M7y9f=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Yzao54RoJtfHUHnxbVXt1s3GW-BF2O9ip49AzmthtnqVNjnCCUGLyFpACDx6iL7-d2GFAUVv7dThWEz0ZXNAbonoGSHqukEXql6YbCv_N-63TTn35WrKO0Xu7PiijLx-TRP82r2_L_yqkTpUCuYcIz02M5kviTH8lYADf0M9O6IqbQEf_Q7M7y9f=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>At the top of the lookout a local told us about playing footy on the gravel oval and told us lots about the mines there. It was like having our own tour guide! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjguVjObWqcfo3HG0hnl3fWi_EMGy09yfxfg8DUKtH7cW7nKq3H6WkRXkyzRe3wcwyZd0NFzAcx5odQ6iNLNUtAE-rwfal-fasYfMHrnJFQzG1jAraYLPVK2LBq_r0Xy-b1nh7xE12kBPaqvBEwIitHUoidXk8ByFIQtbtszbIP2gNE6c3XpQ0xwF0d=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjguVjObWqcfo3HG0hnl3fWi_EMGy09yfxfg8DUKtH7cW7nKq3H6WkRXkyzRe3wcwyZd0NFzAcx5odQ6iNLNUtAE-rwfal-fasYfMHrnJFQzG1jAraYLPVK2LBq_r0Xy-b1nh7xE12kBPaqvBEwIitHUoidXk8ByFIQtbtszbIP2gNE6c3XpQ0xwF0d=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>I loved the west coast more than I thought I would, and it made me realise even more how lucky we are to live in Tasmania and just how beautiful it is. I want to go back and do the West Coast Wilderness Railway next. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4fGupEFq_g-0wDVcOeyb0UJywDJfaP3rEDWjNVr-oHDZqgpDr80lMRUyi1-U2I9r-cbrvXxpQJEClS1c_dGDURjy-f-tsFN4sB_s6xl1DfxMgJmcsCAtTbRDF1PdSA6Jtzib9LcZ0nGi2BOKQhS73eBHCFctO7KYA_0yZ970gIHZCByeikqSYEPm=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4fGupEFq_g-0wDVcOeyb0UJywDJfaP3rEDWjNVr-oHDZqgpDr80lMRUyi1-U2I9r-cbrvXxpQJEClS1c_dGDURjy-f-tsFN4sB_s6xl1DfxMgJmcsCAtTbRDF1PdSA6Jtzib9LcZ0nGi2BOKQhS73eBHCFctO7KYA_0yZ970gIHZCByeikqSYEPm=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>On the way home to Mum's we made another quick stop at Guide Falls which is a quick 5 minute walk from the carpark. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwNmPt7DOwiWAJz7wb67QX1KNNG_uLROX2EoGbzUW4Ty-ZBoRMrzOpFEybfKRfmIEFf6CkCNUyKrKsx6qw8tR-NHl2CicmMaMb_VpBd7MWK0lGCLo9i7HA9nb818bMtDuEklG92WedmDtEougJjpDFZF6wuhGbXuOiScSxQpZsUfvcXmFnCii44m1W=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwNmPt7DOwiWAJz7wb67QX1KNNG_uLROX2EoGbzUW4Ty-ZBoRMrzOpFEybfKRfmIEFf6CkCNUyKrKsx6qw8tR-NHl2CicmMaMb_VpBd7MWK0lGCLo9i7HA9nb818bMtDuEklG92WedmDtEougJjpDFZF6wuhGbXuOiScSxQpZsUfvcXmFnCii44m1W=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>The last time we went there it was winter and there was a <i>lot</i> more water, but it was still beautiful. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMHrHbVj-asNrldaNewI0rmhhzrqHVqMZFmyT2aL2-7xuMh3nhzqiw9XNKrjGSRmzDv8BfAhnMflXkt8AWbbHpOV1-kLdvrZeYz_aKUW7l4he50Go0dnA1nnmrBj1lNCSfmiWxhUI4G2vNo3p9pwCQIPN4bvNOQzREaZZTgCXHhiZI0PBfPpwLA1q2=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMHrHbVj-asNrldaNewI0rmhhzrqHVqMZFmyT2aL2-7xuMh3nhzqiw9XNKrjGSRmzDv8BfAhnMflXkt8AWbbHpOV1-kLdvrZeYz_aKUW7l4he50Go0dnA1nnmrBj1lNCSfmiWxhUI4G2vNo3p9pwCQIPN4bvNOQzREaZZTgCXHhiZI0PBfPpwLA1q2=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>I'm so glad that we could cross something off Mum's bucket list for her 69th birthday. I can't wait to go back down again and discover more of the west coast. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2rN7RgaJOh2k5oNI6W9oPxiMaxY8N_6KPfDBqUr60HgU6aU7pTPX1jlpFiCViFc54ZB-_VjcM4nUD-GwgaFaBuqQEuTRqF7jCJJXhGpT2qvCMkmJFap434QcPm-Idi7Nabw2H35gfYZP5Pxqt-pz0-IcVVKb4RuIhajfHuMAf6xm11Syi4Y-Q8sl7=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2rN7RgaJOh2k5oNI6W9oPxiMaxY8N_6KPfDBqUr60HgU6aU7pTPX1jlpFiCViFc54ZB-_VjcM4nUD-GwgaFaBuqQEuTRqF7jCJJXhGpT2qvCMkmJFap434QcPm-Idi7Nabw2H35gfYZP5Pxqt-pz0-IcVVKb4RuIhajfHuMAf6xm11Syi4Y-Q8sl7=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-80878887670039089182022-01-12T22:53:00.004+11:002022-01-17T23:01:37.875+11:00Dear Aaron 2021 <p>Dear Aaron</p><p>When I think about how it's been almost ten years since you died, my mind finds it hard to comprehend that you've been gone for so long and that we've been through so much without you here. </p><p>The other day the boys and I were talking about all the things that you've missed out on and how much the world has changed since you died. It's only been ten years, but so much changes in ten years. </p><p>Jay and I were talking about how there's been so many Marvel and Star Wars movies that you would've loved, that you will never see. You would love all the streaming services....no more having to pull out a DVD or Blu Ray to watch something. You can now just watch pretty much anything you want on either Netflix, Stan, Amazon Prime, Binge or Disney +. Every Wednesday the boys are usually hanging out for 7pm when Disney + releases another episode of their latest show, and no doubt you would be sitting there right along with them to watch the latest episode. </p><p>The boys have gone from being little boys, to being young men who no longer need me as much physically or emotionally and that's taken some adjusting to. I'm now enjoying that they don't rely on me as much, because for so many years I've been on the edge of burning out. Being a single mum is exhausting, let alone being a single mum to three boys who have been through grief and trauma. </p><p>It's still hard and exhausting at times, but I now have more time for myself. Right now we are on summer holidays and I can now sit on the deck with a book for hours without being disturbed or worried what they're getting into. It's taken me a while to just not feel guilty about even doing that, but I now realise it's what I need to do, to be able to continue working full time without losing the plot during the year. </p><p>It's a huge change from all those years of watching the clock for Noah's med and feed times, running to appointments, sitting in hospital for weeks and planning our day around Noah's mood and health. It's 'funny' as it's actually hard to remember those days, and I would give anything for life to be back how it was all those years ago when we were all together as a family of six, but I also know how lucky I am to have time to do things such as reading a book or jumping in the car to go to the gym or for a swim, because there were many years when I wasn't able to do that. </p><p>I still can't totally give up blogging. When I went to do this post I had a little laugh because I did a total of 11 posts last year, and that's because I felt like I had to, rather than really wanting to. I want to continue having my memories in one place, but I don't enjoy writing like I used to. It's no longer my therapy like it used to be. </p><p>I have never blogged because I've wanted readers or followers, but it's always nice when someone reaches out and tells me they've been following our family for many, many years. There's a lot of times when I feel very lonely, so when someone sends me a message, I realise that there's a lot of people out there who are cheering us on, hoping that we are happy, despite what has happened. </p><p>I'm also very aware that the boys don't really want me sharing lots about them now that they're older, so I pull back on giving lots of information about them because it's not really my story to tell anymore. So posting very sporadically on my blog and using Instagram more regularly, is how I'm trying to keep our memories together somehow. </p><p>Now what can I tell you about 2021? Well, you know how <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2021/01/dear-aaron-2020.html" target="_blank">I told you last year</a> about Coronavirus and how it was a pandemic? Yeah well, that's still going on and it's worse than ever. The world's gone crazy and sometimes you wonder if it's really about to end. There was a time when I'd be quite happy for the world to end so that we could be together again, but I'm quite happy to be here and just wish things were back to normal before we had to think about Covid, toilet paper shortages, sanitiser, checking into places, learning from home, social distancing, wearing masks, hot spots, lockdowns, vaccinations and boosters and people arguing about them, PCRs, RATs, close contacts, isolating and cancelled events. </p><p>In Tasmania we were actually very lucky for most of 2021. Our Premier pretty much shut the border to the rest of Australia and the world. The only way you could come to Tasmania was if you were an essential worker or if you weren't from a 'hot spot'. The great thing about that for us was that we pretty much lived Covid free for about 18 months. We pretty much went about things as normal. There were some restrictions such as numbers at events, having to wear masks at some outdoor events and having to check in, but compared to the rest of the world, we were very lucky. </p><p>But these restrictions also meant that we also couldn't travel like we are used to. Since you died we've pretty much travelled to Sydney a couple of times a year, but we haven't been for so long because it was a hot spot for most of last year. The saddest thing is that Kobe (and I) was so excited to go to Sydney to see Hamilton which is a musical he's obsessed with, but we've had to cancel our trip/tickets twice and I still don't know when we are going to get there. </p><p>With 90% of the Tasmanian population aged 16+ vaccinated, the borders finally opened up on the 15th December. It sounded like a good idea at the time because we knew that we needed to learn to 'live with Covid' and we were ready to do that, but it seems like the government wasn't really prepared for what that means. There's been people lining up for hours to get a test and then testing centres closing down before they can get one, no one could get hold of a rapid (RAT) test for weeks and businesses are shutting down because they have no workers as they're in isolation. </p><p>I'm worried about how school is going to be this year. We've done all that we can and have to learn to 'live with it', but it's still scary because I know that some people can get really sick with it, and so many have died from it. Nicki, Alex and Alex have all had Covid last year and I hear about the long term affects it has had on them, and I just hope that if any of us do get it, that we have mild symptoms and recover completely. </p><p>There was a time when 33 cases of Covid in Tasmania was huge and we all had to go into lockdown, but now we have over 8000 active cases and we are still to reach the peak. This year it was strange for us to have to wear masks at some large outdoor sporting events (when the rest of the world had been doing that for over a year) but now we have to wear masks indoors and it's normal to have masks on the washing line drying and to have them at the front door, ready to go. </p><p>The boys and I actually joke about who is going to get it first in our family. It kinds of feels inevitable that we are going to get it and I feel like I just want to get it over with, but then it also scares me, because I hope I don't get really sick and I hope that the boys and I don't get it at the same time, because there's no one else to care for them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1V6KAhXZM6VJskSq7W1GM0aiJdeTfqeHQcnMF6UQfRATqk1Q7FQAmOfvYv5A0TpF9XFLn5AsTTtgmkCQRmCbmteEltCCt4zYoG6kdAlaDEIwMbLvkGrGtDgtrzSv4Ln6zskiwZ4u03KmbdEN_dCm580rmsb5dcDPwVevh7xJ_vrrUMASY7nO3eS9b=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1V6KAhXZM6VJskSq7W1GM0aiJdeTfqeHQcnMF6UQfRATqk1Q7FQAmOfvYv5A0TpF9XFLn5AsTTtgmkCQRmCbmteEltCCt4zYoG6kdAlaDEIwMbLvkGrGtDgtrzSv4Ln6zskiwZ4u03KmbdEN_dCm580rmsb5dcDPwVevh7xJ_vrrUMASY7nO3eS9b=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJE45ElyAaUY9KiN6hIoIDBrgXLZGWVJ-TAMQSX2v5BR5fjXjaKvJJzLCPgNIzheCmU1VzacP0Iov98QMlYNmRPz71nWeJ_v8BrP4S9eToYxHotamJgdlZxaxWOvXAOFJq6xVgWgp67aa8I0gY6Q3zcLGwmHAhHtxpp7bST6oxFcTpqmtJTBiuEoHm=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJE45ElyAaUY9KiN6hIoIDBrgXLZGWVJ-TAMQSX2v5BR5fjXjaKvJJzLCPgNIzheCmU1VzacP0Iov98QMlYNmRPz71nWeJ_v8BrP4S9eToYxHotamJgdlZxaxWOvXAOFJq6xVgWgp67aa8I0gY6Q3zcLGwmHAhHtxpp7bST6oxFcTpqmtJTBiuEoHm=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">Right now it feels like Covid is all we are thinking about, but we have had a busy year not having to think about much about it (until now). Last year we spent Australia Day at the beach with my family and cousins. I was hoping to have a happy day (despite it being nine years to the day since you passed away) but it was a really hard day. I was ready to pack up and just go home and this year I'm trying to not have any expectations about how the day will be, because it's too upsetting if it's not how I hoped it would be. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc9rmladLAAAo93BCKilNmptinq7-umDCPHdKBMI2VLlzVKu95IDyfIBsjDh9087YkWlDRpEgP7oig30rzd3CJfsXVeAOTN_ucRPGAgzYfdz2oFuvbojiJKRTs9wb7FrumGxIY3yOcOn_3lD_n4Nn2LUoQj8DFsp2oQYHG2_Mg5lADZ4cyjJxNkw_x=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc9rmladLAAAo93BCKilNmptinq7-umDCPHdKBMI2VLlzVKu95IDyfIBsjDh9087YkWlDRpEgP7oig30rzd3CJfsXVeAOTN_ucRPGAgzYfdz2oFuvbojiJKRTs9wb7FrumGxIY3yOcOn_3lD_n4Nn2LUoQj8DFsp2oQYHG2_Mg5lADZ4cyjJxNkw_x=w480-h640" width="480" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Harri and Kobe loved going to watch the BBL cricket in Hobart last summer and it was a really fun day (despite me not loving cricket). </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK9_Xe1tgHg40IFx3Pq5m6V_eT_hMhiBnlXgvM-49f0m_J0EyKVOOovmMImmRquJbwBeWIrVLWjpFEijcio193SfrM9E_Zwgxg1wcLyhi3puG_QNaaq4lchuzcn-QzukWCG7fdsm3dr6XM7W_MRqTJRiN7ijLSzIT9al7hfI-j2NefKL3Y2iZz3Ax7=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK9_Xe1tgHg40IFx3Pq5m6V_eT_hMhiBnlXgvM-49f0m_J0EyKVOOovmMImmRquJbwBeWIrVLWjpFEijcio193SfrM9E_Zwgxg1wcLyhi3puG_QNaaq4lchuzcn-QzukWCG7fdsm3dr6XM7W_MRqTJRiN7ijLSzIT9al7hfI-j2NefKL3Y2iZz3Ax7=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>The thing I find hard about the boys' ages is that they still want to do certain things (like go to the cricket) but I have to drag them out of the house to do other things (or I hardly see them because they'd rather be with friends/girlfriends or at home) and if they aren't really keen on it (even though it could be a really fun day) then it turns out to be not fun at all. They remind me of you in that way. You were always so happy to just sit at home watching sport on TV, and it used to frustrate the hell out of me. I'd rather be out living life and enjoying the sun. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzh6L7TJ1QhRTXLyDKvqoBq0MsvkKI9ORYdj-pS7Zv8y2QrwZFm6RfBxtJ2EVJKD5btwA221LeUqEuexl71ToQi-Kw9POlRY4N4dNQMODmqOBF83ZlvooTrAjiV2OeD98drwBO0yFGB99MrKIzUk4Rl7N1_SM3YTJKnryOBFfrPa67SyNQzOB4O5CK=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzh6L7TJ1QhRTXLyDKvqoBq0MsvkKI9ORYdj-pS7Zv8y2QrwZFm6RfBxtJ2EVJKD5btwA221LeUqEuexl71ToQi-Kw9POlRY4N4dNQMODmqOBF83ZlvooTrAjiV2OeD98drwBO0yFGB99MrKIzUk4Rl7N1_SM3YTJKnryOBFfrPa67SyNQzOB4O5CK=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p>It's crazy to think that it's already been over a year since <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/ill-see-you-in-next-one.html" target="_blank">my cousin Jarom passed away</a>. If there's anything good to come out of it, it is that we've spent a lot more time with my cousins Emily and Levi and their families. We only usually see them during the holidays, but I love that the boys have gotten to know them and we have lots of fun together. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmr3qL2zUy-FwNUtHRUVt4J-6l9AgmiXtoK7PER2VAqAq8DaSigJZb0ua_W_aW8EHR6m0MvF-52c62aWBDQjU2wwRbABfI6H6eTYP5rHITuWJwHDX-XMyZCkbTnQqmgs2QcKV7yo-wv_26Qx7-qTsWdodXkw9_TMNB_lRHfQNPHaTC5-mBTvg34vt=s2448" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmr3qL2zUy-FwNUtHRUVt4J-6l9AgmiXtoK7PER2VAqAq8DaSigJZb0ua_W_aW8EHR6m0MvF-52c62aWBDQjU2wwRbABfI6H6eTYP5rHITuWJwHDX-XMyZCkbTnQqmgs2QcKV7yo-wv_26Qx7-qTsWdodXkw9_TMNB_lRHfQNPHaTC5-mBTvg34vt=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWdyi4vRbVoc9jz8JpYQbhZGBIKIGf5l0avhUtwREt6TWbOJ03KdVuDo2Vkcd_I2CjVdPshheMTxGi7nz1Y99-DwvSbfWZDbZBcnIpyHXt339ID2FlgMtt58crVyUosyuFvmcWIj8wciP9xid3_TiDLwMuNePqAg7WprizjsMzdVY17bS411YkAksV=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWdyi4vRbVoc9jz8JpYQbhZGBIKIGf5l0avhUtwREt6TWbOJ03KdVuDo2Vkcd_I2CjVdPshheMTxGi7nz1Y99-DwvSbfWZDbZBcnIpyHXt339ID2FlgMtt58crVyUosyuFvmcWIj8wciP9xid3_TiDLwMuNePqAg7WprizjsMzdVY17bS411YkAksV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p>It was very stressful having to organise a bathroom renovation on my own. Even though you'd also have no idea about what to do, at least I would have someone to talk to about things if you were here. We had a big leak in the bathroom all of a sudden, so it meant I had to get the bathroom renovated. After lots of stress, I found two awesome builders who were so lovely and amazing at what they do. I had no clue how to even pick out things for a bathroom, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgxBq6_5uicD3Hc6y6nSl4o6r5hYZoVY3FK7xrk5Daw57tBHZee8dGKEJiFdizCr_jfsYfO2Iq5ZBlW6q4D3sKaoR-TgTpK0d9pK8bdFonJhaIDNFO0eAujzLOuJeNVSSqWAr72m231O6ZVvuogx2xl5oToxdTW959oP3rn5lcYbRgPOXKtL_XwNGi=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgxBq6_5uicD3Hc6y6nSl4o6r5hYZoVY3FK7xrk5Daw57tBHZee8dGKEJiFdizCr_jfsYfO2Iq5ZBlW6q4D3sKaoR-TgTpK0d9pK8bdFonJhaIDNFO0eAujzLOuJeNVSSqWAr72m231O6ZVvuogx2xl5oToxdTW959oP3rn5lcYbRgPOXKtL_XwNGi=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>In April Chrish came down from Sydney (before it was a 'hot spot') and we all finally helped Mum clear out her container (it always takes Chrish to get things done). It was a hard day emotionally for Mum as a lot of her things were damaged, but we ended up the day with lots of laughs, when we found her dress ups. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFqJgsS9-t-7UIRPWRd5yUDZyJ4qRC9Yg4H_1h91XMCPZtBQQrofqaZkeiT2pofiHogUF1n25JAWpQEx7GbaM0-dUjFs_k_rTcGCscrmvJSdmcpY1FCr8LjD2ndtrVbTRN80LVW4D9f8JzW65pAtDGogU6bONGb2g7c1fgYkwf5-TZd4xg8SsCAYef=s1773" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1773" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFqJgsS9-t-7UIRPWRd5yUDZyJ4qRC9Yg4H_1h91XMCPZtBQQrofqaZkeiT2pofiHogUF1n25JAWpQEx7GbaM0-dUjFs_k_rTcGCscrmvJSdmcpY1FCr8LjD2ndtrVbTRN80LVW4D9f8JzW65pAtDGogU6bONGb2g7c1fgYkwf5-TZd4xg8SsCAYef=w640-h468" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When we had to put <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2019/08/goodbye-milly.html" target="_blank">Milly to sleep </a>I remember thinking that I'm glad Mum wouldn't have to worry about Josie dying for a very long time, as it was unusual that a dog would die so young. Unfortunately Mum has also had her heart broken this year, and had to put Josie to sleep recently. I feel so sad for her because Josie kept her going and she is so lonely and sad without her. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGm_zeCournAWcOQfCsMI64O-De7H7adUMpHmxfmO3F_DQGD2Yx0CjCM4ZCt0-nPEggCUuN9-z0AEMtmed4Fu0cNtXveTGJNA5Zt7NMgzA029DeyX_Kwz5uvRXJsguWxRe51BnzEmu53eBnXET9D0zNzoE08ETNRuSXOnLlI9hwnypW4u7lv7ECDw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGm_zeCournAWcOQfCsMI64O-De7H7adUMpHmxfmO3F_DQGD2Yx0CjCM4ZCt0-nPEggCUuN9-z0AEMtmed4Fu0cNtXveTGJNA5Zt7NMgzA029DeyX_Kwz5uvRXJsguWxRe51BnzEmu53eBnXET9D0zNzoE08ETNRuSXOnLlI9hwnypW4u7lv7ECDw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Can you believe that Jay has now graduated from Uni! We are the parents to a Uni graduate, although I'm not letting you take any of the credit, since you've been gone since he started grade 7! <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbR-ohJo-1wLCpnXfr9NRzjJztykvDiC5qf9bpCtrRg8b4MLVEELSsN32zWE4VTYyiHS4a-UOsmnT2fOrmKCItqUI9RZc3n5ehbm5DpABJkt_XuivEFWwSBa-fHJO8AsHWE1TfQyi-QTg_SyID9oPOvs0K7mRuekLjsOebMU0YLH_N8LPWdyd5MFC6=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbR-ohJo-1wLCpnXfr9NRzjJztykvDiC5qf9bpCtrRg8b4MLVEELSsN32zWE4VTYyiHS4a-UOsmnT2fOrmKCItqUI9RZc3n5ehbm5DpABJkt_XuivEFWwSBa-fHJO8AsHWE1TfQyi-QTg_SyID9oPOvs0K7mRuekLjsOebMU0YLH_N8LPWdyd5MFC6=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>I'm so happy that he has a lovely girlfriend and has made so many great friends and loves living in Hobart. We've been able to meet lots of them. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH2K2LsAVOyWrPQmUA3ARYImldrsW33rLJ9fJbMI8z7W8Nyo-xfLVTddfvZIItT76xk9xzYOdeCZNzx5vcKJCr5YrdSsPY1oSwkC3NsPVMZ-fI3rNiN6Yrf4-jFtnonqYDASJd5UoHIpzdnThCDHdHX7a0vmtBRKmVrdgejDCP3BjT9ayf1WER0Rkk=s2982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH2K2LsAVOyWrPQmUA3ARYImldrsW33rLJ9fJbMI8z7W8Nyo-xfLVTddfvZIItT76xk9xzYOdeCZNzx5vcKJCr5YrdSsPY1oSwkC3NsPVMZ-fI3rNiN6Yrf4-jFtnonqYDASJd5UoHIpzdnThCDHdHX7a0vmtBRKmVrdgejDCP3BjT9ayf1WER0Rkk=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p>Can you believe that we have a 22 year old now!?</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRLaEf4o3TDffaSD8QnNSp7VUV4GlV8tNDdTB9FcgfUETXKBY9VjG6roSH_vydyq9Ug5831-QVxln7hkZ9yfShsk-qcwkS1KWnzTWytNnAxVQvu9XouRw1b0eUMGs8wQ-dcP6vFVC6rzEl6yakQVpNeF-1qlUDlNJbHDGKar-ueiWoIi74VpWzf5Ba=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRLaEf4o3TDffaSD8QnNSp7VUV4GlV8tNDdTB9FcgfUETXKBY9VjG6roSH_vydyq9Ug5831-QVxln7hkZ9yfShsk-qcwkS1KWnzTWytNnAxVQvu9XouRw1b0eUMGs8wQ-dcP6vFVC6rzEl6yakQVpNeF-1qlUDlNJbHDGKar-ueiWoIi74VpWzf5Ba=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p>Harri has had a mixed year. He's still working at Maccas and has a love/hate relationship with it. He has lots of friends who work there, which can mean that work is fun if he's working on the same shift as them, but every time I pick him up he tells me work was 'busy and stressful'.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7RdgaPB64siRS_-BOY2IAQSNhMqO3t8Ldoz6_a4UE0wZ9EZ0HieX56_DXgtq8yQALb0yxnWOqBekZWHaQS_v39rP_ee5cUg5hPDqLdXbzwKdPrPI8OUkVoJDOB7ar-JWZMbHH5iEjhlB_oiI8vQLFSnvHY2lRRtS9pqQfz0YsBdyfq7EiNsphYZ2b=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7RdgaPB64siRS_-BOY2IAQSNhMqO3t8Ldoz6_a4UE0wZ9EZ0HieX56_DXgtq8yQALb0yxnWOqBekZWHaQS_v39rP_ee5cUg5hPDqLdXbzwKdPrPI8OUkVoJDOB7ar-JWZMbHH5iEjhlB_oiI8vQLFSnvHY2lRRtS9pqQfz0YsBdyfq7EiNsphYZ2b=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>He's the most like you, out of all the boys. He loves music, sport and fashion, just like you did, but thank goodness you weren't as moody as him! He loves going through your box and is always pulling out another one of your old vinyl records or sporting tops (often without me knowing until I see him wearing it!). <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_jvesB7m25DA8_RZblRkwKwZBADNbJPvJkd6dypphJVcfoSlPLJRS8Y48hWNtghbe7mzXDuitVxTwgpt7l3EGrAfrNilnPxz8OeWINaRwT5xYa6B9UhsErBTofCa1ILRDY5PAteJtGmlkYuYHSnZdWKDRXXDdDeoaYsG4fWg5Y0jmQ2xZ2hVBr-YJ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_jvesB7m25DA8_RZblRkwKwZBADNbJPvJkd6dypphJVcfoSlPLJRS8Y48hWNtghbe7mzXDuitVxTwgpt7l3EGrAfrNilnPxz8OeWINaRwT5xYa6B9UhsErBTofCa1ILRDY5PAteJtGmlkYuYHSnZdWKDRXXDdDeoaYsG4fWg5Y0jmQ2xZ2hVBr-YJ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>He's had a very mixed year as he got glandular fever half way though the year and I've never seen him so sick before. He was so sick that I had to take work off to care for him (usually the boys would just stay home on their own if they're not feeling great and can't go to school). </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaq_ltxbS_iPk1B2g9b2SgOrr-3xXNc5QdORfhBNdrH-KpyUNCXInPOZEJ_CpZejQP_kBqgVxaeG_ZryrcfS7dNqG6eshXrzWS39ljiRFN46U0bAjiOFVdvxwaSi1hhrdsO-zTw7pNFPSr-lpP-tICg9rPzdbG7rSPzbd2-hP6CVyuJ8dHRV3MKVXf=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaq_ltxbS_iPk1B2g9b2SgOrr-3xXNc5QdORfhBNdrH-KpyUNCXInPOZEJ_CpZejQP_kBqgVxaeG_ZryrcfS7dNqG6eshXrzWS39ljiRFN46U0bAjiOFVdvxwaSi1hhrdsO-zTw7pNFPSr-lpP-tICg9rPzdbG7rSPzbd2-hP6CVyuJ8dHRV3MKVXf=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>It was actually pretty scary seeing him so sick, and I didn't know how to help him. The doctors were telling me there was nothing they could do, but thank goodness a nurse at the doctor's surgery suggested going to a particular chemist, to talk to the pharmacist who was good at functional medicine. What she suggested helped him more than anything, but it did take a couple of months before he felt back to normal. He was so sick that he couldn't do his mid year exams. It worries me that he could get very sick if he gets Covid, but hopefully all we did to get him well again, has helped and he won't affect him too much (if he gets it). </p><p>He was also so disappointed because he was chosen to play basketball in his college Division 1 team, but they played in the college basketball championships just after he got glandular fever, so instead he could only sit on the bench and support them. They ended up winning the college championship! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjERxT46NmE-drn5s5k9C99PAoD2Xi4zIit1refidCzy5gSFqrZh6cTPJqSgWG0ahB3g71MuRZbckJ_EItmBWukB_lFvjMVWWo9RKj2TTnZVlo50kcHndNR_xjtxUTl-8DwKSsfnzQuDhWtg0WfFG0v9TfVwtyMS9RmUF2TeQx-bR1yv_jl56BLcrJq=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjERxT46NmE-drn5s5k9C99PAoD2Xi4zIit1refidCzy5gSFqrZh6cTPJqSgWG0ahB3g71MuRZbckJ_EItmBWukB_lFvjMVWWo9RKj2TTnZVlo50kcHndNR_xjtxUTl-8DwKSsfnzQuDhWtg0WfFG0v9TfVwtyMS9RmUF2TeQx-bR1yv_jl56BLcrJq=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p>He was really disappointed that he couldn't finish off the basketball season properly because of his glandular fever. He played his last year of junior basketball as well as men's basketball this year. He hated paying men's, and has no choice but to do that this year, so hopefully he'll enjoy it a bit more this year, because sport is really good for his mental health. He does go to the gym regularly which has been good for him. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKncUQZqn_wWk9-gz-g2tdUVENkp-XTBHQamcDzw2Y7I45-_X1OqFlmRBePuJ-SIUx90dCAGpIz5LyrrLnPklKBnSmzoQTBRY037d5XEBdsv9dHOW5UVdKP3OXcGVTdw5EY1PFlo5IUkj3qWWW0zK9LcVOuK0mzU_2_xx0gz-otxPUeifh1EEaJZ1K=s3357" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3357" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKncUQZqn_wWk9-gz-g2tdUVENkp-XTBHQamcDzw2Y7I45-_X1OqFlmRBePuJ-SIUx90dCAGpIz5LyrrLnPklKBnSmzoQTBRY037d5XEBdsv9dHOW5UVdKP3OXcGVTdw5EY1PFlo5IUkj3qWWW0zK9LcVOuK0mzU_2_xx0gz-otxPUeifh1EEaJZ1K=w640-h576" width="640" /></a></p><p>I hardly see Haz anymore because he's either at work, with friends or at his girlfriend's house, but he's (mostly) happy so that makes me happy. He loves fishing with his mate Joe and always sends me photos when he catches one. It reminds me of you the night you passed away as you texted me a photo of you fishing with Eden, Chrish and Alex and when Jay asked you what you caught when you got back, you said 'don't be a smart ass Jay' because we all knew you didn't catch anything. We actually laugh so much, that those were the last words you said to Jay and I remind him that it's your advice to him for the rest of his life! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEbGauk_wweMCAJJDcvd5aThdl4SreBci5iulhvWHIdXffwHG_fqmB_SPHT_nBvp2Y5EupRgrUkv7-BADdt1_M9mxSGeuecMPmkw_X1kmjmGAG1Nvcu4bKBRVMGm9LGp86sK3OVcSZ7MgIPnfo45x2uBHsTQ2_mQ9OJNnB2OCxWOySjC5RsA4l4AtS=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEbGauk_wweMCAJJDcvd5aThdl4SreBci5iulhvWHIdXffwHG_fqmB_SPHT_nBvp2Y5EupRgrUkv7-BADdt1_M9mxSGeuecMPmkw_X1kmjmGAG1Nvcu4bKBRVMGm9LGp86sK3OVcSZ7MgIPnfo45x2uBHsTQ2_mQ9OJNnB2OCxWOySjC5RsA4l4AtS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because we had no Covid for so long and it was everywhere on the mainland, we got a lot of extra AFL footy matches in Tassie last year. Harri was so excited because he got to watch his team GWS play live (yep - I'm sorry to say he still doesn't go for Hawthorn any longer! I know you'd be rolling in your grave about that!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqwqPyR_Z3-r0wSWprcelWEfAOAmzI_noOFlE6MUU8kO7HoHexBEIprKz9ikn8B7PCveiKupyHXcgHzflsapAG0d7uKlhLWnhS4WjHvAkbZ0S4kWM8pR1sc6N9FOHQl_0xbIwqXOwAnHQCxSwIF6h91EP1aPN_40qQm-5mpVpPeSpS-3v5FLT0Osw7=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqwqPyR_Z3-r0wSWprcelWEfAOAmzI_noOFlE6MUU8kO7HoHexBEIprKz9ikn8B7PCveiKupyHXcgHzflsapAG0d7uKlhLWnhS4WjHvAkbZ0S4kWM8pR1sc6N9FOHQl_0xbIwqXOwAnHQCxSwIF6h91EP1aPN_40qQm-5mpVpPeSpS-3v5FLT0Osw7=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's crazy to think that he's now finished Year 11 and is 17. He's been very slack at saving up for a car, so he hasn't gotten one yet but he's much easier to teach to drive than Jay was. I'm not sure if it's because it's my second time. Hopefully it won't be long until he gets his Ps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzskH-YTbh8ax2dX98SH3xeYy2IbdGa5ye-gvtnTb2rISt3osH_fRrEkcwqS6Akdn5uQBBF_segF6ohM5xuKRBx2iLloJUV-3qJcCQzxYNGHpvVMZ0qLx4Oxkc37fbp4Wgy3Z4NnK-wm-_LfHG8u56AFuB7NHsngYxa6OQG7iDd4gyFwAzk2MoopYX=s1498" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzskH-YTbh8ax2dX98SH3xeYy2IbdGa5ye-gvtnTb2rISt3osH_fRrEkcwqS6Akdn5uQBBF_segF6ohM5xuKRBx2iLloJUV-3qJcCQzxYNGHpvVMZ0qLx4Oxkc37fbp4Wgy3Z4NnK-wm-_LfHG8u56AFuB7NHsngYxa6OQG7iDd4gyFwAzk2MoopYX=w616-h640" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember when <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/p/tasmanian-mother-of-year-2015.html" target="_blank">I won Tasmanian Mother of the Year in 2015</a> (I know....me either!), well I think I deserve it again this year because I slept in a pod for <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2021/07/june-birthdays-on-earth-and-in-heaven.html" target="_blank">Kobe's birthday</a>! It was the worst sleep of my life (it was very noisy, hot and squeaky!) but Kobe said it was the best night ever! I'm actually glad I did it because it was on Kobe's bucket list and it was a bit of an adventure, but I've told him that I'm never doing it again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh0DEq2U8uK54uc2ZEZbMCZ_pFVCGWgWgJW3tqdBtWTGczL91TVL9LImcRoUMNmRj2Gtv6YPl-Lc0nW4fwMyoob05e4G5eYtrpGoMx9q-zO3eNkZIEJ0HxWTtgZIEmkmRtH7c5oTBVKRtVsKI_seC4hbvEHdk4cduKiKWxJYvNGG1tKMLUMZJazn6_=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh0DEq2U8uK54uc2ZEZbMCZ_pFVCGWgWgJW3tqdBtWTGczL91TVL9LImcRoUMNmRj2Gtv6YPl-Lc0nW4fwMyoob05e4G5eYtrpGoMx9q-zO3eNkZIEJ0HxWTtgZIEmkmRtH7c5oTBVKRtVsKI_seC4hbvEHdk4cduKiKWxJYvNGG1tKMLUMZJazn6_=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's had the best time in grade 7. He really hated primary school. Every morning he would say he hated school and I thought he was just saying it, but he really did hate it. He's made lots of new friends at high school and has done really well. He was asked to be in a year 7 leadership group and his teachers all tell me what a lovely boy he is, and a great role model. It makes me proud because that's what I really want to hear from the teachers. If they do well at school that's great, but I'd rather hear that they are kind and respectful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvrMQNZck40mUQ3qnlYxjbmpgIxwMZERsL3ZhGlGf1CjBywq8NEUzbDDpfDZN_RLjZRM75b3LTuNP2VfUNNVckA2W9U670EWU2OAgK3jNarOc54_T_pw4xa_lkDxjIBMYCwbmjg0vYNXTaDD3xEnwKAuznApJwoDzWxQ5h04Ce2uG2GVvZHA2y6Ncj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvrMQNZck40mUQ3qnlYxjbmpgIxwMZERsL3ZhGlGf1CjBywq8NEUzbDDpfDZN_RLjZRM75b3LTuNP2VfUNNVckA2W9U670EWU2OAgK3jNarOc54_T_pw4xa_lkDxjIBMYCwbmjg0vYNXTaDD3xEnwKAuznApJwoDzWxQ5h04Ce2uG2GVvZHA2y6Ncj=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Actually I take back that I deserve Mother of the Year, because I've learnt to look after my own mental health and haven't let the boys do anymore than one sport each. I'm just not physically able to get them there if they do more than one sport (because every sport has games plus training) and I can't be in more than one place at a time. Kobe has begged met to let him play footy for years, so I'm so happy that he's been able to play it this year at school. He's absolutely loved it and was chosen to play in the division 1 year 7/8 team. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOvyiNrGSwyf8OfSDryF7GXDQoPLG78GnfJHN-lhmRFslucSm_d13QyqBO-HP4aCoQ4DRAYcLFY3q1efWVxV6foD5gq-46oOS5yzybkMJDoEFrPUhDccKhmk6T_tzZDikxz4xPiAXQFi1_uwpkEFqoWmXlpmaRrltvr1uNnJ4y4pFlBHdp3k-wWJxK=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOvyiNrGSwyf8OfSDryF7GXDQoPLG78GnfJHN-lhmRFslucSm_d13QyqBO-HP4aCoQ4DRAYcLFY3q1efWVxV6foD5gq-46oOS5yzybkMJDoEFrPUhDccKhmk6T_tzZDikxz4xPiAXQFi1_uwpkEFqoWmXlpmaRrltvr1uNnJ4y4pFlBHdp3k-wWJxK=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His dream came true when his team finally played at the Aaron King oval. I love that his teacher took a photo and emailed it to me. We always say what a big head you would have because you have a footy ground named after you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7VcdfS6gv_TNXC96M31H44fnz49bce-B6BOTaisRdk-BhFMM0tNwKp-OAa86w93WDy7n5LItWeULb3hx3S09FFN6rjX-Bn6kvsR8yMAxm77H9h80ocERmfH2BzWVCdq-wNBDXLYLUw1HWoMSK4mnQbNbHintgaJBu55UUPEcWp9rm7Vf5Q6fyMivj=s3540" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3540" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7VcdfS6gv_TNXC96M31H44fnz49bce-B6BOTaisRdk-BhFMM0tNwKp-OAa86w93WDy7n5LItWeULb3hx3S09FFN6rjX-Bn6kvsR8yMAxm77H9h80ocERmfH2BzWVCdq-wNBDXLYLUw1HWoMSK4mnQbNbHintgaJBu55UUPEcWp9rm7Vf5Q6fyMivj=w640-h546" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also played in the year 7/8 basketball team for his school in the high school basketball championships. He loved playing (despite it being a hard competition) and all I could think about was how you used to coach your high school teams, and I wished you were here so that you could coach the boy's teams. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I feel really sad when I think about how you used to go off for a weekend of coaching, but we couldn't be there because Noah was never well enough to be out for too long and the boys were too little for me to deal with them there as well. I wish you were here so that we could just experience weekends of basketball together now that the boys are older. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlfYN2YQf2AfR_GMvjEU3ldUa390ElONBPuKGXVza-402InWSu2ZEXZsOzIyW7gRWKQA1orw3FOnxreQYbxpkfWsasUG6BD-lHfXDg5gfMBtVeS9g7TUtRDdndrT0aXdS0d164sMDTvQtaz5egkv88jmgt8jqgN5ck_coX1qocFg2Pp-KIhHpgQ9ly=s3220" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3220" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlfYN2YQf2AfR_GMvjEU3ldUa390ElONBPuKGXVza-402InWSu2ZEXZsOzIyW7gRWKQA1orw3FOnxreQYbxpkfWsasUG6BD-lHfXDg5gfMBtVeS9g7TUtRDdndrT0aXdS0d164sMDTvQtaz5egkv88jmgt8jqgN5ck_coX1qocFg2Pp-KIhHpgQ9ly=w640-h602" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe has improved so much this year and is a great little player. He doesn't give up and listens and does whatever his coach asks him to do. I was so proud of him when he was awarded the coaches award this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbLlMEHguw2A1mIMrHklAoG5y9wkfWlaJqUbJhiXQb35WqO_kuqBdG60deiU3hUn08bOyYYmKfrXksABWxZ5OtP9lY5AgM0Ru8mfsBi8UddVH5yiEIHt_3OFLpe4Y1ifmczKBcBdMFvtOw1aCNHI6pvpK_hgcdn05cIJSZcT55F0DOGJYH5rmjr5ID=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbLlMEHguw2A1mIMrHklAoG5y9wkfWlaJqUbJhiXQb35WqO_kuqBdG60deiU3hUn08bOyYYmKfrXksABWxZ5OtP9lY5AgM0Ru8mfsBi8UddVH5yiEIHt_3OFLpe4Y1ifmczKBcBdMFvtOw1aCNHI6pvpK_hgcdn05cIJSZcT55F0DOGJYH5rmjr5ID=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe is still at the age where he's (mostly) happy to hang out with me and always joins Mum and I on adventures. I keep joking that I've probably only got another year, where he's happy to hang out with me and he tells me that's not true, but I remind him that Jay and Harri used to love hanging out with me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinBa3BCmJXCuKR3En8puqj5zwtNuuw6W7pPU31TfRGG7aa95JL7Hbyt7dr243Oay94ZFTLksslRtsarprwEy4evn6Mxc6kMz0blyuR9wONnnW67CUzqYqB2wERBQoGkxwmYymCOlu-8TTKqeieefEWii4id-qmfXnmPANFbLtageOK7UeXK60gP28V=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinBa3BCmJXCuKR3En8puqj5zwtNuuw6W7pPU31TfRGG7aa95JL7Hbyt7dr243Oay94ZFTLksslRtsarprwEy4evn6Mxc6kMz0blyuR9wONnnW67CUzqYqB2wERBQoGkxwmYymCOlu-8TTKqeieefEWii4id-qmfXnmPANFbLtageOK7UeXK60gP28V=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiazR8eagzypTeBpF6zWItYIzr4zlbXpC61b2P7Or9mzkSt02TiAWgcckok02iVvYx84pp5_Bmnxzr7RlicZ0vV_ZCAVMTxA-GPqhI7SfEQUgPHR7NzhxkhOINaPUitxlUDacfR1agYxEGE2ui4DUV5VefqAv1ksW1Zrl16K4LqQ5gnUGMgAmm-nLop=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1440" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiazR8eagzypTeBpF6zWItYIzr4zlbXpC61b2P7Or9mzkSt02TiAWgcckok02iVvYx84pp5_Bmnxzr7RlicZ0vV_ZCAVMTxA-GPqhI7SfEQUgPHR7NzhxkhOINaPUitxlUDacfR1agYxEGE2ui4DUV5VefqAv1ksW1Zrl16K4LqQ5gnUGMgAmm-nLop=w640-h544" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because it's often just Kobe and I together, we get lots of yummy food together. He loves it and I tell him he's very spoilt because he's the only one around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4g7uaqLKZRLeVfbOxFxCjE8251m-BIHAM9NSegI9gXrH0CnykBUvfgDNHYfc7byCrAMz2DPfZLgWUNmD1AooU2L1N4fVDudncTwbg-hbtRPMOaCFX9yzATgvm0GXvtB519aEy4pof5-sVkcV6aP9mCON-BBRXiOb6d4wsOwAGKqE9kfyYiawkdXdj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4g7uaqLKZRLeVfbOxFxCjE8251m-BIHAM9NSegI9gXrH0CnykBUvfgDNHYfc7byCrAMz2DPfZLgWUNmD1AooU2L1N4fVDudncTwbg-hbtRPMOaCFX9yzATgvm0GXvtB519aEy4pof5-sVkcV6aP9mCON-BBRXiOb6d4wsOwAGKqE9kfyYiawkdXdj=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_VG644F_DD35cvdsuDpLnlbn57WEhy88JUbXbJWvMSBXUE7N9ZmL5OhTYGjr2gSWytg0a68OA0sc5Aidb0kgyrcaoAOWfSOedd9bqBbJbLosVuWjhkAams5Gr25ELxckhfnKNkE22lInhvBBAr-dpwdoudwvXBZqjegLHvBGrFOW3z-lAYderK3T9=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_VG644F_DD35cvdsuDpLnlbn57WEhy88JUbXbJWvMSBXUE7N9ZmL5OhTYGjr2gSWytg0a68OA0sc5Aidb0kgyrcaoAOWfSOedd9bqBbJbLosVuWjhkAams5Gr25ELxckhfnKNkE22lInhvBBAr-dpwdoudwvXBZqjegLHvBGrFOW3z-lAYderK3T9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love that he's adventurous and loves to try food from different cultures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-i4q-1BGpgNA0bzKoge_PrwAjd7m4Oc6M0dmi6NZMaeU6-HMSj2x0yPYzEqeyD_k14SqQvNpdSFMVKhNljW1shpnWTs3BCV7RBWp9g-xkgRLchtkvHCvkE-smG-3QUmAqnGSrUdM1UMN6y-KVjYtuu1HACK8td7ZgX0x1CsYkFbCd0BOthQ_uPgby=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-i4q-1BGpgNA0bzKoge_PrwAjd7m4Oc6M0dmi6NZMaeU6-HMSj2x0yPYzEqeyD_k14SqQvNpdSFMVKhNljW1shpnWTs3BCV7RBWp9g-xkgRLchtkvHCvkE-smG-3QUmAqnGSrUdM1UMN6y-KVjYtuu1HACK8td7ZgX0x1CsYkFbCd0BOthQ_uPgby=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe has grown so much this year and is catching up to Jay and Harri very quickly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPA3kYbilbS3MPQyt7N8-cLVbXNjTCt-_jLYI85zVMcMmROAQFF_iqRs9ibUZf9c_prjHCexRMtXmZ_-vmYeMFIVEnU1l-3tm7JCvd14Ac9GjmhM0ho8wbKaJKzxkifj_CxBv9rGUXlTa2c5mRiWliFSsY0clEba0LYaIL-7obGHXyfG1QgFVLl2U0=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPA3kYbilbS3MPQyt7N8-cLVbXNjTCt-_jLYI85zVMcMmROAQFF_iqRs9ibUZf9c_prjHCexRMtXmZ_-vmYeMFIVEnU1l-3tm7JCvd14Ac9GjmhM0ho8wbKaJKzxkifj_CxBv9rGUXlTa2c5mRiWliFSsY0clEba0LYaIL-7obGHXyfG1QgFVLl2U0=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My heart broke a month ago when I heard that six students were killed in a freak accident at school in Devonport. It really hit me hard even though I didn't know anyone involved in it. December is usually hard with your birthday and Christmas, and I think it was extra hard this year, because I had the accident on my mind and as a Mum who has lost a child (and husband!) and also being a teacher, my heart just went out to everyone involved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh042Ri5dNHDQEl0WLN5wiHYMv-53t3Ck9hE5ZAXz5S4CrLAIrcYLVCoVh8LrL_SP6uYxs047xicj11H_xDhQzyw5UFoymhdnmSf15M5DV_b6FSMD1CM8VFn3jCPUJadtUZ__zfx-PcsD2vZaVYhe3rZVQ2_XQf3heersrXVB1Gyqc-VvnmYR_V8nNL=s3633" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3633" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh042Ri5dNHDQEl0WLN5wiHYMv-53t3Ck9hE5ZAXz5S4CrLAIrcYLVCoVh8LrL_SP6uYxs047xicj11H_xDhQzyw5UFoymhdnmSf15M5DV_b6FSMD1CM8VFn3jCPUJadtUZ__zfx-PcsD2vZaVYhe3rZVQ2_XQf3heersrXVB1Gyqc-VvnmYR_V8nNL=w532-h640" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjjohA4id8YGfYKSj_3wV3Zopy4n5cjH_t1ajFQJjswRtsoNvqaEKMqFjMp7xUaDvkwjeEiim2qGf5M901rda4jFjRKa80WkGx-gXWRDzJvA9sHT9hdYzmorlXUPpxXalyEVxcPlrRSiTLdkYi1sKssF-Fty7heZe3ekji5Co8QVyiXawKTpmZEpiT=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjjohA4id8YGfYKSj_3wV3Zopy4n5cjH_t1ajFQJjswRtsoNvqaEKMqFjMp7xUaDvkwjeEiim2qGf5M901rda4jFjRKa80WkGx-gXWRDzJvA9sHT9hdYzmorlXUPpxXalyEVxcPlrRSiTLdkYi1sKssF-Fty7heZe3ekji5Co8QVyiXawKTpmZEpiT=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though you've been gone for 10 years, you are a part of our lives. We talk about you all the time and I feel like we continue to live our lives to make you and Noah proud of us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wasn't able to present memorial awards this year (thanks to Covid and being busy at school) but I actually didn't really mind because going back to your old school and the boys' old school doesn't feel the same since all the students and staff have changed since you both passed away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still donate memorial awards though and love to hear who won them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj53dYaU-MgdimUfA-lFwsDFO3olVHyq2wV7LL1b-QC1K-EWFjsV3qsKEjer35IPPJLpuiV9qHm01W48nHwGtK2TCcMJTMDczqpotW1mg2WRnTIOsIGRoPyfrFp1Vx9FBA94AwLd9Y39wZq6AFZovmF8LHbDQSR7-4QeV0HZz_AWqX3l0Gq7KpZYjEB=s647" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="647" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj53dYaU-MgdimUfA-lFwsDFO3olVHyq2wV7LL1b-QC1K-EWFjsV3qsKEjer35IPPJLpuiV9qHm01W48nHwGtK2TCcMJTMDczqpotW1mg2WRnTIOsIGRoPyfrFp1Vx9FBA94AwLd9Y39wZq6AFZovmF8LHbDQSR7-4QeV0HZz_AWqX3l0Gq7KpZYjEB=w400-h221" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfaXEfJuUvsixoeGn1dOElk4U8K19IxDSVBkA8pasrM_UBoOZIuq2xKaIbeLGTf8vQ7To1Y3VKw6xoQsyHyHIEfyjNMvxIF3Di2pRSPYyOs4GFxpN5Bfj81w3Fk_j5LAGjQKyaUnrrC-uZH7G79lncXgdeNInCMcfIZuy9ikWJSrn_-SGvgLoovuN5=s648" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="648" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfaXEfJuUvsixoeGn1dOElk4U8K19IxDSVBkA8pasrM_UBoOZIuq2xKaIbeLGTf8vQ7To1Y3VKw6xoQsyHyHIEfyjNMvxIF3Di2pRSPYyOs4GFxpN5Bfj81w3Fk_j5LAGjQKyaUnrrC-uZH7G79lncXgdeNInCMcfIZuy9ikWJSrn_-SGvgLoovuN5=w400-h221" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hardly go to the cemetery anymore, but I know that you wouldn't mind that. We only really go on your <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2021/12/49-but-10-in-heaven.html" target="_blank">birthdays</a> and on the anniversary of the days that you both passed away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn47zNOPuDB9AJlOW5jvO-YalT5DC4mglgPeQ0wJG5ocnZym0MCfZWBC5e4i61UWKm1xrm5e8W6SBnC2U5Iqf4Ni7G5w-SkqFi2tKR2HZ9uuueQBYnHHq88neChQpFJh2AxecvdZmZAqf03rM--ceQkzO82TFWzjbtPaF-8XwC5gszVmEo_IeSoSPh=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn47zNOPuDB9AJlOW5jvO-YalT5DC4mglgPeQ0wJG5ocnZym0MCfZWBC5e4i61UWKm1xrm5e8W6SBnC2U5Iqf4Ni7G5w-SkqFi2tKR2HZ9uuueQBYnHHq88neChQpFJh2AxecvdZmZAqf03rM--ceQkzO82TFWzjbtPaF-8XwC5gszVmEo_IeSoSPh=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUqtpKCwObKuA1UXYQ8tF8liV6PUuoYqSNDdlHm_ImrLEgIUx4odHxc2SSlxh8Uhllum1Xn4FMyyO-eQNfIA6IiusXvkrm3sLuukgaoWhpgnJkGwbGQAarFRqPEim5cJhnbrtHPGoT03DIiyk5dVgHts2fy3Cz2XfBszGKwjNszCbVcxfx3Pb5CrkX=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUqtpKCwObKuA1UXYQ8tF8liV6PUuoYqSNDdlHm_ImrLEgIUx4odHxc2SSlxh8Uhllum1Xn4FMyyO-eQNfIA6IiusXvkrm3sLuukgaoWhpgnJkGwbGQAarFRqPEim5cJhnbrtHPGoT03DIiyk5dVgHts2fy3Cz2XfBszGKwjNszCbVcxfx3Pb5CrkX=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6Xj5vMARFeZXYyVLTrSDeaPomAANQCzfPAGm5T4Opks_Lau7Rzyts-c8icsHwtzer78DjTuujwtQH8BgcLnLAl2cHDe28B2rFq4e3fwqQD5jjmqpIaVZDW-2RYnO4JQIFyh-NevATpH2MIQlmyf9Ca2tWoITp8jdfQPmSuW2_8pHFlZmQoeqpxiHe=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6Xj5vMARFeZXYyVLTrSDeaPomAANQCzfPAGm5T4Opks_Lau7Rzyts-c8icsHwtzer78DjTuujwtQH8BgcLnLAl2cHDe28B2rFq4e3fwqQD5jjmqpIaVZDW-2RYnO4JQIFyh-NevATpH2MIQlmyf9Ca2tWoITp8jdfQPmSuW2_8pHFlZmQoeqpxiHe=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for me, what can I tell you? This year I've learnt to look after my mental and physical health better. After being diagnosed with adrenal fatigue I have to be really careful so that I don't burn out. I've gone from going to bed late every night 'because it's the only time I get some peace and quiet' to wishing the boys would hurry up and go to bed, so that I can go to bed. I usually get to 9pm and am ready to sleep. I'm sure the boys think I'm an old woman, but it's so nice to feel on top of my health a lot more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've absolutely loved going back to the gym this year. I no longer do Step or Body Attack like I used to love doing, but have learnt what my body can cope with and needs and love going to Yoga and Aqua Fitness regularly. All my school gym buddies ditched the gym a long time ago, but I didn't mind going on my own, and was so happy to discover that Bonnie also goes there, so now we always go to class together. It's been great having a gym buddy again. I'm not skinny or fit, but I always feel so much better mentally and physically when I go. Even when I'm tired after work, I make the effort to go a few times a week, because I know it's going to make me feel better for it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcFJkFYZ1uQpN1BluYtvFtZYhUlRxN3j5m6hvkR27SH3jYU_XHAQUT8J3SaDD4r5ojdP9DzAVF0a1wm01oVn-LCdLHwTfR4fODRUKx799o2Bq9hCxFliB6GP29l8b3fhTmRVaJUbF7O8Bg2re9mBPyu07AxL9OILVk-LBpAuKtoQ0JcrSExRS7GSd0=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcFJkFYZ1uQpN1BluYtvFtZYhUlRxN3j5m6hvkR27SH3jYU_XHAQUT8J3SaDD4r5ojdP9DzAVF0a1wm01oVn-LCdLHwTfR4fODRUKx799o2Bq9hCxFliB6GP29l8b3fhTmRVaJUbF7O8Bg2re9mBPyu07AxL9OILVk-LBpAuKtoQ0JcrSExRS7GSd0=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div>I still absolutely love my job as an EAL teacher and feel so lucky to have such an incredible job. I would give anything to be able to come home from work and talk to you about my day and the beautiful kids that I teach. Every day I look forward to going to work because I feel like I'm making a difference. Just after you died it was the boys that kept me going, because they needed me. Now that they're older I feel like it's my work that keeps me going, because it makes me feel useful and I love seeing the progress of the kids and their families, as they learn a new language and adapt to living in Australia, while maintaining their own customs and culture. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinytSqwG1ItytMCVntBO_M1Zg4gn7XyCNFFt0ifz9oah91ywcX02QqdIWBbSqpnYRAYPxsvDhxiVZbHcQJG-1oLktUtPPe6Clik3TRGl9WB-5zHzbUdP7e-ayzpdhW-v75f_zsENsCkFhDG8aes9SF-ebhYJJNGMwou-CMSXAxmQXZup-wbGzO9zKb=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinytSqwG1ItytMCVntBO_M1Zg4gn7XyCNFFt0ifz9oah91ywcX02QqdIWBbSqpnYRAYPxsvDhxiVZbHcQJG-1oLktUtPPe6Clik3TRGl9WB-5zHzbUdP7e-ayzpdhW-v75f_zsENsCkFhDG8aes9SF-ebhYJJNGMwou-CMSXAxmQXZup-wbGzO9zKb=w640-h428" width="640" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I am so happy that I'm going to be at the same school again this year, but I'm getting sad and nervous that I'm probably going to have to move schools soon. The school I'm at right now is the largest EAL school in Tasmania, and I've gotten to know the families, kids, staff and how things work there really well. I feel like I am not 'just an EAL teacher' at this school, because I'm so involved in the whole school including going on excursions, running the school disco, being in the staff band and taking photos at all school events. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm feeling anxious about having to start all over again, and when I think about it a lot of trauma and grief pops back up because it's making me feel unsettled, and it reminds me that I've still got a lot of healing to do. </div><div><br /></div><div>My circle of friends has gotten a lot smaller over the years, but the friends that I have are amazing and I feel very lucky to have such special friends, that I've been friends with for so long. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDyDYdjW7OdC-b5gGHX5TzevKQY5lOpVacUcUSQvi-M6IEW_q-VGNxG4hoN-q4L8_TB2Q1B0amyHQYTchvGMROv7EwFxgtJMEx5vlltcB4qciCm0jHbNnt8fX15aRXKDhROCLYRnNKDp5wN7sIJxbhQXyKlkaEpDtgmvEh8fyim4EUV0EODlyUgFeb=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOVhMbziAqp8Y97t1rWVoQPHZG2UUvXAUPq9GSuZ5RiysTnZxCVyFtXxAl23L-mjpgiUgBejGd0z6cfKB9Q5JsA4fZh-VsWz8VU_hvAPlOL4vpPucXDpJCLZ3ZLqPIHmodkfO_xZ80FUre5fQkS8mPuK8R4_AIsBzXkYRHzDmiO-uwsRpbi0ovAVo3=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOVhMbziAqp8Y97t1rWVoQPHZG2UUvXAUPq9GSuZ5RiysTnZxCVyFtXxAl23L-mjpgiUgBejGd0z6cfKB9Q5JsA4fZh-VsWz8VU_hvAPlOL4vpPucXDpJCLZ3ZLqPIHmodkfO_xZ80FUre5fQkS8mPuK8R4_AIsBzXkYRHzDmiO-uwsRpbi0ovAVo3=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Between my small group of friends, the boys and work I feel like it's all I need. I've become very used to being single and am very happy just being a homebody most of the time. There is still no way that I would ever want to have another relationship, and the more time that goes on, the more I realise that I never want to meet anyone else. It's not even because I don't think you could ever be replaced. I'm just so used to being single and actually enjoy being single and doing my own thing. I think being in a relationship would just annoy me! I've become very selfish because I'm used to doing what I want, when I want and am used to being on my own. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still get people saying to me 'you never know what will happen in the future' or 'you're too young to be on your own' and I know they're doing it because they think it would make me happy to be in a relationship, but it's seriously not even on my radar to think about being with someone else. My Instagram account is private and sometimes I'll add a guy who wants to follow me and then they're sending me private messages, wanting to chat. <span> Next thing I'm deleting and blocking them! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still hate Christmas and wish I could love it like we used to, when you were here. If it wasn't for the boys I would just go to the beach with a book on my own and be quite happy to just pretend it was any other day. Instead I try to enjoy it, but can't wait for Boxing Day to come, so that I can start enjoying summer holidays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi0WqRLk-2k2RRO0dhBmBHoLK5fjDOlCsmMC1sHqSzngflWrTWtIoe2V-0cEoDEfAUdbvFxBh_5k35RjtpMofexX83ne5q_xdk0Oyqe0x1z_dEBhOjLgiBvBcLb5lGEQa2ZGhdEYQyjrHYra4dp7qsROarIE_te03Twq804kTaMp8Lk9cqF1jTxwTY=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi0WqRLk-2k2RRO0dhBmBHoLK5fjDOlCsmMC1sHqSzngflWrTWtIoe2V-0cEoDEfAUdbvFxBh_5k35RjtpMofexX83ne5q_xdk0Oyqe0x1z_dEBhOjLgiBvBcLb5lGEQa2ZGhdEYQyjrHYra4dp7qsROarIE_te03Twq804kTaMp8Lk9cqF1jTxwTY=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVMS5-iA4PQoLwHI70hT6C2geOYOxkINZ1XOV7HYlX707JTb151AK3-LTVdu8INz7YBrDWjgoF18MTWGs9JseF0IWpI8ET1I480CYy4Oe9QSK_xK3ILkKsdlxdZywbGFeDJqUs1sjG-zoch2JifbUt6RdepH_YCbE-8DEKurhi3xeBn2hGFbdCo-k9=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVMS5-iA4PQoLwHI70hT6C2geOYOxkINZ1XOV7HYlX707JTb151AK3-LTVdu8INz7YBrDWjgoF18MTWGs9JseF0IWpI8ET1I480CYy4Oe9QSK_xK3ILkKsdlxdZywbGFeDJqUs1sjG-zoch2JifbUt6RdepH_YCbE-8DEKurhi3xeBn2hGFbdCo-k9=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMddkjaSZHOKI9wIj5Le451D1UGg3p-BvFTeAimVjGG1uFpRYEXZNthB8nGrFePP6nVIhf-nf1BPE-PcHrxVDLB6vAvxnXCnoLlCTWwmtF2zou19SRABBElB3gVpg0MeKgFu-y_Dn9T4RskGOKmtGgcN0jlWGwNdh8DjFTGPV6zQZ_0CcZ9YU4LOfK=s3379" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3379" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMddkjaSZHOKI9wIj5Le451D1UGg3p-BvFTeAimVjGG1uFpRYEXZNthB8nGrFePP6nVIhf-nf1BPE-PcHrxVDLB6vAvxnXCnoLlCTWwmtF2zou19SRABBElB3gVpg0MeKgFu-y_Dn9T4RskGOKmtGgcN0jlWGwNdh8DjFTGPV6zQZ_0CcZ9YU4LOfK=w640-h572" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK0hV3jfvz1iEkwzWBdfGG6HOJpJRVkLC0HXtEgoJfT429Cp5xwHAKv0F5P5B5gCtWT217M_QTAxX2nZLUTX2qGLHC5NyiBOLCnd81rnBVWSYlyQ_vyexldGQpChx1j2Gu58eI9oXdLKAoaxe2je0pJKv5irnzYPTE62ByKK-TgBE2QYI5hmdneOKo=s3427" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="3427" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK0hV3jfvz1iEkwzWBdfGG6HOJpJRVkLC0HXtEgoJfT429Cp5xwHAKv0F5P5B5gCtWT217M_QTAxX2nZLUTX2qGLHC5NyiBOLCnd81rnBVWSYlyQ_vyexldGQpChx1j2Gu58eI9oXdLKAoaxe2je0pJKv5irnzYPTE62ByKK-TgBE2QYI5hmdneOKo=w640-h516" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You would love the new escooters around town now. The boys had a great time riding on them on Christmas Day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhyUrmUn-bZSHMk_N1sSiBYBN5V22E5Ry_CW58g3mhLF9U4VLH8_HF1iXM8ZE4vMEeYjjHEoVYtnXyD5TDFn3x37tyK1r1nyG9gLKSbdbXYoRY69Z5MYXK3QU1UTVlu4Mnl6L69GwNZ2NIwFL-_MhA15eaoxfhbUG9M3KEVA69Q9l2QnUOa-eCUOZK=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhyUrmUn-bZSHMk_N1sSiBYBN5V22E5Ry_CW58g3mhLF9U4VLH8_HF1iXM8ZE4vMEeYjjHEoVYtnXyD5TDFn3x37tyK1r1nyG9gLKSbdbXYoRY69Z5MYXK3QU1UTVlu4Mnl6L69GwNZ2NIwFL-_MhA15eaoxfhbUG9M3KEVA69Q9l2QnUOa-eCUOZK=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a great time hanging out with lots of my cousins and uncles and aunties on New Years Eve. They are lots of fun to be around and when we are together it always makes me miss you even more as I imagine you talking cricket or basketball with Ty and Cade or teasing all your nieces and nephews to make them laugh. I wish you were here to get to know my other cousins who you didn't get to spend much time with when you were here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4pw6pgS60rpyHuV70QNUN9unN9hT3H2t--3niE9EEb69pF9x_aUnhHKpkUPmWH--em14eNUHNs46ARhvwhsW13OF2ynTf083qwdhvvFVtk5YwXtbW8G4Qeoblg8OOkoNH5LMJDm1qpZd0JbRI8I6mPY0Uoxd4jTM5z-hYi2qQUgjM2G_OL3E2Jmon=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1440" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4pw6pgS60rpyHuV70QNUN9unN9hT3H2t--3niE9EEb69pF9x_aUnhHKpkUPmWH--em14eNUHNs46ARhvwhsW13OF2ynTf083qwdhvvFVtk5YwXtbW8G4Qeoblg8OOkoNH5LMJDm1qpZd0JbRI8I6mPY0Uoxd4jTM5z-hYi2qQUgjM2G_OL3E2Jmon=w640-h552" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's so much that I wish you were here for and I still feel really angry and ripped off because we only got three and a half months together after Noah passed away. I see other couples and families going on holidays together or just doing everyday things together and I am so envious and want to tell them to not take it for granted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm grateful for the boys but nothing can ever replace the relationship that we had. I miss the things we <i>should</i> be doing together - taking long service leave and travelling around the world (once bloody Covid goes!), going to watch the Ashes cricket together (even though I'll be bored out of my brain, but I'd do it because I know you love it), watching the NBL and AFL live games together, traveling to the mainland and having a decent holiday now that the boys are older, going to concerts or just going to the beach together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjssliFWGosgsGi8ECprR0o7EJpwCfNwux7e5qVmYW8-TClPqIdS_Ih03R2a1TJ8eTfsOs4JYuCzcQG10N8A0uS3V4_bUFY3AtDRN8Rgbui7b033T6JYGemoCtZKerKYAmAC16Udq7gV_hlsubTMqjbQCreMAUOxontYB7aLc92ka6ad5zvTAEEbBTD=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjssliFWGosgsGi8ECprR0o7EJpwCfNwux7e5qVmYW8-TClPqIdS_Ih03R2a1TJ8eTfsOs4JYuCzcQG10N8A0uS3V4_bUFY3AtDRN8Rgbui7b033T6JYGemoCtZKerKYAmAC16Udq7gV_hlsubTMqjbQCreMAUOxontYB7aLc92ka6ad5zvTAEEbBTD=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>Instead I'll continue to work out how to be 'happy' without you as much as possible. Covid has put a big stop to me having something to look forward to (which is what kept me going for many years) because right now you really can't plan ahead for anything. I've learnt to just be happy doing the simple things - looking after my health, putting everything into my work and trying to navigate and enjoy the dynamics now that the boys are older. It's hard to imagine what this year is going to bring. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSkwCDWOJ29Afrexj9DczY4MRFYOYOiH2E01MkvGjvwdRQTVj4B6GUqEDZK6X0nnPYtRrohx0m9UMHGJiGWl5Xy8firbxSIKGeEZxMW4AkCMr6VNyE6RxP0_eCQ4vs2lQsv4PqWPcyIh6ug4WkSvq4G9HgXxKWmto1wY8mENXkUC-TEF2aIA2BYPZ5=s2080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSkwCDWOJ29Afrexj9DczY4MRFYOYOiH2E01MkvGjvwdRQTVj4B6GUqEDZK6X0nnPYtRrohx0m9UMHGJiGWl5Xy8firbxSIKGeEZxMW4AkCMr6VNyE6RxP0_eCQ4vs2lQsv4PqWPcyIh6ug4WkSvq4G9HgXxKWmto1wY8mENXkUC-TEF2aIA2BYPZ5=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></div><p>Just know that whatever we do, we continue to keep you and Noah in our lives as much as possible. The boys are so much like you in different ways, that it feels like you are living on in them. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Q31gjhgOMFlZhqUV2UMAS4Xztz4GLGzWgEEzkx6Cl4bQlpcx1Klb3UWEpzjUBYU1z4XK-ZKofemMsPRAYgFfy6HejfOW7y2tk7cqJoHPElBdQlR7ORctY9MlJqAktiLn2xhiwsIev_dU7CtJ4SOh3an6aHHbhBzJ9mcw9n_WNBeWRAstEkpGPs4Y=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Q31gjhgOMFlZhqUV2UMAS4Xztz4GLGzWgEEzkx6Cl4bQlpcx1Klb3UWEpzjUBYU1z4XK-ZKofemMsPRAYgFfy6HejfOW7y2tk7cqJoHPElBdQlR7ORctY9MlJqAktiLn2xhiwsIev_dU7CtJ4SOh3an6aHHbhBzJ9mcw9n_WNBeWRAstEkpGPs4Y=w640-h480" width="640" /></a>I hope we are making you proud. I hope you are still watching over us and know what we are up to. I don't feel you as close by as you used to be, but there are times when I have no doubts that you're around. I see you and Noah in my dreams quite often and I'm grateful because it helps me feel like you are not too far away. Our grief hasn't gone, but our lives have grown around our grief. I love you and have missed you every single day over the last (almost) ten years that you've been gone. I can't imagine living another ten years without you, but unfortunately I have no choice but to. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi834BPJFGgcvKMkbL5IaNyedRUj4GpXNM-5ZSR-HkXjln7QdGpILWD4jvDg6IUJlnX5r9iS4d4OU9JAHy6rXPqpZllPFMXOJidGotMehX_pfm_I7IvrfZ6XVe0ZmDZT2cJnoT6UQKBPMdBLs9G2A-hsP3S9_NOdwqEKCAexyM4mYUKF7d2N0yh1qNS=s6048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4024" data-original-width="6048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi834BPJFGgcvKMkbL5IaNyedRUj4GpXNM-5ZSR-HkXjln7QdGpILWD4jvDg6IUJlnX5r9iS4d4OU9JAHy6rXPqpZllPFMXOJidGotMehX_pfm_I7IvrfZ6XVe0ZmDZT2cJnoT6UQKBPMdBLs9G2A-hsP3S9_NOdwqEKCAexyM4mYUKF7d2N0yh1qNS=w640-h426" width="640" /></a>This video shows what we have been up to every single day in 2021.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbqvM_YkRjs" width="320" youtube-src-id="wbqvM_YkRjs"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-51702433349870703712021-12-29T22:17:00.003+11:002021-12-29T22:17:30.675+11:0049 but 10 in Heaven <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two days before Christmas, Aaron would've been celebrating his 49th birthday. He only got to celebrate 39 on Earth. I actually look forward to his birthday as it's always a fun night with friends. We met Simone and the kids and Tim and Helene and their kids at Punchbowl Reserve for tea and a play. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a huge game of cricket going on between a group of adults. It was a heap of Indian men against others and they were so intense and hilarious, so it gave us a few laughs. As we were leaving one of the guys spoke to us and said he hoped that they weren't too full on, because he said it was like the World Cup but it was India v the rest of the world. That cracked us up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoKGTZX-u8Z34tOYOGcvOZsdYm-JRZRnhdu8CaY8xdXYnSBxuv8_QN1z9_VklyzdiYC5i_VXGcSWmttl_BMGGs1AbAcVkK4iGFN0clH-9Wwgstc3q9WlVPmVYeASWzw_etExrKElxSatW2WDeoNqo8Awh7pESeuP6PlgjXsspAfV9nER6O0XqFsDPm=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoKGTZX-u8Z34tOYOGcvOZsdYm-JRZRnhdu8CaY8xdXYnSBxuv8_QN1z9_VklyzdiYC5i_VXGcSWmttl_BMGGs1AbAcVkK4iGFN0clH-9Wwgstc3q9WlVPmVYeASWzw_etExrKElxSatW2WDeoNqo8Awh7pESeuP6PlgjXsspAfV9nER6O0XqFsDPm=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just before the sun started setting, we headed to the cemetery with Hawthorn coloured balloons and Pepsi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEy1ssK6uKhgTud4aXR604eWOAkuFuZW4UYE5xTML0s_bGH-0SLkqtNH_Wys_pry1bmmqRVsyPGK9QLXiqGE8YdJtuCE2aoKVl0WlfHT5J9l3jk6uXljSO_SAe9RSCMm322H31qmEnSBUsFuvCpVcDPQsu0T0vXHW-Vf_B-VaSzdHtb1U1bHCCb_3H=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEy1ssK6uKhgTud4aXR604eWOAkuFuZW4UYE5xTML0s_bGH-0SLkqtNH_Wys_pry1bmmqRVsyPGK9QLXiqGE8YdJtuCE2aoKVl0WlfHT5J9l3jk6uXljSO_SAe9RSCMm322H31qmEnSBUsFuvCpVcDPQsu0T0vXHW-Vf_B-VaSzdHtb1U1bHCCb_3H=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So grateful for these friends, who make it a day to look forward to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpPO5lCYCKfwBT9Lzr_vCA1lc0NoTuuugaH_6ibfQOcfRaCq1XTewLQ7puavro4hffVR5HFUV1kwp3bdgXB5qjm2YGcUW94sIqm_nvxQ6DocJfAtg5h6oJRi8AmItQY0qHkkOFPqxwxPP3kKNBkIUPtZbQlIjofDg3XH8Ro7Ri_rS_4g7ZS8Zkf1cF=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpPO5lCYCKfwBT9Lzr_vCA1lc0NoTuuugaH_6ibfQOcfRaCq1XTewLQ7puavro4hffVR5HFUV1kwp3bdgXB5qjm2YGcUW94sIqm_nvxQ6DocJfAtg5h6oJRi8AmItQY0qHkkOFPqxwxPP3kKNBkIUPtZbQlIjofDg3XH8Ro7Ri_rS_4g7ZS8Zkf1cF=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKL7VVboiQVokRD6f51B0is-OCf1tVmu7qIY4rr_ClXQo2QzAxjgBDEGT6Sv4nx4gkUWE3DifF0MhJcPB0YFkaOVSa_C_4sUFm0jG9q115HcbVtLzWuhTjhYfSj2V11k01oLOD-G2RGOyVt57TU7gpNeEaWmkC2B-D1H7Fl_wo2J1uXrC19-q9DcxV=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKL7VVboiQVokRD6f51B0is-OCf1tVmu7qIY4rr_ClXQo2QzAxjgBDEGT6Sv4nx4gkUWE3DifF0MhJcPB0YFkaOVSa_C_4sUFm0jG9q115HcbVtLzWuhTjhYfSj2V11k01oLOD-G2RGOyVt57TU7gpNeEaWmkC2B-D1H7Fl_wo2J1uXrC19-q9DcxV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCxwpSMEh3KIHRxHGC81A1iPuj6pJurSiy6J3MLk_K8O8PjsFM598yLHycNmE-4mV5J6pHHf39kP3D0tF_xQXe5oaZAk_oVB9cCg7ry1cYPRjT64MlLmZIUhOBJkPrOwnDkbgg75kYRqt1bBGEpqU9c2yEdGyFBdRIzK4fDF-YamMab_wBXgtQOWdh=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCxwpSMEh3KIHRxHGC81A1iPuj6pJurSiy6J3MLk_K8O8PjsFM598yLHycNmE-4mV5J6pHHf39kP3D0tF_xQXe5oaZAk_oVB9cCg7ry1cYPRjT64MlLmZIUhOBJkPrOwnDkbgg75kYRqt1bBGEpqU9c2yEdGyFBdRIzK4fDF-YamMab_wBXgtQOWdh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">I love that Tim wore an Oasis T-shirt (Aaron's favourite band) and I wore a Beatles one (another one of his favourite bands). </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKBKjixm3hWin3lPoVjDNBV0gadQelSEAveFUPv3HOwdbAiznRhXOgdHm11XpbP-CZCrLU8IwS1ErsCnFrdZGXOMIbV0x_17Zn8UDCm3WIFag7MSJJx-71NXEd_gOxXG21EuG2KHTycs0jqbrt7VPkON7_DgDonWZd4JNPD7o1f_DFW0mbsEFouJVL=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKBKjixm3hWin3lPoVjDNBV0gadQelSEAveFUPv3HOwdbAiznRhXOgdHm11XpbP-CZCrLU8IwS1ErsCnFrdZGXOMIbV0x_17Zn8UDCm3WIFag7MSJJx-71NXEd_gOxXG21EuG2KHTycs0jqbrt7VPkON7_DgDonWZd4JNPD7o1f_DFW0mbsEFouJVL=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div>I'm not sure when I became a mum to these men! 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It was a really fun night, and I'm so glad that it wasn't a sad day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjYsT7HgIkXQXlVt9Qh8GZFDL7ZC7Xf32Gyh8tXKP7nqqhhv8ydde1UBapulGwFVhRtj5Tfk_3hbpy5xARJ5cZuB5Lncbx7SBD5KLWnsT050deSIEz1gCEMZ_b2QbXZjdBXLpl_pfOMw5YBqidIN1yJ9c8DGX-yH3zH4FO2JJ7fgFrFV9HJv3NMlWE=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjYsT7HgIkXQXlVt9Qh8GZFDL7ZC7Xf32Gyh8tXKP7nqqhhv8ydde1UBapulGwFVhRtj5Tfk_3hbpy5xARJ5cZuB5Lncbx7SBD5KLWnsT050deSIEz1gCEMZ_b2QbXZjdBXLpl_pfOMw5YBqidIN1yJ9c8DGX-yH3zH4FO2JJ7fgFrFV9HJv3NMlWE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-68450923506813007812021-12-29T20:24:00.002+11:002021-12-29T20:24:37.461+11:00Bachelor of Media <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It only seems like it has been a couple of years since </span><a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2019/04/mum-to-uni-student.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Jay started Uni</a><span style="text-align: left;">, so it's hard to believe that he's just graduated with a Bachelor of Media specialising in Screen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ7530rj8AwZuVrcf2PE--sDEbgiR10oAw6KDb7PTtsArRbMUBrQtLIvkRgM7r7-P0uErU4bP1Z5-MzghTwNmRGgm_Exe_Y1WPIqqWWvyGi9MP4pLouAPDKDJgYxVogWr4FPLCcBZr8-hQ1DwcLTM2QSfdh3zOTu17BIp_xOV1IfmMKKHd6nf01-Xl=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ7530rj8AwZuVrcf2PE--sDEbgiR10oAw6KDb7PTtsArRbMUBrQtLIvkRgM7r7-P0uErU4bP1Z5-MzghTwNmRGgm_Exe_Y1WPIqqWWvyGi9MP4pLouAPDKDJgYxVogWr4FPLCcBZr8-hQ1DwcLTM2QSfdh3zOTu17BIp_xOV1IfmMKKHd6nf01-Xl=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still remember clearly the day that we dropped him off at Christ College (his Uni accommodation). I was trying to be brave for him, but there were tears from all of us as we drove home and left him in Hobart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During his first year he came home pretty much every weekend. He stuck to himself and didn't socialise at all and didn't get to know anyone down there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the last two years he stayed down in Hobart a lot more, and we only saw him every couple of months. He made so many friends over the last couple of years, and has been having the time of his life. I didn't mind that we only saw him every couple of months as I knew he was happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year he's been the Communications Officer at Christ College and has been busy running Christ's social media pages, and helping to organise and promote events. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE6OKULSLvrbGZBWJ4dSAzqsk0IzVRnncbct7chTDjtG44LZ54AV2joqDluuEO1SYjVV5ZIETje3H0WAp74lUxenA_diRRLjrCXPn-o4vrm9N521ZEw2Vn1n9BFyJN3MsYsn4sdmk7wcKjM5zJOtH_0PwUnovpIXXimNihELyBbnY5WbB1DZgCVul8=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE6OKULSLvrbGZBWJ4dSAzqsk0IzVRnncbct7chTDjtG44LZ54AV2joqDluuEO1SYjVV5ZIETje3H0WAp74lUxenA_diRRLjrCXPn-o4vrm9N521ZEw2Vn1n9BFyJN3MsYsn4sdmk7wcKjM5zJOtH_0PwUnovpIXXimNihELyBbnY5WbB1DZgCVul8=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In November we went to Hobart to help Jay bring all of his things home, as he had finished his degree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFWG-BbSKnonTBvMSPoH1tjl9zbBBxZXADWvv_x-oYzHHBLX4PXrxYltUOEv98uoqEtMjAri_fGcZk2vPUDh2Cosfh2Wc6qYV_gAgKbqDQnlesOF1RINCJyJrzWEmwjaeeYSsC9CEJ6Ze-l7nel6C960Hfqu_x2C8fvriTxinDRkP5EyJTfxvEl7Dt=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFWG-BbSKnonTBvMSPoH1tjl9zbBBxZXADWvv_x-oYzHHBLX4PXrxYltUOEv98uoqEtMjAri_fGcZk2vPUDh2Cosfh2Wc6qYV_gAgKbqDQnlesOF1RINCJyJrzWEmwjaeeYSsC9CEJ6Ze-l7nel6C960Hfqu_x2C8fvriTxinDRkP5EyJTfxvEl7Dt=w640-h640" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLupvTlOMVHdRcNUHd-lHBnqbyVd7gGW6DRhh8ZinsUrv44tFjOC0Qzlb4TIOf6E3MQcKhFcedvL6QLn2Bdlgh7-0sR7SgTFcvBGTgqECwhiMYjyGRj_j-bXR4Swx7bkQgUNkIGNwdqHDbD_34w7SkdV_No-LOt53unq7HmZeO4XTKJB1aFOBVfJNN=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLupvTlOMVHdRcNUHd-lHBnqbyVd7gGW6DRhh8ZinsUrv44tFjOC0Qzlb4TIOf6E3MQcKhFcedvL6QLn2Bdlgh7-0sR7SgTFcvBGTgqECwhiMYjyGRj_j-bXR4Swx7bkQgUNkIGNwdqHDbD_34w7SkdV_No-LOt53unq7HmZeO4XTKJB1aFOBVfJNN=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>A couple of weeks ago was Jalen's Uni graduation. It was a bit of a saga because they changed the time from 1pm to 8 am and we could only get two tickets to it. Kobe was disappointed he couldn't be there in person, but booked a night in the hotel where the graduation was, so he stayed in bed and watched the live stream. <div><br /></div><div>I did tell Kobe and it would only be 30 seconds of excitement seeing Jay walk across the stage and then it would be like a very long, boring school assembly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCbt0hreWevPWe-bc3QYRbSvwzjE4HsiQI-GBkbKlyliu_Ee6R_ZAPOacxfIDBZ6A4GB7C7z_Q7HGZ-wAA9A5ME_MES3zmwaxI0WhZIj-0SgG8YAuL-C6W8ubmXtK2uDf814G8eqjF2z3vB8d7EOQQ0G8RcXco_hy2EsPNtSeYQTY6Nq2LFIe7pMxg=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCbt0hreWevPWe-bc3QYRbSvwzjE4HsiQI-GBkbKlyliu_Ee6R_ZAPOacxfIDBZ6A4GB7C7z_Q7HGZ-wAA9A5ME_MES3zmwaxI0WhZIj-0SgG8YAuL-C6W8ubmXtK2uDf814G8eqjF2z3vB8d7EOQQ0G8RcXco_hy2EsPNtSeYQTY6Nq2LFIe7pMxg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>Jay was actually one of the first ones to get up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc3UMLod8WL39XSkU_dXna8Zj1clOzcuamnXb1zRHsXPYNH1MUW83WkFDgcYjIcisiL0KVWIELjYWygeUsY7uiDeujDZxRYp6SbCOnYxYLEayuyP7EDePfouw6HRWHIzhgVmq95r27yA2mnAUmzd9ZP-0jCcqTHe_LjeakaGnIEeBitTAZv4ykL-AT=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc3UMLod8WL39XSkU_dXna8Zj1clOzcuamnXb1zRHsXPYNH1MUW83WkFDgcYjIcisiL0KVWIELjYWygeUsY7uiDeujDZxRYp6SbCOnYxYLEayuyP7EDePfouw6HRWHIzhgVmq95r27yA2mnAUmzd9ZP-0jCcqTHe_LjeakaGnIEeBitTAZv4ykL-AT=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>As Kobe was just upstairs in the hotel room, he was able to meet us straight after. Jay got his certificate framed straight away, and then we took lots of photos before going out for brunch. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTrwCiAbogTJjLZ0ZSJHxOcZYHLq_NE-XkkLqtm3Mm5gC-O7I62SpjqX20DY4VdU9OVElmhYiq_FSHiMT9N90zFxhEJ6cUpvBPP9_V4kT5WFN2E6v8zkvnuI0_-LGkLUfQm_dUuchSh6P8ChNZLMkT8F9ANzduPIBgCPC0c6N6AJpqZ2IZIm-PFaEc=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1440" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTrwCiAbogTJjLZ0ZSJHxOcZYHLq_NE-XkkLqtm3Mm5gC-O7I62SpjqX20DY4VdU9OVElmhYiq_FSHiMT9N90zFxhEJ6cUpvBPP9_V4kT5WFN2E6v8zkvnuI0_-LGkLUfQm_dUuchSh6P8ChNZLMkT8F9ANzduPIBgCPC0c6N6AJpqZ2IZIm-PFaEc=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdEX6gUMztlR59-0KEutIE1w9K8wym2HJZ5BeGAUCEQkwa2HvoPudLMXaiMYEtMWvdSe_RoAs4niKMTrbPGJTZlBuFNKgWxdElqg3Sekud9mUaLgh3-ioDc0dqlnZKhB2VGfTaiEyR4Jg5dk1I3sOdJ4m83KNUMr7C0vKP6QrV_oi9aKCqiMQ4Y4xu=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioGo4T5oKzRv_DOPVTtDuCqcf8Mo-lXgSU8Yi-pMmELF2dKZS7sm9I4OvBu9FlZjoP_L9xDprn74tAVq8j54wldAGh2T-6LEm11zk5mQZYU3MTZWiRKCNRI7pDmVrvW-2jSJmGbx6fMvNaSArbWm22S5qtuuOHyFdDspxG71K_p7PcxMXa7JXV86iT=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioGo4T5oKzRv_DOPVTtDuCqcf8Mo-lXgSU8Yi-pMmELF2dKZS7sm9I4OvBu9FlZjoP_L9xDprn74tAVq8j54wldAGh2T-6LEm11zk5mQZYU3MTZWiRKCNRI7pDmVrvW-2jSJmGbx6fMvNaSArbWm22S5qtuuOHyFdDspxG71K_p7PcxMXa7JXV86iT=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These guys always have to be clowns, before I can get a decent photo of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIweoGIAODlUEw0fexfEoiUp-JoK2S3j9bdmHm32JslsK7FR-6ouXz1QVThXyxDXi_GozWhHdw02T_RO1ddtz5qj_zyTP9KV5fx0CbN4_rATjCCSJchXVEZzyOjWwk3RUMzkdmz6g2wxlmfvqIlhUWrhfrnQq5o-IC33gHxuX6sh2Cz-tPvLOPvHzC=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTAOXWs9u_zrxM4x-bRGtqphbHd1Y5USDsAmimyKvSeKhwlCINrv8u59YMiw6HVavE5-1zT7FYA9bpYrmYVFV2GMPvd2NYqG3BsohcS_rprGSkAQNxxzNdTG79rCxsa8tGY3wWD6Dv9r9ERhrF4AIFmtQrgOgWilphVaI8gSvfQRAomX8QBeQu27fW=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1440" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTAOXWs9u_zrxM4x-bRGtqphbHd1Y5USDsAmimyKvSeKhwlCINrv8u59YMiw6HVavE5-1zT7FYA9bpYrmYVFV2GMPvd2NYqG3BsohcS_rprGSkAQNxxzNdTG79rCxsa8tGY3wWD6Dv9r9ERhrF4AIFmtQrgOgWilphVaI8gSvfQRAomX8QBeQu27fW=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>I can't believe that I have a son who has a Uni degree! I'm so proud of him and hope he can find work doing something he loves very soon. He would love to do something in video editing, social media or advertising. As it was only a 3 year course he's decided he's going to do a Masters in Marketing next year and will move back to Hobart with 3 of his friends who were at Christ College with him. I'm happy for him to be back in Hobart next year, they just have the *little issue of finding a four bedroom rental. If anyone in Hobart knows of anything, please let us know. They would be awesome tenants. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO7pgVjUDQfA1RdydbhfzvFqmJO4Xeq2uf7iSDefjIViivQ3YG-CHvjFMBOv_6nBr4q26bKnVV_YDOni7BGHTqAnJTZAJz62-xTyg37dAXjeTr80EyNGe0UgLI2mlN3IxdKgyhxvRuByJumKv6rqvpjLhglaM7RBdSZ7pg1AaWMXQKnZ-C-qySGdB3=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1440" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO7pgVjUDQfA1RdydbhfzvFqmJO4Xeq2uf7iSDefjIViivQ3YG-CHvjFMBOv_6nBr4q26bKnVV_YDOni7BGHTqAnJTZAJz62-xTyg37dAXjeTr80EyNGe0UgLI2mlN3IxdKgyhxvRuByJumKv6rqvpjLhglaM7RBdSZ7pg1AaWMXQKnZ-C-qySGdB3=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-39768672681508535342021-12-21T21:04:00.003+11:002021-12-29T20:28:01.801+11:00Another school year is over<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's unbelievable how fast this year has gone. I thought I'd better do a blog post to catch up (I still can't let it go, as I just love having my memories in one spot) and couldn't believe that it has been five months since my last post.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">The last two terms of school has flown. Last school holidays my brother Jared and his family came up and we spent some time with them. We had both planned on going to Sydney at different times to spend time with my brother Chrish (and to finally see Hamilton which was one of Kobe's birthday presents) but unfortunately we had to cancel two trips, thanks to Covid and Jared and Becky also had to cancel their trip. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgg3vxk8O_d_xcChWNLrh05ceUxT8wVdlYn5IG6ymhMnLXRPJy7fBQP4qqLDWR07JIixFsWRiDThCaaYIKlDAOtg4Tn0c1mrlfY5ZXIxkd7uEgwjTFPM2-UwFGpjqvIKnBA1G8O1tTrpASGawQwf3eh3_FhLjGGptX6jvVaf6Jj6mQ-hXDgkCljg8Ab=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgg3vxk8O_d_xcChWNLrh05ceUxT8wVdlYn5IG6ymhMnLXRPJy7fBQP4qqLDWR07JIixFsWRiDThCaaYIKlDAOtg4Tn0c1mrlfY5ZXIxkd7uEgwjTFPM2-UwFGpjqvIKnBA1G8O1tTrpASGawQwf3eh3_FhLjGGptX6jvVaf6Jj6mQ-hXDgkCljg8Ab=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> We went to the Gorge with them in the morning and I braved the chairlift (chairlifts and Ferris wheels scare the crap out of me! I don't mind rollercoasters as they're fast, but going slow at a height freak me out). </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL4QFTnod-EzKtybYlW0y61A6GgIVBXher3aSvvydc1CWwEUM_jdKThNsyXs4tG98HKWB4MVs6MBjnQ8t6U_3hDcESZ_QhndLjwrLWaF_mTsLHK0LkTEAQ0ln0CllRN8004GL5-1Rb71DcCl9AD0ojahhmjQl1D62A6oohhYQP4pCThzF8YficYpf4=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL4QFTnod-EzKtybYlW0y61A6GgIVBXher3aSvvydc1CWwEUM_jdKThNsyXs4tG98HKWB4MVs6MBjnQ8t6U_3hDcESZ_QhndLjwrLWaF_mTsLHK0LkTEAQ0ln0CllRN8004GL5-1Rb71DcCl9AD0ojahhmjQl1D62A6oohhYQP4pCThzF8YficYpf4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI4A3zLsjkPmu1MD1UJMJHe38hLvqnFTPSvQXCNCi76lLKKND5D6XfXvZYv4KpywG_d-BJc9DW8gGk3pKaeXZSHb9Hl1hP6sc7-5qNd3PLBBqyc50ue5ypSnnzHKOFbpzmFNZyUpBJeI5il3PAtXQbven4HBpZpUfEkABWWX-4rVi6Cve3vUYvChy3=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI4A3zLsjkPmu1MD1UJMJHe38hLvqnFTPSvQXCNCi76lLKKND5D6XfXvZYv4KpywG_d-BJc9DW8gGk3pKaeXZSHb9Hl1hP6sc7-5qNd3PLBBqyc50ue5ypSnnzHKOFbpzmFNZyUpBJeI5il3PAtXQbven4HBpZpUfEkABWWX-4rVi6Cve3vUYvChy3=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div>We then went to Liffey Falls where there had been snow falls overnight. Most of it had melted when we got there, but there was enough to throw a few snowballs. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg09RJ7sIDHekZsPvRiPruU0SyG6qj4o6dy0LGOKgIeAWjvGKVTwAXIhhLk1d_grzk7sY_LsfM6L6LuTsOlr2nS_gYsdYlzNkOlLwmHLgUahkj8Xdm49zgHGDN1g_0Lwf0evIkpa02miWwDTHOmyv5_Hhsnz1KBpEA5cuPjMvtizWw3nUMS_vy_fxdS=s1799" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg09RJ7sIDHekZsPvRiPruU0SyG6qj4o6dy0LGOKgIeAWjvGKVTwAXIhhLk1d_grzk7sY_LsfM6L6LuTsOlr2nS_gYsdYlzNkOlLwmHLgUahkj8Xdm49zgHGDN1g_0Lwf0evIkpa02miWwDTHOmyv5_Hhsnz1KBpEA5cuPjMvtizWw3nUMS_vy_fxdS=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5o3496aiUO-w-DVcH4xpLMqedRJiABQlaeOJ6W4eM2WqYkFINVuU8rC0w2aNEUGPg5iwq4qtfqxvCFrfLXZGZYQOhKkJvUAdepTERD-fdFBUq8wZ8oHTSP0evp-uvQUa8nEKQiMQe8edslse95Kjwxks99qYaqwonhTeOSqSxghHjMPTXo_knoy1o=s3330" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="2499" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5o3496aiUO-w-DVcH4xpLMqedRJiABQlaeOJ6W4eM2WqYkFINVuU8rC0w2aNEUGPg5iwq4qtfqxvCFrfLXZGZYQOhKkJvUAdepTERD-fdFBUq8wZ8oHTSP0evp-uvQUa8nEKQiMQe8edslse95Kjwxks99qYaqwonhTeOSqSxghHjMPTXo_knoy1o=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div>Along with the rest of Tasmania, Mum, Kobe and I went to the tulip farm at Table Cape. We hadn't been for a few years, and it was even more beautiful that I could remember. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbQEkjIl5b_1hA6v_5-QgpM3oHbIoMDT377gZvHnI0YHqXXv1gf4Yoqe6P4nMfi3ds6sRpHgnQhe7fAUT_2Ye0EGVS3PacSIBtVckuHLsfM8YXwcXFYGiRAa6BGGBb_JvrsIEnTwYkse5VSaGOAE4HShj4tQdizBbXqRvib6bLPfFmXv7SOdKqCfpZ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbQEkjIl5b_1hA6v_5-QgpM3oHbIoMDT377gZvHnI0YHqXXv1gf4Yoqe6P4nMfi3ds6sRpHgnQhe7fAUT_2Ye0EGVS3PacSIBtVckuHLsfM8YXwcXFYGiRAa6BGGBb_JvrsIEnTwYkse5VSaGOAE4HShj4tQdizBbXqRvib6bLPfFmXv7SOdKqCfpZ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJnBS5QWEKg8gEZKwqOnGtKprCrYm5nVOWYUzSeWIsjwURhlO5r6Dprt2kD4QuzC30piTm43gyUNeTfWxOITxiFjUvdmpg9U9rxeCIOsr9SLjhYaqG43trbZuo5GU6TneGOfMQZ4U7hgLBi6umSHJrPhisU05pc3D8JaYZP-xElWhwb5zCotlpMFpm=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJnBS5QWEKg8gEZKwqOnGtKprCrYm5nVOWYUzSeWIsjwURhlO5r6Dprt2kD4QuzC30piTm43gyUNeTfWxOITxiFjUvdmpg9U9rxeCIOsr9SLjhYaqG43trbZuo5GU6TneGOfMQZ4U7hgLBi6umSHJrPhisU05pc3D8JaYZP-xElWhwb5zCotlpMFpm=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpKZ02YxMz336oKi1lKQfUQyhzBHEjnBSWC_KPuEphzO9JSOR3414ub6xXIVWZCN1yoGHHClcHN_fzvodD_274R6XLpjmbRHSM4eyZ2QboffAqO9j78WtmUHzQnBZ3OjxrjyTb6N1GK0mnLMGXTtGH9HKE20b1rtY5RmzzxpYu8s1fhCyMPtRLTokY=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpKZ02YxMz336oKi1lKQfUQyhzBHEjnBSWC_KPuEphzO9JSOR3414ub6xXIVWZCN1yoGHHClcHN_fzvodD_274R6XLpjmbRHSM4eyZ2QboffAqO9j78WtmUHzQnBZ3OjxrjyTb6N1GK0mnLMGXTtGH9HKE20b1rtY5RmzzxpYu8s1fhCyMPtRLTokY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiccxmdNEvIJ9ovvkobi2yooF5_OKHKLO7UxJk4wBoKGT3r6wJT3uAOimamfqUUYM3Z_TIsfG142XXuF9pLE5sBFOGqaB1e4wNFYEb4RS809Ckk9-0Guz6zW_9OrWKnoaOeBl0Wg01R2_MdIqxyuLsAbEotgIGpssfnBNzJlwbuqLc2h5qOlPOrqISQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiccxmdNEvIJ9ovvkobi2yooF5_OKHKLO7UxJk4wBoKGT3r6wJT3uAOimamfqUUYM3Z_TIsfG142XXuF9pLE5sBFOGqaB1e4wNFYEb4RS809Ckk9-0Guz6zW_9OrWKnoaOeBl0Wg01R2_MdIqxyuLsAbEotgIGpssfnBNzJlwbuqLc2h5qOlPOrqISQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>It's always lovely to have more time to catch up with friends during the holidays. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqVwrvhYyPXsU87Sjj7ASc6OvuJ-ES2synfM8WpUV1RWOTQoEx-HDT0CsVihR8E0fJH0wfNY5lHE4MFxNhWHZ1E0dpPa9rdl_v1_vB5fecg8x-HxoKSAShItRHFUK0LKwZ0oss1kn_7Rey_REyeqLXhwO2nrdnmoqKEK-QnoC9mad76Uyuj25ZiFd-=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqVwrvhYyPXsU87Sjj7ASc6OvuJ-ES2synfM8WpUV1RWOTQoEx-HDT0CsVihR8E0fJH0wfNY5lHE4MFxNhWHZ1E0dpPa9rdl_v1_vB5fecg8x-HxoKSAShItRHFUK0LKwZ0oss1kn_7Rey_REyeqLXhwO2nrdnmoqKEK-QnoC9mad76Uyuj25ZiFd-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div>There were some good things come out of Covid. Harri's dream came true and we got to watch the Giants play an AFL finals game in Launceston. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGXW1-9hj9jXoRscG4OBk5dz8KjWEUDySydnZDfEl47hh7yBbFd14zzQaOUMDOmjS0hBDed7yTvstEUyxRCudRkOIr67mrha1UQmWnRbIjbSs1xogPIHxtPUBSugE3S8lzaMJrDzyQXrmvcF2jjagVSjQKOtxHL9s4mFHxN9tMJYAn5yJnKJvxE1Gq=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGXW1-9hj9jXoRscG4OBk5dz8KjWEUDySydnZDfEl47hh7yBbFd14zzQaOUMDOmjS0hBDed7yTvstEUyxRCudRkOIr67mrha1UQmWnRbIjbSs1xogPIHxtPUBSugE3S8lzaMJrDzyQXrmvcF2jjagVSjQKOtxHL9s4mFHxN9tMJYAn5yJnKJvxE1Gq=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg4_nA35PRrX5ELU5pbcy2Y1fQBBxjZ8zZe8Qg1RpgtFSWL6hpF5xNnXgOEVqQvEeSt9xPuIwpGIKeBZKa9-lNnWy_5H6DDm26UqyfMuyjxqWos-JE1c7O4JzkNYkWSY_mfX4cEMZUykrqlnIhQBl8QLEmopSKVQVLcanx9c2M0AAltKwT3ucDkXX3=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg4_nA35PRrX5ELU5pbcy2Y1fQBBxjZ8zZe8Qg1RpgtFSWL6hpF5xNnXgOEVqQvEeSt9xPuIwpGIKeBZKa9-lNnWy_5H6DDm26UqyfMuyjxqWos-JE1c7O4JzkNYkWSY_mfX4cEMZUykrqlnIhQBl8QLEmopSKVQVLcanx9c2M0AAltKwT3ucDkXX3=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div>We were to have a lot of extra AFL games in Tassie because we didn't have any Covid as the borders were closed. We loved being able to go to extra games, but hated having to wear masks (something we are not used to in Tasmania). </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNFX0rOfaNgKWWYFyyxZIIFbopMtZ-BCenLSvJeUw7lgC08qzE5VgKZME2oP4AAAcaKO3M0tjFbZgCQrI4oLOF86mGEU3xe6eHs1TZL5huIAz0MPy51JzMqPMqqROImDvS4NBJAP3ZjFa3JIyJkt77Jjrpbno1Hmit0-hlqv6-_hYWYmFoR50lHiT7=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNFX0rOfaNgKWWYFyyxZIIFbopMtZ-BCenLSvJeUw7lgC08qzE5VgKZME2oP4AAAcaKO3M0tjFbZgCQrI4oLOF86mGEU3xe6eHs1TZL5huIAz0MPy51JzMqPMqqROImDvS4NBJAP3ZjFa3JIyJkt77Jjrpbno1Hmit0-hlqv6-_hYWYmFoR50lHiT7=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div>It's been a very busy term at school. I love being the 'official' photographer at different school events. One of my workmates took this sneaky photo of me, as I was trying to get a reflection in the puddles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFqzbq9G5aw-dfz9So6W1NAgiGLb2iXbdyB-cLy5l2kOjtc-7KJrGpjaeA-E0FQNeGuPge30151XCBy6_KHMPYr8fbDXx9O6g7jdAqhfxMJKee3pVm68aX2hf1EwwjydT2-8y0vTRlNiZVGnwc-OKf5RyCpv-LbMDOETnz0Aid6DjYsoBwv5IgmFFo=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFqzbq9G5aw-dfz9So6W1NAgiGLb2iXbdyB-cLy5l2kOjtc-7KJrGpjaeA-E0FQNeGuPge30151XCBy6_KHMPYr8fbDXx9O6g7jdAqhfxMJKee3pVm68aX2hf1EwwjydT2-8y0vTRlNiZVGnwc-OKf5RyCpv-LbMDOETnz0Aid6DjYsoBwv5IgmFFo=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div>I love being a part of the staff band, which is once a year. This year we played 'You're the Voice' while the whole school sang it at the same time. It was unreal having a bag piper come along to play the bagpipe part. <br /> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm1vICPBXzU_uwS7J9UOFAfKN6-bwTZxUDPn6qIvDU7Ha6-fYX9lT3Bt50gqh7Azn2kBgslWw1xdkHdNfsHDxWGPze6hE7VoaoMGuFaLGDCJ47pwH-VvC_AYDh4IPcua1R9ldPiarwdtRwAxPVQjsouqu4oAzOPBRLliftQFL-nKWT9pJYguAIpZd_=s1169" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1169" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm1vICPBXzU_uwS7J9UOFAfKN6-bwTZxUDPn6qIvDU7Ha6-fYX9lT3Bt50gqh7Azn2kBgslWw1xdkHdNfsHDxWGPze6hE7VoaoMGuFaLGDCJ47pwH-VvC_AYDh4IPcua1R9ldPiarwdtRwAxPVQjsouqu4oAzOPBRLliftQFL-nKWT9pJYguAIpZd_=w640-h354" width="640" /></a>I was very lazy and pulled out the same costume again for Book Week this year. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfCya34ZevIRG4dJbJn3YzoC07cc701Gjj8jBKWxAoq8_-wUcGhgUpFTNKqJEFklvKrluJrAQ1vAbpqFtDyineqwIEWcyAkpZB8urpsqkncxQ8V-WjQ6mHqKWMDHIXxQuCVe4OfkXJTRaRl1e-xtLAemAOkpyVKilfElEs8emJyi-cFgqzctMQp06l=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfCya34ZevIRG4dJbJn3YzoC07cc701Gjj8jBKWxAoq8_-wUcGhgUpFTNKqJEFklvKrluJrAQ1vAbpqFtDyineqwIEWcyAkpZB8urpsqkncxQ8V-WjQ6mHqKWMDHIXxQuCVe4OfkXJTRaRl1e-xtLAemAOkpyVKilfElEs8emJyi-cFgqzctMQp06l=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe loves coming along to support our school teams when they play in the Primary School Basketball Championship. I'm not sure if it's because of the basketball, or because he gets to hang with my work friends and eat food all day with us ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpU2ArjHwD-2Xlq-sX77KzcICmE-mGvcnNj6D1DEukeAjnu8_mBfjZzw80GwgfymANPmfcGd0RnQ-mX_Tq6U6JvBWAZwNrJVVNsOh3-nVTLoqJS7TD_RcaTL_9L4_wDqC1TvNG4AO_8EcEttXmbWHO4zucqmFgwos-GhgiIXO5YErwS-3dFe89OUSE=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpU2ArjHwD-2Xlq-sX77KzcICmE-mGvcnNj6D1DEukeAjnu8_mBfjZzw80GwgfymANPmfcGd0RnQ-mX_Tq6U6JvBWAZwNrJVVNsOh3-nVTLoqJS7TD_RcaTL_9L4_wDqC1TvNG4AO_8EcEttXmbWHO4zucqmFgwos-GhgiIXO5YErwS-3dFe89OUSE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVtjSLprLbWPVRpqtPEglkoApgHWOahYJv-22HPYQVNPxUjyhAohmr6aDQdOlsmvqIAJ_7REsRavkw32WqLWYGAGTcWTonKdu-tHi53-Vfk3KaFFUWTgMM1MpmzIi99aqvVv-qPHBsqll-zP--aXSyudIl031TODonZamNKffMoFdMWnkIhe6K-DnM=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVtjSLprLbWPVRpqtPEglkoApgHWOahYJv-22HPYQVNPxUjyhAohmr6aDQdOlsmvqIAJ_7REsRavkw32WqLWYGAGTcWTonKdu-tHi53-Vfk3KaFFUWTgMM1MpmzIi99aqvVv-qPHBsqll-zP--aXSyudIl031TODonZamNKffMoFdMWnkIhe6K-DnM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieg5yzv8Ad1ugXn2h4nlYn3vFLehcvX25gUPoMrIwWByn3o-5YAhP4ZCe3v-spoNMyMQYtHrVC1nMiHmu1OaZFC8WF39rZ3LpKqpRJvK_hAMP4hYmvl2x6qdxHFSfmg_haXk-QQcHvzYG-WdSIh3ioosznLrZg4yMZSLl4yd1nlO4CjRizAbtTdUii=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieg5yzv8Ad1ugXn2h4nlYn3vFLehcvX25gUPoMrIwWByn3o-5YAhP4ZCe3v-spoNMyMQYtHrVC1nMiHmu1OaZFC8WF39rZ3LpKqpRJvK_hAMP4hYmvl2x6qdxHFSfmg_haXk-QQcHvzYG-WdSIh3ioosznLrZg4yMZSLl4yd1nlO4CjRizAbtTdUii=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>Kobe has become obsessed with ABBA since we went to see Mamma Mia with Mum, my Auntie Deidre and cousins Emily and Louse. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLZO1ROYX3YgU8wgGXHrXgFJ8CAagTdfE6dPfJGA1g_2p2oJTcjLzWKxGTsmZ6XNX2hnrKmAac36jZk0v8PwhnAVxyzOLS-_JvdDG8NqqIEykUsoK_jqp2SqFmaYVzKSaIKwnQiw2j8raJq2fFACF4Eq_u09FY8_r7sNYWp3_uUn6FaC3p-nBklbzV=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLZO1ROYX3YgU8wgGXHrXgFJ8CAagTdfE6dPfJGA1g_2p2oJTcjLzWKxGTsmZ6XNX2hnrKmAac36jZk0v8PwhnAVxyzOLS-_JvdDG8NqqIEykUsoK_jqp2SqFmaYVzKSaIKwnQiw2j8raJq2fFACF4Eq_u09FY8_r7sNYWp3_uUn6FaC3p-nBklbzV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's loved playing school footy this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfncQtNZTy3I1qjpvWCMU-wk_6hl53CPfHnIUNm4TtNPwlxrgPaky1-0o9OGy423dz7CZHIxQiFB9FDNmANlIOkwF3axaTDzHZwabl75tc-hTlJee8O_uBFknebgcfr_mDafJhFtkPOYH-WYDT-WIN5W8YOJ8wIiKMjNEzTSoH2LJFM3m_aspJ2lvZ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfncQtNZTy3I1qjpvWCMU-wk_6hl53CPfHnIUNm4TtNPwlxrgPaky1-0o9OGy423dz7CZHIxQiFB9FDNmANlIOkwF3axaTDzHZwabl75tc-hTlJee8O_uBFknebgcfr_mDafJhFtkPOYH-WYDT-WIN5W8YOJ8wIiKMjNEzTSoH2LJFM3m_aspJ2lvZ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All season he was waiting to play on the Aaron King Oval and his wish finally came true. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLyhBGc8177H1snud9h9-8u36dfMd5e-mc3B_xdrprxjgzozG9VPUHIgv_Qh59OZ0n78-6mbcn8DFk41a96P8mZITrKGKmGQ8uUhVmBrxwnW_gYfdgi4SXXLRCnA5qP9zmDgt9ZNw3Rg5o39pICTLwpwv94-3YFAjgjV6rfO7btLSIM8BcoEUE-Jfe=s3540" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3540" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLyhBGc8177H1snud9h9-8u36dfMd5e-mc3B_xdrprxjgzozG9VPUHIgv_Qh59OZ0n78-6mbcn8DFk41a96P8mZITrKGKmGQ8uUhVmBrxwnW_gYfdgi4SXXLRCnA5qP9zmDgt9ZNw3Rg5o39pICTLwpwv94-3YFAjgjV6rfO7btLSIM8BcoEUE-Jfe=w640-h546" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because he's usually the only one home, we spend a lot of time together (which he loves at the moment, but I keep reminding him that he won't in a few years). We were lucky to win tickets for unlimited rides at the Family Fun Fair and had a great time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGHKIEaMZRkJzIvdLUiXwpkiKL9xgMhTXGyFR6uA0CR2HMXlnccS4lFPRLgL1U5QTpm13pGiLhySMzXa-k3pnPmntFLs5HzZxy2-IU_fsdN-TeBmsCnALhGF4oHk3tNXvviFV2zRriSDPMXfi1q255YbzLw3BN5WGhB8C7-6LDqtd498qBn3y3mEMg=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1440" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGHKIEaMZRkJzIvdLUiXwpkiKL9xgMhTXGyFR6uA0CR2HMXlnccS4lFPRLgL1U5QTpm13pGiLhySMzXa-k3pnPmntFLs5HzZxy2-IU_fsdN-TeBmsCnALhGF4oHk3tNXvviFV2zRriSDPMXfi1q255YbzLw3BN5WGhB8C7-6LDqtd498qBn3y3mEMg=w640-h544" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4fwYKSSVCi70ephsotWD_yE_SVCDH3VNmEwNMFXYGc8aMDHbK6TcR8XJ_OVQuKN9HYKq6QE9-ah0M_d1-zR727T0fIkji1wrjlkDdethPLiEIjwIXa_k2tPEPn7mGhpkUlWdB6ARRTCHiq6aOhGYa04UNF1K4rczWqdo-Me0L83C_Wjj993PLKLu5=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1440" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4fwYKSSVCi70ephsotWD_yE_SVCDH3VNmEwNMFXYGc8aMDHbK6TcR8XJ_OVQuKN9HYKq6QE9-ah0M_d1-zR727T0fIkji1wrjlkDdethPLiEIjwIXa_k2tPEPn7mGhpkUlWdB6ARRTCHiq6aOhGYa04UNF1K4rczWqdo-Me0L83C_Wjj993PLKLu5=w640-h546" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjR5kvZI7FpKOF2nYJdYKSFrQedKDuJmyQKW5iLwurS_udE45HCbURzx4NmXkpRLGAgHZgVazAmC6V7-_02YrhsZ64N-H87q93R6DnkANLrQmOVm3ZszHWZ3tns6RA3R_CnOTJVP8cQb6q3b1xJRzuMstQ1A1f3MmZ3TdUbYjvwkZYcbv9V70pKII3=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1440" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjR5kvZI7FpKOF2nYJdYKSFrQedKDuJmyQKW5iLwurS_udE45HCbURzx4NmXkpRLGAgHZgVazAmC6V7-_02YrhsZ64N-H87q93R6DnkANLrQmOVm3ZszHWZ3tns6RA3R_CnOTJVP8cQb6q3b1xJRzuMstQ1A1f3MmZ3TdUbYjvwkZYcbv9V70pKII3=w640-h548" width="640" /></a></div><div>Kobe improved in basketball so much this year. He loved playing with his team this year and won the coaches award for the year. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Ag_O5w-1rKzd65s5EblQ7w7KQSEA23FxtAQZWcSzkHSmRDc0bRp1flxmkz3Pw83polqs_xdmL1q2pdNEiz-PHuhsBNr_ZPNv6VNvpHhZuc0TMqBUoNWobL8iKuMk9BCWcW91lJPkVo_D9B-Igb5W7Xh4v5hy-rfWU_A5pndBAOL0gVWoVyMpubfZ=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Ag_O5w-1rKzd65s5EblQ7w7KQSEA23FxtAQZWcSzkHSmRDc0bRp1flxmkz3Pw83polqs_xdmL1q2pdNEiz-PHuhsBNr_ZPNv6VNvpHhZuc0TMqBUoNWobL8iKuMk9BCWcW91lJPkVo_D9B-Igb5W7Xh4v5hy-rfWU_A5pndBAOL0gVWoVyMpubfZ=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div>Harri's basketball season unfortunately ended when got glandular fever. He was so disappointed as he was chosen for the Division 1 team to represent his college in the College Basketball Championships. He sat on the bench with the team the whole championship and when they won the state championship, he was lucky enough to get a medal as well. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH6rfpL3igeGFWKCgfkcgY4K7JzaUVQBmRANaTCgoF47R97ThbdRJAuSrF_DYPFPMXDQ75nI681Y1mYBupV5-31WQ8EqQa3jJjVqJ-WqurJIiEjRbVie_duCd7oaGeYWnCKNwLw6lU0HQlaM6TpePUofu0hKnLRlYnBvwOdBvFffh9pPwHrSwci-b5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH6rfpL3igeGFWKCgfkcgY4K7JzaUVQBmRANaTCgoF47R97ThbdRJAuSrF_DYPFPMXDQ75nI681Y1mYBupV5-31WQ8EqQa3jJjVqJ-WqurJIiEjRbVie_duCd7oaGeYWnCKNwLw6lU0HQlaM6TpePUofu0hKnLRlYnBvwOdBvFffh9pPwHrSwci-b5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div>Kobe loved representing his school in the High School Basketball Championship. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAgCruMDFs2zFpo3YRaMznzeWimOpJiEYkdp63LK3fQAgMz7615idxsJxI-2xDrC6OYm5xaz_NyuHSd_boyk_DFWkTVbmMs4cblDDpEpWUT-AJ9alUsacnz1qmLGB5Li9WyoZ_ECA2HoPuE_Slh3zzy8TeC6N7fTY30Aa28BOiMvkc0k955-igJJg2=s3220" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3220" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAgCruMDFs2zFpo3YRaMznzeWimOpJiEYkdp63LK3fQAgMz7615idxsJxI-2xDrC6OYm5xaz_NyuHSd_boyk_DFWkTVbmMs4cblDDpEpWUT-AJ9alUsacnz1qmLGB5Li9WyoZ_ECA2HoPuE_Slh3zzy8TeC6N7fTY30Aa28BOiMvkc0k955-igJJg2=w640-h602" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have loved having the NBL back in Tasmania and having our own team. We went to watch two Jack Jumpers games during the NBL blitz. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi23pP-Gc_YjZrpDy-xvGIfWi5yNzDEkLaOLRyVkeSz7ylf10tEZKbNh8Y7v-SRj-dAg3HpLc_xUbpEvtX5T42WBkcWbFdGSsX8KNpkVo0WvrNbIK6qKyhgewycO4nYWyOO905ZFl-OTMa0fgfrVtKWKxx392ymK-AsOTcDjP39s40O6y645IOLINDF=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi23pP-Gc_YjZrpDy-xvGIfWi5yNzDEkLaOLRyVkeSz7ylf10tEZKbNh8Y7v-SRj-dAg3HpLc_xUbpEvtX5T42WBkcWbFdGSsX8KNpkVo0WvrNbIK6qKyhgewycO4nYWyOO905ZFl-OTMa0fgfrVtKWKxx392ymK-AsOTcDjP39s40O6y645IOLINDF=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtqLoAQoC55PSNnji1JV-U-V9xuHEWeieRB9pnbGl50nFsWNm2RUu6JX4l_w7UHljY77cJ2Qt3zna1nGsQmXCUTQiLs5fIPF-FPZD_LhN3lHdLyJDPrXQoM9AR8BnPci2h5KIyUiOdxRDBoLm5P56galIUG45Q3_1sElWTEKKN1HdKwaCkQoquM7wA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtqLoAQoC55PSNnji1JV-U-V9xuHEWeieRB9pnbGl50nFsWNm2RUu6JX4l_w7UHljY77cJ2Qt3zna1nGsQmXCUTQiLs5fIPF-FPZD_LhN3lHdLyJDPrXQoM9AR8BnPci2h5KIyUiOdxRDBoLm5P56galIUG45Q3_1sElWTEKKN1HdKwaCkQoquM7wA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's unbelievable that Jay has just finished his degree and has moved out of Christ College. He absolutely loved the last two years at Christ College and made so many great friends. He's back home for the summer and will then head back to Hobart to live with friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkzgVKJU_613iJYy5wefS2QJjK1h0UlvTgBvXZYk8lWFPhMFNFhk4j9ckV25rQh1PCBwzS78GCZYyruP-bW02NXt36bcLRZmgGJvc8NE_8vfCxIvcRiGUdA-76-4iS5ogUamLHovYjMYGDTsCwIOZczFAiIHJ1YuHAy3BUX6k9YkL720yAqIQH29C6=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkzgVKJU_613iJYy5wefS2QJjK1h0UlvTgBvXZYk8lWFPhMFNFhk4j9ckV25rQh1PCBwzS78GCZYyruP-bW02NXt36bcLRZmgGJvc8NE_8vfCxIvcRiGUdA-76-4iS5ogUamLHovYjMYGDTsCwIOZczFAiIHJ1YuHAy3BUX6k9YkL720yAqIQH29C6=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQcAyoSl_O_Qoft9CuQO80z7t9ojgKWt8B8TBamgj40MIegvlbjPD84eDHC0QXPZQidOTxHZLBdq5eDvwRZVxh6mUhRMVfSjRTOUYpnS9SBxALmthh6I05N6PO1pRJKgrs4rw4dbgisTPOu70AZ8qxSNZCrbR6L1pNkztt0fm5JhhU3OQNFL3rBR0Y=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQcAyoSl_O_Qoft9CuQO80z7t9ojgKWt8B8TBamgj40MIegvlbjPD84eDHC0QXPZQidOTxHZLBdq5eDvwRZVxh6mUhRMVfSjRTOUYpnS9SBxALmthh6I05N6PO1pRJKgrs4rw4dbgisTPOu70AZ8qxSNZCrbR6L1pNkztt0fm5JhhU3OQNFL3rBR0Y=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoi-vfrvt_vmDXl8HFnO3a-lB5xXXmPHbVMpD8de46lRhoKd2ce3-w9oco_D8OtfUTYOFxhG8vb2yW5oiG_sYyxC10rZ49ttijs-MRZfkiX5Q-6zdEFalhnxLWpSSPsWHk38t98ytYQypTWC33e51fR-MH0hymR-QSuVkA01Giz7jAkB1pdbuIFXuJ=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoi-vfrvt_vmDXl8HFnO3a-lB5xXXmPHbVMpD8de46lRhoKd2ce3-w9oco_D8OtfUTYOFxhG8vb2yW5oiG_sYyxC10rZ49ttijs-MRZfkiX5Q-6zdEFalhnxLWpSSPsWHk38t98ytYQypTWC33e51fR-MH0hymR-QSuVkA01Giz7jAkB1pdbuIFXuJ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu2zuGZkUURUs844HmuBCS1Ik1zlzKK4T3lTldU4DJV1qOGkUAtSyhBZ6siSlg9ATdWcFGQUF29evpaN_XohDop5zO7cADjZ59PPzZaGbL9QAdh9o001p5fH0PX0JJfscUZ5pGX5j98ne7B1Cj3qeiDDdfpTxmFRPS8gsYISXfyNLMBMyw9Ooz5LET=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu2zuGZkUURUs844HmuBCS1Ik1zlzKK4T3lTldU4DJV1qOGkUAtSyhBZ6siSlg9ATdWcFGQUF29evpaN_XohDop5zO7cADjZ59PPzZaGbL9QAdh9o001p5fH0PX0JJfscUZ5pGX5j98ne7B1Cj3qeiDDdfpTxmFRPS8gsYISXfyNLMBMyw9Ooz5LET=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know he's missing Hobart and hanging out with his mates, but he's enjoying being home and having someone cook for him again (although I was hoping that he would cook for me now!). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLgekq-94ezfh7M3WWzM6ncyKE-P5JD99h29QzZn5KuqZ4-JfS2p9aYJvAhZO0doVqpgGIJ7CfrWZTYAgFrTkbbE92oPFQL761y1hZP0EmFrkvnXcnuBWhuoM-ssbVkxS52qhKmsu72JyxsgSzOtPeK4DXroEvud8P2bsAKJP3kD0fwZ-AJAOH7T91=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLgekq-94ezfh7M3WWzM6ncyKE-P5JD99h29QzZn5KuqZ4-JfS2p9aYJvAhZO0doVqpgGIJ7CfrWZTYAgFrTkbbE92oPFQL761y1hZP0EmFrkvnXcnuBWhuoM-ssbVkxS52qhKmsu72JyxsgSzOtPeK4DXroEvud8P2bsAKJP3kD0fwZ-AJAOH7T91=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div>Last week we went to see Harri's girlfriend Josie dressed up for her leavers' dinner, and also got to see Jai. They both looked amazing. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUW8YPONmMHCqI9LKLVT_Psew0CpYTsuAoIkyjFIJZUghZU4eX3IksnuSPWQE2kfSckHs2DKt-fV-9CcdqJ-RK4mFR4K2ASsk5eSP3VbHlaseHIP9o4zXppJ7GsOogvygf5toeONZkcnhGwTsm5n5A3BAFNSJ9IMFnV6PAmLX39qHZh8V5vNTK2mC=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUW8YPONmMHCqI9LKLVT_Psew0CpYTsuAoIkyjFIJZUghZU4eX3IksnuSPWQE2kfSckHs2DKt-fV-9CcdqJ-RK4mFR4K2ASsk5eSP3VbHlaseHIP9o4zXppJ7GsOogvygf5toeONZkcnhGwTsm5n5A3BAFNSJ9IMFnV6PAmLX39qHZh8V5vNTK2mC=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIXj8YbgXM3ffHo0-u1sWnyziSMXKLM9K9W0XV4_fod-kS9f2veJXjzgVsQ_V5afgN2cyR7jw4KOZkfDN0uLh4Jr0LXGjt0yaN41QCwKFvV-m8_aKc36aLmKH87-GIev5E6WZnT03LDG9LiYzjUTvdGnH2ghHavLnZmJvAYHgBThBabV8odwKsEqYr=s3680" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3680" data-original-width="2456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIXj8YbgXM3ffHo0-u1sWnyziSMXKLM9K9W0XV4_fod-kS9f2veJXjzgVsQ_V5afgN2cyR7jw4KOZkfDN0uLh4Jr0LXGjt0yaN41QCwKFvV-m8_aKc36aLmKH87-GIev5E6WZnT03LDG9LiYzjUTvdGnH2ghHavLnZmJvAYHgBThBabV8odwKsEqYr=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are so glad to finally be on summer holidays. I'm looking forward to no routines, sleep ins, lots of swimming, reading and sun. </div></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-72894827690837040842021-12-21T10:59:00.002+11:002021-12-21T10:59:37.032+11:00Possum Tree 2021 <p>If you've been following my blog/family for a while you would know that we have a tradition to take a <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-possum-tree-2019.html" target="_blank">photo at this same tree every year</a>, when it's blossoming in the spring. </p><p>It all started one year when I looked out the kitchen window at a house we used to rent, and noticed how pretty the blossoms were. I took Jay, Harri and Noah out for a photo (it was before Kobe was born) and instead of calling it the blossom tree, Harri called it the 'possum tree'. It stuck ever since. </p><p>It always blossoms around Jalen's birthday, so Jay hasn't been in the photo the last couple of years, as he's been in Hobart for Uni. </p><p>This year as we were pulling up, Aaron's favourite song (Wonderwall by Oasis) came on the radio. I have no doubt he's around, watching everything we do. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0nBJ1VcdeGZBvb3sh72WLyGqF1ZV7UU0eo0w2AiDgDi4heTmHesdasSQNH6h9i63cfR-JMBkjpIUE9UB0HKuUi7N9xz0RtEcSDb0s2WJiIan9Da7O1UAcTT2nN5xQ9Aoa4YVxgDF3ypxxHrPxjj2GkCEqR584uGCF-cyquggslH4Sd7qn67xEcAKP=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0nBJ1VcdeGZBvb3sh72WLyGqF1ZV7UU0eo0w2AiDgDi4heTmHesdasSQNH6h9i63cfR-JMBkjpIUE9UB0HKuUi7N9xz0RtEcSDb0s2WJiIan9Da7O1UAcTT2nN5xQ9Aoa4YVxgDF3ypxxHrPxjj2GkCEqR584uGCF-cyquggslH4Sd7qn67xEcAKP=w640-h640" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">When I compared last year's photo I realised how much Kobe has grown this year! </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi90qfMtAbwKEJGfbeLu4UEDqUWZ9QQUYWrUSGCfuOhudsndv2rLn2tvxRxD_FUmYlfIGzN5LzSj1vi2C-Hb333a_23OOLqk-QSqTsESBBH6NHbHSAPCdo0G1EKI5Z6FWopWlWbOJKLrbQjMXIgQErkj-H7AABXzkW8PClow7x_8EzhA4ywFbPyXq6A=s2016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi90qfMtAbwKEJGfbeLu4UEDqUWZ9QQUYWrUSGCfuOhudsndv2rLn2tvxRxD_FUmYlfIGzN5LzSj1vi2C-Hb333a_23OOLqk-QSqTsESBBH6NHbHSAPCdo0G1EKI5Z6FWopWlWbOJKLrbQjMXIgQErkj-H7AABXzkW8PClow7x_8EzhA4ywFbPyXq6A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p></p>This was the first photo we took back in 2007. You can see the other years <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-possum-tree-2019.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj49eT1vG9znVBtTemKu3DYqeiPtd-uUxkfH9WL76Fb5fPRXh_cfIPgNxoRbN-pRPbrQmamRNVF_rnO7UnCXmZg9d3y43go0-SOFq8brDmvHpwqZnizkd0Qth8k8l505Ef8DPWHHSdeSTKfNV5Pyg3zT1RJLvhMJr6Srfp-H3YHXOhiCy_gzN2-YnAv=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj49eT1vG9znVBtTemKu3DYqeiPtd-uUxkfH9WL76Fb5fPRXh_cfIPgNxoRbN-pRPbrQmamRNVF_rnO7UnCXmZg9d3y43go0-SOFq8brDmvHpwqZnizkd0Qth8k8l505Ef8DPWHHSdeSTKfNV5Pyg3zT1RJLvhMJr6Srfp-H3YHXOhiCy_gzN2-YnAv=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-23163187817450243702021-12-21T10:07:00.001+11:002021-12-21T10:07:32.212+11:0022 and 17<p>In September Jalen and Harri turned 22 and 17. I'm not sure how that's possible because to me they'll always be 3, 7 and 11, as that's how old they were when Aaron passed away. Although I know things have changed a lot in the last ten years, it also feels like time stood still when he died. </p><p>Jay and his girlfriend Jessie drove up from Hobart for Harri's birthday. Harri chose Burger Junkie for tea and I forced everyone to take photos afterwards :) </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo2bRsRSflnceNA5OfjxpDz4CYCHeCIcunNagL3gzQpNTA-JJWa5HwuEubd5jZ4XHwdLRHfyAgqbEeoCe00qu_hrQi_3oYGXp8IG5W-DU6aKFmXcd0kzG2UpQKWjZz_KR0ZTSWX7AoB2hDU7jIoqHjYyV76yNX-sYVa25HdlqfEw4bWsk8EWdrGV0o=s1493" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo2bRsRSflnceNA5OfjxpDz4CYCHeCIcunNagL3gzQpNTA-JJWa5HwuEubd5jZ4XHwdLRHfyAgqbEeoCe00qu_hrQi_3oYGXp8IG5W-DU6aKFmXcd0kzG2UpQKWjZz_KR0ZTSWX7AoB2hDU7jIoqHjYyV76yNX-sYVa25HdlqfEw4bWsk8EWdrGV0o=w618-h640" width="618" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYibOnnHFVdwRw3WILb_WVmjvqgYfRlj80Ln8IXKJ_ekJxDxVZ-fInDoiaA4R9HRCw3RtYg7mzOA276zr4eMMeOJ_0_xjAvAASeGpPyzj5JCi4aCOfJQvvuyzBvJxm_s_jTC9qDeZMiz6CYyMikiL3ITj-gg_0jrw_fZeM1WRCCaSU8kw5eyu2WHwO=s1493" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYibOnnHFVdwRw3WILb_WVmjvqgYfRlj80Ln8IXKJ_ekJxDxVZ-fInDoiaA4R9HRCw3RtYg7mzOA276zr4eMMeOJ_0_xjAvAASeGpPyzj5JCi4aCOfJQvvuyzBvJxm_s_jTC9qDeZMiz6CYyMikiL3ITj-gg_0jrw_fZeM1WRCCaSU8kw5eyu2WHwO=w618-h640" width="618" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheLPMFzu9rNQKP8SyIeRXWCWpidYEQ8QZ_9jXSrccG9NCISE6BuYWaz1y_uuxm75vk02Rz8C1acwfTiR6pbcmuI39RIWqGOTjspZWsIjb7_VvbL0BHBZxjLf9AfOqSS1zP3GArLtB9N1hZdwik6GYaHvi0lg7cxgc9SLABnPSORxJERAfNy7LAOaIC=s1493" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheLPMFzu9rNQKP8SyIeRXWCWpidYEQ8QZ_9jXSrccG9NCISE6BuYWaz1y_uuxm75vk02Rz8C1acwfTiR6pbcmuI39RIWqGOTjspZWsIjb7_VvbL0BHBZxjLf9AfOqSS1zP3GArLtB9N1hZdwik6GYaHvi0lg7cxgc9SLABnPSORxJERAfNy7LAOaIC=w618-h640" width="618" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCDHjKnSks-IAY_jqWWLW-3RWyPm-YubR4RimA_SachAfCG_OagJjIRw9JaINCdYHdLj6-gB7uFrTquYWkq-aREXT27c1h28YW-AY0fcJN2e8fCm4rrcR-obLnq4Wmc17mhN_htJeQ-j5_DeVLGsLb-u-q2nAxLAzWNQCxj_ZsOKmubTUbFCcxFpdN=s1498" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCDHjKnSks-IAY_jqWWLW-3RWyPm-YubR4RimA_SachAfCG_OagJjIRw9JaINCdYHdLj6-gB7uFrTquYWkq-aREXT27c1h28YW-AY0fcJN2e8fCm4rrcR-obLnq4Wmc17mhN_htJeQ-j5_DeVLGsLb-u-q2nAxLAzWNQCxj_ZsOKmubTUbFCcxFpdN=w616-h640" width="616" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzK1yvaiKCLCZZ3J6STP9KSYtGXnYjO2tCqrjmsDOdtebwYED2wXUZIE0Qk3RYRVvPv7uui30T3ENGa_iADAKUxKp-L70psFVparKARIlrjNqQX-dnzoHKcQXkAYjc8vxWnktzULhunDZos-c5A4-TXPiykvZvoElNhT0fKdg1q57wtYrelRVO_ljj=s1493" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzK1yvaiKCLCZZ3J6STP9KSYtGXnYjO2tCqrjmsDOdtebwYED2wXUZIE0Qk3RYRVvPv7uui30T3ENGa_iADAKUxKp-L70psFVparKARIlrjNqQX-dnzoHKcQXkAYjc8vxWnktzULhunDZos-c5A4-TXPiykvZvoElNhT0fKdg1q57wtYrelRVO_ljj=w618-h640" width="618" /></a></div><div>Out of all the options for a birthday cake, Harri still chose to have a Woolies mudcake. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt1XqvkT3wCqwO4fp1R8NuUwhrSLBsUCIr3DAeHFy-iIxRPkcNp1xivrspt0tRKWtrMrjZZSQOjfl7yJ2NfIobzTfC1zmRTGOMzoSLoqdma9bKAKc-wnJerOOy8r6aDJ-juSxFCLwIVwFQjfRYbFIIQhs9hdk5B9hu7kuXcF-AJhp94QjrkJOJGImb=s1498" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt1XqvkT3wCqwO4fp1R8NuUwhrSLBsUCIr3DAeHFy-iIxRPkcNp1xivrspt0tRKWtrMrjZZSQOjfl7yJ2NfIobzTfC1zmRTGOMzoSLoqdma9bKAKc-wnJerOOy8r6aDJ-juSxFCLwIVwFQjfRYbFIIQhs9hdk5B9hu7kuXcF-AJhp94QjrkJOJGImb=w616-h640" width="616" /></a></div>12 days later it was Jay's birthday and we drove to Hobart for it. He also chose to have burgers for lunch. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBXqyTkpYXwkPDdKSLyJT9BAPsstu8kYQQjOQXs70DNVV-EvBx1kcdp29_BtFgXqK_fv2UbyixCAp46Ga8PNp9KDJpfUTFDyOGZYjfYYCL3PK8Tl2INXyswZSD16gL4SLSslZ2LNp901bTO33iDdD4CskobUdzVB4Y9n9dnExx84JSyDIc91jyv75n=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBXqyTkpYXwkPDdKSLyJT9BAPsstu8kYQQjOQXs70DNVV-EvBx1kcdp29_BtFgXqK_fv2UbyixCAp46Ga8PNp9KDJpfUTFDyOGZYjfYYCL3PK8Tl2INXyswZSD16gL4SLSslZ2LNp901bTO33iDdD4CskobUdzVB4Y9n9dnExx84JSyDIc91jyv75n=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsLr3Rv3zqUi-ukmm6pkyH3EtU7uE_VCTxelOJ1tVvlpkbS89DsIOO_hfc4IwOIOT4fh19JR02ee0Tf6b_c2kBh3xTQj3v0G5m64eItxE32mWY3GD1NvJwgcaamxzWlODjCyYBcUQoDnOo35fmsLwCI6qRAWfzRN615jBNgKdGajwaarPAFiKMT0nK=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsLr3Rv3zqUi-ukmm6pkyH3EtU7uE_VCTxelOJ1tVvlpkbS89DsIOO_hfc4IwOIOT4fh19JR02ee0Tf6b_c2kBh3xTQj3v0G5m64eItxE32mWY3GD1NvJwgcaamxzWlODjCyYBcUQoDnOo35fmsLwCI6qRAWfzRN615jBNgKdGajwaarPAFiKMT0nK=w640-h640" width="640" /></a>They didn't complain as much about taking photos on Jay's birthday. I think they just expect that it's going to happen, and just try to get it over with :)<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0NGf6xQ9kZZucvgrdFpazEE3PY7Y0zcWbnNn7LNcW25TmF07ODfPU-TtV_kRz_NrWpGzeOHVjInZxWazMbYKmgTLAO5_cbFOlhiWst9PGevmtTj_msmIkgZilHmDNSBJvroGLBTDnJLPW58Q1HVbcs1R2mkuI_6PYkWQTrBqWdviVV2J-bhvF6cqd=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0NGf6xQ9kZZucvgrdFpazEE3PY7Y0zcWbnNn7LNcW25TmF07ODfPU-TtV_kRz_NrWpGzeOHVjInZxWazMbYKmgTLAO5_cbFOlhiWst9PGevmtTj_msmIkgZilHmDNSBJvroGLBTDnJLPW58Q1HVbcs1R2mkuI_6PYkWQTrBqWdviVV2J-bhvF6cqd=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>Harri always loves pulling silly faces for photos. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaQISHt4p2LWzA5T7zsrKf2R9Pjkaf7iFqFQIwhg9ZzBU0iWthwFswMHXcbe_PHJ0_-Wjd7KCISMZ-b6LMtBGexhC68aDHb8EAgJLCuF3qsI2wkl5S1HZLPbKRQeCJFfWUqoMnE3oEXAduqcfG7y-H4g_Kz0r9AaocyzZlZBw61_AW5YG_LkfK3GHe=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaQISHt4p2LWzA5T7zsrKf2R9Pjkaf7iFqFQIwhg9ZzBU0iWthwFswMHXcbe_PHJ0_-Wjd7KCISMZ-b6LMtBGexhC68aDHb8EAgJLCuF3qsI2wkl5S1HZLPbKRQeCJFfWUqoMnE3oEXAduqcfG7y-H4g_Kz0r9AaocyzZlZBw61_AW5YG_LkfK3GHe=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>It won't be long until Kobe is taller than Jay! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaSwoXxhvkdgd3IMamyLy1BO5anOfo4Aaz4dO7l_5lcKVhqqeniN9NMswitL8Wq6JeMXsrmH2UScAtIfk8hK6At_zopIDJMwwTLVVsxgErQ0-G14geEAS5esVLOn4kLN67lLb8oLcxozOwH1bH0_0AtuaZ3MPovHq1mLc4xoE7O2Mj6p9szamcmBhn=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaSwoXxhvkdgd3IMamyLy1BO5anOfo4Aaz4dO7l_5lcKVhqqeniN9NMswitL8Wq6JeMXsrmH2UScAtIfk8hK6At_zopIDJMwwTLVVsxgErQ0-G14geEAS5esVLOn4kLN67lLb8oLcxozOwH1bH0_0AtuaZ3MPovHq1mLc4xoE7O2Mj6p9szamcmBhn=w640-h640" width="640" /></a><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicnqcHLMM0oz91moM5ho7-8CYEsjt1ZZiD5lqErBdnhquYjWEP0U-gqYC30f6gqSCZlXeRsxS7_xV2pILhkQsVJoGg0MzTIlzHX25qKhIJXzxjX9xV0fBKNlCtvaNMstSHrxzDBHiVfB_PZYdPJAlrQlkcDymq1JSqro9w8QrJu4abTbidR20-WV-h=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicnqcHLMM0oz91moM5ho7-8CYEsjt1ZZiD5lqErBdnhquYjWEP0U-gqYC30f6gqSCZlXeRsxS7_xV2pILhkQsVJoGg0MzTIlzHX25qKhIJXzxjX9xV0fBKNlCtvaNMstSHrxzDBHiVfB_PZYdPJAlrQlkcDymq1JSqro9w8QrJu4abTbidR20-WV-h=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>Jay was very happy with a cheesecake from the Cheesecake Shop for his birthday. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNgegp2jfLvrpXsXCy83IQJSLDlT2lUQHPAPWut_6mQpjXQ-9Q0rcETIIuISHgNzcnlUMxMJMNrrnlf58tLCuP3owpROijWxYbIvmj7HBGH3UwfYz0bwkeadvYtkqLQjpAGZjzL6lG2w1NIH-hEd-NjiF81kW2J8zN4o5SFtXgw3Rm9r0iOyfdYb-=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNgegp2jfLvrpXsXCy83IQJSLDlT2lUQHPAPWut_6mQpjXQ-9Q0rcETIIuISHgNzcnlUMxMJMNrrnlf58tLCuP3owpROijWxYbIvmj7HBGH3UwfYz0bwkeadvYtkqLQjpAGZjzL6lG2w1NIH-hEd-NjiF81kW2J8zN4o5SFtXgw3Rm9r0iOyfdYb-=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the ages that the boys are right now. Life is a lot easier for me now that they're older, but it's also bittersweet because they no longer need me physically, like they did when they were little. Even though they're older they still miss Aaron every day. I wish he were here to tease them and their girlfriends, because I have no doubt that is what he would be doing. </div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-60296652837468542302021-07-17T23:49:00.000+10:002021-07-17T23:49:14.908+10:00Term 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last term of school was literally the longest term ever, as it was 11 weeks long, since we had a 3 week break because of Easter. Although it was a week longer than usual, it still seemed to go really fast. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Mother's Day we went to my Mum's house and made her tea. Harri was good and decided it was about time he helped me in the kitchen and made the salad for us :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAjKiUhuZfWJxvF9aJgKKAkRtg9M469YBBVnKCY5It_L7RLAqOhDItkqs2MAghrvFw2W72yc4Q8k6rL-pe6eHl7LpLzRrUi0MTG1a1m5wpnMW2T1IrJxmRb9F8TEp5qCYj8NNrQrNVtk/s2048/IMG_0999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAjKiUhuZfWJxvF9aJgKKAkRtg9M469YBBVnKCY5It_L7RLAqOhDItkqs2MAghrvFw2W72yc4Q8k6rL-pe6eHl7LpLzRrUi0MTG1a1m5wpnMW2T1IrJxmRb9F8TEp5qCYj8NNrQrNVtk/w480-h640/IMG_0999.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We played Cards for Humanity Family Edition which was hilarious and were laughing so much we were crying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuPWv_HwayYSqTsQOlxEbVaqiCo7_8K_JI41lYMSS06XyqVGg0qgRJyP08NjAqdiXghanw4E26CY5Pg1MmJFrmiBF3jlOk8YXuR57E2Kx8pLOh9c1RBcZJsZFey4CivPn_2HMjdN4dPg/s2048/IMG_0996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuPWv_HwayYSqTsQOlxEbVaqiCo7_8K_JI41lYMSS06XyqVGg0qgRJyP08NjAqdiXghanw4E26CY5Pg1MmJFrmiBF3jlOk8YXuR57E2Kx8pLOh9c1RBcZJsZFey4CivPn_2HMjdN4dPg/w640-h480/IMG_0996.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the beginning of term we went to see the St Pat's production of High School Musical with Mum and my cousin Emily and Sophie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesabSmiVQdwmJxfmy47xY4-uiUmWKn1jfoIRWJLlAtsDGcdYhiE76X0gU6EOCFDK9RIBxbKCCwWRwf547N7noJhpgJIsXBBeCyxiyBIZAuIQXX0MBnbK5wHNYEPVnsqlN-8OCWZC22Eo/s2048/IMG_0919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesabSmiVQdwmJxfmy47xY4-uiUmWKn1jfoIRWJLlAtsDGcdYhiE76X0gU6EOCFDK9RIBxbKCCwWRwf547N7noJhpgJIsXBBeCyxiyBIZAuIQXX0MBnbK5wHNYEPVnsqlN-8OCWZC22Eo/w640-h480/IMG_0919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm still absolutely loving my job as an EAL teacher. One of my students told me that her dad had a food stall selling murtabak (an Asian food which is like a folded omelette pancake) at the local market on Saturdays and Sundays. Kobe and I often go and buy Afghan bolani from a family whose children I used to teach, but thought we'd go and buy some murtabak. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxRK9ViwjUgklPFHvrREsNrViGYG7iLBVIk_PYbY7QhviLVaOR1jRbnUOuezms1JFxhE6-4ekInDG_BnS9RQSOhdFvSIBwiWqIt6O3cDWYXrIvXRoS5R-4-iEXyb-c5bt8eEc8Q6-Tgs/s2048/IMG_1402.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxRK9ViwjUgklPFHvrREsNrViGYG7iLBVIk_PYbY7QhviLVaOR1jRbnUOuezms1JFxhE6-4ekInDG_BnS9RQSOhdFvSIBwiWqIt6O3cDWYXrIvXRoS5R-4-iEXyb-c5bt8eEc8Q6-Tgs/w480-h640/IMG_1402.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ordered one and said to Kobe that we should share it, as I didn't think he would like it. The father of my student was cooking and recognised me and said hello and we had a little chat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was waiting for my order they called me over and gave me a different flavour and told me that there was no charge for it, and that my other order was still coming. They were both so delicious and it was lucky we had two, because Kobe absolutely loved it and ate the whole thing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ7FoR7UF23921H_k7Xma2vTC0iyPFklv5DPjeXBo-dHmegWRVIYMguXTvC9siTXtBv5fwBhDu7Z4fJ5Bujcj6Hw09M467bxYTPt-WBhru2TnKjd5pBxt-ohuBs_IL9v0kNJSqewfcvQ/s2048/IMG_0907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ7FoR7UF23921H_k7Xma2vTC0iyPFklv5DPjeXBo-dHmegWRVIYMguXTvC9siTXtBv5fwBhDu7Z4fJ5Bujcj6Hw09M467bxYTPt-WBhru2TnKjd5pBxt-ohuBs_IL9v0kNJSqewfcvQ/w480-h640/IMG_0907.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>During the term it was Ramadan and the uni invited the Grade 5-6 classes to come along to their Eid Festival. We got to eat some amazing food and the kids got their hands painted with henna. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsWIpLFbqJuTGUOC8D22msc0P_xdev6V3wTJnGKUg33u4Z8RtdObfA1QcY8m12ZoR9FlZ7rAGnO5-5wvQDC_RP3fRlwnvLN5VLq3UbvFU7Zd3OgrMpjqzPAUbKI-RFh_qnwAag9IJeJw/s2048/IMG_1234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsWIpLFbqJuTGUOC8D22msc0P_xdev6V3wTJnGKUg33u4Z8RtdObfA1QcY8m12ZoR9FlZ7rAGnO5-5wvQDC_RP3fRlwnvLN5VLq3UbvFU7Zd3OgrMpjqzPAUbKI-RFh_qnwAag9IJeJw/w480-h640/IMG_1234.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q-mZBaeAcB81_TOhJzMxqfsvtlqn6W8f-_Igtk3pHGGDJQaF2Tl0RAyA7zStxivEBt_7B5rYRtjZvmgTDuBtB_buuAJgt3tDOCX2XN0rbRYmWyGUhFLbPHPaQRXXcJI6gKtl-QaBOLQ/s2048/IMG_1233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q-mZBaeAcB81_TOhJzMxqfsvtlqn6W8f-_Igtk3pHGGDJQaF2Tl0RAyA7zStxivEBt_7B5rYRtjZvmgTDuBtB_buuAJgt3tDOCX2XN0rbRYmWyGUhFLbPHPaQRXXcJI6gKtl-QaBOLQ/w480-h640/IMG_1233.JPG" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jalen has been having the best time in Hobart. I'm so glad that he's so happy down there and has made so many great friends. He's been very busy as the Christ College Communications Officer and is always busy planning events with the committee. One of his mates is from the USA so Jay thought it would be fun to have Halloween during autumn. He and his friends dressed up as Scooby Doo and the crew :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtLw99nEcH6KrgcU4vdsLGAfz-23DfcCKvCi-zpNiZsMWh6wvkFywywygAQm9sqs7F9G2CC8bnzaBfFFrZR43GgQNZIDHp3EAZUDpknsJ2-TYAc00H9WmT-uvDC6tjKAsUQm9rA4DIrA/s828/IMG_E1281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="828" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtLw99nEcH6KrgcU4vdsLGAfz-23DfcCKvCi-zpNiZsMWh6wvkFywywygAQm9sqs7F9G2CC8bnzaBfFFrZR43GgQNZIDHp3EAZUDpknsJ2-TYAc00H9WmT-uvDC6tjKAsUQm9rA4DIrA/w640-h462/IMG_E1281.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>In May we had fun celebrating my cousin Tim's 40th birthday which was an 80s karaoke party. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocaDef054VkaapupB-7Kn5VlaQrdYWAXDLq5KdyeJ0EaVgJ-i9bqb-3853ScwG-EE2Jtrxz4Pvlycut2hBTUKMTlDfibLU5cypLESqP_PgZ4dT6wbmeORF-rvlY2Hvz6H6e0eNyY7KOQ/s2048/IMG_1145.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocaDef054VkaapupB-7Kn5VlaQrdYWAXDLq5KdyeJ0EaVgJ-i9bqb-3853ScwG-EE2Jtrxz4Pvlycut2hBTUKMTlDfibLU5cypLESqP_PgZ4dT6wbmeORF-rvlY2Hvz6H6e0eNyY7KOQ/w640-h480/IMG_1145.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIfdIsTo1Cubn1mu1otxZ8TQh2bN0qqAXJMkx67LWh3qC0aMeEoUQpaxf3ls1pinbX4g-RxPzJ59eDWHrcKrMe1Upmuz_gVRdjc-hkI8gkNb34QBivnBs-Qy0-72g6LpXanMxvC4tfJI/s960/IMG_E1169.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIfdIsTo1Cubn1mu1otxZ8TQh2bN0qqAXJMkx67LWh3qC0aMeEoUQpaxf3ls1pinbX4g-RxPzJ59eDWHrcKrMe1Upmuz_gVRdjc-hkI8gkNb34QBivnBs-Qy0-72g6LpXanMxvC4tfJI/w640-h480/IMG_E1169.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After not being able to go to any live footy games last year (thanks to Covid) it's been great to watch games again. I actually don't really follow the footy anymore. I really got into it after Aaron died as I think I felt like I had to keep up the passion for Hawthorn for him and the boys, but I don't watch any games unless we go to the footy now. I still like going to a live game and the boys and Mum still really get into it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMJz24F4QLkuap5AeJ3exkfPBAL3p6gh59QI8L-0mZLLvSypRCVAQVnB-730OmrBOwuYWQkSV0Ub3DbedD22ljoXlaJfFxXVMzaFh_tM42tjmTWHA9puvngTky11BX1_0Bh6MLmfCjgg/s2048/IMG_E1109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMJz24F4QLkuap5AeJ3exkfPBAL3p6gh59QI8L-0mZLLvSypRCVAQVnB-730OmrBOwuYWQkSV0Ub3DbedD22ljoXlaJfFxXVMzaFh_tM42tjmTWHA9puvngTky11BX1_0Bh6MLmfCjgg/w480-h640/IMG_E1109.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>It's been fun having Josie come along with us this year. It's even better than she's a Hawks fan :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglURs1x_6F2czlbYEPX0sKmsPZQryNU6a9c8oPQXJewOaYDJsc7n-8cciuHdJ_oqIvN91sjrPZUuugfJs5GiRCFH_UCLlDqGIR_XfwCMbO6rtX9jZrWrV9h9PYvlKqYrPdIkRejdqBDE/s2048/LPEZ1418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1818" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglURs1x_6F2czlbYEPX0sKmsPZQryNU6a9c8oPQXJewOaYDJsc7n-8cciuHdJ_oqIvN91sjrPZUuugfJs5GiRCFH_UCLlDqGIR_XfwCMbO6rtX9jZrWrV9h9PYvlKqYrPdIkRejdqBDE/w568-h640/LPEZ1418.JPG" width="568" /></a></div>I love that the Queechy footy team still takes a photo when they play on the Aaron King oval when they play there, even though Harri isn't there anymore. Kobe has desperately wanted to play there this year, but hasn't yet. Fingers crossed he will get to play there before the end of the school footy season. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXXjlrKWCa5WAeKsf0plq0CfqPvh-EQHSFvQG8z6knRFGSsh_mHOgy8Odh7G0guDRt7rCmliHPqeucWBTly9yNJIHEUp6JYq6-rEGcgP3pgbzZ0OhX-MUCMbncn1yhoBbLoocwigCDTs/s2016/IMG_E1909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXXjlrKWCa5WAeKsf0plq0CfqPvh-EQHSFvQG8z6knRFGSsh_mHOgy8Odh7G0guDRt7rCmliHPqeucWBTly9yNJIHEUp6JYq6-rEGcgP3pgbzZ0OhX-MUCMbncn1yhoBbLoocwigCDTs/w640-h480/IMG_E1909.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>To end off the term we had a school disco which the P.E teacher and I plan and run together. We have lots of fun decorating the gym. I am the DJ and she runs the games. It's so fun to see the kid's reactions when they walk in. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNItAUOTEHJes4Na_jw2Zit6NSaOf_jNVG0b18Vzp1jaJ7J7HlwiA57Fmjdn2LhRWXEYYSmupE5GrHxxSP0AAAP2-Ak8R9jRbEw5DTn7VmRxUAWDrFhEbStltW8IW16aNpu8OfIvugQm4/s4032/IMG_2287.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNItAUOTEHJes4Na_jw2Zit6NSaOf_jNVG0b18Vzp1jaJ7J7HlwiA57Fmjdn2LhRWXEYYSmupE5GrHxxSP0AAAP2-Ak8R9jRbEw5DTn7VmRxUAWDrFhEbStltW8IW16aNpu8OfIvugQm4/w640-h480/IMG_2287.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Towards the end of term Harri kept feeling sick all the time with nausea. He loves playing basketball but every Friday he would message me saying he didn't think he was well enough to do training and during his games he would be on the bench a lot, as he would tell his coach he wasn't feeling well. He just wasn't getting better so I took him to the doctor who said she wanted to do some blood tests.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ0C8PHnbX60ZkaRHDKLkd_81dp9xU9ATyOssPBL8alUIj5UiMsNEB783ZDAlxT17g2-hg8tU5MiQ0sBo45NyKIHT7ii71pOOiaI1TJfg2Nh30moPQ4PPtzK_U58rdsq1zEo8C0gWPT8/s4032/IMG_2079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ0C8PHnbX60ZkaRHDKLkd_81dp9xU9ATyOssPBL8alUIj5UiMsNEB783ZDAlxT17g2-hg8tU5MiQ0sBo45NyKIHT7ii71pOOiaI1TJfg2Nh30moPQ4PPtzK_U58rdsq1zEo8C0gWPT8/w480-h640/IMG_2079.JPG" width="480" /></a> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately the blood test showed that he has glandular fever. She said his liver and spleen are inflamed and that he shouldn't play sport for at least 6 weeks as there is a risk that they will rupture. When I rang Harri to tell him he was very upset, as it means he is missing out on the end of the basketball season as well as the college basketball competition. There's no real treatment for glandular fever except to rest, but we had a consult with my cousin Fil who is a functional medicine practitioner and she posted us some supplements for him to take. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The day after his diagnosis he started to get a very sore throat and then went down hill really quickly. He was in a lot of pain and was having trouble eating, drinking and sleeping very much. He was okay at home on his own for a couple of days, but then he was so sick that I ended up taking a couple of days off work to be home with him. I've never seen him so sick before and the worst thing was that there wasn't a lot we could do. An awesome pharmacist gave me some ideas and things to try and those things helped him a lot, but he had four days where he was really sick. He was so sick that he couldn't do his mid-year exams. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyW-2O20RWq-Ss4DBAx293z89gqCROponv3vTMKesN7LMyjs97umxCAQJBEBe8Vhsxy6ahonlAyrtMBZ3Bdgka3PaVLevCGPpTneaPMVNBwHaKrQ2lQJluWhuKZJQIOnizmTkaziwlVs/s4032/IMG_2324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyW-2O20RWq-Ss4DBAx293z89gqCROponv3vTMKesN7LMyjs97umxCAQJBEBe8Vhsxy6ahonlAyrtMBZ3Bdgka3PaVLevCGPpTneaPMVNBwHaKrQ2lQJluWhuKZJQIOnizmTkaziwlVs/w480-h640/IMG_2324.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div>Because we couldn't take our trip we had planned to Sydney (because they're in lockdown) I decided to book a few nights away in Hobart instead. When Harri got really sick with glandular fever I didn't think we would make it there either, but he picked up and said he felt well enough to go. I knew we would just have to take it easy and make sure we spent lots of time at the hotel so he could rest when needed. Mum came down to Hobart with us, so she could stay with my brother Jared and Becky and their family while we were there. It's always lovely to see my brother Jared (even if he does ruin every photo!). </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxRvztVHczqIPMCV6tyusqLvTCUZWuOFanJrY1FuQjrmd6wSBdosYCprdpEyICncKc4_7dnUpxgQbv52Ber4nwSvTgqDlnK66M888txk5IPAEm4Ms7s0P9OcUPhMIT_9CP_4GN3nK0UU/s1440/YHLI4168.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxRvztVHczqIPMCV6tyusqLvTCUZWuOFanJrY1FuQjrmd6wSBdosYCprdpEyICncKc4_7dnUpxgQbv52Ber4nwSvTgqDlnK66M888txk5IPAEm4Ms7s0P9OcUPhMIT_9CP_4GN3nK0UU/w640-h640/YHLI4168.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It was a coincidence that my friend Lynne was staying at the same hotel at the same time, as she was down there for work. It was fun to catch up with her a couple of times while we were there. One afternoon we took a quick walk around the wharf and Salamanca together. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3ln2q4btdwyTYyi6Z2lzGc3NDTs6HN2C-nZoSsrctlzawmChrUO5t3psbxxdE9MO2l-8W5LJ8GewjprX3u6NVueCMQ6yY_2fmigSGs6JAgXk9L4E92eePoNiSMJiug77-aQDFxGChUc/s1440/AVLX5589.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3ln2q4btdwyTYyi6Z2lzGc3NDTs6HN2C-nZoSsrctlzawmChrUO5t3psbxxdE9MO2l-8W5LJ8GewjprX3u6NVueCMQ6yY_2fmigSGs6JAgXk9L4E92eePoNiSMJiug77-aQDFxGChUc/w640-h640/AVLX5589.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We went straight up to see Jay when we arrived as the boys hadn't seen his new room this year (AKA The Penthouse as it's much bigger than other rooms) and they hadn't met his girlfriend Jessie yet. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWe5ESLb5UAS03zYbtr8ZruHaxZlUVS-d1EJTeY9oKeOP5kvP1X2qYHa5rid8G_hKJAQDDDArLHBRaz66nqIe3lHPrFM30DNXQNcE9FnvIbDs_eZSTwoXn2RXLw0mvgBOW3gZdJ31NTs0/s1440/MXAH2281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWe5ESLb5UAS03zYbtr8ZruHaxZlUVS-d1EJTeY9oKeOP5kvP1X2qYHa5rid8G_hKJAQDDDArLHBRaz66nqIe3lHPrFM30DNXQNcE9FnvIbDs_eZSTwoXn2RXLw0mvgBOW3gZdJ31NTs0/w640-h640/MXAH2281.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We went out for tea and had the banquet at Bento which was awesome. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC6Vx5eqSyp8I5x5ym2N0CNjDD6Ci2xa1QuUl02WEvPwq3ZE5YyCm1tPxwl7eArJu4JQICjmZWgFXZ9631pc-U8ckcryYmKSHFlHvpK8qJzqJTFljLnDzhLOs4VEuVLHhDz7WvzrSJdw/s1440/PVBY9328.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC6Vx5eqSyp8I5x5ym2N0CNjDD6Ci2xa1QuUl02WEvPwq3ZE5YyCm1tPxwl7eArJu4JQICjmZWgFXZ9631pc-U8ckcryYmKSHFlHvpK8qJzqJTFljLnDzhLOs4VEuVLHhDz7WvzrSJdw/w640-h640/PVBY9328.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>The next day we had brunch with Jay. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMRV_M2xoSpzZUG_da3s-9NeCVVS-m79N71x4-7FKxXNH5M74htl_76hiA3g84LSo6zWU01c8jIDIqhn5rwbBtTU1T0Y1LZEs99iXxCkPcBQN1OMczv4bqlG_2Lt1kDSBQv_uXbd1RLs/s1440/MXTY5293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMRV_M2xoSpzZUG_da3s-9NeCVVS-m79N71x4-7FKxXNH5M74htl_76hiA3g84LSo6zWU01c8jIDIqhn5rwbBtTU1T0Y1LZEs99iXxCkPcBQN1OMczv4bqlG_2Lt1kDSBQv_uXbd1RLs/w640-h640/MXTY5293.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMJ_RbRwXui2A6bGZAYqAu5yI2lv5CZsAtYve2SEFp3Q1ZbZKx0WMHB7fiCIMgEWdOJxvTs-pSLfap8mdU8feINSr058vT7bK6nmReR4pzy08wIQN0SPhRQq42TAB4TqKLdbkMzWGeiI/s2048/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMJ_RbRwXui2A6bGZAYqAu5yI2lv5CZsAtYve2SEFp3Q1ZbZKx0WMHB7fiCIMgEWdOJxvTs-pSLfap8mdU8feINSr058vT7bK6nmReR4pzy08wIQN0SPhRQq42TAB4TqKLdbkMzWGeiI/w480-h640/12.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitppn0cogNndCgJ46no3067R3zM4JGsDTkXMNo5Q-UZQtdUoxAuL1_fJvqhPYfWk4sj6ras4PUcypKivXYC0O7J28HJcwhLm7HFtE40gsGezPtoZjhbeCwX8NiYKDXq_7g6HuNhdZZG3U/s1440/KEDH3728+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitppn0cogNndCgJ46no3067R3zM4JGsDTkXMNo5Q-UZQtdUoxAuL1_fJvqhPYfWk4sj6ras4PUcypKivXYC0O7J28HJcwhLm7HFtE40gsGezPtoZjhbeCwX8NiYKDXq_7g6HuNhdZZG3U/w640-h640/KEDH3728+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We then went go karting which was heaps of fun. The glandular fever mustn't have affected Harri too much because he beat us all :) </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiupWTrEBCTsDWJcdnXMwMU-suf7gQESRELm4VT2B2E73_Dic0W4G5fxVFy5c0jvuBi3sZDu4Aav0-melsy4jB5M8B8AWtjxhTowNAyvj6K6z36vuZRmssOLnGIbVWMpPFA779TZg5-WQ/s1440/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiupWTrEBCTsDWJcdnXMwMU-suf7gQESRELm4VT2B2E73_Dic0W4G5fxVFy5c0jvuBi3sZDu4Aav0-melsy4jB5M8B8AWtjxhTowNAyvj6K6z36vuZRmssOLnGIbVWMpPFA779TZg5-WQ/w640-h640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwYofGDX9RDiVGtzrs-tqPkORR5Fr50QMTtJ-JuuFb-jmrjXXUUpFso3K5SoHGhepxpdpIiH0J9kF1F_rJdapsku0fqXkw_HzjXxM4yH6RvRGEz762K25dK7K8sSXgYQV_LyHZN3M-2c/s1440/CEZY9558+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Kobe and I went for a quick walk to check out the trees which were decorated in aboriginal colours for NAIDOC Week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcmgeE-99ZZP84Q-10Xlj17yYed5qL7OJU5SZSELrOGwn0G_KotREMyZ54wR5dXFk5T03vMDAhsn58j1wt5u1zPbaZz5OL8ig5It9CZQknnUShvKM_6qqOJHSEpLpAMDC_etnhlaM42k/s1440/AVYU2294.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcmgeE-99ZZP84Q-10Xlj17yYed5qL7OJU5SZSELrOGwn0G_KotREMyZ54wR5dXFk5T03vMDAhsn58j1wt5u1zPbaZz5OL8ig5It9CZQknnUShvKM_6qqOJHSEpLpAMDC_etnhlaM42k/w640-h640/AVYU2294.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvrasLKOlclf6Q6KFXYhkJi1RjEJ3tX_RU34D3zQCflO4jHYI9Ml0vP3bsELCwFLp9a13cGn0EmrzsQfSehRDymcl3v7syPHzPBTU6YRUxd0zP3ofYp9v-eiIrxnfmfHdnaBJCXYTuGA/s2048/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvrasLKOlclf6Q6KFXYhkJi1RjEJ3tX_RU34D3zQCflO4jHYI9Ml0vP3bsELCwFLp9a13cGn0EmrzsQfSehRDymcl3v7syPHzPBTU6YRUxd0zP3ofYp9v-eiIrxnfmfHdnaBJCXYTuGA/w480-h640/11.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day we met my sister in law Becky and the kids and my Mum for a walk to Russel Falls. I had never been before, but whenever I see photos of it I keep saying that we should go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVRHdaZt95qsQKUs6f-EIPFFnAPRnYRiiKFoljmeEHfRRc5aGPYwUGVDPJP0Qr4qwTfs_nRW-yN-JTgoWIrb7xlNSMzK0PlUgFbFjdvEKDlcORu6nCE10iGs7pwmxtaete8rFM0hA4wM/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVRHdaZt95qsQKUs6f-EIPFFnAPRnYRiiKFoljmeEHfRRc5aGPYwUGVDPJP0Qr4qwTfs_nRW-yN-JTgoWIrb7xlNSMzK0PlUgFbFjdvEKDlcORu6nCE10iGs7pwmxtaete8rFM0hA4wM/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkJIFZXTa_UNr-S8Uxh7YoEV7R98dz2G49FGhLTSCaux0tXW9UHHTi17hPqpCQMAOsXq8UO1R8ssly1Ep0xhiwSqL9CeeJBHhjOLwXr8gKqzpRfZ_hw052JyEXChmqsp-mFiifYBGpfU/s4032/IMG_2573+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkJIFZXTa_UNr-S8Uxh7YoEV7R98dz2G49FGhLTSCaux0tXW9UHHTi17hPqpCQMAOsXq8UO1R8ssly1Ep0xhiwSqL9CeeJBHhjOLwXr8gKqzpRfZ_hw052JyEXChmqsp-mFiifYBGpfU/w480-h640/IMG_2573+%25281%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>It was as beautiful as I expected it to be. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_VMSzksvtJU_rCz6rHhMScl5RKDHtlsuF2A6zO-YEqRNvkfrioYtPg4IQm8kwYDrtuUq65wjgD4haExvvYYn4PVqWx49iCCUIw0e2EP1w93CBYAoOnlpQKi4m12h75db9fwUyzZPuRo/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_VMSzksvtJU_rCz6rHhMScl5RKDHtlsuF2A6zO-YEqRNvkfrioYtPg4IQm8kwYDrtuUq65wjgD4haExvvYYn4PVqWx49iCCUIw0e2EP1w93CBYAoOnlpQKi4m12h75db9fwUyzZPuRo/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It's such an easy short walk from the car park, which was great for Harri. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp87MHAl-OePC2kLiyk_xYzVdHSmOmTNoHSyMF6H5hhqHM6zOQT5dXuOqd2tg9tvF-6TgtuUUAv326Ir_7tMsO8rqa52pw7t2phDiQUlysIPWOX1g4a6tO6_4TJJUOe21U8Z4nFK3dO30/s1440/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp87MHAl-OePC2kLiyk_xYzVdHSmOmTNoHSyMF6H5hhqHM6zOQT5dXuOqd2tg9tvF-6TgtuUUAv326Ir_7tMsO8rqa52pw7t2phDiQUlysIPWOX1g4a6tO6_4TJJUOe21U8Z4nFK3dO30/w640-h640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We kept going to Horseshoe Falls which was just another 15 minutes further, but uphill. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJDIKVO3YZ0oliwUTlfYO7b9bmH-0tG8f4m1z-u4b8-US9WilBC79vF8i7JoXypMbcna3fEO6burCAr6KUngOmkyvrE8FKKWC93JkUyF0m2o4KQgErHW4wD6zUhy_CDwAjzwr_tTHwcw/s4032/IMG_2596+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJDIKVO3YZ0oliwUTlfYO7b9bmH-0tG8f4m1z-u4b8-US9WilBC79vF8i7JoXypMbcna3fEO6burCAr6KUngOmkyvrE8FKKWC93JkUyF0m2o4KQgErHW4wD6zUhy_CDwAjzwr_tTHwcw/w640-h480/IMG_2596+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We always love catching up with our friends Dan and Lou when we go to Hobart. They introduced us to a 'new' burger place (for us) which was Mr Burger. </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1K4va8Crpz_ywfmy1RGt2rX2mY77Tfg9tcbHTOkL_yuZvLL1P_OpER2PhfJggBpS_rguZy91-1rNeY5IE-Lxa-IbjVpuHafvrP8G0eEWP1TtzaNwp4OzkPoXIr8RWd6Vcq4oDIW1fKc/s1440/HGSL3846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1K4va8Crpz_ywfmy1RGt2rX2mY77Tfg9tcbHTOkL_yuZvLL1P_OpER2PhfJggBpS_rguZy91-1rNeY5IE-Lxa-IbjVpuHafvrP8G0eEWP1TtzaNwp4OzkPoXIr8RWd6Vcq4oDIW1fKc/w640-h640/HGSL3846.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brother Jared dropped off Mum so she could get a ride home with us, and joined us for buffet breakfast before we left the hotel. I always hate going home after a holiday and having to cook again. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFPsGWWEjeIQGGxUVfxVFg5MFu1pn74Gz4iHJX_6vGLBgkUef52Y5tTRkO6EWndtpkSXuviDCHRv7g6dJX4uyXvALqKro3bSb2Inp3jNjuda7B-Mq9fXynOP8V88tsGCPhaNIJ5v1ZdM/s4032/IMG_2632+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFPsGWWEjeIQGGxUVfxVFg5MFu1pn74Gz4iHJX_6vGLBgkUef52Y5tTRkO6EWndtpkSXuviDCHRv7g6dJX4uyXvALqKro3bSb2Inp3jNjuda7B-Mq9fXynOP8V88tsGCPhaNIJ5v1ZdM/w640-h480/IMG_2632+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div>We took Mum to see Jay's room and to meet Jessie before we left Hobart. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlkUIM0eomCs8J3KbzTXoKmK8X7kJ7Zu0EAlPHewib6-KA-AHvfXYxKGcxYx6lHgz488ZEktvVnHgOJ7ZTuBP9Ac3qgIpuqsR3uI4UkKvypMYMe21tPnfz39WTGPQdosi3hl0PUGhyMI/s4032/IMG_2641+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It always seems to happen on holidays as my body knows it's finally got some time to rest. </div><div><br /></div><div>Kobe and I joined Emily and Aaron and the kids for bowling which was lots of fun (except that Kobe and I are terrible!). </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi802qG1K-z-iC76xDT2QtFQa3-h0zszeP6fLizArVi9pcV1C-DLFVQKwKWa5evZ08A_ldFzsunpjTReERe2MmBFHV7RdoXvCehw6Ll5JA8o87JAQ8Lt7qE6CV4co2kR0E9OTy4LPvolXc/s1280/IMG_2850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi802qG1K-z-iC76xDT2QtFQa3-h0zszeP6fLizArVi9pcV1C-DLFVQKwKWa5evZ08A_ldFzsunpjTReERe2MmBFHV7RdoXvCehw6Ll5JA8o87JAQ8Lt7qE6CV4co2kR0E9OTy4LPvolXc/w640-h480/IMG_2850.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I'm never ready to go back to work after holidays, but we unfortunately can't stay on holidays forever. I'm sure Term 3 will be super busy but will hopefully go as fast as the last one. <p></p></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-41956206196336003122021-07-17T21:40:00.002+10:002021-07-17T21:41:24.907+10:00June Birthdays on Earth and in Heaven <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With Kobe turning 13 this year I felt like I had to do something extra special for him. I hate having birthday parties because it's so much work and too stressful on my own, but I thought we'd better at least have a sleepover with some mates or something this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As his birthday got closer I regretted mentioning that maybe we could stay in the Japanese style pods that he saw during the <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2021/07/term-1.html" target="_blank">last school holidays</a>, as he kept talking about it. His birthday was on a Friday which he was happy about, as it meant we could plan something after he played basketball and didn't have to worry about school the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the weeks leading up to his birthday I kept asking him what he wanted to do. When I asked him if he wanted to have a sleepover or sleep in the pods, he just couldn't decide. In the end I was a big softie (knowing that he's lived 10 years without his Dad can do that to you!) and said to him that he could do both if he wanted as we could sleep in the pods on the Friday and he could have a sleepover with two of his mates on the Saturday. Needless to say he was very excited! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He woke up very early on his birthday to open his presents. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuB2dwmV9-FMrDp2nj-RbZX001cQhm-x_1f7z5BcRnLZ3yTutjNYSPR6okLBkiNyAS840_dfhgCOqCKYKZYXRjHVVbPID_8kSc_NIeL4I7HVVKH7XuRnkYITmRJkNOXQPkE6LlRJLKh8/s4032/IMG_1525.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuB2dwmV9-FMrDp2nj-RbZX001cQhm-x_1f7z5BcRnLZ3yTutjNYSPR6okLBkiNyAS840_dfhgCOqCKYKZYXRjHVVbPID_8kSc_NIeL4I7HVVKH7XuRnkYITmRJkNOXQPkE6LlRJLKh8/w640-h480/IMG_1525.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe is absolutely obsessed with Hamilton and ever since Hamilton started in Sydney he had begged me to take him. I looked into getting tickets and flights, but every time I thought about it, I got stressed wondering if there would be travel restrictions because of Covid. Whenever he'd ask if we could go, I told him that we couldn't because we may have to quarantine when we got back, and I couldn't afford to not work, which meant he was really disappointed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After thinking about it for a while, I decided you only live once (and some lives are a lot shorter than others so you need to make the most of it!) and decided to surprise him with tickets for his birthday. I saved that present till last. I loved his reaction when he opened it. Unfortunately what I predicted actually happened, and we weren't able to go to Sydney because they are now in a Covid lockdown. I have rebooked the tickets for the next school holidays, and am hoping we may be able to go then, but things aren't looking too good at the moment, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZ2ZObROnvw" width="320" youtube-src-id="TZ2ZObROnvw"></iframe></div><div>Before Kobe played basketball we went to check out the pods. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdCBO3crQ-DT4j1ta7B-znrXFjOmfX2UFIwzTUw5LeUE7J92u7e58dDQk2RMzYJnZwbHXFNM5uU1kV1M9pRs00kKCLk9hG7XRi8X0KoF6vzHo1iTjPbwPnAtmTQ4tW9j9Ubx7u_FqPXU/s1440/FXIR0886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdCBO3crQ-DT4j1ta7B-znrXFjOmfX2UFIwzTUw5LeUE7J92u7e58dDQk2RMzYJnZwbHXFNM5uU1kV1M9pRs00kKCLk9hG7XRi8X0KoF6vzHo1iTjPbwPnAtmTQ4tW9j9Ubx7u_FqPXU/w640-h482/FXIR0886.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Harri was adamant that there was no way he was sleeping in one as he gets claustrophobic. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjK1mpOHlOQl4GIYF-XkyjsfE21A1yx5RZjPFTNwXdbjD4w37sxzbWy0zmVW6ngCk8NjOOtrcDHWQ00hV_S3PsSXv45zDxnprFziWXgzDSHl-yOZM1DDUkGiYQ0gUJb_03UUsLhmsr9M/s4032/IMG_1563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjK1mpOHlOQl4GIYF-XkyjsfE21A1yx5RZjPFTNwXdbjD4w37sxzbWy0zmVW6ngCk8NjOOtrcDHWQ00hV_S3PsSXv45zDxnprFziWXgzDSHl-yOZM1DDUkGiYQ0gUJb_03UUsLhmsr9M/w640-h480/IMG_1563.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Kobe was so excited and couldn't wait to come back to sleep in it! I booked a single one each. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJRD7Q7iY0mWFy6hmB2_EWSIWj1QDUEG6_yVm4r49oNx-tcvaYCTocRzh6gg_6ox62wURE3_LzAsBA5Wkk-fvAuw5raU8bMrI2UiSjkUT6r-fQjSOoW16jAZjqdwNDec9seAySL_KVc4/s1800/DGJD0214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJRD7Q7iY0mWFy6hmB2_EWSIWj1QDUEG6_yVm4r49oNx-tcvaYCTocRzh6gg_6ox62wURE3_LzAsBA5Wkk-fvAuw5raU8bMrI2UiSjkUT6r-fQjSOoW16jAZjqdwNDec9seAySL_KVc4/w512-h640/DGJD0214.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div>After Kobe played basketball we went to his favourite Japanese restaurant for tea. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CCI6i3-ngoEGMvBvKmM_1mXM6EQOHUMWKymWUDF8qTtnUkVfhF_UP-MyYuFrYC7nstcHSy8Ua-hLOw6tsJQCSHPskr0whyMx7Q8MB0Ad6JHARdKZ4XJ81aAECGoat-05orMfQlopVPY/s1800/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CCI6i3-ngoEGMvBvKmM_1mXM6EQOHUMWKymWUDF8qTtnUkVfhF_UP-MyYuFrYC7nstcHSy8Ua-hLOw6tsJQCSHPskr0whyMx7Q8MB0Ad6JHARdKZ4XJ81aAECGoat-05orMfQlopVPY/w512-h640/1.jpg" width="512" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsvEHixdy6vkUpNIMoJgrMlYc9XTJFPWVzc1sKACuv5LTqSCkj-utwCy_DcdH9JDQDKd8_Oae9goAvKJMn8uFqyH4ytwo036lcs2dJnJuc69ZOs1LzEmA8W9lp7EXtF9FSqgbZdidybA/s1800/DJYA3866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsvEHixdy6vkUpNIMoJgrMlYc9XTJFPWVzc1sKACuv5LTqSCkj-utwCy_DcdH9JDQDKd8_Oae9goAvKJMn8uFqyH4ytwo036lcs2dJnJuc69ZOs1LzEmA8W9lp7EXtF9FSqgbZdidybA/w512-h640/DJYA3866.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was not keen on spending hours and hours in the pod before we slept, so we also went to a movie before taking Harri home and heading back to the pods to sleep. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQqBZtldGvyLOYHUZnyWgwW2uMdA8jbNsMahwgnREYZpklxlus5JajhBRncSeFGqhhg6PyTtw8RGlEIyrX6hTHMwT2s5f4ldkQEQO7Te5mL68O0QICe1nXd2U_NwOLUzrPubZ0bVM-p0/s1800/DURH1689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQqBZtldGvyLOYHUZnyWgwW2uMdA8jbNsMahwgnREYZpklxlus5JajhBRncSeFGqhhg6PyTtw8RGlEIyrX6hTHMwT2s5f4ldkQEQO7Te5mL68O0QICe1nXd2U_NwOLUzrPubZ0bVM-p0/w512-h640/DURH1689.JPG" width="512" /></a></div>Kobe was so excited to get into his pod (his was above mine) and to just chill out watching things on his phone, before going to sleep. The pod was actually quite spacious and really light inside and comfortable, but every time you would move it would squeak and you could hear everything around you - including the guy sleeping in the pod next to me snoring all night! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgRosBpNZ9qZB9l3WqMk-a6N5vwWoiaYat8XONLrdWZQPjpOIk7aOQoADcIjPwLKQtUWWHNLFLfhgWu5H90kXLRNiW2WCbm7Z5vK4hEmFzA8aFoRf4D-tZURiLecZSgBo6JZv4fm4iwE/s4032/IMG_1607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgRosBpNZ9qZB9l3WqMk-a6N5vwWoiaYat8XONLrdWZQPjpOIk7aOQoADcIjPwLKQtUWWHNLFLfhgWu5H90kXLRNiW2WCbm7Z5vK4hEmFzA8aFoRf4D-tZURiLecZSgBo6JZv4fm4iwE/w480-h640/IMG_1607.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was too hot all night and dying to get up to go to the loo, but didn't want to make everything squeak when I moved so I was happy when the guy next to me got up at 4am as I dashed to the loo after he did. When Kobe woke up he came to my pod to see me and I asked him if he had a terrible nights sleep (like I did) and he said he slept well and loved it! :) Ever since we stayed there he keeps asking if we can go again and I tell him it was the one and only time and to enjoy the memory! :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurTT9GeN7w6dqnzz77a4VyjCLswGQUkKeUAEsCI3pRnTiVIr5S94VU4ywtlNgCCZC_4ujvgTkv38WfMki_xHoX2wr_W2lmcvdWSyTPAObaWysjqjdX1mPf1RZGWIo7HJeEkd3wA8iKSQ/s4032/IMG_1611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurTT9GeN7w6dqnzz77a4VyjCLswGQUkKeUAEsCI3pRnTiVIr5S94VU4ywtlNgCCZC_4ujvgTkv38WfMki_xHoX2wr_W2lmcvdWSyTPAObaWysjqjdX1mPf1RZGWIo7HJeEkd3wA8iKSQ/w640-h480/IMG_1611.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day two of his best mates came for a sleepover, so his birthday just seemed to go on and on! I went back to school on the Monday and felt exhausted and like I needed three days of sleep to catch up! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1peW43dgz-lkOxxTrOZNFbKP7CkBtF0mYfgCI9mkYKbvFcAPrHVbvre3qvNDDC_TXdCuelvySOkaW_N4_Ex24TU7bdayhORP1XAa4SMzh96SlqxcFmmf04fRkA8JAArEUcM4jIoRs-Mo/s4032/IMG_1638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1peW43dgz-lkOxxTrOZNFbKP7CkBtF0mYfgCI9mkYKbvFcAPrHVbvre3qvNDDC_TXdCuelvySOkaW_N4_Ex24TU7bdayhORP1XAa4SMzh96SlqxcFmmf04fRkA8JAArEUcM4jIoRs-Mo/w640-h480/IMG_1638.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He had the best birthday and was very spoilt by Alison who sent him a Friends Lego set which he was excited about as he's also obsessed with Friends. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJXHXkgEhBLC9E28Qtnnn8gyqnWLps-X2TupLTKkcHbcA4TBvI0NCx-aIc6eXpmTTsVxlW1XI7RYD_GV6ePeoSA_i1d8WCBRvxAsr9RFlfVlaXex9jFWnuSnXLmPaEYmc7TstwJGYX-Q/s4032/IMG_1818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJXHXkgEhBLC9E28Qtnnn8gyqnWLps-X2TupLTKkcHbcA4TBvI0NCx-aIc6eXpmTTsVxlW1XI7RYD_GV6ePeoSA_i1d8WCBRvxAsr9RFlfVlaXex9jFWnuSnXLmPaEYmc7TstwJGYX-Q/w480-h640/IMG_1818.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div>My birthday was in the middle of the month and the boys were lovely and bought some lovely presents on their own for me. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU05ZHPdgPt4oR3ov9jseDf0mEKPhZnuwbPVxV_1wV3JWtyr5rTO7rEJ_G7Jphflwevnnh1H_T4rimwym9swfxIqixYtxH-rUUbMkT3Q_ldTvk6VP0ApzD7QGkhRCJ1eVrv2DbFZOB-Qo/s4032/IMG_1930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU05ZHPdgPt4oR3ov9jseDf0mEKPhZnuwbPVxV_1wV3JWtyr5rTO7rEJ_G7Jphflwevnnh1H_T4rimwym9swfxIqixYtxH-rUUbMkT3Q_ldTvk6VP0ApzD7QGkhRCJ1eVrv2DbFZOB-Qo/w480-h640/IMG_1930.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div>Some of my students at school knew it was my birthday as one of the girls had written it down in her book when we were talking about when our birthdays were earlier in the term. Two girls made me beautiful cards and gave me lots of chocolate and some of the boys came in singing me happy birthday and all handed me a lolly pop. It was very cute :) </div><div><br /></div><div>When I got home after school Harri, Kobe and Josie were all standing near the front door. I thought it was a bit weird and then I heard someone else's footsteps and Jalen appeared from the kitchen. He had driven up from Hobart to surprise me! It was so nice to have him home for a couple of days. There were also some lovely flowers when I got home from Josie, Mum and Jalen. I felt very spoilt. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6n5MheQD0yxzuK56GhB9kl7TB2SNuazAwHmkQw57sL5JGuszvvKDJrzk-YMZJVlmQ5yrrfFKIEcmah9aGg9IoPvPRPSNguf6xiHGDIJC618X6p-P3SZVIW9TCIVj8yWyJI9iDzkLw9s/s4032/IMG_1954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6n5MheQD0yxzuK56GhB9kl7TB2SNuazAwHmkQw57sL5JGuszvvKDJrzk-YMZJVlmQ5yrrfFKIEcmah9aGg9IoPvPRPSNguf6xiHGDIJC618X6p-P3SZVIW9TCIVj8yWyJI9iDzkLw9s/w640-h480/IMG_1954.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We all went out for tea together. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2B1KfbhXi0H3dTZWdiHj5lwyKlFMaDgoME7VWg-vDFkzDyVVtuimOErKe39f-mZihi73QrfKPkb71_nHpyn3KF_3GLDX7Gbn-NkgVnmTMaidZQXssmkvMiNjgJKm61LeuaW121abCf4/s4032/IMG_1969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2B1KfbhXi0H3dTZWdiHj5lwyKlFMaDgoME7VWg-vDFkzDyVVtuimOErKe39f-mZihi73QrfKPkb71_nHpyn3KF_3GLDX7Gbn-NkgVnmTMaidZQXssmkvMiNjgJKm61LeuaW121abCf4/w640-h480/IMG_1969.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>I made the boys re-enact a photo we took on my birthday last year before we went out for tea. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5o7sUEOIKgCl6NpcCPyArp1bSESG_HuGfgSx0mxFiK3iVuVFbmdCAAXiKQ9Anfc8VJRUmDudghFjibWVEXiPCiVtAqlnBxYAMflMtT3w1NHM7Z0DIOOlg5HTkNEkl6V2hYBSDWiBzUsQ/s3777/IMG_E1966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3777" data-original-width="2744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5o7sUEOIKgCl6NpcCPyArp1bSESG_HuGfgSx0mxFiK3iVuVFbmdCAAXiKQ9Anfc8VJRUmDudghFjibWVEXiPCiVtAqlnBxYAMflMtT3w1NHM7Z0DIOOlg5HTkNEkl6V2hYBSDWiBzUsQ/w464-h640/IMG_E1966.JPG" width="464" /></a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Later in the week I met up with Simone for a late birthday brunch. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSJ73YJVrmddRiLqIKyZjFzu_4476mxrf5A9JW7JceUAQieTLJ8oX75YOQ-RDZWslNumNOX5YsNMOxxpxOOWYfGQzzZ-_WEZ7DIVdQ4WL1Ot338q1am2bZ47dCQYUm6UnDIRnJHPHvRY/s4032/IMG_1984.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSJ73YJVrmddRiLqIKyZjFzu_4476mxrf5A9JW7JceUAQieTLJ8oX75YOQ-RDZWslNumNOX5YsNMOxxpxOOWYfGQzzZ-_WEZ7DIVdQ4WL1Ot338q1am2bZ47dCQYUm6UnDIRnJHPHvRY/w480-h640/IMG_1984.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Later in the month it was Noah and Dad's birthday (on the same day) and it was great as it fell on a Saturday. We met up with Mum at the Raspberry Farm for lunch and then went to Ashgrove Cheese and got some ice cream for dessert. Afterwards we went to the Deloraine cemetery and Mum had some flowers for Dad's grave. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2jKm7FXps7TVs2gi2kt-zFDzOKXYJjcIcx2o6q2XHiBZJV1l9deifU6GJr01pGMt2nxnM5LwIgkcaj74aQQmDF-dIyFG-fDZbnEaroklG01RlPThYHRbrcfLr1qPx4H6bC9sCLMueFk/s4032/IMG_2125.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2jKm7FXps7TVs2gi2kt-zFDzOKXYJjcIcx2o6q2XHiBZJV1l9deifU6GJr01pGMt2nxnM5LwIgkcaj74aQQmDF-dIyFG-fDZbnEaroklG01RlPThYHRbrcfLr1qPx4H6bC9sCLMueFk/w640-h480/IMG_2125.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxsNJHM7Xm0febdIUIAR9sxKg_VvUy9bY1riDlX9ETPAWETPj78vxlq-npjzW1XjKMngysGE7MP6KgV25ePUPwyYY8XtP1H2XdVzAawzJQfiKPS1MPy_sDd5Ba6RFBtXxaHOHeujM11M/s4032/IMG_2144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxsNJHM7Xm0febdIUIAR9sxKg_VvUy9bY1riDlX9ETPAWETPj78vxlq-npjzW1XjKMngysGE7MP6KgV25ePUPwyYY8XtP1H2XdVzAawzJQfiKPS1MPy_sDd5Ba6RFBtXxaHOHeujM11M/w640-h480/IMG_2144.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2AStzwWAcLIeyYXiVaxyB5Dfz54IxsZCOiPEU4ZbEEgedlnVxIu1TCkGU_UtPBW8wgif2vj_roITAsn29cWKWlP91QqoQ-AdJg-DrCF5SIswOsqldZjB1fyGsYrCU5mCOmYISmQlemc/s4032/IMG_2146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2AStzwWAcLIeyYXiVaxyB5Dfz54IxsZCOiPEU4ZbEEgedlnVxIu1TCkGU_UtPBW8wgif2vj_roITAsn29cWKWlP91QqoQ-AdJg-DrCF5SIswOsqldZjB1fyGsYrCU5mCOmYISmQlemc/w480-h640/IMG_2146.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>The boys and I went to Noah's grave just as the sun was setting. This year he would've been 20! It's really hard to imagine him being any older than 10 and it's crazy to think that he's almost been gone longer than he was alive. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CC12IetgCA9IiqjnYedSVDL9DabSWPCOwRi-FyMC4LOjQAClVC8zT3qz2roC2oNOEC1E3DDszfe520VskKWbR6qnjXz50Brcsdm-yJRHgLWC0NCCrb4-2X7sPShEddALKaghfJ5rWS8/s4032/IMG_2159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CC12IetgCA9IiqjnYedSVDL9DabSWPCOwRi-FyMC4LOjQAClVC8zT3qz2roC2oNOEC1E3DDszfe520VskKWbR6qnjXz50Brcsdm-yJRHgLWC0NCCrb4-2X7sPShEddALKaghfJ5rWS8/w480-h640/IMG_2159.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>It's getting harder to remember what life was like when Noah was alive, but I think about him every day and miss him so much. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlSvesq0tkI9fzzGw0PCGRmWGX2LfuoXu5Q7XN_BNFGaNePIFFMXL6Q0yNZ8Y4X4l3yvgiyc1RjNsgjU3YCaQTBcMrK_5oC-33Q6V6DASqEfLNZJsOm-5bt4iGZiH-l1KQjZdQzXM9w8/s4032/IMG_2176.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlSvesq0tkI9fzzGw0PCGRmWGX2LfuoXu5Q7XN_BNFGaNePIFFMXL6Q0yNZ8Y4X4l3yvgiyc1RjNsgjU3YCaQTBcMrK_5oC-33Q6V6DASqEfLNZJsOm-5bt4iGZiH-l1KQjZdQzXM9w8/w640-h480/IMG_2176.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8TU9x5OZkdZI43T5DQhIFiJp3oz3V5zAYt6sP6yNzbYvb4Dj52VXFh6q90mCiAeVTkj7pha_1kNym8DiRUGP-OyP8uQw25zFCI1pkpON7GJu9_FMiDKbWZRupcKXP8zx8qQs2bqROtc/s4032/IMG_2187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8TU9x5OZkdZI43T5DQhIFiJp3oz3V5zAYt6sP6yNzbYvb4Dj52VXFh6q90mCiAeVTkj7pha_1kNym8DiRUGP-OyP8uQw25zFCI1pkpON7GJu9_FMiDKbWZRupcKXP8zx8qQs2bqROtc/w480-h640/IMG_2187.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>We had to end off the day with cake of course. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYB2cEcbpJzRwp91NGWocvUE4t_eENX4REXbXdBMuprAZlb3tvUJAHbwG_4rVHrszyEuk7WP-jI7CEp_kZE02rAi7CnLWH0bN2PlFdgIhymONItfw2bCbJF-2_gQ7SIvokBuTs8S__UQk/s4032/IMG_2217.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYB2cEcbpJzRwp91NGWocvUE4t_eENX4REXbXdBMuprAZlb3tvUJAHbwG_4rVHrszyEuk7WP-jI7CEp_kZE02rAi7CnLWH0bN2PlFdgIhymONItfw2bCbJF-2_gQ7SIvokBuTs8S__UQk/w480-h640/IMG_2217.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-22662695340365537582021-07-16T22:29:00.004+10:002021-07-16T22:29:46.969+10:00Term 1 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seems crazy to be writing about Term 1 when Term 3 is about to start, but I wanted to do a quick blog catch up as I know I'm going to forget things if I don't record them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year was a milestone for the boys as there is one at Uni, one in college (Year 11) and one in high school (Year 7). The boys were dreading their first day of school, after a lovely summer break. It's always weird seeing my boys go off to Year 11 and 12 not having to wear a uniform. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA0ryP4KC5x1oFRqvntkG6qK7sXfCozGdkeMR8HRN06Hc43_q0AvKC1rVpNm4BuvwQSZgsSoh0OC15_euKT2jZweJMU_k4e66kBLP3cYnddivbcAWXgxXmeeqbrHKF5MaeMT8hQihuMY/s2048/IMG_9177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA0ryP4KC5x1oFRqvntkG6qK7sXfCozGdkeMR8HRN06Hc43_q0AvKC1rVpNm4BuvwQSZgsSoh0OC15_euKT2jZweJMU_k4e66kBLP3cYnddivbcAWXgxXmeeqbrHKF5MaeMT8hQihuMY/w480-h640/IMG_9177.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Harri was nervous about starting college, but settled in pretty quickly. He says he still misses high school and seeing the same friends every day, but he's made a lot of new friends at college as well. <div><br /></div><div>When Kobe was in primary school he used to always say 'I hate school' which I thought he was just saying, but he often woke up with 'I feel sick' and just really didn't look forward to going to school. <div><div>Now that he's in high school he's enjoying school for the first time ever. He's also made lots of new friends and loves all the different classes, and having different teachers. Towards the end of the term Kobe was happy to be asked to be a part of the Grade 7 leadership group. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSdmqZ_UXB_uf_0Nj6QGeFCwmHI_gWpLZ6rswE8LjJr0loHeE6enTIuOu-xSO3TDS7hhPxFAI95KPRtZuWczuj_bacSWjcF91ShRLoIEoDWST-9-2Wqo1ghqthyphenhyphenvitegHrXp7mTdJw50/s2048/XDNJ1712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSdmqZ_UXB_uf_0Nj6QGeFCwmHI_gWpLZ6rswE8LjJr0loHeE6enTIuOu-xSO3TDS7hhPxFAI95KPRtZuWczuj_bacSWjcF91ShRLoIEoDWST-9-2Wqo1ghqthyphenhyphenvitegHrXp7mTdJw50/w512-h640/XDNJ1712.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was so good catching up with my cousin Emily and her family more over the summer and getting to know her kids and husband Aaron. I wish it didn't take the death of Jarom for us to get sorted to see each other more. We went with them to one of our favourite restaurants and were glad that they liked it too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgqo1_6gGvfhcDJL2n1GG5j9up-JOy7CmF-3E3OEJo-4tdtIgx0TQft7b_7-k8fUpJ-or07s-ifimPX5Tfm3mHcrHACfmMNJiL47Crncbb6THwfX1XhuJJ5du7TQVQ7M7UBoUIrjB8I0/s2048/IMG_0179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgqo1_6gGvfhcDJL2n1GG5j9up-JOy7CmF-3E3OEJo-4tdtIgx0TQft7b_7-k8fUpJ-or07s-ifimPX5Tfm3mHcrHACfmMNJiL47Crncbb6THwfX1XhuJJ5du7TQVQ7M7UBoUIrjB8I0/w480-h640/IMG_0179.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcxgOrrE11ilkljmg29w49eB9CEVQvVIr9zOccM6H3H1RNu-dL1COlL5RneAU7-ZaQog-7jYozZXXSuczzsfsgBtmqDncvqk5V80temZCichExpHlY2OOPUgPQqJa0BR984QUgjxwgjQ/s2048/IMG_0180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcxgOrrE11ilkljmg29w49eB9CEVQvVIr9zOccM6H3H1RNu-dL1COlL5RneAU7-ZaQog-7jYozZXXSuczzsfsgBtmqDncvqk5V80temZCichExpHlY2OOPUgPQqJa0BR984QUgjxwgjQ/w640-h480/IMG_0180.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Sophie was like Kobe and loved getting the food off the train and sending it back to the kitchen. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0aoh5gEl7DIDJtHKKEI5QBd2V-McsNezQHGf9cRhoITMBWZ4qpYSmGbmflItpHz6o_CQDVnnrB-EpJaNCzJPLDcAIT10Sv4KcjPL5R0573HOGHOPppLREWGUXTDyqQqcN8T09OA9qKs/s2048/IMG_0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0aoh5gEl7DIDJtHKKEI5QBd2V-McsNezQHGf9cRhoITMBWZ4qpYSmGbmflItpHz6o_CQDVnnrB-EpJaNCzJPLDcAIT10Sv4KcjPL5R0573HOGHOPppLREWGUXTDyqQqcN8T09OA9qKs/w640-h480/IMG_0187.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgsHLQJIl3hqZEDwjOysnoycK6Ov8Z5gFhjJeHLFEKH4g6VY4uW-ITO7NJhaqfhbWXs-i7bYoaLtzyoq7fySee7s_W2s3w60YDdoM0BKesXGQsocHy5ybIrZPzmdl34PC4b0KRYw33k0/s2048/IMG_0188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgsHLQJIl3hqZEDwjOysnoycK6Ov8Z5gFhjJeHLFEKH4g6VY4uW-ITO7NJhaqfhbWXs-i7bYoaLtzyoq7fySee7s_W2s3w60YDdoM0BKesXGQsocHy5ybIrZPzmdl34PC4b0KRYw33k0/w640-h480/IMG_0188.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>At the beginning of term I went on a full day excursion to Hobart with the grade 5 and 6s from school. We left at 7am and got back at 8pm. It was one of the hottest days ever, and we were all melting, but it was an awesome day. We went to Mt Wellington, walked across the Derwent Bridge and ZooDoo. The group that I was with were very lucky and all got to feed the lions.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYAEdpRLW36g2cd4a5m68YDoOhtg2nrSsK9QlwNYv3tDn_8eXvW99sFe6UUmpgeGcEAg92y4Nm5EMFxbzZJnpybf9eWQeB1MnNfc1edCRDmJ30AMSBwMegwX90A_YUPMMXy-MwiMHasw/s2048/IMG_9528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYAEdpRLW36g2cd4a5m68YDoOhtg2nrSsK9QlwNYv3tDn_8eXvW99sFe6UUmpgeGcEAg92y4Nm5EMFxbzZJnpybf9eWQeB1MnNfc1edCRDmJ30AMSBwMegwX90A_YUPMMXy-MwiMHasw/w480-h640/IMG_9528.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>The kids loved being able to handfeed the kangaroos and deer. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVNZmfd0h1r5tnvWWto9weRSsOKwUCNiHeZVsZonYP9wkOLyhBvrZbeTo5xW9wyIln712awybDis0837zWMhOSfZ-v9-uGvSUSzMLBYSpHdZFpdOsRcyS2tjg_Yx6PE0Tw3ABOMALyJU/s2048/UYUA2433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVNZmfd0h1r5tnvWWto9weRSsOKwUCNiHeZVsZonYP9wkOLyhBvrZbeTo5xW9wyIln712awybDis0837zWMhOSfZ-v9-uGvSUSzMLBYSpHdZFpdOsRcyS2tjg_Yx6PE0Tw3ABOMALyJU/w640-h480/UYUA2433.JPG" width="640" /></a></p>Jay was excited about the Basin Concert which then turned into the 'Basin-ish Concert' thanks to Covid restrictions and having to move the concert to a different venue. He asked me if a few of his friends could come and stay as they were also coming to the concert. When I told him that was fine, he cracked me up when he said 'they're all girls'. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was excited to meet some of his friends which he had talked about for the past year. When I got home from work they had already left to go to the concert, but had left me a bunch of flowers and this note on the table. I knew straight away that they were going to be lovely :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpxF3iGqgCIQQRxTlf4tsJyzmUsPmCGMoH04-TFRlqATAHmEWsYhbTI1fQ_kl-788MgVHrPayvxOw8B6054sjT39B4v6tjucBikzBMT0PhnLNn3IY7TdcYnjUPkmECV5e4vSLEV3YtL4/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpxF3iGqgCIQQRxTlf4tsJyzmUsPmCGMoH04-TFRlqATAHmEWsYhbTI1fQ_kl-788MgVHrPayvxOw8B6054sjT39B4v6tjucBikzBMT0PhnLNn3IY7TdcYnjUPkmECV5e4vSLEV3YtL4/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Erin and Jay haven't been going out for about 18 months now, but they're still really good friends so she also came and stayed with the girls for the night. I met them all in the morning and it made me so happy to know that Jay had such lovely friends. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDgzs6qe4LGPaqhnrhD-2uNRNnJ9UnmVcZATRzgVJn1bVrpyv3V4eDGYeDJexlhypipa20ISFuqCLkDjcktZmTcaMG6R-MpDGreNrhyJ_byi8YypNNz7FHXe1oLyyHMSU3zpVtR1i6B4/s2048/IMG_E0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDgzs6qe4LGPaqhnrhD-2uNRNnJ9UnmVcZATRzgVJn1bVrpyv3V4eDGYeDJexlhypipa20ISFuqCLkDjcktZmTcaMG6R-MpDGreNrhyJ_byi8YypNNz7FHXe1oLyyHMSU3zpVtR1i6B4/w640-h534/IMG_E0159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Jay came home for the Easter weekend and the weather was so beautiful for it. On Good Friday we went for a quick walk at Fern Glade Reserve near Burnie, and then went and had lunch on the beach. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfgYneYzwS1BmauX-ZN9s7fTKgDVd_snSicZ4O0lNqN3YDPugtSeCSN4bAG5auCzujBO4PDVZyRjpQt8d7xRc3srDj73ITAdtAwKpjgCX0tU8j84sofe7ZNChxNjHPMGab09RRGTYSr8/s2048/IMG_0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfgYneYzwS1BmauX-ZN9s7fTKgDVd_snSicZ4O0lNqN3YDPugtSeCSN4bAG5auCzujBO4PDVZyRjpQt8d7xRc3srDj73ITAdtAwKpjgCX0tU8j84sofe7ZNChxNjHPMGab09RRGTYSr8/w480-h640/IMG_0261.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sV0NxfaSTrP26yM4D5D0dTsY8H0cmMpJFqSEjQTvUM0fb3tUDjtAb-XKJOEGaxjgnpeessWrxJrcg7V1iyxrTfq3HjVJGxbgGTXLlOJvSkWXYkGCXgs03rGrUoESrBgSdjUbc6bwyzA/s2048/IMG_0279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sV0NxfaSTrP26yM4D5D0dTsY8H0cmMpJFqSEjQTvUM0fb3tUDjtAb-XKJOEGaxjgnpeessWrxJrcg7V1iyxrTfq3HjVJGxbgGTXLlOJvSkWXYkGCXgs03rGrUoESrBgSdjUbc6bwyzA/w640-h480/IMG_0279.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>When Chrish was down a month before, he and Mum went to Sisters Beach. Their photos looked beautiful, so I decided I wanted to go there during the holidays. It was such a beautiful beach and reminded me of Binalong Bay. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV1Wfd8K3fxl0MmHV31OU-OVachZnPxKfljHaGkUfA_lZwKIylMMbGkgZfQVAcJUN6GUx98ekFKrHE2G1PqdAEspJXaHOVtMmDH2D78pqF-RTZ2px9-PdPfPUiQ7wJkmm73fbpvdBh5U/s2048/IMG_0286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV1Wfd8K3fxl0MmHV31OU-OVachZnPxKfljHaGkUfA_lZwKIylMMbGkgZfQVAcJUN6GUx98ekFKrHE2G1PqdAEspJXaHOVtMmDH2D78pqF-RTZ2px9-PdPfPUiQ7wJkmm73fbpvdBh5U/w640-h480/IMG_0286.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxBG8M5PgriOe-EbmXLjpOYPqIHv1aBuYr-nStdRmVO3OfoT4J6HRI2eYFebW9SRDJalJDibX18u5ZjDJA2SHNdsaNfkk86DiVZiRQnDLpki93K2v5mF4SXsnCh0vm-Oy1ubsZCa5mbU/s2048/IMG_0316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxBG8M5PgriOe-EbmXLjpOYPqIHv1aBuYr-nStdRmVO3OfoT4J6HRI2eYFebW9SRDJalJDibX18u5ZjDJA2SHNdsaNfkk86DiVZiRQnDLpki93K2v5mF4SXsnCh0vm-Oy1ubsZCa5mbU/w640-h480/IMG_0316.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKaqLnQ16C611_5m_hz3vzcUnzp6LHa1jZ02CeJpBkZGYkVlX30RKjki3nXNVMsXOg9n2OeBu2ibq5tShWMgGa9M83sjBfR1C2IxxdS4nMjeUKhoyYROkKmD2DPmFM68BE6ctsTAKkbk/s2048/IMG_0330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKaqLnQ16C611_5m_hz3vzcUnzp6LHa1jZ02CeJpBkZGYkVlX30RKjki3nXNVMsXOg9n2OeBu2ibq5tShWMgGa9M83sjBfR1C2IxxdS4nMjeUKhoyYROkKmD2DPmFM68BE6ctsTAKkbk/w480-h640/IMG_0330.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUAs6VeVLbi8q9cQ2VW4yrcyhKCevgCqu63vacLdZkOmNoMwsCfksfoTYsVlH_ZGiWdPJYf1YiiGl07bGNmSfaGvSnKRPvkodPD4QNv8gK6BMteQKnXJIxSzvZuzj_x9uq99AYUG27oQ/s2048/IMG_0335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUAs6VeVLbi8q9cQ2VW4yrcyhKCevgCqu63vacLdZkOmNoMwsCfksfoTYsVlH_ZGiWdPJYf1YiiGl07bGNmSfaGvSnKRPvkodPD4QNv8gK6BMteQKnXJIxSzvZuzj_x9uq99AYUG27oQ/w480-h640/IMG_0335.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Kobe ended up staying at Mum's after Easter on his own, for some of the holidays. 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At first I didn't think much of it, but then we talked about it more and I realised how fun a girls' night away would be, even if she had to work for most of the time. So I organised for the boys to stay at friend's houses and joined Lynne on her work trip. It was lots of fun as I got to go and spend time with Jay (and met his new girlfriend), got to go shopping without the boys bugging me, went out for tea with Lynne after she had finished work and caught up with my friend Sarah for brunch before coming home. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE1KyoIadiUgT0CORQt77X5sCZi2xoBVOCJGEc1TjTRkyfx95-7aNOwZr9abZAfSR5OtR-jCHIT-3sEH0AiIFgmdf6a-W9IzJ2TkSkGv2epXj0hHHcjhCjvrcIKhUIOg_ttJ1Iju1K8c/s2048/IMG_0608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE1KyoIadiUgT0CORQt77X5sCZi2xoBVOCJGEc1TjTRkyfx95-7aNOwZr9abZAfSR5OtR-jCHIT-3sEH0AiIFgmdf6a-W9IzJ2TkSkGv2epXj0hHHcjhCjvrcIKhUIOg_ttJ1Iju1K8c/w480-h640/IMG_0608.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div>In the last week of the holidays my sister in law Steph and the kids came into town and we joined them at Airtime and Riverbend Park then went to get some lunch. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSG_AsiYI3VvWQOfwe51VpowQqjcNZxE-bxEtFZCq9I8pRhUUAC9vgExb2jMnqpHHC9UNAqiXJ-7DpK9MjaA2PXk347Q7hTu7xwXjxUOuujtmkx7n9mOc66sza0LZGXmsM9FRBTjV-T8/s2048/IMG_E0686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSG_AsiYI3VvWQOfwe51VpowQqjcNZxE-bxEtFZCq9I8pRhUUAC9vgExb2jMnqpHHC9UNAqiXJ-7DpK9MjaA2PXk347Q7hTu7xwXjxUOuujtmkx7n9mOc66sza0LZGXmsM9FRBTjV-T8/w640-h480/IMG_E0686.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We thought we'd try out a Japanese place that we'd seen called Gatsu Gatsu. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6KnVEsPIT1AOtlHPToIsqnEDux3vfQaleY6Ps1l6ECYt9_6HpcU2XLMvn2DO0OxRyg9EjaeFxgSwYmAcm5wtOuyKbO7pYwPC23Enj9Z1ERglN3Q4ovzHhf5kvYVmcqsPLOABeWB29iA/s2048/IMG_E0672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6KnVEsPIT1AOtlHPToIsqnEDux3vfQaleY6Ps1l6ECYt9_6HpcU2XLMvn2DO0OxRyg9EjaeFxgSwYmAcm5wtOuyKbO7pYwPC23Enj9Z1ERglN3Q4ovzHhf5kvYVmcqsPLOABeWB29iA/w640-h480/IMG_E0672.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Kobe was excited to try some Japanese soda. We then realised that next door were some Japanese style sleeping pods and Kobe just about freaked out in excitement. He kept saying how sleeping in one of them was on his bucket list, and kept asking if we could stay there sometime. I tried to put him off, and was silly and suggested that maybe he could do something like that for his birthday. I thought he would forget about it....that did not happen! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWlniGEZd-yHujzKojKfgnLS0BYhteNYobWpLGFWy4yfA6Cnwd2VY8GBbOqasL8y3ds0gEKQ76TpNjYQNRPZAdsl8gDbpvg_fMe5b4_EUjlboFFQWqEY4KCtcQl2u_zqjU_aotgxv90o/s2048/IMG_0668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWlniGEZd-yHujzKojKfgnLS0BYhteNYobWpLGFWy4yfA6Cnwd2VY8GBbOqasL8y3ds0gEKQ76TpNjYQNRPZAdsl8gDbpvg_fMe5b4_EUjlboFFQWqEY4KCtcQl2u_zqjU_aotgxv90o/w480-h640/IMG_0668.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We loved Term 1 holidays because for the first time we had a three week break, because Easter fell during those holidays and I really needed the beak after a crazy busy term. <br /></div><p></p></div></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-17099150327525465542021-07-16T18:18:00.001+10:002021-07-16T18:18:43.238+10:00Everything always seems better in summer <p>It's been a very long time since I blogged, and right now we are in the middle of winter , so it's hard to remember warmer days. As I was going through my phone to clear off old photos, I found lots of photos from summer and it reminded me of how great it was. </p><p>Life can be really hard, but everything always seems better in summer. <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/our-christmas.html" target="_blank">I dread Christmas</a>, but once Christmas is over I really start enjoying summer. It was nice having everyone home for a little while as Jay came home from Uni for a few weeks, I'm a lot less stressed as I'm not at work every day, and the sun and warm weather always just makes me feel better. </p><p>Since my cousin <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/ill-see-you-in-next-one.html" target="_blank">Jarom passed away </a> the one great thing that has come out of it is that we've spent more time with my cousins. During the summer we caught up quite a few times either picking cherries at Levi and Louise's house with other cousins, and caught up at the beach and Pop's river. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_3d-xkXfSmwqCDlQ9kaw9vrjZWQn5yBbmmhuk5EkZgmFAwYBGz7XsE8rO2JehVwxqcT2dR1ECWGuHXfxexDOcFYLLycvo9J8BiE715MRZSzdoIUcR8njkSkiSHNviEMTVR4Cgy3Q0ts/s1800/DFSV8443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_3d-xkXfSmwqCDlQ9kaw9vrjZWQn5yBbmmhuk5EkZgmFAwYBGz7XsE8rO2JehVwxqcT2dR1ECWGuHXfxexDOcFYLLycvo9J8BiE715MRZSzdoIUcR8njkSkiSHNviEMTVR4Cgy3Q0ts/w512-h640/DFSV8443.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpKzwmxOnzUVkocoWm8O85lPFBqCLekOEVwjverLN3jCs4y2YNzuTmQpjkB07GB1qvgjJZkFgx9UVfK7qHvNj_RhQd0ZEpchlFH9RvdVbkls5RYwdILstj8wWbA_u8OoFs2PXUtxfWuU/s1800/VECI9708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpKzwmxOnzUVkocoWm8O85lPFBqCLekOEVwjverLN3jCs4y2YNzuTmQpjkB07GB1qvgjJZkFgx9UVfK7qHvNj_RhQd0ZEpchlFH9RvdVbkls5RYwdILstj8wWbA_u8OoFs2PXUtxfWuU/w512-h640/VECI9708.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kobe lived in his Tassie boys hoodie for months :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykbh85dp50MJDS4Xa9k1hArK4pyDKzGCQzWqQXtCiLqbLDVzxaaw73HnZvrknm37ioaO9WWYVK223WyO1DqdTweJI2BvdasJ7v9ZyYpXamfaKb1ZUKaqzUI_otaGe5OW7QSgX9Te6ZTY/w480-h640/IMG_8406.JPG" width="480" /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Fun on Uncle Kim and Auntie Deidre's buggy. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K4ILFZfStFYIhSAmIMcCJyv8DMDAjEVJxcM8hE_Sx8kc6mR2hVD7B4in7RIvjLGvkde0G6zQEkr6QwrZz55FgwjZrloBQK44W23UQTJfyE_duHqWuySTv6ekHmu1o7qgQnPD4hJnUgI/s1800/GXBJ2191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K4ILFZfStFYIhSAmIMcCJyv8DMDAjEVJxcM8hE_Sx8kc6mR2hVD7B4in7RIvjLGvkde0G6zQEkr6QwrZz55FgwjZrloBQK44W23UQTJfyE_duHqWuySTv6ekHmu1o7qgQnPD4hJnUgI/w512-h640/GXBJ2191.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwrD6paqwabIUuPLVsa3tLRD8QAq-oWUh_KfRqdRR1F2-vku5FWGIPq71q4ejIJlquvmrEpVqY6DfcwPbHHmCVngcDdvXlUPKG9SIgYHY1AISMAOiiHNqkMCJF0XU-Ct1dn_4ZTMh93Y/w640-h480/IMG_8399.JPG" width="640" /></strike><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that the boys are older they don't want to spend as much time at home, so it's always extra special when we are all somewhere together. Thanks to Covid there was no Falls Festival this year, so Jay was home for New Years Eve. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwF4uFtpJ4mpb7D-LjJ2h6V28LePbMEEpbaf13WZgCZWgBdq_oVMrN_sSfYVg-_613ehpNgnuEDbxOAgD5TtzApvn-SdvgJo95CluyQ9baCfFMcjgA2OLEWGqsSb2MwTrQVvcdUXYTr4/s4032/IMG_E8021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwF4uFtpJ4mpb7D-LjJ2h6V28LePbMEEpbaf13WZgCZWgBdq_oVMrN_sSfYVg-_613ehpNgnuEDbxOAgD5TtzApvn-SdvgJo95CluyQ9baCfFMcjgA2OLEWGqsSb2MwTrQVvcdUXYTr4/w480-h640/IMG_E8021.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A heap of people camped on my brother Eden's block over the summer holidays, and for New Years Eve we had a traditional maori hangi. My sister in law Becky's family knew what they were doing and had a very professional set up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWSoZGuaiKPN0YChoEH5WXSNnBNchKheAb83behitJiTNVxtG4LeYOaiyeYHdDlGtPE2axZ-w7CAUvTTDapqlfDvXPP9odBHA83jfdW-6TqMlP9FPmbkrqr8OIyrxevXKmsCiclYvyYY/s2048/IMG_8311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWSoZGuaiKPN0YChoEH5WXSNnBNchKheAb83behitJiTNVxtG4LeYOaiyeYHdDlGtPE2axZ-w7CAUvTTDapqlfDvXPP9odBHA83jfdW-6TqMlP9FPmbkrqr8OIyrxevXKmsCiclYvyYY/w640-h480/IMG_8311.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The food was incredible and some of us went night swimming afterwards and we we all sat around the bonfire till midnight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sJn5rl7k17MZG7WMgcX900qjTb_pvUtxUdMqAXBaUNxD5y9acZUQ6gxVg2IBI7HDkB0uPZ_VbcqUgWz79KHVxoIKf1UjRaGYI8to8VSp0yViun3IaGMCcXgVajem6ZDtlZsZ2CYU54Q/s2048/IMG_8331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sJn5rl7k17MZG7WMgcX900qjTb_pvUtxUdMqAXBaUNxD5y9acZUQ6gxVg2IBI7HDkB0uPZ_VbcqUgWz79KHVxoIKf1UjRaGYI8to8VSp0yViun3IaGMCcXgVajem6ZDtlZsZ2CYU54Q/w480-h640/IMG_8331.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mum and I always go and have a platter at the Conservatory during the summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3ZKwixBpfGkPge2-eADFcCisjNmnKMbg6X4mzWUR1feqLNuRmZ_3CGwwuLC-gmiRv7T5FsimeJhHCHX_7fwEliAKM24aGw8JbOT-ykJDO5S_8a_Tz8wVg3seCiZx90h8uLib6hi_4lQ/s1800/FUOM5558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3ZKwixBpfGkPge2-eADFcCisjNmnKMbg6X4mzWUR1feqLNuRmZ_3CGwwuLC-gmiRv7T5FsimeJhHCHX_7fwEliAKM24aGw8JbOT-ykJDO5S_8a_Tz8wVg3seCiZx90h8uLib6hi_4lQ/w512-h640/FUOM5558.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One day I dragged the boys to Narawntapu National Park to check out the gulch and also Badgers Beach lookout. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA6q6oDzh96GrAtHOKH33hx2Dl7FwJ6Mq2LBNv1UoiTfmAa-wBc0DOzIkrnEJlY8z2dpfqadRQMBPMLo-hfzwmbdz5gLtk-JAXK7aZKquGlN6rbYWS0Hoe7euQ4_LM4CbWANuDjlo7R4/s2048/IMG_E8529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA6q6oDzh96GrAtHOKH33hx2Dl7FwJ6Mq2LBNv1UoiTfmAa-wBc0DOzIkrnEJlY8z2dpfqadRQMBPMLo-hfzwmbdz5gLtk-JAXK7aZKquGlN6rbYWS0Hoe7euQ4_LM4CbWANuDjlo7R4/w640-h480/IMG_E8529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ne67DTWBSOlS1w8PJbIR9ifb5zQyywOiGyPm97RYJ7KZ_jkbNbM2866kOgLYw7FeUWUTuHRy45mDBJQ2Hf_RaRtKo5RzT5kqSQVLMMXwabsV6woc03SafEjGeoJRTEFsNvjsWQ3ddQ/s2048/IMG_8544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ne67DTWBSOlS1w8PJbIR9ifb5zQyywOiGyPm97RYJ7KZ_jkbNbM2866kOgLYw7FeUWUTuHRy45mDBJQ2Hf_RaRtKo5RzT5kqSQVLMMXwabsV6woc03SafEjGeoJRTEFsNvjsWQ3ddQ/w640-h480/IMG_8544.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">Kobe and I were the only ones brave enough to go in the water (and it was very fresh!). </span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEgH3WMOysg2O639XAD3ikPccbToOAghmc36tNeEyezNyps0EURo8tCtlVh0M1J2a9QGuHtTSj53TWbB-pDtvwVGd7ZGOBIsRIpIiRAf4Qt8Co4C1hsfEa0jz-xCgHM8fs6dOirhqGVI/s2048/IMG_8563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEgH3WMOysg2O639XAD3ikPccbToOAghmc36tNeEyezNyps0EURo8tCtlVh0M1J2a9QGuHtTSj53TWbB-pDtvwVGd7ZGOBIsRIpIiRAf4Qt8Co4C1hsfEa0jz-xCgHM8fs6dOirhqGVI/w480-h640/IMG_8563.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Even though my Nan and Pop have passed away and none of the family own the river flats that they used to have, it's still a really special place to me. We don't have access to the swimming hole anymore, but we went to swim at the bridge a few times over the summer. <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Xq-WsOPZQqHeX_qEqAiIKpFLdZezFgNsghg5ceJocGbq7GFVDlD9REy87x6WxDIX8pzoph2A0zpZqLpmQFam_W7qX1F5f_VUpIkUwm43NBgK7eR6nnrx3s9Qh76O38ce430Y9JDvQKI/s1800/FSYE2915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Xq-WsOPZQqHeX_qEqAiIKpFLdZezFgNsghg5ceJocGbq7GFVDlD9REy87x6WxDIX8pzoph2A0zpZqLpmQFam_W7qX1F5f_VUpIkUwm43NBgK7eR6nnrx3s9Qh76O38ce430Y9JDvQKI/w512-h640/FSYE2915.JPG" width="512" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvm4JvGzhPtD4vBYqOsvmoB-ZbhlBWvQ8hvtSUkhvsWYFpI2h-SG78trB47yW3_1TPI5SCqwX53of4gZQCvW-Ys_f4a9PD9MLdeag4kpKJM-BgdMzt3XC-9RhOaBsnv2RVae3TdXD2Sfo/s1800/ATJY0396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvm4JvGzhPtD4vBYqOsvmoB-ZbhlBWvQ8hvtSUkhvsWYFpI2h-SG78trB47yW3_1TPI5SCqwX53of4gZQCvW-Ys_f4a9PD9MLdeag4kpKJM-BgdMzt3XC-9RhOaBsnv2RVae3TdXD2Sfo/w512-h640/ATJY0396.JPG" width="512" /></a></p><p>The warm weather held out into March which meant we still went swimming there on the weekends, once school went back. Chrish came down for a week in March, and joined us at the river one day, as well as my cousin Emily and Louise and the boys. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluPUFmUSbJeovkPef4zt6aUaRbtcRdYOXBzkMzYinwqEkGIB8SbZ2SJrc6k91Hxc-gMjqQhQhkg2YR_v5zh9u4A9J8UUZYE1IamwS3xEsBeJxAoNJe0wAOn2YEJRDe1HE2-1_9fGOLa4/s2048/IMG_E9620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluPUFmUSbJeovkPef4zt6aUaRbtcRdYOXBzkMzYinwqEkGIB8SbZ2SJrc6k91Hxc-gMjqQhQhkg2YR_v5zh9u4A9J8UUZYE1IamwS3xEsBeJxAoNJe0wAOn2YEJRDe1HE2-1_9fGOLa4/w480-h640/IMG_E9620.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikflAl9xTjs46aTriu-iqfFsSa_H9leyZFMx8J7IuS3FAqBlQJnIjLhrpzAI8DVC6f2wzB3KJsbCT_fl82UUwYgYPky-1WRRJeTkjFTJ8KLqWNGht0ZNCYpuG4b04C8GZFjT9pwUMOlvI/s1944/IMG_9679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikflAl9xTjs46aTriu-iqfFsSa_H9leyZFMx8J7IuS3FAqBlQJnIjLhrpzAI8DVC6f2wzB3KJsbCT_fl82UUwYgYPky-1WRRJeTkjFTJ8KLqWNGht0ZNCYpuG4b04C8GZFjT9pwUMOlvI/w640-h426/IMG_9679.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p>We didn't risk going away to the mainland this summer because of Covid so the holidays seemed extra long. If I wasn't at the beach or the river, I was at the Gorge. Kobe and I practically lived there all summer. Some days we would pick up his friends and other days it would just be the two of us. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu92ya942X3xRNMaBjqZ9XHg373ZJiiOjG-qWIxFXE28JIgPPtIUB6BwEv4c-2EWCdkKQprU5ONCYvqwbrnpHBN2miWBUFDcPcVv8WHi0yIZlrHLcg6SuvQHEw0jGh-fgzXtJHQEBaxA/s2048/IMG_9295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu92ya942X3xRNMaBjqZ9XHg373ZJiiOjG-qWIxFXE28JIgPPtIUB6BwEv4c-2EWCdkKQprU5ONCYvqwbrnpHBN2miWBUFDcPcVv8WHi0yIZlrHLcg6SuvQHEw0jGh-fgzXtJHQEBaxA/w480-h640/IMG_9295.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p>The water is always pretty fresh, but I love it. It makes me feel alive and my reward at the end is to sit in the sun (usually with a book). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6Tqz1QGspTHfuN8AbNoy5W0gb-MAv7bUjKeSW9g_MumSGjnX7OgtbqkY7FiD3fgKqRCiOLN_jRH0IDHrEKkvlDZcmuZJSjMK0388JmzAtjZS_do0V-j4fMGaES89KX8Tl65LDECKuOE/s2048/IMG_9782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6Tqz1QGspTHfuN8AbNoy5W0gb-MAv7bUjKeSW9g_MumSGjnX7OgtbqkY7FiD3fgKqRCiOLN_jRH0IDHrEKkvlDZcmuZJSjMK0388JmzAtjZS_do0V-j4fMGaES89KX8Tl65LDECKuOE/w640-h480/IMG_9782.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">One day my cousin Emily messaged me to ask if I was at the Gorge (and of course I was!) so they came up and joined us. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAju8XkC7xaZH5t1Z5-Iop9UQblwi70C9L2yTaUUkhUIh7H9Thw1rCjYr47vlTUZkihqMQA1UvXezTF8Nyw0i_uMcdBEN0o6neskAQwg0tu0RZrsFAqw-GilshxKgneofs2DSbTj0fY6c/s2048/IMG_9408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAju8XkC7xaZH5t1Z5-Iop9UQblwi70C9L2yTaUUkhUIh7H9Thw1rCjYr47vlTUZkihqMQA1UvXezTF8Nyw0i_uMcdBEN0o6neskAQwg0tu0RZrsFAqw-GilshxKgneofs2DSbTj0fY6c/w480-h640/IMG_9408.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another time my cousin Toni and her family met us up there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkCt0sm1q_S0jWN643qMhtwDMhGTpcuMfXJEah__ncrw0CTNy3JU5su_j1AxaUICccT6K8PGjJsLS7Bire-L-pv3NBjvGkwqCNSGXXOLQH993zqJICecsKdBw2LcGvh9kWsWt06wU6Zo/s1800/IMG_8600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkCt0sm1q_S0jWN643qMhtwDMhGTpcuMfXJEah__ncrw0CTNy3JU5su_j1AxaUICccT6K8PGjJsLS7Bire-L-pv3NBjvGkwqCNSGXXOLQH993zqJICecsKdBw2LcGvh9kWsWt06wU6Zo/w512-h640/IMG_8600.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had the best beach day at Bicheno the day before Australia Day. Harri was down there with Josie and her family, so we drove to pick him up so he would be home for Australia Day (the anniversary of when Aaron passed away). It just happened to be the same day that my Uncle Kim, Auntie Deidre and cousins were down there, so we had an awesome day with them. It was so hot (like 32 degrees which is unheard of at the beach in Tassie) and there was no wind. The waves were incredible, and we just spend the whole day going in and out of the water. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCnc6N5DKr8ySv1BJYnpb5i_dyVy9AfJRsfYf_qEM3NKF0acHRllYaZutImem_A-f7q_EQ443yxcIGBAXxd6kFmwLxtphaRNwVJSlP-bERTDMyEQGxsrkPCNbmWk4DyksLx2yQHWGblA/s2048/IMG_8996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCnc6N5DKr8ySv1BJYnpb5i_dyVy9AfJRsfYf_qEM3NKF0acHRllYaZutImem_A-f7q_EQ443yxcIGBAXxd6kFmwLxtphaRNwVJSlP-bERTDMyEQGxsrkPCNbmWk4DyksLx2yQHWGblA/w640-h480/IMG_8996.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSD6GH5i-mrXgyBAbSxzEaXfilxZsBFk0mR5WTcrs8AMke8ltQihLfslkd7Px8I6fEFGI8AzC0FEoKk2DzGhgkctxXmYdNZQ12GE4VOqyafDiVWGY0dEPOlMvciZdCnwjQ2ZThwNzUTr8/s1440/CYNP2212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSD6GH5i-mrXgyBAbSxzEaXfilxZsBFk0mR5WTcrs8AMke8ltQihLfslkd7Px8I6fEFGI8AzC0FEoKk2DzGhgkctxXmYdNZQ12GE4VOqyafDiVWGY0dEPOlMvciZdCnwjQ2ZThwNzUTr8/w640-h482/CYNP2212.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We spent Australia Day at Hawley with some of my cousins and Mum. It was actually a harder day than I thought it would be this year, and I was glad when it was over. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEids_T1z1sQyFzX1KpvXg4xowIu4nsFZESkqFxmwlu9YWRID3KuUtDajY7qqOWArBKcIn31TeQVaSn333guC6Vqep6zNh2Bv-WuJ2NATimCWvxfez32vSv0iZNYKutKaSf56YLy6D669wU/s2048/IMG_9010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEids_T1z1sQyFzX1KpvXg4xowIu4nsFZESkqFxmwlu9YWRID3KuUtDajY7qqOWArBKcIn31TeQVaSn333guC6Vqep6zNh2Bv-WuJ2NATimCWvxfez32vSv0iZNYKutKaSf56YLy6D669wU/w480-h640/IMG_9010.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the best things about summer was catching up with old friends who I only see every few years (and some more regularly). My friend Naomi and I grew up together, but she lives in Adelaide now but she's one of the kindest human beings you would ever meet. Every few months since Aaron died she has sent me a card in the mail, just to say hi and let me know she's thinking of me. I told her I'm a terrible friend as I'm nowhere near as thoughtful as she is, but I'm grateful to have a friend who is so thoughtful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZR0iFZVRFsjtiOY7I6wTLvGXNsCyDNvudkPTgxje00-BkDBAlFbgwFdXbQyluD3vq65e9A-CmdU2CJ18W0gU6ue26ckUvDRxZo7D1GMfCno3qQys-PE6bVOm9iFxQiioGarjQyfN-sI/s2048/IMG_8743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZR0iFZVRFsjtiOY7I6wTLvGXNsCyDNvudkPTgxje00-BkDBAlFbgwFdXbQyluD3vq65e9A-CmdU2CJ18W0gU6ue26ckUvDRxZo7D1GMfCno3qQys-PE6bVOm9iFxQiioGarjQyfN-sI/w640-h480/IMG_8743.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rachelle and I also grew up together, but she lives in Melbourne now. It's always lovely to catch up with her. She's a psychologist so she's always great to chat to. I'm sure she thinks I'm crazy ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrsEmzOps_cBE1u8jVGZZpDGA27s6xlaOjwu4HDSh9FmFnhMy_Abxn_4Wubh9kp_rMSP6DWHdzuo-cY9v96P1VOffXuRTp1vYp078bmfKJEwxXpqgDRYr3HNdgL6MQ4LGXRXlqBIRDYw/s2048/IMG_8798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrsEmzOps_cBE1u8jVGZZpDGA27s6xlaOjwu4HDSh9FmFnhMy_Abxn_4Wubh9kp_rMSP6DWHdzuo-cY9v96P1VOffXuRTp1vYp078bmfKJEwxXpqgDRYr3HNdgL6MQ4LGXRXlqBIRDYw/w640-h480/IMG_8798.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I catch up with these girls a lot more regularly, and we are all so busy which makes it hard to work out a night to get together. It's a lot easier to find a time during the summer. It's very special having such good friends who I have been friends with since Kinder (and Year 11). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuO8xaOVTuAtYlKBG_ADfpO4tqbHGBB_Y0VqV5nENhifZLuIXeeGbfPrbmkXrkaxjgYYmDV3m1mtqmvRcmLOYTRjQHxZ3BuCDN2yzUrL4xsfG4RfeYl4D0dW1moK4c6CwWiEOsrO4Ved4/s2048/IMG_E9246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuO8xaOVTuAtYlKBG_ADfpO4tqbHGBB_Y0VqV5nENhifZLuIXeeGbfPrbmkXrkaxjgYYmDV3m1mtqmvRcmLOYTRjQHxZ3BuCDN2yzUrL4xsfG4RfeYl4D0dW1moK4c6CwWiEOsrO4Ved4/w640-h480/IMG_E9246.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The boys talked me into taking them to a Big Bash cricket game over the summer holidays, and it was actually really fun. Harri almost took a catch in the crowd. It freaked me out for a second, because I have a thing with the boys that if they ever catch a ball, I said I would give them $100, just for a bit of fun. I knew my money was pretty safe, but the ball actually touched Harri's fingers so I thought my money was gone for a second! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsU6hHvL4VMDcC_GhM5opYkWI3rLtqnTNs66JAJvOZBqbWOvoRxxj5jH7R3NOtuE6nkoNa8k783C_xMRWwBF5B2K8-2lbG4VWYpDVsCcM3pDIfUGJxdEtEGl6IZuj8nnmAe2SdW1UtRI/s2048/IMG_8416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsU6hHvL4VMDcC_GhM5opYkWI3rLtqnTNs66JAJvOZBqbWOvoRxxj5jH7R3NOtuE6nkoNa8k783C_xMRWwBF5B2K8-2lbG4VWYpDVsCcM3pDIfUGJxdEtEGl6IZuj8nnmAe2SdW1UtRI/w480-h640/IMG_8416.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri was sad to leave high school because he had a lot of friends who are still there this year, while he's in Year 11 and another one of his best mates got an apprenticeship, so they aren't going to school with each other anymore. He had lots of fun fishing with him one day and was sending me pics of his catches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkjAYEMlM0b2iLsU3HwADoayDOshTOXXvkBeO_OR_AN900-GkXLQq2Yto9JSJHijaCQhLEYiPNY-4Edh3DaEYJerROffgMfVN0LW7JvK_2IIfczWucwOY6ttizRRNM_JencUbwuSOgCY/s2048/IMG_9765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkjAYEMlM0b2iLsU3HwADoayDOshTOXXvkBeO_OR_AN900-GkXLQq2Yto9JSJHijaCQhLEYiPNY-4Edh3DaEYJerROffgMfVN0LW7JvK_2IIfczWucwOY6ttizRRNM_JencUbwuSOgCY/w480-h640/IMG_9765.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before school went back we had heaps of fun at the Ulverstone Waterslide with some of my cousins and Uncle and Auntie. We had some crazy trains going and there were lots of laughs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aIyULw2RdagsYyserT2wwq9g2jdvcLfTQN9KN334P3FhpWt6DZ99XqsqB0Bk2v-joRgGwZ3-AZfpVN8B4m4qoHA2Cw2KRI4Vi79cWCFY1Ynln9rdFgsCiaWJNhRBYeK36ivKzaTH4p4/s2048/DMGV4834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aIyULw2RdagsYyserT2wwq9g2jdvcLfTQN9KN334P3FhpWt6DZ99XqsqB0Bk2v-joRgGwZ3-AZfpVN8B4m4qoHA2Cw2KRI4Vi79cWCFY1Ynln9rdFgsCiaWJNhRBYeK36ivKzaTH4p4/w640-h640/DMGV4834.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the most exciting (and stressful!) things over the summer was getting our bathroom renovated. It was very old when we bought the house and it started leaking, which meant we couldn't put it off any longer. I was so lucky to find some lovely builders who were awesome and they did a great job. Now the rest of the house seems so old and run down. I need to save up to get the rest of the house done now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNC8LeHhk8sKFtnjgTF_bcw3hTr_qCvHZYsn8sL2QXZXZjr_b8NH4TCaxA0IVgEBamJoIlGvnVFx4WBqEEBXrx0Vi6Xm3qY2_VJJkds1NT-eguB9PA04ErQJjQlsAEmM7RyayyCMOaiA/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNC8LeHhk8sKFtnjgTF_bcw3hTr_qCvHZYsn8sL2QXZXZjr_b8NH4TCaxA0IVgEBamJoIlGvnVFx4WBqEEBXrx0Vi6Xm3qY2_VJJkds1NT-eguB9PA04ErQJjQlsAEmM7RyayyCMOaiA/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>We love our new bathroom. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzIfkRu53kXk0l3z1OC3-Qmzbt7XnGoS-Q2c1WW9erD7q_DpdyomYvVZrnaepZxebmXmAzE-7C_4o4-rZeHzvbPunOZHShqffJ7SImuE7DbpmOtJcoGN6XPOTcm5X9xlGRgOUARrGRpc/s2048/IMG_9272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzIfkRu53kXk0l3z1OC3-Qmzbt7XnGoS-Q2c1WW9erD7q_DpdyomYvVZrnaepZxebmXmAzE-7C_4o4-rZeHzvbPunOZHShqffJ7SImuE7DbpmOtJcoGN6XPOTcm5X9xlGRgOUARrGRpc/w480-h640/IMG_9272.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>When Chrish came down in March we headed back to our favourite place (the Gorge) for a walk one night. He snapped this photo of Kobe, which was a re-enactment of one that he took of Jay years ago (and I can't for the life of me find the photo to link it to). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRIUiIdLLzyVS5FaespARwHH6hHsFhxQLQa8wolp_IqsPHXE81a7rkfy1FE8PGC3fKkpJnv7-G5p8D_ojioYe7GqBcqB1kHTdHzrC9gI5ZnDk-lccC5RZFhgPXJAIjINpTLHlNiAkbkc/s960/IMG_9374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="642" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRIUiIdLLzyVS5FaespARwHH6hHsFhxQLQa8wolp_IqsPHXE81a7rkfy1FE8PGC3fKkpJnv7-G5p8D_ojioYe7GqBcqB1kHTdHzrC9gI5ZnDk-lccC5RZFhgPXJAIjINpTLHlNiAkbkc/w428-h640/IMG_9374.JPG" width="428" /></a></div>While Chrish was down he got our butts into gear, to finally help Mum clear our her storage container from when she moved 6 years ago. <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs_NaFuH4_Hev-F8qc-F3JTQCIZyrXXUSdQM4oOCAFjnVuq30uMPV8wEXTT_hSSGOTaDeK5yZQ2P3eJaxppR-HQHflZVw33-UtBgOmOeIKFu913YD_1UrUfQKOxrTgaH2vOSgrxvte7k/s2048/IMG_9565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs_NaFuH4_Hev-F8qc-F3JTQCIZyrXXUSdQM4oOCAFjnVuq30uMPV8wEXTT_hSSGOTaDeK5yZQ2P3eJaxppR-HQHflZVw33-UtBgOmOeIKFu913YD_1UrUfQKOxrTgaH2vOSgrxvte7k/w640-h480/IMG_9565.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p>Unfortunately a lot of the stuff was ruined from moisture and a lot had to be thrown away, but we found lots of old treasures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GCmEaSWF65jf8-w7go4ul6OATE5-_xf6CR2q_5hmN06g5Bs7qsyqh_6Z-ySzRMqHuLcC4y2v3cVfrZYu_OnjF47zb170VcZb5rnsHOQwFGWBXFh9P0IRP1t4DxAcw0YWZSqKmouAHyM/s2048/IMG_9567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GCmEaSWF65jf8-w7go4ul6OATE5-_xf6CR2q_5hmN06g5Bs7qsyqh_6Z-ySzRMqHuLcC4y2v3cVfrZYu_OnjF47zb170VcZb5rnsHOQwFGWBXFh9P0IRP1t4DxAcw0YWZSqKmouAHyM/w480-h640/IMG_9567.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTe7PmqJxtuPUHG1x98u3DEupW2MWmBlamdWhd6GZ991TD05qMW_lUSgq1mgERhtz-LkzmVi5vbOrk8WEdPy0s9fgVDGp9jD5ZDBSI_Vg9a1aWv-l0Xw3RpbpAJrZTADiJz8Ab167_hc/s2048/IMG_9575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTe7PmqJxtuPUHG1x98u3DEupW2MWmBlamdWhd6GZ991TD05qMW_lUSgq1mgERhtz-LkzmVi5vbOrk8WEdPy0s9fgVDGp9jD5ZDBSI_Vg9a1aWv-l0Xw3RpbpAJrZTADiJz8Ab167_hc/w480-h640/IMG_9575.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>We found the old dress up box and all decided to try something on. It was such an emotional day (especially for Mum) but it was such a fun way to end the day off and we had lots of laughs. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNxmOWY2zi84TbaFanzVl7OiJKIgakUFpqUdrPgt0_oaBl9Fwoq6jVamgWUW3s6DTilTLsyxPdXVPCo0AUdEq6CGcApH1NbK_gxt-e0D1xKnLICtOCj6FclMGwpZpMLjdaliUDn2k3-Q/s1944/IMG_9678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNxmOWY2zi84TbaFanzVl7OiJKIgakUFpqUdrPgt0_oaBl9Fwoq6jVamgWUW3s6DTilTLsyxPdXVPCo0AUdEq6CGcApH1NbK_gxt-e0D1xKnLICtOCj6FclMGwpZpMLjdaliUDn2k3-Q/w640-h426/IMG_9678.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a game of tennis with Chrish before he left. We will just say that we were all pretty bad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZIRNtKuV3zdzSknFjtqmShA7Od_WU-1fkKwlJvrWXItB7g8m-FQnPwGrPp52VYJ1yqa1ZUIqf-s8l_ShrbdVwcho8nz4lgXijIX8cz2jvJt-m76atU7LwJqe2E4TpToDCmA4DQQboKE/s1440/LHBI8959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZIRNtKuV3zdzSknFjtqmShA7Od_WU-1fkKwlJvrWXItB7g8m-FQnPwGrPp52VYJ1yqa1ZUIqf-s8l_ShrbdVwcho8nz4lgXijIX8cz2jvJt-m76atU7LwJqe2E4TpToDCmA4DQQboKE/w640-h480/LHBI8959.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjm_khAkDVceiGN7DMdmqLnSEdy-A0cGNSNvQLYLsnt3vbC43ZA0zu2fXt5OzWFKzCwuTZtRUJ3ANXP4yi50d5J7_Mb4buuYnd98Xv6h77Ph0CBoo6VcVpsbyBGull9mJNVz7bvJvSrc/s1440/WRBU5320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjm_khAkDVceiGN7DMdmqLnSEdy-A0cGNSNvQLYLsnt3vbC43ZA0zu2fXt5OzWFKzCwuTZtRUJ3ANXP4yi50d5J7_Mb4buuYnd98Xv6h77Ph0CBoo6VcVpsbyBGull9mJNVz7bvJvSrc/w640-h482/WRBU5320.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I wish summer didn't have to end as it's always the easiest time of the year for me. I'm sure just the warm weather helps my mood, and I often wonder why I live in Tassie but could never leave our awesome state. </div></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-27073527496814502842021-01-11T22:22:00.004+11:002021-01-11T22:25:52.488+11:00Sheila May Memorial Sponge Cake Bake-Off <p>Last year I went to three funerals and at every one, my cousins and I talked about how lovely it was to catch up, but how sad it is that we always catch up at funerals. We always say we need to make more of an effort to get together, and my cousin Ty is always the one to organise it for us. </p><p>Not long after my cousin <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/ill-see-you-in-next-one.html" target="_blank">Jarom's funeral </a>Ty put up an event on Facebook called the Sheila May Memorial Sponge Cake Bake-Off. He'd organised one a few years ago, and I was sad that we were in Sydney when it was on, as we missed out on it. I was so happy that he was organising another one, and that we would be able to make it this time. </p><p>Sheila May is my Nan's name and she was well known for making amazing sponge cakes. When you went to visit her, you would be guaranteed to be offered a piece of sponge cake. She always had a fresh or frozen one on hand, and she would share her recipe with anyone who wanted it. </p><p>My sister in law Steph actually has a hand written copy of the recipe in Nan's handwriting, so Eden and Steph brought it along in a frame on the day of the bake-off. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5qZz10HlyFlXDL5Zk5QfHO7dp82nu6nwL9c0y7LNnYS3tVeZ-y709Mb2Wlcg7axjed_FJy5nsL0RWvjdy93yQuJcAZ_d5l_6afZyiWsx7KFUboi8sqih7F14yw4RF0Ef7_8IP5Pp784/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5qZz10HlyFlXDL5Zk5QfHO7dp82nu6nwL9c0y7LNnYS3tVeZ-y709Mb2Wlcg7axjed_FJy5nsL0RWvjdy93yQuJcAZ_d5l_6afZyiWsx7KFUboi8sqih7F14yw4RF0Ef7_8IP5Pp784/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">The bake-off was at Port Sorell, which is where a lot of my extended family live. Ty made a hilarious video depicting how our Pop might've felt about having it there, instead of Dunorlan or at Pop's river, which is where most of our families grew up together. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG7rwzS5Of3u63tFDriNeaHZp018Zg8V6ssSCA5swv74nY3BkeTTYoaSwRCPLEOAEkJRqNgeQaLY32i_PlmYdKOJD4wVE551fZFc_k8lZ_YLKT1RzTIOjjWvmELLtaMT63v4yFgzqKaw/s2048/IMG_8102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG7rwzS5Of3u63tFDriNeaHZp018Zg8V6ssSCA5swv74nY3BkeTTYoaSwRCPLEOAEkJRqNgeQaLY32i_PlmYdKOJD4wVE551fZFc_k8lZ_YLKT1RzTIOjjWvmELLtaMT63v4yFgzqKaw/w480-h640/IMG_8102.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>It was such a fun day. We had lunch and Ty organised a family quiz on Kahoot and also had lots of old family photos online for us all to see. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUPolFf85hhMuNH4MSMaxQU56GYPY_Umb_vTSd6lGZ9-u5VmRfY3nOsjlCVMXydQ1FH52M-PAB4qidr_irZOKjgYBAt6RjQ-bGgH3odVjCe_NxuafUv4j7BxIC5dCSm92d5E63XJUNko/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUPolFf85hhMuNH4MSMaxQU56GYPY_Umb_vTSd6lGZ9-u5VmRfY3nOsjlCVMXydQ1FH52M-PAB4qidr_irZOKjgYBAt6RjQ-bGgH3odVjCe_NxuafUv4j7BxIC5dCSm92d5E63XJUNko/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a>My sister in law Becky won the last bake off, which was a bit controversial, as my cousin Toni is known for being an awesome baker. Everyone had a big laugh that Becky won as she's not a blood relative of Nan, but hers tasted the closest to Nan's sponge. </p><p>The competition was really on this time, as everyone was keen to beat Becky and to make sure Toni didn't win it! I'm not a baker at all, but thought it would be fun to join in and give it a crack. Kobe had stayed at Mum's the night before, so he 'helped' Mum by lining the tins and licking the beaters :) <span style="text-align: center;">There were some amazing looking cakes.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwYzUoQrZWOQehmo92JNnEqGlGumuY3_6I6RaeqxuknU78vptZQfpsH_3SFI8CdtKFZ1QVBdoLiBwkQGGNyjtpY9ZrTcU4HePv2weWCeADAFrPqXY1UUH2OqJY8-0GKWGTCCmyN2xhcU/s2048/IMG_8093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwYzUoQrZWOQehmo92JNnEqGlGumuY3_6I6RaeqxuknU78vptZQfpsH_3SFI8CdtKFZ1QVBdoLiBwkQGGNyjtpY9ZrTcU4HePv2weWCeADAFrPqXY1UUH2OqJY8-0GKWGTCCmyN2xhcU/w640-h480/IMG_8093.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">Aunty Wanda and Uncle Tom were the judges. Because there were so many cakes, they had to choose three each to taste. They then had to do a blind taste testing and choose their favourite. These are the videos of them testing them (they can only be seen on web version). </span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Auntie Wanda chose the sponge cake made by Aunty Deidre and her granddaughter Sophie (it had passionfruit icing) and Uncle Tom chose his daughter Carli's, which also had passionfruit icing. There was a bit of controversy as Carli admitted she went away from Nan's original recipe, so she was disqualified!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jFuzzQPXI5I" width="320" youtube-src-id="jFuzzQPXI5I"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JC2IyCgxbuM" width="320" youtube-src-id="JC2IyCgxbuM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xjx3iAkEVD0" width="320" youtube-src-id="Xjx3iAkEVD0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R8OY113ZSrM" width="320" youtube-src-id="R8OY113ZSrM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AqkxbWJcR4s" width="320" youtube-src-id="AqkxbWJcR4s"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was such a fun day, and I'm sure Nan and Pop would've loved that we were all getting together for a sponge cake bake-off. I feel so lucky to have grown up with such a big family, who all lived close by. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi2_29ugSjzqc_4SEUlYW8QTwUpNcPw1icvh97I3fowgPsQ-BbxosFYwrZpJCDVMkLjtpXUA_c4kqBv7HveSReqEHbX4tXQmzx_PgDkDaOz3NjawyuvOL-oZdE3fHpLQKlYmbsWMhlNE/s2048/IMG_8120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi2_29ugSjzqc_4SEUlYW8QTwUpNcPw1icvh97I3fowgPsQ-BbxosFYwrZpJCDVMkLjtpXUA_c4kqBv7HveSReqEHbX4tXQmzx_PgDkDaOz3NjawyuvOL-oZdE3fHpLQKlYmbsWMhlNE/w640-h480/IMG_8120.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>These are some of the great grandchildren of Nan and Pop. There are many more, who couldn't be there that day. Simone worked out there are 90 great grandchildren all together. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d6Li3PCql6KJHRMDkPUDHt3aqphfh_SwW_iJbB7-0N3OFwnSzfpGoBGoOgkWdZPoevTe8wEkqQ7nP0A3afhW4SwHWh1W0uHVbrLRe45OT4q2pe0m7UnenDlUjFP4_a0J3-VBkrN0wqg/s2048/IMG_8151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d6Li3PCql6KJHRMDkPUDHt3aqphfh_SwW_iJbB7-0N3OFwnSzfpGoBGoOgkWdZPoevTe8wEkqQ7nP0A3afhW4SwHWh1W0uHVbrLRe45OT4q2pe0m7UnenDlUjFP4_a0J3-VBkrN0wqg/w640-h480/IMG_8151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>These are my cousins who were there. There are 27 of us all together (or so...I need to do a recount to check). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLPI5o3LX9GNCs-f-FtTBdEyjK8qziqWUsKun1u08xTn-2l-QB9fDyiaXdxvbcZBE9DHh_lmdl33_tRiRWtmhD2Bsxma5FHd6rn97qHPNZrmRKcGfGASev0DExrHztrbhvry-XT_IflQ/s2048/IMG_8140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLPI5o3LX9GNCs-f-FtTBdEyjK8qziqWUsKun1u08xTn-2l-QB9fDyiaXdxvbcZBE9DHh_lmdl33_tRiRWtmhD2Bsxma5FHd6rn97qHPNZrmRKcGfGASev0DExrHztrbhvry-XT_IflQ/w640-h480/IMG_8140.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">My Dad had 5 siblings. His brothers Howard and Chayne have both passed away, so now only Uncle Tom, Aunty Wanda and Uncle Kim are left. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV0TrQPKrdECt7rYTIzyJbARtLbRSkYKfJDBSG1iStC5oU6xoHgIqvSlPkF8BURnUuslECbFiWnA7N4Kl_R3fUr4bZVkkZXMUrX47_6pLUDb-4fceT8SaT3zZ_a0UVpLxxadgbxR6I5I/s2048/IMG_8163.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV0TrQPKrdECt7rYTIzyJbARtLbRSkYKfJDBSG1iStC5oU6xoHgIqvSlPkF8BURnUuslECbFiWnA7N4Kl_R3fUr4bZVkkZXMUrX47_6pLUDb-4fceT8SaT3zZ_a0UVpLxxadgbxR6I5I/w640-h480/IMG_8163.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure the Sheila May Memorial Sponge Cake Bake-Of will continue on in the future. and hopefully I can perfect my cake before the next one ;) Thanks so much Ty for organising it for us. </div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-54244995075833612452021-01-06T19:14:00.008+11:002021-01-06T22:53:24.374+11:00Dear Aaron 2020 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dear Aaron</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where do I even start about 2020?! Have you seen the craziness that's been going on in the world this year? Are you up there knowing everything that's going on, and do you know how it's going to end up? Is the world ever going to get back to normal after this year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you want the 'short' version, this is one second every day of our year, but I'm sure you've seen it all, or I hope you have! (Can only see it on the ‘web version’). I don't feel you around as often anymore, so it's hard to know how close by you still are. But you'd better be sticking around to read the long version, because I've got a lot to say to you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2bNJYFo9Mg" width="320" youtube-src-id="e2bNJYFo9Mg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The year started off great. We were enjoying summer holidays with Chrish here from Sydney and Nicki and the family here from the USA, and it was one of the best summers we'd had for a while. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2nFcLIkoj8PNzYAuI1EDEI6knq_nJIjtaYuLjyZnJvdK5svxAlYJS5VFBEPncpnXUDEtNvBYhsQG5fbaNUTKFejZ9__ZxqgzLCIN3gqP55U8uHVAa-_0jV3QsWn_H1Ge5xtZ08cD0p8/s1728/80760455_10160256149984572_1866943380727005184_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1728" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2nFcLIkoj8PNzYAuI1EDEI6knq_nJIjtaYuLjyZnJvdK5svxAlYJS5VFBEPncpnXUDEtNvBYhsQG5fbaNUTKFejZ9__ZxqgzLCIN3gqP55U8uHVAa-_0jV3QsWn_H1Ge5xtZ08cD0p8/w640-h426/80760455_10160256149984572_1866943380727005184_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kobe loves spending time with his cousins. He can find summer quite boring, because the 'big' boys do their own thing, so last summer was lots of fun for him, with so many cousins around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wASpqYymR6GjiLUjDN7V-3QRsBQOBKF33Bjx6po293BEkeS_GLjGgttKeCP1vGS2QrPjR3pCuUjdhmpyfBaEOHIhcwOW6b9Q88ehLhH1U1KGk0eNY1T60kg2MlfrmYvT8_WdyTGe1XY/s1440/82319540_10160321330484572_2210443234289647616_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wASpqYymR6GjiLUjDN7V-3QRsBQOBKF33Bjx6po293BEkeS_GLjGgttKeCP1vGS2QrPjR3pCuUjdhmpyfBaEOHIhcwOW6b9Q88ehLhH1U1KGk0eNY1T60kg2MlfrmYvT8_WdyTGe1XY/w640-h482/82319540_10160321330484572_2210443234289647616_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We always love having Chrish down on holiday, and we always do the fun touristy things with him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91NLqZnoj5vk_XbiK_t0_ienq9V3LcbROnQFN8TsX3RS6Uu-UzwioUiymyrP6UMrdWynb784Suz1waS6D9VFu1Fy72-E42ULS2XLI0Ipv71akEBS9bFxl-0QDm0Emh8JhEBHAKlRDGMU/s960/81933562_10160256149104572_2784401940509884416_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91NLqZnoj5vk_XbiK_t0_ienq9V3LcbROnQFN8TsX3RS6Uu-UzwioUiymyrP6UMrdWynb784Suz1waS6D9VFu1Fy72-E42ULS2XLI0Ipv71akEBS9bFxl-0QDm0Emh8JhEBHAKlRDGMU/w480-h640/81933562_10160256149104572_2784401940509884416_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYSbtHPHXBPN_Zk4M-8pDFQAnbYe_WjxdR3lthyZzB35IPrnUU65Lh9Jxa7uh7r4h1AP8wU7OH9dfm0WYfGixloH00UQtN3A2a5hoHhKK_7N_X2XFGi8DcsDGAqBxXMD_PMvRJuhF2sg/s1728/82460347_10160256148489572_1047169900721733632_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1728" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYSbtHPHXBPN_Zk4M-8pDFQAnbYe_WjxdR3lthyZzB35IPrnUU65Lh9Jxa7uh7r4h1AP8wU7OH9dfm0WYfGixloH00UQtN3A2a5hoHhKK_7N_X2XFGi8DcsDGAqBxXMD_PMvRJuhF2sg/w640-h426/82460347_10160256148489572_1047169900721733632_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUxD_iJsLO7cPs-i5WKngdXKRVqyNnRqVbmwkL7xqemO0nkxGD9l20EqA0pH2X38sOiHPXeR1lpVdUabdPILOSfXkVBVSbYYbd8HYiqwjsl_2i8EnRDXIun1ogwtkCl6DqSHgAejWCcQ/s2048/81562331_10160256146574572_4841013903116730368_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUxD_iJsLO7cPs-i5WKngdXKRVqyNnRqVbmwkL7xqemO0nkxGD9l20EqA0pH2X38sOiHPXeR1lpVdUabdPILOSfXkVBVSbYYbd8HYiqwjsl_2i8EnRDXIun1ogwtkCl6DqSHgAejWCcQ/w640-h480/81562331_10160256146574572_4841013903116730368_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the best days last summer was when we all went down to Pop's river for a swim. It brought back so many good memories of when we were kids. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhnxAWgMRFOuuAOyBRbakEgpX1J3igEb3RbJX7TEw3rhk9JQ-6paXbwO4dy8ufmTVZwGVTJbTjmLftPVGjh2ckuPgaXhx-18LlCUb2LqTKUZOzjE3C4U3lEOw3t4TNTwPQcXCtjXEZuc/s2048/83107854_10160312947774572_2272438763630100480_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhnxAWgMRFOuuAOyBRbakEgpX1J3igEb3RbJX7TEw3rhk9JQ-6paXbwO4dy8ufmTVZwGVTJbTjmLftPVGjh2ckuPgaXhx-18LlCUb2LqTKUZOzjE3C4U3lEOw3t4TNTwPQcXCtjXEZuc/w640-h480/83107854_10160312947774572_2272438763630100480_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was sad saying goodbye to the Watsons, especially as I don't know when we will see them again. As much as I'd love to go to the USA one day, I really don't know if it'll ever happen until the boys have grown up, because it will just cost so much, and there's always other things to spend money on like bathroom renovations, which I put off for way too long, but I couldn't avoid anymore, when we had a leaking kitchen ceiling. I hate having to deal with such huge things on my own, and wish you were here to help me sort things out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDo-9DdAhKXjmswn0_Si2sGjS2wtOXXUC0YCBKBwRsZlhWjdmKw481FEv9VT58O6HwzO5txDZivGijnvp9tg8ApmAvWzIbLgGHQVlKB_Fm4kxDLkILbfs-KHUn9UGuK2UBpFPDVbumI8/s2048/82174095_10160325103614572_7990039755100258304_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDo-9DdAhKXjmswn0_Si2sGjS2wtOXXUC0YCBKBwRsZlhWjdmKw481FEv9VT58O6HwzO5txDZivGijnvp9tg8ApmAvWzIbLgGHQVlKB_Fm4kxDLkILbfs-KHUn9UGuK2UBpFPDVbumI8/w640-h480/82174095_10160325103614572_7990039755100258304_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though I don't know whether we will ever make it to the USA, I know how lucky we are to have some great trips to the mainland since you passed away. Every summer since you've died, we have kept busy and have gone to Sydney, but we always said we wanted to go to the Australian Open sometime. I saved up a lot last year, and <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/01/you-dont-have-to-know-tennis-to-love.html" target="_blank">we finally went to the Open</a> and Mum came with us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dvLjwHuzCQXED8VltFh21NWRt8aBhW_fMF5dFrnhrhnJv_D0ud-Mh0VgJXK5TNsQgBiDkYylEbVyMigpqSZYSFhvNbu9kd9yDogLUvgHeDzLApPbEYA2uR_xsshygnWqFRmVxDcwvOo/s2048/82481823_10160353374409572_2084857514381279232_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dvLjwHuzCQXED8VltFh21NWRt8aBhW_fMF5dFrnhrhnJv_D0ud-Mh0VgJXK5TNsQgBiDkYylEbVyMigpqSZYSFhvNbu9kd9yDogLUvgHeDzLApPbEYA2uR_xsshygnWqFRmVxDcwvOo/w640-h480/82481823_10160353374409572_2084857514381279232_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We watch the tennis a little during the summer, but don't really follow it closely, but we had the best time! It was actually one of our favourite holidays we've ever had. We got to see so many of the players either training or playing, and the atmosphere was awesome. If we got sick of watching tennis, there was always something else to do. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSmNUvZ3HUDGxNE7DT_pQln5p8MxNoR6HfXUOAK34u04Ga17y2jz2oOuQSanZBpDpngafwZXzUJUUrGUyqLl0FZewX3FLK5wCr4frRgCF4S8PB0LamBeRa10aujwnUG1LrBLRf12MFqI/s960/82877040_10160353375169572_6921737013259403264_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSmNUvZ3HUDGxNE7DT_pQln5p8MxNoR6HfXUOAK34u04Ga17y2jz2oOuQSanZBpDpngafwZXzUJUUrGUyqLl0FZewX3FLK5wCr4frRgCF4S8PB0LamBeRa10aujwnUG1LrBLRf12MFqI/w480-h640/82877040_10160353375169572_6921737013259403264_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>We got to say a quick hi to Jelena Dokic after her training session, and the boys were excited to meet her. It's funny now to think that <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2018/03/international-womens-day-local-hero.html" target="_blank">we had lunch together</a>, as it seems like so long ago. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2_-pAx8SxE8yHziFuvPBiwtjkfJ3dztYtJXmOrgc6RnI9z2BxoGGRTAPplolxEDR2rNnUsCx2d_Omxj9b7iYTehNwqqf1Q-Wof67nNYsrAzC2JcVYNoh1OwDkliIaGCSZG_7Qrfvrkw/s960/82840851_10160353376914572_2753638485633007616_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="960" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2_-pAx8SxE8yHziFuvPBiwtjkfJ3dztYtJXmOrgc6RnI9z2BxoGGRTAPplolxEDR2rNnUsCx2d_Omxj9b7iYTehNwqqf1Q-Wof67nNYsrAzC2JcVYNoh1OwDkliIaGCSZG_7Qrfvrkw/w640-h530/82840851_10160353376914572_2753638485633007616_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>The boys all had things on their Melbourne bucket list that they wanted to do. Jay wanted to go to Taco Bell, which had just opened up there. It was a bit of a trip out on a tram to get there, but it was fun and we actually all really liked it. I wish we had one here in Tassie, and I'm sure that we would keep them in business, if we did. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxT888FcVNq5pQbFKJDFY8gGD2svvWpOk3zv02T4y85ouf4-aaOnUor6Mww7A0aFh5xMcPYZiodS2ERFLmH4rm7vC99s_-1oUjtkvW0XmCplBN8d9eQSwW6TNVRHObodWpk6VkyC9PUYw/s960/82689533_10160345284974572_4829369508042899456_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxT888FcVNq5pQbFKJDFY8gGD2svvWpOk3zv02T4y85ouf4-aaOnUor6Mww7A0aFh5xMcPYZiodS2ERFLmH4rm7vC99s_-1oUjtkvW0XmCplBN8d9eQSwW6TNVRHObodWpk6VkyC9PUYw/w480-h640/82689533_10160345284974572_4829369508042899456_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kobe really wanted to go to the Harry Potter store in Myer, but a friend from Melbourne messaged me to tell me about an even cooler store that he would love to visit, so we also went there. He was in heaven checking out all the Harry Potter merchandise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUmY5AGLx8YV_7juuZ_6aI4_qA0D2P6pSU7lE5TEZZDnfthndI6MsRD6qbgHaDrXZjoN5SmYGRoWgzb06PgNXtbLy1F50hqo-L4au4ksCiD36Y-NwdEWCjmAcAMvPpKa_Wvxn8Wqm6KA/s2048/83159912_10160345278724572_3317772681796911104_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUmY5AGLx8YV_7juuZ_6aI4_qA0D2P6pSU7lE5TEZZDnfthndI6MsRD6qbgHaDrXZjoN5SmYGRoWgzb06PgNXtbLy1F50hqo-L4au4ksCiD36Y-NwdEWCjmAcAMvPpKa_Wvxn8Wqm6KA/w640-h480/83159912_10160345278724572_3317772681796911104_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbEwEup0z7y23FHvgPg7om_Rgb3ZpPJnyo3uDPa4g_b2XmE6ad4wPIEr1dM54qgMcJ028xO0bT0jXg6YBpIQ6hx7gSv243vuU8B3nGZYtXFpU5bBSb7WTnZyMBTAvHmKfcLmxLuKYmrk/s959/83489325_10160345283859572_6256432298342744064_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbEwEup0z7y23FHvgPg7om_Rgb3ZpPJnyo3uDPa4g_b2XmE6ad4wPIEr1dM54qgMcJ028xO0bT0jXg6YBpIQ6hx7gSv243vuU8B3nGZYtXFpU5bBSb7WTnZyMBTAvHmKfcLmxLuKYmrk/w562-h640/83489325_10160345283859572_6256432298342744064_o.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><div></div><div>Harri was just keen to do lots of shopping. He's still working at Maccas and gets a lot of hours every week, and loves having his own money to spend. He is soooo much like you in many ways. He's crazy about watching almost every sport, loves all different types of music (I love hearing him sing in the shower every night and thank him for the concert :D ) and loves to buy clothes, just like you did. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and did I mention the shoes!? Remember how you used to drive me mad, because you wanted to spend (waste) money on shoes you didn't need. That's Harri all over! But apparently he needs them all. I'm actually happy for him, that he has his own money to spend, because it's the reward for working hard. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08QihrA46RB9jf1TxodgTHE5hU-sypw8CpmghJ5wxMuhl7mhYILVHghfvGJeXIwOz2KpgfKm_QOXnuzAKnTchFr2SHQyO659uHdVlRqQJiegBI6-mpy9TIdsZkhBKx_KXnibGU4MPl7s/s960/84256414_10160345282554572_4843844338104401920_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08QihrA46RB9jf1TxodgTHE5hU-sypw8CpmghJ5wxMuhl7mhYILVHghfvGJeXIwOz2KpgfKm_QOXnuzAKnTchFr2SHQyO659uHdVlRqQJiegBI6-mpy9TIdsZkhBKx_KXnibGU4MPl7s/w480-h640/84256414_10160345282554572_4843844338104401920_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>During the summer holidays Australia had terrible, devastating bushfires. News of it went all around the world, and there were huge concerts to raise money to help families who had lost everything. We didn't think that 2020 could get any worse, but it did, but I'm sure you already know that. </div><div><br /></div><div>After summer holidays I always hear you, in me, as I complain that I don't want to go back to school. But then once I get there, I love it again (just like you did). It helps that I work with awesome people, who make going to work a lot of fun. I often think about how busy we were with Noah and the boys, when you were here. You would tell me about your day at work, but I feel like I didn't really take a lot of it in, as I was so tired and focused on Noah and his needs. </div><div><br /></div><div>I wish so much that we had the opportunity to both work at the same time, as I would love to just get home from work and tell you about my day. The boys don't want to hear all the trivial things, or if I do tell them things, I know they really don't care. I know you'd get all the stories I come home with about things the students had said or done, and would understand the relationships I have with other staff at work. We have lots of fun at work and also outside of work, and it's nice to feel like a real part of the team. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLfUAHFomIgKHqTijbUuWn3e4lnff6MlBCu5GScK7PWQ16zUwHNYfeRs1xtfpn9Yn-kH5RVFl5U1U-AiAFd1CzfFpESNg9HptkEhMKvFQzFJJAW9pan9zQolswdioRRtW5kRyq8elwmE/s960/IMG_8992.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLfUAHFomIgKHqTijbUuWn3e4lnff6MlBCu5GScK7PWQ16zUwHNYfeRs1xtfpn9Yn-kH5RVFl5U1U-AiAFd1CzfFpESNg9HptkEhMKvFQzFJJAW9pan9zQolswdioRRtW5kRyq8elwmE/w640-h480/IMG_8992.JPG" width="640" /></a>Remember how you kept talking to me about one of your friends from work, and how good she was at photography and how I should check out her photos? I'm sure that you saw that I met her for the first time at your funeral, and I told her that you had said all those things. Now we see each other quite regularly, as I take students on transition visits to the high school that she works at now. </div><div><br /></div><div>She sent me a message a couple of weeks ago, on your birthday. It was a Facebook memory of you saying 'goodbye' with a sad face on her Facebook page, as it was the last day of school and you couldn't find her, to say goodbye in person. She never got to see you again, and told me that she now always makes sure she says goodbye in person to everyone. Oh how I wish you got to say goodbye to her in person, that day. </div><div><br /></div><div>I knew that Harri was going to be on his school's Leadership Board as the House Captain for Allen and also the treasurer this year, and then Kobe told me that he wanted to try out to be on the School Leadership Board. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have to admit that it stressed me out. I didn't want to discourage him to go for it, but I also wasn't going to encourage him, because he doesn't take disappointment very well. Resilience isn't one of his qualities, and I was imagining the aftermath when he found out that he didn't make it, because so many kids would go for it, but only eight get in. </div><div><br /></div><div>I told him that he'd have to make sure he did a really good speech, and that it was up to him to think of the ideas for it. We brainstormed his good qualities together and also his ideas for what he would do if he was a student leader. I then suggested that he put a couple of jokes in to make it interesting for the students, but that he also needed to put in the serious stuff, so the teachers knew that he would do a good job. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I asked him how his speech went, he said it went really well and that lots of people told him after that they voted for him. I have to admit that I was very shocked when I heard that he was voted onto the Student Leadership Board and also as a Sports Leader. He was absolutely over the moon, and I felt so happy for him, because Kobe is one of those kids who just cruises along. He doesn't excel at anything in particular, but I would hope that he was a good kid who treats others well, and he seems to get along with everyone, so I'm sure that helped him get in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiujkZP19C3JUYCXDu3Fjj7iGNLjfbVY5G22OC6JsK3OHQi25du-ehFFAxJEhkrXt7A291UUYZeI13vxQVy9tum_HD_nCjzBgiDBFnQijUyalTIS6djuAl02W8L9-H8r0FGItRp9h3Cv0/s2016/IMG_9799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiujkZP19C3JUYCXDu3Fjj7iGNLjfbVY5G22OC6JsK3OHQi25du-ehFFAxJEhkrXt7A291UUYZeI13vxQVy9tum_HD_nCjzBgiDBFnQijUyalTIS6djuAl02W8L9-H8r0FGItRp9h3Cv0/w480-h640/IMG_9799.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>Before Jay headed back to Uni, we got to see Harri be presented with his blazer, for the Student Leadership Board. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIudQmtqoZgCB6sgSWiHlkuVSkDj00tylk_R7NXaO-gUSmcbFEVddWmVlLduo7o0gHcj-q1ecGWtrWTOgsq6_mFy5Eol_LKajxpXJbBxXwfMHlHT_5URINl13HDekuZpTnaM2RUdzEis/s1024/.albumtemp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIudQmtqoZgCB6sgSWiHlkuVSkDj00tylk_R7NXaO-gUSmcbFEVddWmVlLduo7o0gHcj-q1ecGWtrWTOgsq6_mFy5Eol_LKajxpXJbBxXwfMHlHT_5URINl13HDekuZpTnaM2RUdzEis/w640-h640/.albumtemp.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>I was so proud of him, and knew he'd had a great year, finishing off high school. It's on days like those that I miss you the most. I know how proud you would be of the boys, especially as a teacher, and I wish you were here to let them know that. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolVDyhUslYm6GYxx3kBErR_OOtOklyKT1ai1BAcRDgoj4cGEi0U3yO4YFLvJgwB3cWB0frFptnP_E2UWbYk0IHdNkYSAG5zmqOvy_K3abZXOpzl3NNLYobzgggOwM8fygSUlMqDTH_gM/s1603/IMG_9579.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolVDyhUslYm6GYxx3kBErR_OOtOklyKT1ai1BAcRDgoj4cGEi0U3yO4YFLvJgwB3cWB0frFptnP_E2UWbYk0IHdNkYSAG5zmqOvy_K3abZXOpzl3NNLYobzgggOwM8fygSUlMqDTH_gM/w480-h640/IMG_9579.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life was pretty normal until about mid March. We heard on the news about 'Coronavirus' or ‘COVID-19’ in China and how it had become a pandemic, but we didn't really think much of it for a while. Everything started off as normal. School excursions went ahead. sport started, we went to a live footy match, and people got married. I remember at Kate and Danny's wedding at Boat Harbour that they joked about it, by tapping elbows before they kissed, and when we said goodbye to Mum that weekend (she was looking after Kobe while I went to the wedding) we did a foot tap as a joke. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo0ZdkHYJRFAHbee8uODMw6UlUPOq6jjmOga3Q4HPLn45gUYT-E3-4uYn7_AabWnke4gizYArVaZxhyphenhyphenx_gsC6JYNgdSOvhthj7zJFF-b5bW3c_feyNg27WJyeF0BYFwPeY1WEFtVOJCA/s1544/IMG_0211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1544" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo0ZdkHYJRFAHbee8uODMw6UlUPOq6jjmOga3Q4HPLn45gUYT-E3-4uYn7_AabWnke4gizYArVaZxhyphenhyphenx_gsC6JYNgdSOvhthj7zJFF-b5bW3c_feyNg27WJyeF0BYFwPeY1WEFtVOJCA/w640-h480/IMG_0211.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But then it started to get serious. The boys were told that they couldn't shake hands at sport, and then all training sessions were called off. Suddenly sanitiser was everywhere, and then it was hard to buy it, as it was sold out along with gloves. People started hoarding things and panic buying, including toilet paper. Stickers started appearing on floors everywhere, telling you were to stand so that you were socially distanced. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmb_NTI0D2T_nUT9gMcY1U_NxBYckO3VYT1PQHGmf2D9o4IDbINy8qf0oA78bcWegV0oItaxSvBA7cVUFVbQz7Nz-_f-z1s5HXUqfF7p5nntg4jc1a-C85X8jxy9PvW4g9P2ncFaWluU/s2016/IMG_0508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmb_NTI0D2T_nUT9gMcY1U_NxBYckO3VYT1PQHGmf2D9o4IDbINy8qf0oA78bcWegV0oItaxSvBA7cVUFVbQz7Nz-_f-z1s5HXUqfF7p5nntg4jc1a-C85X8jxy9PvW4g9P2ncFaWluU/w480-h640/IMG_0508.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>It actually started to get really scary as COVID-19 hit Tasmania. I had to admit that at first I was very paranoid and on edge about it. I was scared for Harri being at work as he was dealing with the public all the time. I would make the boys wash and sanitise their hands flat out. Harri started to become quite anxious about it, and lots of his friends stopped attending school and did school from home. He begged me to let him do the same, and I was in two minds about it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I thought it was important for his mental health that he kept up a routine and went to school, but he was so anxious about being there, that it wasn't worth it. In the end I told him he could do school from home, even though school was still open. Then suddenly we were told that schools were shutting down, except for students of essential workers. It all sounded like a far fetched movie, but it was real life.</div><div><br /></div><div>The two weeks of school holidays in between Term 1 and Term 2 was actually so relaxing as we had strict restrictions over the holidays. We were only allowed to go out for shopping for essentials and to exercise with one other person. It was a forced holiday really, as usually we would be trying to fill our days in with going places, and visiting people. This was the first holiday ever that I could relax, without feeling guilty. </div><div><br /></div><div>I made sure that Kobe got out for a walk with me every day, and it became a really fun routine to do together. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zz_bJ6e1Mg6fnxvXdE4t3RmlfF78VBWjv4CO7pIvPNDS-ug39NIll8McEdmPfKUFHcyWdQ2dOlnlJeC74tag1VpKfd__WbXwnmuhk2WkbRfHUtZed7Gx_1D1D2gN_UJ8Xvyar8WbLcM/s1890/ADB5CC33-1B85-4804-8F29-04E467631AB0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zz_bJ6e1Mg6fnxvXdE4t3RmlfF78VBWjv4CO7pIvPNDS-ug39NIll8McEdmPfKUFHcyWdQ2dOlnlJeC74tag1VpKfd__WbXwnmuhk2WkbRfHUtZed7Gx_1D1D2gN_UJ8Xvyar8WbLcM/w512-h640/ADB5CC33-1B85-4804-8F29-04E467631AB0.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div>As an essential worker I had to keep going to work after the holidays, and we had many kids still attending school. It was quite full on working out how we were going to support students and families at home and students at school, at the same time. Jay ended up coming home from Uni as it all went online, and restrictions got tighter. It meant he could no longer hang out with his friends in groups, so it wasn't worth staying down in Hobart, as he'd just be stuck in his tiny room, day in and day out. We weren't sure how long he would be home for, and he hated having to do school work on line, while not having any social life, but we all got used to being home together again. </div><div><br /></div><div>Harri and Kobe both did learning at home as well, even though they could've gone to school. Kobe lasted a couple of weeks, before I spat it (I'm not really sure who I was spitting it with. I was cranky with him for not doing the work well without me around, which I know wasn't really fair, I was cranky about school expectations of what he should be doing at home, during a health crisis, which was impacting more on his mental health, and just the whole situation that the world was in the middle of a pandemic, and I just wished life could be normal) so I told him he was going back to school. </div><div><br /></div><div>He was stressed at home, trying to work out the technology and expectations of what he needed to do, and I was stressed coming home after work, having to help him complete his work and figure out what he had to do for the next day. Things were much better once he went back to school, and we were both a lot less stressed. </div><div><br /></div><div>For Kobe's birthday I wanted to buy him a new bike. It turned out that a lot of people decided bike riding was a good activity to take up during lockdown, and it was impossible to get a bike for a while. He was very excited to get a late birthday present. I was super keen to start riding with him, and borrowed Harri's bike one day. It was heaps of fun, until the next day when I realised I had injured my tailbone! What an old lady! I don't even know what happened as I felt fine while riding, but after months of pain, doctors visits and chiropractic treatment, I'm still a bit scared to get back on my bike (which I bought for myself, and it's only been used once!). I'm going to try to be brave over the summer and give another go, and hope I'm not in pain for another 3 months. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg1FRD7D7If7D6qUMEwb0HirN1uBIoRnOxIDsY-R-wYNCsowW5zwk9mBYXtFdLOlS6U2ctsTs_oS2-PysAnVqzpfXX7lpBC83qOONggAoWsUXYfUd3fsaOQ3JAkzjsSdvj96xkmZySkU/s1280/3B6F22D5-FDAD-457A-980D-A2D7F523B203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg1FRD7D7If7D6qUMEwb0HirN1uBIoRnOxIDsY-R-wYNCsowW5zwk9mBYXtFdLOlS6U2ctsTs_oS2-PysAnVqzpfXX7lpBC83qOONggAoWsUXYfUd3fsaOQ3JAkzjsSdvj96xkmZySkU/w640-h480/3B6F22D5-FDAD-457A-980D-A2D7F523B203.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Can you believe that Kobe is now 12!? He's still the cutest kid, but he's also hard work! I always thought Harri would be the hardest one, but he turned out to be pretty easy, really. Kobe is so emotional a lot of the time and likes to argue and question everything. Don't get me wrong, he's still a great kid, but he's also exhausting to deal with at times. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was just thinking this week about how he's now a little older than Jay was when you died, but he still seems so much younger than Jay was. I don't know if it's because Jay had to grow up pretty fast and always had extra responsibilities because of Noah, or whether I've just treated him a lot different as the 'baby' of the family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdw_23GOttrLhcT9W89wuv2LDSAqLg8O8fkRAbgItUyUo-9dGMnn0A-gQCemdOJguWEKXMm-NpxKlLe5Jpb4AgQJUONeDwouMNhQJl8MDh7144D8izi3oF52wm3_MNbCpMdSLP2Stpbg/s2016/IMG_2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdw_23GOttrLhcT9W89wuv2LDSAqLg8O8fkRAbgItUyUo-9dGMnn0A-gQCemdOJguWEKXMm-NpxKlLe5Jpb4AgQJUONeDwouMNhQJl8MDh7144D8izi3oF52wm3_MNbCpMdSLP2Stpbg/w480-h640/IMG_2020.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>Kobe has a lovely group of friends and is so ready for high school next year. He's never loved school because he just hates to work hard, but loves the social aspect of it. I think (and hope!) that it'll be different at high school. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzFek75KXI-2r6ha5863-BqWgr5KF1lF7kR_dw84zQUB900u1bkQJ_9ArcBT6gFkl5f4rzkN5cW_vhiXNW5XOg0w2eWDegvDCINrLGUXIXb2QeEikWcU1Lgmw7XJ35gFZ0roN_dGWzRA/s2048/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzFek75KXI-2r6ha5863-BqWgr5KF1lF7kR_dw84zQUB900u1bkQJ_9ArcBT6gFkl5f4rzkN5cW_vhiXNW5XOg0w2eWDegvDCINrLGUXIXb2QeEikWcU1Lgmw7XJ35gFZ0roN_dGWzRA/w640-h640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>I was a huge shock that Kobe won the Respectful Student Award. It's not that I don't think he's respectful (I would hope he was!) but there's so many students who could've won the award, so I was especially proud of him. I would always want the boys to win an award like that, over an academic one any day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgserkzvLI32bvxVd0uBEz9FfYa5heqJWXSzaQXHhhDuzyF-uGgnmEHYtn7Ffdoe_Pz6oMkveG0lbk4UIFQ6IEyK2UO5QA0xALaRvbk6GnYiQUU0Lldt-NfZ15f_tz6mSFdPLva0Cq6cwE/s2048/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgserkzvLI32bvxVd0uBEz9FfYa5heqJWXSzaQXHhhDuzyF-uGgnmEHYtn7Ffdoe_Pz6oMkveG0lbk4UIFQ6IEyK2UO5QA0xALaRvbk6GnYiQUU0Lldt-NfZ15f_tz6mSFdPLva0Cq6cwE/w480-h640/11.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div>It's crazy to think that Noah would've turned 19 this year. We don't really go to the cemetery much anymore, but always do on your birthdays or anniversaries. It's not that we don't think about you as much, but it's just not a place that I feel like I need to be as much anymore. I was telling someone recently how when you first passed away. I would go to the cemetery every day, for about the first year or so. It's hard to remember when or why things changed, but I'm glad that they did because although grief is still there, it's not as raw as it once was. </div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvVsTZYputKZrLr2dSn1K9nISalvpw2Jma1gDhQVk8MFnk-hw77PEw9KWW6HU7c3m8aBwrbMoO5gRud7vvRjc_hdhzAmDiBu94tfIrkWWNU8yEu3_28BjXGa_eKzhBH5OCCehri0_9m8/s1946/IMG_2718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1946" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvVsTZYputKZrLr2dSn1K9nISalvpw2Jma1gDhQVk8MFnk-hw77PEw9KWW6HU7c3m8aBwrbMoO5gRud7vvRjc_hdhzAmDiBu94tfIrkWWNU8yEu3_28BjXGa_eKzhBH5OCCehri0_9m8/w640-h480/IMG_2718.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgD-QYyEXwf0gQeTGXpEZ3lvZD-0bZEuBHVgd1vOI0Ko-3E1ky0l1JKEkTunkGwzEl8FXg_uYtnFL6pz5e6UTjTW4BfUY6neszupf88SILIop_vB3CT7Q2g8j6pelPENkISOPT37iT3c/s2016/IMG_2719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgD-QYyEXwf0gQeTGXpEZ3lvZD-0bZEuBHVgd1vOI0Ko-3E1ky0l1JKEkTunkGwzEl8FXg_uYtnFL6pz5e6UTjTW4BfUY6neszupf88SILIop_vB3CT7Q2g8j6pelPENkISOPT37iT3c/w640-h480/IMG_2719.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Did you see the beautiful picture that Aaron and Katie organised for me?! I was blown away that they would do something so kind and love that they also included Milly in it. I'm used to not having Milly around now, even though she was a huge part of our lives for six years. </div><div><br /></div><div>The boys still ask me if we can get another dog, and I tell them there's no way that's happening. I'm so used to how easy life is without a dog, and don't want to go back to the puppy stage again. Also when we got Milly I was working part time, so I was home quite a lot. Now that I work full time, I just feel like it would be cruel to get a dog, and then be gone most of the day. The boys promise me that they'll be the ones to walk it and feed it and pick up their poo, but they also promised me that they'd do that with Milly, and we know who was the one who did it all - me! I know nothing would change and the novelty would wear off quickly. I loved having Milly in our family and she was just what we needed at the time, but we aren't a dog family anymore. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswLvXqzpgxD6miPMFQe1ro-GCTpCnZdEC0q3V7jHfiq2QCQ2MzV3loHCvAsiT8ty2bmliU8ikd_Q2dO0FmMZ8jWLziWW6Cu8ejKPVeUmI9Z85Ikky7EJi6tynAqsEvlPZcQpGWZeN3PE/s1542/E76AAF99-EF93-44A9-BE44-AADF28BC3AB1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1542" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswLvXqzpgxD6miPMFQe1ro-GCTpCnZdEC0q3V7jHfiq2QCQ2MzV3loHCvAsiT8ty2bmliU8ikd_Q2dO0FmMZ8jWLziWW6Cu8ejKPVeUmI9Z85Ikky7EJi6tynAqsEvlPZcQpGWZeN3PE/w640-h508/E76AAF99-EF93-44A9-BE44-AADF28BC3AB1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Can you believe after having so many years off going to the gym, that I joined a gym again!? I had been thinking about it for a year or so, and started looking into joining somewhere, but wasn't brave enough to do it until March this year. You know how much I love swimming, so I thought that joining the gym at the pool would be great, as I could also swim and do aqua fitness classes. </div><div><br /></div><div>A conversation in the staff room at school about wanting to get fit, turned into three other friends from work joining with me, and one other, who was already a member, joining us for aqua classes a couple of nights a week. It was so much fun going to the gym with friends again, but then bloody COVID came to Tassie and gyms had to shut down. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once it opened up again, I went straight back, but none of my work gym buddies have been back. I actually don't really mind because I just love going, even if it's on my own, as it makes me feel so much better mentally as well as physically. The bonus is the spa, which I always jump in at the end of aqua fitness.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm loving going to the gym again, but I'm not the same gym junkie that I used to be. There's no way that my body would cope with high cardio classes anymore, so I'm taking it really easy. A few aqua fitness classes a week, plus a couple of yoga classes, suits me just fine. I'm often the youngest one in the aqua class, but I love it and the oldies are always really friendly. At first I wasn't sure about yoga, especially with all the 'namaste' and chanting at the end 'shanti, shanti, shanti'. I felt like a total idiot and refused to do it at first, but now I don't even think about it and I'm putting my hands to my heart and chanting 'om shanti' along with everyone else! I actually find I’m going for my mental health, instead of my physical health this time. It just makes me feel so much better when I go. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkr0bFUtG-OPLF8B8OY2EEgMrAfnYLdAyekpE-f7MTDvIARVibSgnhIyxoZxYSQy0IJNLAIsVfESINdW8KpbW6BW1SXC0n7zSqiyukakGNjxtkJ5q_7uhUMjKOp65klkK2vDlDBzoP38/s2048/IMG_2889.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkr0bFUtG-OPLF8B8OY2EEgMrAfnYLdAyekpE-f7MTDvIARVibSgnhIyxoZxYSQy0IJNLAIsVfESINdW8KpbW6BW1SXC0n7zSqiyukakGNjxtkJ5q_7uhUMjKOp65klkK2vDlDBzoP38/w640-h480/IMG_2889.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I'm still absolutely loving my job and am so happy that I've finally been made permanent to EAL. I've been lucky to have stayed teaching EAL at the same school for the past 4 1/2 years, because I love it there. It's the biggest school with students from an EAL background in Tasmania, and there's always so much to do. I actually can't imagine teaching at a school with a small number of EAL students now. I think I would get really bored with it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love teaching students from all different cultures and religions, dealing with their families, supporting teachers and admin staff, and especially the pastoral care that comes along with the job. I love hearing students speak all different languages and love that they share parts of their culture with me. I'm always very spoilt by my students, and often they'll bring me in some fresh home cooked food.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before I started this job I didn't know much about Eritrean coffee ceremonies, Nepalese refugee camps, processing of visas by the UNHCR, Diwali, Tihar, momos (I just knew them as dumplings), chatpate, Eritrean porridg or jalepi (so sweet, but so good!). </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMqUfTDUEWVI-KXhOGkPrnzCPrBA-4-AbIX8cHAl1y9mnjbxFR0L4xfTkqM2FBUDs1M0W81sZGFLowzVDWzOGH6OAOWmzsPVR0gvDBFn6qjc1cQZxy5IjYVuJ-ZkYCGLZhrn381KfUF8/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMqUfTDUEWVI-KXhOGkPrnzCPrBA-4-AbIX8cHAl1y9mnjbxFR0L4xfTkqM2FBUDs1M0W81sZGFLowzVDWzOGH6OAOWmzsPVR0gvDBFn6qjc1cQZxy5IjYVuJ-ZkYCGLZhrn381KfUF8/w480-h640/6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>The kids tell me incredible stories about why they had to come to Australia as refugees, and I'm always amazed at their resilience and positivity. My job is one of the best things in my life right now, and I look forward to going to work every day, to teach these beautiful kids. It amazes me that 9 years ago I wasn't even teaching, or considering teaching again, but now I'm teaching full time in a job I never even knew existed. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMScnpkL5TsoL1DVlEGPi8naLDkLf4G3zcUWajsiq2YYNLI7bQREnlp1ETN42kcVsBCWM7nW3LU-M2RpKn35e7CAtapdcbeZKd1TBdPt9x0AV679OMR30gUZMX4rfW7E8yEX3PJ1E7cH4/s2048/IMG_3317.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMScnpkL5TsoL1DVlEGPi8naLDkLf4G3zcUWajsiq2YYNLI7bQREnlp1ETN42kcVsBCWM7nW3LU-M2RpKn35e7CAtapdcbeZKd1TBdPt9x0AV679OMR30gUZMX4rfW7E8yEX3PJ1E7cH4/w640-h640/IMG_3317.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>I love getting involved in dress up days at school, and the kids couldn't believe that it was really me under the wig and make up :) Days like that, remind me of when we used to dress up for different things. I miss being silly with you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp21vCwNX04JfLSQq8Wnrktw-dK_dwPRK22hL-ISOgavJrh7Zu4f5rBJ-EOdnXDmwnABmoUmhAWHgXWpwsM0cCeydTQGtstDN5LUCF4O8Cz9_kroMjmEt45RZVM-GVKkqxh1X5t4t14Y/s2048/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp21vCwNX04JfLSQq8Wnrktw-dK_dwPRK22hL-ISOgavJrh7Zu4f5rBJ-EOdnXDmwnABmoUmhAWHgXWpwsM0cCeydTQGtstDN5LUCF4O8Cz9_kroMjmEt45RZVM-GVKkqxh1X5t4t14Y/w480-h640/9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div>Harri was so happy to get back to school once the COVID lockdown ended. He was especially excited to play footy at school, and got to play one last time on your oval. I love that his teacher (who you used to teach!) makes a special effort to get a photo of the team, in front of the sign. Harri always says he feels quite emotional when he plays there. It's so great to see some of your old students teaching now, and I love hearing that you were one of the big influences on them, wanting to be a teacher. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTK_YU9CigC07FMJFXTFwfolnYwo0pa0gN2mNd5RMJhhPpO6E_EmeW9ToLyYzYONPU-k7HIguChk4AKi4OPP-XwaMmb-peoBYewciVR7Jt4s1wVQdMhasFAS1HObkT2jxw_bTYcRJ4FU/s2016/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTK_YU9CigC07FMJFXTFwfolnYwo0pa0gN2mNd5RMJhhPpO6E_EmeW9ToLyYzYONPU-k7HIguChk4AKi4OPP-XwaMmb-peoBYewciVR7Jt4s1wVQdMhasFAS1HObkT2jxw_bTYcRJ4FU/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>At the beginning of the year Harri said he wanted to play club footy, and I finally agreed to letting him play, but then suddenly he changed his mind again! Towards the end of the season they had a lot of injuries (one of the reasons I didn't want him to play) so they asked him to fill in, and he ended up playing the last month or so of the season. </div><div><br /></div><div>Can you believe that I actually loved it! I could sit in the car and stay warm and dry, and could still watch him play. I was surprised that he was actually pretty good, especially considering he's never really played before, except at school. He says he wants to play the whole season next year, but we'll see what happens at the beginning of the season. He may change his mind again. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU_ggXBjGCGxrPQja1GkDcMrFkX1pF4ZyanBzFKim2hyVkeeVRbWsd1sATLBms_zC3d1lPwNTmVSH9EG-2bkOeXjhz1AYAkpeNZZ_BMH1mcxZ5Nt6gkuaax7sZsgAUYxSTuKAhmMqQq4/s2016/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU_ggXBjGCGxrPQja1GkDcMrFkX1pF4ZyanBzFKim2hyVkeeVRbWsd1sATLBms_zC3d1lPwNTmVSH9EG-2bkOeXjhz1AYAkpeNZZ_BMH1mcxZ5Nt6gkuaax7sZsgAUYxSTuKAhmMqQq4/w640-h480/23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Another reason I wasn't keen on him playing, was because I knew you had to travel to games. It actually wasn't that bad as most games were very close to home, but on the last week we travelled to St Helens. We made a day of it and went for a walk on our favourite beach, even though it was freezing. </div><div>It feels strange to be there, knowing that's where we spent our last day together, but when we are there we have lots of happy memories. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbZ1R1MN6kcARSqB4zvNcyyJmuTHJc63FgLPU8Xk9Q2ebL4xYOlcxDHlFlFVFpGzHZAszv1bcVPoqEHdl6PmuN1Vuz9EgfDKiaW3Nf54Ypn6gCuWHh2NAc6C2Knl8DEb335fPyq16N0c/s2048/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbZ1R1MN6kcARSqB4zvNcyyJmuTHJc63FgLPU8Xk9Q2ebL4xYOlcxDHlFlFVFpGzHZAszv1bcVPoqEHdl6PmuN1Vuz9EgfDKiaW3Nf54Ypn6gCuWHh2NAc6C2Knl8DEb335fPyq16N0c/w640-h480/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN9Ob2xdffI-umCW7Spe_wHpkzVFFsZ6OVjR18DJ7PfgkYKYZCPvI9YYdArKe4S78Ct8l583YvWFSXxiCFTd_D8OwHDlWun6pX8s2lWuR2QyTVxkuhquAulK5VY8NiEzVV50mIC4Z-ZE/s2016/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN9Ob2xdffI-umCW7Spe_wHpkzVFFsZ6OVjR18DJ7PfgkYKYZCPvI9YYdArKe4S78Ct8l583YvWFSXxiCFTd_D8OwHDlWun6pX8s2lWuR2QyTVxkuhquAulK5VY8NiEzVV50mIC4Z-ZE/w480-h640/28.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Covid was the big news for the year, but I think that even bigger news was that it snowed in Launceston! We've had sprinklings before, which was always very exciting, but this time we woke up to snow absolutely EVERYWHERE! It's a once in a lifetime event and I still can't believe it now, that it actually happened. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGK6H4tTRqVzJkFzFUreWjcGwF4C6vefwKkAoK303H30g9JngqCnjuQO00V-8Dnbq96B34sMK0d9MOo_xq5DTgRfnMKb6N36h9eYZyMpHmkdc_GqAn9wVB51oTW6qLCHy65PF2nqAytB4/s2016/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGK6H4tTRqVzJkFzFUreWjcGwF4C6vefwKkAoK303H30g9JngqCnjuQO00V-8Dnbq96B34sMK0d9MOo_xq5DTgRfnMKb6N36h9eYZyMpHmkdc_GqAn9wVB51oTW6qLCHy65PF2nqAytB4/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I actually heard it snowing during the night, but didn't realise it was snowing. It just sounded like really heavy rain. Before we went to bed we had a lot of sleet, but we went to bed thinking that it would just stop. You should've heard me screaming to the boys to get up and come outside at 6:30 am! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJdijg-ZTYGPE_JxidrFxtlHuI3MvXm1RGPJjdlg81WyonGb1cg_eMRuIEN3sf4yZRXWt6sZ2iuNbRuOCakxWWQV53AJZx6X0LmYHMRqoJrLiOoKh_In-hd2T8sSgJgTxrh3wPJ4AJA8/s1280/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1280" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJdijg-ZTYGPE_JxidrFxtlHuI3MvXm1RGPJjdlg81WyonGb1cg_eMRuIEN3sf4yZRXWt6sZ2iuNbRuOCakxWWQV53AJZx6X0LmYHMRqoJrLiOoKh_In-hd2T8sSgJgTxrh3wPJ4AJA8/w640-h482/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I was sure that it would melt really quickly, and expected that as I drove to school that the snow on the ground, would stop after a while. I was very wrong! It was absolutely everywhere and all the way to school. It was exciting but also a little scary driving to school in the snow. My friend and I from work were like little kids in the carpark, pelting snow balls at each other when we got out of the car. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ06NNTbMlDjcJAjx003j4Tkyms88omeTbkpx3-fC52nVQcgJJUdjWnCqAx4aGk8U0hO4fvoiOkJB5VM3-mTzcwh43-odJ_TMmUTWjxljBOV6bQLuATTtS8Q4vKsTFlxmWyA_VaHVNP0/s960/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ06NNTbMlDjcJAjx003j4Tkyms88omeTbkpx3-fC52nVQcgJJUdjWnCqAx4aGk8U0hO4fvoiOkJB5VM3-mTzcwh43-odJ_TMmUTWjxljBOV6bQLuATTtS8Q4vKsTFlxmWyA_VaHVNP0/w640-h360/15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A lot of the kids at school hadn't seen snow before, and it was so fun to experience it with them for the first time. They weren't allowed to go and play in it, but we did take them out for a look and quick throw of a snowball or two. I had to keep explaining to our 'new arrivals' that this doesn't happen all the time. and not to expect snow again next winter.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPPONFOmT0I13TBUE24hILzM1G2MNF_BmgYSM3fvJw9IgMg0K4F_p3Ru2a-BtzDsaEOc2-KU9_oiPC4lvu9DLWgVVob53fCTZlNOCqXWho7LsTKP3olJizyhwN1s2ozaYfKmehuMv1YM/s2016/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPPONFOmT0I13TBUE24hILzM1G2MNF_BmgYSM3fvJw9IgMg0K4F_p3Ru2a-BtzDsaEOc2-KU9_oiPC4lvu9DLWgVVob53fCTZlNOCqXWho7LsTKP3olJizyhwN1s2ozaYfKmehuMv1YM/w640-h480/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The snow hung around till after lunch, and even when I got home, there were still patches of snow in the shady spots in our garden. A few days later Kobe and I went for a drive 15 minutes out of town, and there was still snow around! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MO8W-Hw_8opB2UjbBwwxKW81QWoOzcyGPVjSSgp5yFrtOPO1YjS-N7HABQT70m8pcHwbXAdB0nLPPVnmQr9Rg35NInUhkgQCjferLBQ2N0K9aAP3nJknWTBCJewXFg8O1i5YB90Lwx0/s2016/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MO8W-Hw_8opB2UjbBwwxKW81QWoOzcyGPVjSSgp5yFrtOPO1YjS-N7HABQT70m8pcHwbXAdB0nLPPVnmQr9Rg35NInUhkgQCjferLBQ2N0K9aAP3nJknWTBCJewXFg8O1i5YB90Lwx0/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I was dreading Harri turning 16 in September, because I knew that it meant I would have to teach him to drive. He got his Ls on is birthday and was very nervous to drive at first. I had to practically force him to go for his first drive on the quiet roads near Mum's house, but since then he's become a lot more confident and is actually a pretty good driver. I thought we would fight a lot, because he's very strong headed, but he's been very good at listening to me and taking advice. I wish you were here every day, but especially to teach the boys to drive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AHUzsXQbTg31qN-nAxTYEhrz3zBA5ONECqiLk65eH7WJFH5pRuYsz5tAq9yPJ_NI6FOmlTHVpk6bTnV25W2lH62UUi7WppQApaduGnD4LybyH3aMO31odgpvE8FTcIeT5qxGDn54Ko/s1355/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AHUzsXQbTg31qN-nAxTYEhrz3zBA5ONECqiLk65eH7WJFH5pRuYsz5tAq9yPJ_NI6FOmlTHVpk6bTnV25W2lH62UUi7WppQApaduGnD4LybyH3aMO31odgpvE8FTcIeT5qxGDn54Ko/w392-h640/43.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Harri was saying during the year that he hated school (which he hadn't really said before) but I think once school went back after COVID restrictions eased, he just couldn't get back into it. Then suddenly it was Term 4 and he was saying how he wished high school wasn't ending. He has a lot of friends (and girlfriend!) in Grade 9, so he wasn't keen on leaving so many friends. He featured on the Launceston College Facebook page with students from other schools, on their Orientation Day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlC56Cvi9gO5m1WBYWGUhZ2ocnqBugmgoIIROfjr4J9SieweJBD_LDqwpXxrVQWNK2nExlg63KXkYppKkXdQsYvOCCw0oIFFyMDsHY_ca26gn5uUhqLS86T3mDY7DxFTOpkmXKse0cJ4/s1280/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1280" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlC56Cvi9gO5m1WBYWGUhZ2ocnqBugmgoIIROfjr4J9SieweJBD_LDqwpXxrVQWNK2nExlg63KXkYppKkXdQsYvOCCw0oIFFyMDsHY_ca26gn5uUhqLS86T3mDY7DxFTOpkmXKse0cJ4/w640-h624/36.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Harri also won an award at his end of year Presentation night for Sports Science, and was also recognised for being on the Student Leadership Board as House Captain for Allen (who also won the shield for the first time in 9 years!) and for being Treasurer. He's not sure what he wants to do after college, but he's thinking something to do with Sports Science, Sports Psychology or being a physio. I've suggested following in your footsteps as a Maths/PE teacher, but he says he's not keen on kids (sounds just like you hey!). I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioclMwx5OVDGV9So2UwmeaILs5sPbgIAYtjHcPV8PEYHHTtk1z6w6zdcPrWS5mAxbDgMmndKRMHbRYgrp43rbvE2Z31lOMfsuqyCO0yYADxWJhaht5keDp0oRwJIzTnzWSLLiBfeC1LP4/s2048/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioclMwx5OVDGV9So2UwmeaILs5sPbgIAYtjHcPV8PEYHHTtk1z6w6zdcPrWS5mAxbDgMmndKRMHbRYgrp43rbvE2Z31lOMfsuqyCO0yYADxWJhaht5keDp0oRwJIzTnzWSLLiBfeC1LP4/w480-h640/14.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was a big year having <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-weirdest-school-year-is-over.html" target="_blank">two leavers' dinners</a> for the boys. It didn't look like they would even go ahead for a little while, so we were so happy that they got to go and celebrate the end of primary and high school. Harri was set on going to the leavers' dinner with his mates, rather than a girl, and I was really happy that he did that. I knew he would have heaps more fun going with a mate, rather than going with someone he wasn't close to. No one wants to be stuck with someone on the biggest night of their high school life, that they're not really comfortable with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It doesn't seem like that long ago, that it was Jay's Leavers' Dinner. I hate that you miss the every day stuff, but also the big stuff like this. It's hard seeing other kids with both their parents at their special events, knowing that the boys are missing out on so much. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Ovs-CUeckAsBibzxSZ5d6FhhcyHTJyQ5G6CNPMfeYGNZ6jpReTHtMaYB4kZLOqtmxhc75ZojMOkl9PEklpKp6euGbK9OwdlKp6WYTLiu7aoVh82c3eabWBEgGDjnahP4vIZ2kUDLuA/s1440/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Ovs-CUeckAsBibzxSZ5d6FhhcyHTJyQ5G6CNPMfeYGNZ6jpReTHtMaYB4kZLOqtmxhc75ZojMOkl9PEklpKp6euGbK9OwdlKp6WYTLiu7aoVh82c3eabWBEgGDjnahP4vIZ2kUDLuA/w640-h640/34.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Harri had lots of fun going with Seb to the dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUI2asYyADnH5svVBxzShxiUkmgZWjL7EhV91Wfg1M3Ul4Q73bpNdMnVLIikOQ4U1EbD2ynOEjyB8vNayTeoCBn_PG7kGrXwAeBhbnROhzyjroaJQOBQyAiOWzKChFFQdRFeBgX6GiuE4/s1440/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUI2asYyADnH5svVBxzShxiUkmgZWjL7EhV91Wfg1M3Ul4Q73bpNdMnVLIikOQ4U1EbD2ynOEjyB8vNayTeoCBn_PG7kGrXwAeBhbnROhzyjroaJQOBQyAiOWzKChFFQdRFeBgX6GiuE4/w640-h640/38.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I'm so glad that he has so many great mates who will be going to college together next year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UNgYzofrgrYiAzt2etSLzh9hbXld_RbZQGqkFMyJNLhPZ4zoE1f243pujo9q4w_CM6v0jl_3UCXwJJOK66BPpTy6FdzV67S6WRQH1F5ekdnzhn0eQXR-5rmlzbhOSd8rnYRf5khM30w/s1440/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1440" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UNgYzofrgrYiAzt2etSLzh9hbXld_RbZQGqkFMyJNLhPZ4zoE1f243pujo9q4w_CM6v0jl_3UCXwJJOK66BPpTy6FdzV67S6WRQH1F5ekdnzhn0eQXR-5rmlzbhOSd8rnYRf5khM30w/w640-h520/41.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QmNsHg0Ep-cq2TJtmyGOsYuHM_wbWPU9hjbUmTpfvRZA1EMSlYXCWSKTyoflE1LbTDN2IYq8sKpCsE1hv1gwYSL6K9OuJ-Y8V2X31pAv4ng03_di4YxtcEwwerkbU2P-4r7qWeAG1NA/s1440/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1440" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QmNsHg0Ep-cq2TJtmyGOsYuHM_wbWPU9hjbUmTpfvRZA1EMSlYXCWSKTyoflE1LbTDN2IYq8sKpCsE1hv1gwYSL6K9OuJ-Y8V2X31pAv4ng03_di4YxtcEwwerkbU2P-4r7qWeAG1NA/w640-h520/42.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Kobe also has some great friends, who I hope he sticks with during high school. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiQqfWXnzLhSH7M5QQm4z-1udI-ccI9VFPd62nTMCEhMIbeHGMf0nsRFnUBS1iTROlr245z74RqN357ZKaDlSl9XJTjfTQGN9DK4MKaYfVc9yb9DzTdPYuQzxBzu3ubI4yQWPJrrCHjM/s2048/DSC_4698.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiQqfWXnzLhSH7M5QQm4z-1udI-ccI9VFPd62nTMCEhMIbeHGMf0nsRFnUBS1iTROlr245z74RqN357ZKaDlSl9XJTjfTQGN9DK4MKaYfVc9yb9DzTdPYuQzxBzu3ubI4yQWPJrrCHjM/w640-h428/DSC_4698.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEzIgDrjfhcVdKBJxr4SFGFE07d-POZOYCrYIx2yI2wovnQB_-Trpb4T1u0E3kidhMF4kLNz4mSLRE8ZFoTRFTBvL_-TiJpLnuBOppVaPomZpXIuxhZtHvAFOet0ZM6rKrxMfJEFtAc8/s2048/DSC_4687.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEzIgDrjfhcVdKBJxr4SFGFE07d-POZOYCrYIx2yI2wovnQB_-Trpb4T1u0E3kidhMF4kLNz4mSLRE8ZFoTRFTBvL_-TiJpLnuBOppVaPomZpXIuxhZtHvAFOet0ZM6rKrxMfJEFtAc8/w428-h640/DSC_4687.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's definitely the end of an era with Kobe finishing primary school, Harri finishing high school and Jay in his last year at Uni this year. People often talk about how sad they get as their kids grow up, but I love the boy's ages and stages. I think it's much easier now they're older and more independent, and I'm very lucky that they're great kids (most of the time!). People often tell me it's because they've got great parents, but I tell them you're not taking any credit for that! You've been gone for way too long now, to have any influence on them! Haha! If you don't laugh, you cry, so sometimes it's easier to just make a joke and laugh about the whole situation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgSDpRlR2mhVrDxsoCnmHetv72VHFL_cXukw-vNeaN4s-1DmrkR4eU1_IxXDBTdTAD70chD9Yc7xHdJi7X2l7isnDkEtIPDGFM4SdJGcezJWCIUxa3mVbr8yayflOYcJysDRfJ-VGTaQ/s2048/IMG_7356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgSDpRlR2mhVrDxsoCnmHetv72VHFL_cXukw-vNeaN4s-1DmrkR4eU1_IxXDBTdTAD70chD9Yc7xHdJi7X2l7isnDkEtIPDGFM4SdJGcezJWCIUxa3mVbr8yayflOYcJysDRfJ-VGTaQ/w480-h640/IMG_7356.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This year I really wanted to get my health sorted out once and for all. I knew it was going to be a big investment, but decided to finally go and see </span><a href="https://www.chrisandfilly.fm/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Fil</a><span style="text-align: left;"> to see if she could help me with my health issues. I haven't really been sick, but then I also haven't really been well either. Even after I lost a lot of weight last year, I still had a lot of health stuff going on, and got sick of the doctors adding in another puffer or treatment for my 'asthma' which wasn't typical asthma, or adding in another med for reflux. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's been 6 months, but after a lot of testing, supplements and working on different things such as my stress levels, exercise, sleep and food, I'm feeling so much better. It feels so good to be off all my medications that the doctors had put me on, and to know what was going on and why, and how to fix it. It's going to be something that I'm going to have to continue working on for the rest of my life, to stay as well as I can, but I really know what to do now. Being diagnosed with adrenal fatigue wasn't a surprise at all, but I'm also glad that it wasn't as bad as it could've been, with all that I've been through. I had been trying for years to keep on top of things myself, as much as I could, but just couldn't do anymore to get well, without the help of Fil. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's hard to look after yourself when you're a single mum, working full time. It seems like there's always something to do and never enough time to do it. The garden goes ballistic in spring and that keeps me busy, and then there's always stuff inside the house that needs fixing. Kobe was great at helping me lots in the garden this spring. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDmRmrPpH_K27CvlUwbG-fJ_CNz1F0lyOSHYyVlpOHu4aqb2eLyAbAEYjXPOSLCdkgf13Km2Y-Kj6eFQLR0vezPzzvRH-k9zQ1DWdqDg7tNTI1TuLghrgSnX7kSSHe3KOlBquf40iu8o/s1125/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDmRmrPpH_K27CvlUwbG-fJ_CNz1F0lyOSHYyVlpOHu4aqb2eLyAbAEYjXPOSLCdkgf13Km2Y-Kj6eFQLR0vezPzzvRH-k9zQ1DWdqDg7tNTI1TuLghrgSnX7kSSHe3KOlBquf40iu8o/w512-h640/2.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div>Your Dad and Carrol have aged so much this year and are finding everything so much harder now. I feel for them. because I know how much they wish their bodies would just be how they used to be. They always love it when we go and visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0oEUK4kTtCBhrVZwAEubjdyT6-WWeCvB1kRXjKgKfn0NS6VlciFZ-3yn97jTKxfmKTz1CtE1npozNySDe2pO8XkZJbGmgOQNZCfkcEttbPPehICrDM8XTWC9qIePq8jAjXKb8ZerFE8/s1280/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0oEUK4kTtCBhrVZwAEubjdyT6-WWeCvB1kRXjKgKfn0NS6VlciFZ-3yn97jTKxfmKTz1CtE1npozNySDe2pO8XkZJbGmgOQNZCfkcEttbPPehICrDM8XTWC9qIePq8jAjXKb8ZerFE8/w512-h640/7.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div></div>The boys love that they are all taller than Nanna now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijChgdqWTrUKF3aTHqcHAVNygvetuBDaBB51eoDN5mhULCHwm7e5kAxVGZXI57falAIEr8J87NsBneOMtHUs4P1O4fjmdJK3SfysdpofvUFXKJQGFTWWOcMO5I3u8H9Tq59dHX_F00NK8/s1280/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1028" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijChgdqWTrUKF3aTHqcHAVNygvetuBDaBB51eoDN5mhULCHwm7e5kAxVGZXI57falAIEr8J87NsBneOMtHUs4P1O4fjmdJK3SfysdpofvUFXKJQGFTWWOcMO5I3u8H9Tq59dHX_F00NK8/w514-h640/8.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div></div><div>Covid has been so bad all around the world. Millions of people have died and so many have lost their jobs as things have shut down, but we have been so lucky here in Tasmania. We currently have no cases of Covid, and I was so lucky to be in a job that wasn't affected by anything. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Tasmanian government gave out a lot of travel vouchers to encourage us to travel around the state. We were lucky enough to get one, and got to use them on a lovely few days down in Hobart. We went to Port Arthur and on the Tasman Island Cruise with Mum, which was one of the best things we have ever done. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzLQodQ1lMxYHnL7YqEqSB0z4D2WLvN4uQN-KyGy5nsKsmmYt-yNHjHMJleMGmaZCgsOb6MbZ9iBBtX2IaTy374N9_Vx6JnFjvkXFU52RgJITZwuufNhsgqBzYzhWEu5swfYLHY435SU/s3680/DSC_3144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzLQodQ1lMxYHnL7YqEqSB0z4D2WLvN4uQN-KyGy5nsKsmmYt-yNHjHMJleMGmaZCgsOb6MbZ9iBBtX2IaTy374N9_Vx6JnFjvkXFU52RgJITZwuufNhsgqBzYzhWEu5swfYLHY435SU/w640-h428/DSC_3144.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbQIOCpchkUsnbrsSGKe7ZminFvcxkI6GW9nNfJjH6HLmbtL55NFdIS8zBVCYBLO87vsdee2nhd3L8xOh3BVdi9cjhPq3UF9EIc-wEpPIpt285qf9D4lWRPtYpekHDkW5k0ippabtHJU/s3680/DSC_3146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbQIOCpchkUsnbrsSGKe7ZminFvcxkI6GW9nNfJjH6HLmbtL55NFdIS8zBVCYBLO87vsdee2nhd3L8xOh3BVdi9cjhPq3UF9EIc-wEpPIpt285qf9D4lWRPtYpekHDkW5k0ippabtHJU/w640-h428/DSC_3146.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieWhpHBIvzdvBwdyD1oqT4vI_kuFUg6_jBHCB00BLlclLR51XWkIjmMksP3Dp3XrT8PyiafyIjijK1UPIZQfQsGU5AhcFG8TA_MgXeYOHrw_PSoxPKQ-o4kN8hjMBJOQ5iRgr4KhzHTg/s2016/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieWhpHBIvzdvBwdyD1oqT4vI_kuFUg6_jBHCB00BLlclLR51XWkIjmMksP3Dp3XrT8PyiafyIjijK1UPIZQfQsGU5AhcFG8TA_MgXeYOHrw_PSoxPKQ-o4kN8hjMBJOQ5iRgr4KhzHTg/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxhWUlZjlDLOC_SIKjTVs2IrZWVyiMStif6Fq75U_D1aMMTIHEEqAouSp48oJx-fSCDqd_T_MIvpcgPQQpKyXZNV3wD18EegxilfNhr3HuRM4eu8q2DNohdZVvoP-pFg5sKzqPbNY9Io/s3680/DSC_3187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxhWUlZjlDLOC_SIKjTVs2IrZWVyiMStif6Fq75U_D1aMMTIHEEqAouSp48oJx-fSCDqd_T_MIvpcgPQQpKyXZNV3wD18EegxilfNhr3HuRM4eu8q2DNohdZVvoP-pFg5sKzqPbNY9Io/w640-h428/DSC_3187.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjza4Mu1wCxVMha2doP1l-2lufvrpgxck9LeDoTO2agbG6LMjjXlgwNDYAqQV047aV9IMoQB4XatoOoUDif_JgHRJpNHhOChfLwSbVX-UfXFUV7f-A6cAHRLcaoM1hAEIr0n7btxFfEvE/s3680/DSC_3194.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjza4Mu1wCxVMha2doP1l-2lufvrpgxck9LeDoTO2agbG6LMjjXlgwNDYAqQV047aV9IMoQB4XatoOoUDif_JgHRJpNHhOChfLwSbVX-UfXFUV7f-A6cAHRLcaoM1hAEIr0n7btxFfEvE/w640-h428/DSC_3194.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uvIupbnGPsaTT2YdMb3nGVR22SD_w6p09iYJW9wbUzW9VqgoXpM2dz3tMsCRANWwidEmCjtBQvC1Qm-Petv7e6pXjAma13eXA5hR9WyF-DUleHokGd5KBjptgKzaOLUWWwlkt5Jfr3Q/s3680/DSC_3204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uvIupbnGPsaTT2YdMb3nGVR22SD_w6p09iYJW9wbUzW9VqgoXpM2dz3tMsCRANWwidEmCjtBQvC1Qm-Petv7e6pXjAma13eXA5hR9WyF-DUleHokGd5KBjptgKzaOLUWWwlkt5Jfr3Q/w640-h428/DSC_3204.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We caught up with Jay while we were in Hobart a few times, but he didn't spend the days with us as he was busy with Uni and things going on with his friends. He's had the best year at Uni this year. and was so happy to get back to Hobart after COVID restrictions eased. He's made so many new friends from all around Tassie, the mainland and also from around the world. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m7mAL77XawqgEuBUHjOnxJaEQph2tlM7u3wA6fVGVLxATOKsnC-C1jKuPQvyFXlKspkuOnrUxgYi1_ymDK3orwQ21R3op5mvhBUFfHkgsJaZJz2zKULPOj7nouFee3-DoTlLHXEAs4Y/s1280/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m7mAL77XawqgEuBUHjOnxJaEQph2tlM7u3wA6fVGVLxATOKsnC-C1jKuPQvyFXlKspkuOnrUxgYi1_ymDK3orwQ21R3op5mvhBUFfHkgsJaZJz2zKULPOj7nouFee3-DoTlLHXEAs4Y/w640-h640/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems like they're always up to something fun together, such as playing sport against the other colleges, going out for dinner, hanging at people's places, having balls or parties, going to the beach and he's even gone camping with them! We didn't see him at the end of the year as he didn't come home at all, but I was so happy for him as I knew it meant he was having a good time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj674y82loYyLsXppZv1NlpkyA9kpzYSZJcm-0SvWgXlf2Z-Ds0F2daODLxxVIX6sdVqKF6UJMRafATFZSGLOiMv93W13oGVlWqbfkUzuE5WQ0OoXIJOnl3oOxjFyWnYmq7MaIvHqlfTpU/s828/b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="828" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj674y82loYyLsXppZv1NlpkyA9kpzYSZJcm-0SvWgXlf2Z-Ds0F2daODLxxVIX6sdVqKF6UJMRafATFZSGLOiMv93W13oGVlWqbfkUzuE5WQ0OoXIJOnl3oOxjFyWnYmq7MaIvHqlfTpU/w640-h478/b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's home for the summer. but is so keen to get back and I know he's going to have another great year down there. He's the Christ College Communications Officer this year, which will keep him busy, but I know he will also love it. It's hard to believe that he's only got one more year, and then he'll have finished his degree.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5v5qocxqKfzhCRUZ-6-1qSusMO1VfGkHT2JRhzgYvuPQs5T6gznoP6Uw3ZC8PiPLfZLfMRVWatL2-Y8x6lKMLnvlNo8NueHmXm3deTI3y8btA8bsZ4xcDd_cn0I70JOL2OtZ4APIBdI/s2048/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5v5qocxqKfzhCRUZ-6-1qSusMO1VfGkHT2JRhzgYvuPQs5T6gznoP6Uw3ZC8PiPLfZLfMRVWatL2-Y8x6lKMLnvlNo8NueHmXm3deTI3y8btA8bsZ4xcDd_cn0I70JOL2OtZ4APIBdI/w640-h426/41.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't get to present the memorial awards at Kings Meadows High this year (bloody Covid restrictions!) but I was glad that I could still watch the presentation assembly online, later that night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpc17LYiunbTlAEjoP05Xb10dkCChzJ_cchgse0qU5f8hryXop0PsA1SfwWZJfQOU0OxNAQRgWabMRlQR4iU8THoWyF-00dwqdrBjVr1CLUKni1ynxcSMKm07WxewnMHJkFWrzJitZQA/s759/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="759" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpc17LYiunbTlAEjoP05Xb10dkCChzJ_cchgse0qU5f8hryXop0PsA1SfwWZJfQOU0OxNAQRgWabMRlQR4iU8THoWyF-00dwqdrBjVr1CLUKni1ynxcSMKm07WxewnMHJkFWrzJitZQA/w640-h376/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzHA_RV13p9s_h_JnWtTFw4nn2L25BkbTvNjLsSP6-F9Up1gqisINi4devB1JTiXpdNPYDZYcWQQCJnsbi5KepMsTPILadUK05VH_N6-YZzMntGLTYQrKwSuD4zEKSb-6f7nn3rLIndA/s698/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="698" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzHA_RV13p9s_h_JnWtTFw4nn2L25BkbTvNjLsSP6-F9Up1gqisINi4devB1JTiXpdNPYDZYcWQQCJnsbi5KepMsTPILadUK05VH_N6-YZzMntGLTYQrKwSuD4zEKSb-6f7nn3rLIndA/w640-h354/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgFQvulgfSUo8Xpq33twUliC4JmwRW1snQtbC1OitAt-Nm-J7uRyOQa6OOmLr-2tIIcFiUEPE1YmjrYchufkKVcQUBUHZlHTwS9LiyzmlQgb-r89Mzd5xDQSszQ1SZtZSHPsB1rhWR8Q/s693/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="693" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgFQvulgfSUo8Xpq33twUliC4JmwRW1snQtbC1OitAt-Nm-J7uRyOQa6OOmLr-2tIIcFiUEPE1YmjrYchufkKVcQUBUHZlHTwS9LiyzmlQgb-r89Mzd5xDQSszQ1SZtZSHPsB1rhWR8Q/w640-h356/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I did get to present the 'Noah King Friendship Award' to Jai Chugg at Kobe's school, and it was lovely to chat to his parents before the assembly. They asked me what the award was about and his mum became very emotional and started crying as she told me that she heard me speak at the <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2018/03/international-womens-day-local-hero.html" target="_blank">International Women's Day event with Jelena Dokic</a>. His dad told me that the week before they were walking together through the cemetery and came across Noah's grave. Jai told him that he knew about Noah (because of Kobe and Noah's memorial garden at school) and he was so happy that he would be winning his award that year. I did feel you close by that day, and had to smile when your favourite song (Oasis, Wonderwall) came on in the car as I was driving away, after I presented the award. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a huge shock when Aunty Faye passed away, and although we expected Uncle Chayne to, it was also really sad. It was an even bigger shock when Jarom took his own life, and I think it hit me extra hard because I was with Levi when he found out. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYke00B1IHQm7IQhuVnH_KmjjcmpBkEGJLTKMduL3461px_ecLAmX_M6a5wfQyKvJVmMlr61yGMRkr9D8IhaI6yQhRCwEtrsRLy8076yFK_Gia_f927mA9Z7a0QerheK96aX84wBuDoGE/s3680/DSC_3752.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYke00B1IHQm7IQhuVnH_KmjjcmpBkEGJLTKMduL3461px_ecLAmX_M6a5wfQyKvJVmMlr61yGMRkr9D8IhaI6yQhRCwEtrsRLy8076yFK_Gia_f927mA9Z7a0QerheK96aX84wBuDoGE/w640-h428/DSC_3752.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZBhCPS53PVbZ-bgRC_hGLhWiompo23S3v-LJCHvX9othc4Oas60VSliHBUgAopErMMuw5AXJHqPSzUmGxTV3766Jg5wEw_KTzsLN2q81bwPdKJKOi7vdjGomDUydjxaJ2JqUD2AUyEQ/s3680/DSC_4137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZBhCPS53PVbZ-bgRC_hGLhWiompo23S3v-LJCHvX9othc4Oas60VSliHBUgAopErMMuw5AXJHqPSzUmGxTV3766Jg5wEw_KTzsLN2q81bwPdKJKOi7vdjGomDUydjxaJ2JqUD2AUyEQ/w640-h428/DSC_4137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>As sad as it has been, it's also reminded us all of how special and important family are. I have loved reconnecting with my cousins again, as we have bonded over childhood memories and laughed and cried together. We realise how lucky we are, to have such as special connection. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisd6iJpYWVOFg2UhVGpLCGU-X4FVEXmIXOYvlwjOa8rZGCfc215jZXJYEl5VYLI1QqxtWzOhZehApjbqQT1olSAvDC1d_fhgc5lA_TJWN_s7nYUHI4zSFlNnCytAQ0-VA_83x5L1cdzeU/s755/x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="755" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisd6iJpYWVOFg2UhVGpLCGU-X4FVEXmIXOYvlwjOa8rZGCfc215jZXJYEl5VYLI1QqxtWzOhZehApjbqQT1olSAvDC1d_fhgc5lA_TJWN_s7nYUHI4zSFlNnCytAQ0-VA_83x5L1cdzeU/w640-h542/x.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihti1O2reOnHX2gSI7ftCqgxTPPZsejZ94A801qTt9uTywHgpJx_shgQCEe8NLzpomaFwMhyphenhyphenU55X0UGKkpQ_Yz3Ms_g43tiuDL4sDiWFZJBQ1nxCnQAglJhbcUseA-9x3PvdG2p7vs8ik/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihti1O2reOnHX2gSI7ftCqgxTPPZsejZ94A801qTt9uTywHgpJx_shgQCEe8NLzpomaFwMhyphenhyphenU55X0UGKkpQ_Yz3Ms_g43tiuDL4sDiWFZJBQ1nxCnQAglJhbcUseA-9x3PvdG2p7vs8ik/w640-h470/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cousins are the best type of friends, but I'm also lucky to have just a few close friends who have stuck around since you passed away. I feel like my group of friends is very small now, but the friends that are still there, will be there whenever I need them, even if we don't see each other often. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDfycuZxmNuc4LEOo0KOaJFyurxeiTFvBp2pzBw2WY_sf7lLFSep45tN2n8tVJDlds1eGAo51O4LMWDrc-aTaAz9aD55uVLPvW_XD9i-5JMEGpZznVsQND4rbC_CxD1CEtCfGqudNzQA/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDfycuZxmNuc4LEOo0KOaJFyurxeiTFvBp2pzBw2WY_sf7lLFSep45tN2n8tVJDlds1eGAo51O4LMWDrc-aTaAz9aD55uVLPvW_XD9i-5JMEGpZznVsQND4rbC_CxD1CEtCfGqudNzQA/w480-h640/3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42gcJUJU-2RVLNN_G21Nkb1uV7n_WR6-90Ckxk5g7I7DyGWeLIHT7jdQh8tYHhyphenhyphenNe0y9Wq3COql0Hlk-0tXtTm53-TbiAkMfJAmwvvD7l5oLH3VtssRWEcz-VFkaGeph85R-c17krb9Q/s1302/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1302" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42gcJUJU-2RVLNN_G21Nkb1uV7n_WR6-90Ckxk5g7I7DyGWeLIHT7jdQh8tYHhyphenhyphenNe0y9Wq3COql0Hlk-0tXtTm53-TbiAkMfJAmwvvD7l5oLH3VtssRWEcz-VFkaGeph85R-c17krb9Q/w640-h566/3.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsi373r_Dhl-nsoGIIpfywUBmGPPmT9mXhAMITwJeSmCbd-w-e9G_RufDkpFHjJS_W_HoBR86ZouQCFaKw4M0C-otbGw3K4Cb48BRJQhREVXWQA7itm1bIjOW34KLSZq0kq59Lf-hkxY/s828/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="828" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsi373r_Dhl-nsoGIIpfywUBmGPPmT9mXhAMITwJeSmCbd-w-e9G_RufDkpFHjJS_W_HoBR86ZouQCFaKw4M0C-otbGw3K4Cb48BRJQhREVXWQA7itm1bIjOW34KLSZq0kq59Lf-hkxY/w640-h476/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VKiA96Dnw_0KRO2ECbSPQ2SzeKt6tSeOhC9PrlnFoEogQjDB4tf386AlTbmyPNVVxNcaXLmrcRioJe7ZSo1hxRyjb0Og40JpturaelnJxRHRMO3CSbUGYFeZc-z97ZmMCrR87xWK64s/s1792/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VKiA96Dnw_0KRO2ECbSPQ2SzeKt6tSeOhC9PrlnFoEogQjDB4tf386AlTbmyPNVVxNcaXLmrcRioJe7ZSo1hxRyjb0Og40JpturaelnJxRHRMO3CSbUGYFeZc-z97ZmMCrR87xWK64s/w296-h640/11.jpg" width="296" /></a></div>Do you celebrate birthdays in Heaven? I actually look forward to your birthday now, as we try to make it a fun day. I'm so lucky to have such a good friend in Simone, who is always there, even when she's tired and busy and after working all day. Can you believe that she actually loves Pepsi now and drinks it all the time! Oh she cracks me up so much! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOphn1kxQemJ1CZ0Tz6Ay4qxpKvN0mNGSWxtjGM8glOVNtStUb4uIvZJO3IjKYjzgWhbAOcilarJFhGgRKpxma8DUuB3tLjt39YY9xz2Z2n94n-0TSYuMTGbcoQMmK13mthximTPmDSc/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOphn1kxQemJ1CZ0Tz6Ay4qxpKvN0mNGSWxtjGM8glOVNtStUb4uIvZJO3IjKYjzgWhbAOcilarJFhGgRKpxma8DUuB3tLjt39YY9xz2Z2n94n-0TSYuMTGbcoQMmK13mthximTPmDSc/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I love the tradition that just started after you died, of having a Pepsi on your birthday. I love that people send up photos from all around the world of them having a Pepsi, or something to do with Pepsi. It means a lot that people take some time out of their day to do that for us, as it reminds us that you aren't forgotten and we aren't the only ones who wish you were still here. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj9qzeAl1uFAwW_HV8aB0_cQ45DXByAr6AJgKoyNZfD2SjuqbXYEnRS41GDcydwEeGrnCNF2BkeBSB17PllHT6-nc8XBFBdJ4v44PJdTuuGOgiv28QBTCCpl0ONv9DWJ5GjWWic0MCz0/s2048/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj9qzeAl1uFAwW_HV8aB0_cQ45DXByAr6AJgKoyNZfD2SjuqbXYEnRS41GDcydwEeGrnCNF2BkeBSB17PllHT6-nc8XBFBdJ4v44PJdTuuGOgiv28QBTCCpl0ONv9DWJ5GjWWic0MCz0/w480-h640/7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>It's my favourite time of the year again, and I'm so grateful to have some time to relax before the year gets busy again. This is the first summer that we aren't going to be traveling to the mainland since you died. I just don't want to risk having to quarantine for two weeks when we get back, but it also means that the holidays will seem extra long, unless we keep busy. I'm quite happy to have days of lots of reading, catching up on shows and swimming, but I don't want Kobe sitting around on technology too long, so I always feel like we have to do stuff to keep him busy. </div><div><br /></div><div>He loved camping with cousins recently and was so depressed and bored when he got home. I took the soft version of camping, and hung out at camp during the day and evening, and went back to Mum's to sleep at night :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6UWu18qBV0hDn3N39rvIJJYBa7hazK9rKdkqIdlviqpOK_za0udoAq9nc-XkZPXS2HmGjf-bibthaWBPOeT2mqDD4ucOgpytKycTPlbHTwQNhLLSYSNQo3IzssrBR7oM-DzEHNwRJHQ/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6UWu18qBV0hDn3N39rvIJJYBa7hazK9rKdkqIdlviqpOK_za0udoAq9nc-XkZPXS2HmGjf-bibthaWBPOeT2mqDD4ucOgpytKycTPlbHTwQNhLLSYSNQo3IzssrBR7oM-DzEHNwRJHQ/w480-h640/3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjwxXp6fTyEONpFsyXXJ9-MUktNqEwJMuy5_aJYuPBj7FImEHEUnXoo6Oq09kQBjSWhH79H-HPsE6RnOW84GlvlkU55RZ-jQyVjnz2lQ_W0SuuEpyUWSeXHwExS3_UGFx080TVZ4lL7U/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjwxXp6fTyEONpFsyXXJ9-MUktNqEwJMuy5_aJYuPBj7FImEHEUnXoo6Oq09kQBjSWhH79H-HPsE6RnOW84GlvlkU55RZ-jQyVjnz2lQ_W0SuuEpyUWSeXHwExS3_UGFx080TVZ4lL7U/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two entertain themselves really well, and a lot of the time I don't see them, or especially Harri as he's out with friends or his girlfriend. I don't mind it at all though, as I'd rather him be out, than sitting on technology all day. They're lots of fun to be around, and they give me a lot of crap like you used to, just to stir me up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iEr_q5CwmACpeqAjcTu-J3Qk20om9AjqufToF_YCweRVfxbmOYwzfQjcLy-L6ChyVREVTRVHdKRCN5072qNVbwciKsFVXFDI-RvtNVO5F8TAD6ZlZQbkSM4Ak6GmeRHXck9w1k8PEx8/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iEr_q5CwmACpeqAjcTu-J3Qk20om9AjqufToF_YCweRVfxbmOYwzfQjcLy-L6ChyVREVTRVHdKRCN5072qNVbwciKsFVXFDI-RvtNVO5F8TAD6ZlZQbkSM4Ak6GmeRHXck9w1k8PEx8/w480-h640/4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We just had the Sheila May Memorial Sponge Cake Bake-Off and I'm sure Nan absolutely loved it. I hope one day the boys do something similar with their kids and grandkids for you (or me!), but I'm not sure what dish they would choose to cook for us. I love getting together with my extended family and know how lucky we are to have so many cousins and uncles and aunts living close by. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WPvpD80NL212aloBHv0OJ0pgKz-T8OZ-IUgcghrz_wdIah1wjZ_SDkAodMJiqJ3BxRZeYOUsO13zaiLDLsqxuYUDmFW-RQ01y0BIhgesHac2EjfIkr7JqRrdhQxPbR_md1o1WYHpJ9c/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WPvpD80NL212aloBHv0OJ0pgKz-T8OZ-IUgcghrz_wdIah1wjZ_SDkAodMJiqJ3BxRZeYOUsO13zaiLDLsqxuYUDmFW-RQ01y0BIhgesHac2EjfIkr7JqRrdhQxPbR_md1o1WYHpJ9c/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish you were at family events like this with me. I know how you would've been the life of the party there, chatting with all my cousins, making my aunties laugh, playing knockout in basketball and teasing all the little kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wish you got to see the boys growing up. I wish you got to yell at the footy, cricket and NBA with them. I wish you got to talk to them about movies and music and girls. I wish you got to play cricket on the beach with them, and go fishing off the jetty with them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wish you got to be a part of helping them make decisions. I wish you got to share the parenting with me. It's exhausting physically, but especially mentally, being a sole parent. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's almost nine years since you left us, and it feels like forever since you've been here. Some days I imagine you just walking through the door and things being just how they used to be, but then at the same time I feel like a different person, who has a totally different life now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back then I was a tired, stressed out stay at home Mum to four children who were all here with me, but I was also very happy. I'm still tired and stressed, but because of much different reasons. I am as happy as I can be with what's happened, but it's hard to ever feel the joy that I used to, when you and Noah were here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't imagine what life would be like with Noah still here. A few weeks ago I was sitting in the spa at the pool, and was watching all the people with disabilities with their carers, swimming in the pool next to me. I couldn't help but remember how hard life was back when we had Noah. We lived our lives to help make Noah as happy and as healthy as possible, and we would've and did do anything for him. But it was hard mentally, physically and emotionally. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's not lost on me how different and 'easy' life is now compared to then. We can just jump in the car and go to the gym or swimming without a second thought. We can go to the movies or out for lunch, without worrying about Noah's mood or health or who is going to stay home with him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't want him back in his tired, disabled body as that wouldn't be fair on him. But then I wish life was how it used to be, when we were a family of six. I wish I had my other half here, as you made me complete. I wish you were here to share the small stuff and the big things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish we could both experience working at the same time! We never had two incomes coming in, and if we were both working right now, we could do all the things we always dreamt about, like traveling to the USA together. I wish we got to celebrate more anniversaries together. I get so envious of couples who are celebrating another anniversary together, when we won't ever celebrate more than 17 years together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh how I just wish things were different. I wish we weren't going into another year without you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why did you have to go!? </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZsanaHC0qYC9WvTV66mugxQhRbM0KSh64z3iZZ5Y6glZFOtvZ7yx4F8Z6Jce00m32M2PSfgXsS7XuYMmaqgj6QlttEzmVZ0tvLZ2MHXWYBryl11m06qaHhS_7h2WlCJOpYxMscPNa04/s2048/Christmas+pic+2020+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZsanaHC0qYC9WvTV66mugxQhRbM0KSh64z3iZZ5Y6glZFOtvZ7yx4F8Z6Jce00m32M2PSfgXsS7XuYMmaqgj6QlttEzmVZ0tvLZ2MHXWYBryl11m06qaHhS_7h2WlCJOpYxMscPNa04/w640-h426/Christmas+pic+2020+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-50612404933093267902020-12-27T21:55:00.005+11:002020-12-27T22:02:42.297+11:00Our Christmas <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wish I could feel the excitement and joy that I used to feel at Christmas time, but to be honest it's just a day that I dread and can't wait to be over. I think that big days like Christmas just really heighten the emotions, and remind you even more of who is missing in your life. My friend Megan (who I've only met online at the moment....we met as her story is very similar to mine. Her husband also died from a heart attack while they were on holiday together) <a href="https://childrensbooksdaily.com/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-yearuntil-it-is-not/?fbclid=IwAR0NP2NWi1JQzOJPMMfvayfoQhzgX-dfwv3H1H4x7U4xWpxfKH7uzVPW1ZQ" target="_blank">explains it much better than I can</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did my Christmas shopping over two days at the end of November, which meant we could put up the tree and not think about it too much, till it got closer. The tree has definitely shrunk over the years! This was the first year Kobe could put the star on, without being lifted up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8JCmxKHiiEDm7Scu1hfjB3VynJiyN-aRrEEjcUuXOTt61C-X4WpARXSAMbn7WjaKtuEp3ZAXL_Rwfx_68t-fSDiChTxPrHG5h57_QRoAtYygFcCaROgHRmIc5YKBq1GJFQ3Z6Z5glr0/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8JCmxKHiiEDm7Scu1hfjB3VynJiyN-aRrEEjcUuXOTt61C-X4WpARXSAMbn7WjaKtuEp3ZAXL_Rwfx_68t-fSDiChTxPrHG5h57_QRoAtYygFcCaROgHRmIc5YKBq1GJFQ3Z6Z5glr0/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2AKDbA85rxjepGHPkDtRJ0kDcDKBX1aZCuLomBS9fYo_wuZCRcb2o7QjWB7DlEK3yYEn0r97tstAswDboLSlxxh9MfHfgz0LgDhCskX9kpZXf_B3URLDCmA7Bl6fespRTy7IXbxJmaw/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2AKDbA85rxjepGHPkDtRJ0kDcDKBX1aZCuLomBS9fYo_wuZCRcb2o7QjWB7DlEK3yYEn0r97tstAswDboLSlxxh9MfHfgz0LgDhCskX9kpZXf_B3URLDCmA7Bl6fespRTy7IXbxJmaw/w480-h640/2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGbxKRlCQWHbLQk1lnmuegdG5vgJXAFZMtw6E7VrV6yt1Dg9kMaQdG-QkbJfxeLnBa91gG9SQanPvJ3u1qJj2sR0gqVhFiyUKGSruSqC3KldAjzbDzunpMiBWAUjqCzA11xYrW9URy_o/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGbxKRlCQWHbLQk1lnmuegdG5vgJXAFZMtw6E7VrV6yt1Dg9kMaQdG-QkbJfxeLnBa91gG9SQanPvJ3u1qJj2sR0gqVhFiyUKGSruSqC3KldAjzbDzunpMiBWAUjqCzA11xYrW9URy_o/w480-h640/3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Christmas felt extra weird this year. Covid restrictions made sure that lots of our usual traditions such as going to Carols by Candlelight and getting a Santa photo didn't happen. I actually like all the events leading up to Christmas Day such as Carols, end of year work dinners, sharing gifts with friends etc. but then I just wish we could skip Christmas day and get on with summer holidays. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've always loved the Christmas cards that Americans send out with their family photos on them. They're so special and I love seeing how families change every year. It's not common to do it in Australia, but we do it every year. This year's photo is my favourite one yet. It was taken by Clint and Bethanie who was raising money for Feeding the Homeless. You just had to donate any amount and were given a digital copy of your family photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIwSwrPOZmpy4EPXp9i7iG_Coy1-dgf_12BpYHFm2hM-VPjcXEYThSkVjen6_2M56_rFnkR521pk_EritaCsUgPC7KNcJndMXSXx7DSp3WuUpp6GccSowmMN0lYPw5dPfnoInfHjm0qI/s2048/clint+and+bethanie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIwSwrPOZmpy4EPXp9i7iG_Coy1-dgf_12BpYHFm2hM-VPjcXEYThSkVjen6_2M56_rFnkR521pk_EritaCsUgPC7KNcJndMXSXx7DSp3WuUpp6GccSowmMN0lYPw5dPfnoInfHjm0qI/w640-h426/clint+and+bethanie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We still went and looked at the lights this year. Kobe was excited to have two of his best mates sleep over, the weekend after school finished, and we had a look at some lights together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmpBWp5rp_Ej2LXNdyXoUln6jtUUR7-zPlb8-lovBwcg31Jy_NZXCQ5oAu0HkG_4_eC07jh1N4802-k33A9OaO1s8uEDaLYs6FROfSyeTkrwWfN15b713EA8sV57DkeWwo4e19DpqzeQ/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmpBWp5rp_Ej2LXNdyXoUln6jtUUR7-zPlb8-lovBwcg31Jy_NZXCQ5oAu0HkG_4_eC07jh1N4802-k33A9OaO1s8uEDaLYs6FROfSyeTkrwWfN15b713EA8sV57DkeWwo4e19DpqzeQ/w480-h640/4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had our usual Christmas Eve picnic on the floor for tea, but it didn't feel the same as Harri wasn't with us (he had a better offer from his girlfriend :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF36Jve-2VT9-KkjKdATTRPgmo7Qn9pbW0YStJgxHODW7yQ0jKawC40Oqz8xqUb6tR3_nbkGiY5ulzwtFdb7MFmPVInuBXzuYgI6dsu50lSEdj5AN4jbb6TGwxXtZP0zK585NTLCCE7BY/s2048/IMG_7952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF36Jve-2VT9-KkjKdATTRPgmo7Qn9pbW0YStJgxHODW7yQ0jKawC40Oqz8xqUb6tR3_nbkGiY5ulzwtFdb7MFmPVInuBXzuYgI6dsu50lSEdj5AN4jbb6TGwxXtZP0zK585NTLCCE7BY/w640-h480/IMG_7952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It's nice now that the boys are older, that Christmas morning doesn't start too early. The boys all bought me lovely gifts which they had gone out and picked out themselves. It means a lot, that they're able to do that now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlKylyOkyPnFDyvqh_TrWzfXXxQrDsSvxfUTE00xVdBKw7Et0QJC38BBMO2nOG2hbKBmvQpbgqFhfPz8Lav6Pq7WFxPCZyLTUkhZtxWgEWF7uahQJIzRT_Rl5zmN7IesLt1L9QbVW8Go/s2048/IMG_7968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlKylyOkyPnFDyvqh_TrWzfXXxQrDsSvxfUTE00xVdBKw7Et0QJC38BBMO2nOG2hbKBmvQpbgqFhfPz8Lav6Pq7WFxPCZyLTUkhZtxWgEWF7uahQJIzRT_Rl5zmN7IesLt1L9QbVW8Go/w640-h480/IMG_7968.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>For breakfast the boys requested crepes. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxatqnA3B8qR1xVJSsSaTMX1OCWRZNsB-7InHwjiNQvB_Y_REEpdd-lNPlBzr0hBz-3HHnkpSopotTHBpvIcy4OwgFBN9DedNnLCzmVv3YKQQxTlUoKrL74H9tsAoKxtB9-6XGl2Tqal4/s2048/IMG_7970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxatqnA3B8qR1xVJSsSaTMX1OCWRZNsB-7InHwjiNQvB_Y_REEpdd-lNPlBzr0hBz-3HHnkpSopotTHBpvIcy4OwgFBN9DedNnLCzmVv3YKQQxTlUoKrL74H9tsAoKxtB9-6XGl2Tqal4/w640-h480/IMG_7970.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcrNZe1AV74ADMqHZmGfsT34lwbmVxLODu9gOlNs0pU-kJvcDm8cMio5vzUEu2iuKMcbTtSiU2QCG9IBFRViHs9FKBKFx5tyUOXC4UohFaF0JylbixgocBBFevvsIK3im6NIjdkmGDlA/s2048/IMG_7974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcrNZe1AV74ADMqHZmGfsT34lwbmVxLODu9gOlNs0pU-kJvcDm8cMio5vzUEu2iuKMcbTtSiU2QCG9IBFRViHs9FKBKFx5tyUOXC4UohFaF0JylbixgocBBFevvsIK3im6NIjdkmGDlA/w480-h640/IMG_7974.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>We headed out to my brother Eden and Steph's house around lunch time. We were all so full from a late breakfast, so just had nibbles at lunchtime, before heading to the beach for a few hours. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OIEvLYQoHspsKBX5_6sDdsLfVwdGBLHAG0Jt0sq8xGebxSgQPEUNQP12NAKeSM15mQo794G5HUUJ4w6Z92xHL3db43sPGsUb8bINI_c4YP3gq05TVjvnOaqT_Eimq8R9-MEcUnKdvG4/s2048/IMG_7978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OIEvLYQoHspsKBX5_6sDdsLfVwdGBLHAG0Jt0sq8xGebxSgQPEUNQP12NAKeSM15mQo794G5HUUJ4w6Z92xHL3db43sPGsUb8bINI_c4YP3gq05TVjvnOaqT_Eimq8R9-MEcUnKdvG4/w640-h480/IMG_7978.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I love going to the beach on Christmas Day as it makes it feel more like a normal day, and easier to cope with. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHigKQjVDJwWv1BJB3PqPQ2Na7sxGSrAvbIBnBJU3h8cWYNAXrAD4yPqXVoVrT1-M_VqA68TI1QLpCEWcWkcvzzJaWvDj23gckykcity9AeeYEKPC7X1Wdxf3lAZZOYGUaF3S9-pq4Y2I/s2048/IMG_7998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHigKQjVDJwWv1BJB3PqPQ2Na7sxGSrAvbIBnBJU3h8cWYNAXrAD4yPqXVoVrT1-M_VqA68TI1QLpCEWcWkcvzzJaWvDj23gckykcity9AeeYEKPC7X1Wdxf3lAZZOYGUaF3S9-pq4Y2I/w640-h480/IMG_7998.jpg" width="640" /></a>Eden took his jet ski and my older boys had so much fun going on the ski biscuit on the back of it. They don't get to do things like that often, so it's heaps of fun for them. I was the 'spotter' while they were on the ski biscuit and it was hilarious watching them bounce around. It was good to have a laugh. Afterwards we had a big cricket game, with some of my cousins who turned up at the beach as well. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XW36ZU-7Mpexi6gt9HHrmxGLq0RNVPBMVG3Ydd0xml5y8wiBSwJl30CyufSxsWwxBpbKKiAWyBlvyzUNp1Y7ACAzjXfJwqRZT5v62pE8nQEXC5bBK8qohVoGD7Z3CPUNhwN9qbWM2qo/s2048/IMG_7991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XW36ZU-7Mpexi6gt9HHrmxGLq0RNVPBMVG3Ydd0xml5y8wiBSwJl30CyufSxsWwxBpbKKiAWyBlvyzUNp1Y7ACAzjXfJwqRZT5v62pE8nQEXC5bBK8qohVoGD7Z3CPUNhwN9qbWM2qo/w480-h640/IMG_7991.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then went back to Eden and Steph's for tea. Chloe made the table look so pretty. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh5qZoPOJuUxoKpmnV8AiH4jd2Ri3mnCIAwoTQg6OhtdHyAsFkmLOzPBV_WqQmRkGUChlQAHgZ1_aSTipzoWt7hr7IGCRpxGWbUo6FEdlFt4kOJ7aN61arZbZpJlxEOEH_Ig42NXmuS0/s2048/IMG_8001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh5qZoPOJuUxoKpmnV8AiH4jd2Ri3mnCIAwoTQg6OhtdHyAsFkmLOzPBV_WqQmRkGUChlQAHgZ1_aSTipzoWt7hr7IGCRpxGWbUo6FEdlFt4kOJ7aN61arZbZpJlxEOEH_Ig42NXmuS0/w480-h640/IMG_8001.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was glad that Eden and Steph were around for Christmas again this year, but we missed my other siblings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_15yH7b5TSP6ZC-m617BZkjepPsIPvK47vszAuZloKlkrDgmAD9AdwNQj44UX0YEywJ_mn8vcAujDjL8vxSOJaqDleM0xrjJOq3faD8-cWfCWKcKjsWKvB8NJP7-CRRQlnhcmJLqnGR4/s2048/IMG_8004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_15yH7b5TSP6ZC-m617BZkjepPsIPvK47vszAuZloKlkrDgmAD9AdwNQj44UX0YEywJ_mn8vcAujDjL8vxSOJaqDleM0xrjJOq3faD8-cWfCWKcKjsWKvB8NJP7-CRRQlnhcmJLqnGR4/w640-h480/IMG_8004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kobe loves hanging out with his cousins, and couldn't wait for some of his cousins to come up from Glen Huon on Boxing Day. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMBirzp70z5T-LGbrpxSP7vbPR56p9fYP_Xliti-FFy8J36QaYDk8H6yCho9VTFU0wfGTOpZefpTA1Fjpp-KfMdSSYRwpwyx8OMK1L7m0YfoFHN10jLwLHccWFjmw0HK0Vfht5wjck9Q/s2048/IMG_8007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMBirzp70z5T-LGbrpxSP7vbPR56p9fYP_Xliti-FFy8J36QaYDk8H6yCho9VTFU0wfGTOpZefpTA1Fjpp-KfMdSSYRwpwyx8OMK1L7m0YfoFHN10jLwLHccWFjmw0HK0Vfht5wjck9Q/w480-h640/IMG_8007.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>I'm glad that Christmas is over for another year, and are so happy to be on summer holidays. I'm ready for lots of relaxation and sun (hopefully...it doesn't really feel like summer yet). I know the holidays are going to be finished, before we know it. </div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-13713590426569485122020-12-27T21:06:00.001+11:002020-12-27T21:20:17.203+11:0048 Birthdays...9 in Heaven <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week would've been Aaron's 48th birthday. I used to love it when it was his birthday, as it made it sound like he was 2 years older than me, rather than 18 months older, and I could tease him about what an old man he was, compared to me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's definitely having the last laugh now, since he only got to celebrate 39 birthdays, which makes me much older than him now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love getting Pepsi photos from friends, family and people I've 'met' on social media on his birthday. It means so much that people have taken the time to have a Pepsi to remember him and celebrate his birthday, and to send them to us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPaW-1PChZpl3RWutzc0_gsOXm2tNiGJAA5sHa4N0t4qO7j7gjgzwMg-4EaXk44PwxrRMxxGYgLHFrJRwv3AlEdDTh6MppO7TLG49N_1RL8oMoQXn80AGVeXueSUjHhoGH8dkuFkVxak/s828/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="828" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPaW-1PChZpl3RWutzc0_gsOXm2tNiGJAA5sHa4N0t4qO7j7gjgzwMg-4EaXk44PwxrRMxxGYgLHFrJRwv3AlEdDTh6MppO7TLG49N_1RL8oMoQXn80AGVeXueSUjHhoGH8dkuFkVxak/w640-h634/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wuygSYkd1xns-SicQgrSsEF1EK9QOsZXfVZ3nsZdBb5Dobf4Fd6fxvqBfq2sFkxtGh6soI3cwDiA9SwS1wwb3thTCZ5CBhpapPw2R1C86dbibekvSQ7Zd-nVquTRIIsNt6b9vRrYchs/s640/IMG_8036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">During the last week of school, Harri went ten pin bowling, and asked me afterwards if we could go bowling in the holidays as a family, as he had so much fun. </span></div><p></p><p>When Aaron was the prefect co-ordinator at school, he used to take them bowling at the end of the year. and the prefects of 2010 actually bought him a bowling ball as a farewell/thank you gift and got it engraved. I asked the boys what they thought about going bowling on Aaron's birthday, and taking the ball and making sure we all used it for at least one frame. They thought it was a great idea, and were excited to go. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy72tT46QEkFCTpXOYWaFHVf0F67H_zQ4lP0NjTKhl7NbBqv0yZ8YoE78VkpunhfwFdtaufnuTGPSnZezmQjb3LrqDEnABVJdQgzp3OAL1gq15mz3uYrq-x4GofgA0Qzt8iwOaenb5Sv8/s2048/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy72tT46QEkFCTpXOYWaFHVf0F67H_zQ4lP0NjTKhl7NbBqv0yZ8YoE78VkpunhfwFdtaufnuTGPSnZezmQjb3LrqDEnABVJdQgzp3OAL1gq15mz3uYrq-x4GofgA0Qzt8iwOaenb5Sv8/w480-h640/7.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>There were lots of laughs (mostly about how terrible Kobe and I were). </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tHf4mpCfDeQdLu78mCxywzDXLI-rT4_KiEDkwK89bVc-EAl0jYfgHGysqaRv1-DR7gj9f7bLZ5qH8On-0pJM9jbB2fwr80tk1LaiqWAzkpD3v_z6eJ4uWaIBhZFwWAsbNEk6QTKP3iE/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tHf4mpCfDeQdLu78mCxywzDXLI-rT4_KiEDkwK89bVc-EAl0jYfgHGysqaRv1-DR7gj9f7bLZ5qH8On-0pJM9jbB2fwr80tk1LaiqWAzkpD3v_z6eJ4uWaIBhZFwWAsbNEk6QTKP3iE/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afterwards we had fun playing some of the games. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nm8Yy9jtKe77ffQSFlY_rSM-rTBfctgd2ONWM6mTtsdLJ4ssKEpHjKBkr17RRb1YZ1aGVhP4TO5oqfzpKDob3Np6J4c44KeaFSJaaYt9JLKVaoMueHXAMsYkNNmsqrM3pyiTWTvkEhA/s2048/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nm8Yy9jtKe77ffQSFlY_rSM-rTBfctgd2ONWM6mTtsdLJ4ssKEpHjKBkr17RRb1YZ1aGVhP4TO5oqfzpKDob3Np6J4c44KeaFSJaaYt9JLKVaoMueHXAMsYkNNmsqrM3pyiTWTvkEhA/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">Usually we have a BBQ tea and play at Punchbowl on Aaron's birthday, but it was a day that Simone was working, so I knew she wouldn't be able to get into town till late. She's such a beautiful friend. She's so busy in her own life with 6 kids, work and full time Uni, but there's never any doubt that she'd drop anything and everything to come in and remember Aaron's birthday with us. It means so much to have a good friend like her, because as time goes on it seems like a lot of people forget that it's still hard every day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">Instead of going to Punchbowl, the boys thought we should go to Aaron's favourite restaurant - Maccas :) Aaron would've loved that we all had to choose one of his favourite burgers (a Big Mac or Quarter Pounder) and Kobe even put his fries in his burger, just like Aaron would've. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhuZuEMtbY6lXhFvOmQxDLJs2vomVcrTi0x6BbSbVoqkMn-iPRlKHeeHP_1A-fthkxiCViSSKPHpg3-INAyOmcuiKtqogqU4RQhk4RNcZk0fzVT_oQq0otGHuDnIFpBDuFxikQBH2qBo/s2048/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhuZuEMtbY6lXhFvOmQxDLJs2vomVcrTi0x6BbSbVoqkMn-iPRlKHeeHP_1A-fthkxiCViSSKPHpg3-INAyOmcuiKtqogqU4RQhk4RNcZk0fzVT_oQq0otGHuDnIFpBDuFxikQBH2qBo/w640-h480/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">After tea we met Simone and the kids (Simon was at work), plus Jess' kids (who Simone was looking after) at the cemetery. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAnYnZNNRI4cwuFsThhciP0iTrtVs3UnNed2Nd0CPM8pRQAwmhjvPFueFpqqLBgqszWIuirLTJEkDP6OrfnUbp0rJYQDrvKOd8vyW8RPHnFSfG3otu6jC9jHjVscCGEiZCeRhVtClGp0/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAnYnZNNRI4cwuFsThhciP0iTrtVs3UnNed2Nd0CPM8pRQAwmhjvPFueFpqqLBgqszWIuirLTJEkDP6OrfnUbp0rJYQDrvKOd8vyW8RPHnFSfG3otu6jC9jHjVscCGEiZCeRhVtClGp0/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was so windy, but it wasn't too cold. </div></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocUYCiYXBA-xilhsItIVOOtsOJBk_M5EbTe-SyhA7OJO9RzLXx7RYhRh0L6mxMP5eiKVtpE1gFTl8mCzuqkW5ASyD9rxmYbMRX56vxtsGemW8MmbPGxk4qbQH0VyGxe4nGSPaVlZNBcw/s2048/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocUYCiYXBA-xilhsItIVOOtsOJBk_M5EbTe-SyhA7OJO9RzLXx7RYhRh0L6mxMP5eiKVtpE1gFTl8mCzuqkW5ASyD9rxmYbMRX56vxtsGemW8MmbPGxk4qbQH0VyGxe4nGSPaVlZNBcw/w640-h480/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPGsfDwXNnqUZktDSHwYG6NE5y7NDk7Re9LwwllNDeiQmYCOSK-kat8Ic7QJtN4sg1JzqSMIpRNwKilJQ1zlYbFl1gT-tBrVvD2txoDXbTe_LN9B0QhuYPgb3WiWNTyLywJjoi4n7ats/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPGsfDwXNnqUZktDSHwYG6NE5y7NDk7Re9LwwllNDeiQmYCOSK-kat8Ic7QJtN4sg1JzqSMIpRNwKilJQ1zlYbFl1gT-tBrVvD2txoDXbTe_LN9B0QhuYPgb3WiWNTyLywJjoi4n7ats/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFDXKE2TBxtcK8UIStgTp3abtpIbVEvKNrmpWKuFyscLXV2MEcUTXvMab5vME8UDsEKQeUNeRcEBswV1ry6OOZShvJ7iriBzYBwinl4EKw3c9oz8tAm40uPjwUs0C_gzYEKb1TD6hEfc/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFDXKE2TBxtcK8UIStgTp3abtpIbVEvKNrmpWKuFyscLXV2MEcUTXvMab5vME8UDsEKQeUNeRcEBswV1ry6OOZShvJ7iriBzYBwinl4EKw3c9oz8tAm40uPjwUs0C_gzYEKb1TD6hEfc/w480-h640/3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>After the cemetery I dragged the (big) boys out to see the Christmas lights. Kobe was super keen to go, but the other two not so much. They're always great at humouring me, and couldn't really complain since it was Aaron's birthday ;) If you follow me on Insta, you would've seen some funny videos of them saying (sarcastically) how much they loved the Christmas lights :)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRU1YGsm6nx8CJu78tRNeAKwOSj7yzkTTAgRhfTXMAfAPXqMlUoAXgUMOHx_7gtIfRXWwPKNQ-wAnCeyg2ROLJPqJbVjSH_6dSuIrJDLBIFneWnHiC0pCI7bUdBy8ALLhq1-j5udIGGc/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRU1YGsm6nx8CJu78tRNeAKwOSj7yzkTTAgRhfTXMAfAPXqMlUoAXgUMOHx_7gtIfRXWwPKNQ-wAnCeyg2ROLJPqJbVjSH_6dSuIrJDLBIFneWnHiC0pCI7bUdBy8ALLhq1-j5udIGGc/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We weren't able to get a photo with <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2011/11/im-santa-claus.html" target="_blank">our lovely Santa</a> this year, because of Covid restrictions, so we did the next best thing and took a photo that night with the tree in the mall. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcfDletorUzi8ZmB5slHLckAafwH_XR23PRU6p8EvnPQo-smx1W0f9M1IwHzUJlqZ-w2e3zll2FCr8ogCidj-msQ_gIcHLCzTE8ss6Y3Gqfn-Qi4fIC8kVVIdVgOEXRh7oLNKmUiuZjc/s2048/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcfDletorUzi8ZmB5slHLckAafwH_XR23PRU6p8EvnPQo-smx1W0f9M1IwHzUJlqZ-w2e3zll2FCr8ogCidj-msQ_gIcHLCzTE8ss6Y3Gqfn-Qi4fIC8kVVIdVgOEXRh7oLNKmUiuZjc/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had cake when we got home. Despite wishing Aaron was actually here to celebrate his birthday with, we actually had a really fun day together. The boys are great at making a big effort, to spend the whole day together as a family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">My favourite part of the day was driving around in the car, all singing Aaron's favourite songs together (usually by Oasis or the Beatles). I'm sure Aaron would've loved everything we did, and would be loving that everyone was having a Pepsi for him. </span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i9DmSZyc7dYhe0qFS7ZcKwJyK7tZUrXeIdkKGU4LRcFJeiiEl16HaGzvqH1O0tO12P2rMLz26lQH5-DWxjfHVL9dIhfiO-NxcX_-tGCT95iZqauaDWMiH6iTHaFh6Manpl713g1JYBQ/s2048/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i9DmSZyc7dYhe0qFS7ZcKwJyK7tZUrXeIdkKGU4LRcFJeiiEl16HaGzvqH1O0tO12P2rMLz26lQH5-DWxjfHVL9dIhfiO-NxcX_-tGCT95iZqauaDWMiH6iTHaFh6Manpl713g1JYBQ/w640-h480/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-91678278119968068812020-12-24T22:49:00.004+11:002020-12-24T22:49:58.846+11:00The Weirdest School Year is Over. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a school year it's been. Terms 2 and 3 went so slow, but Term 4 absolutely flew as usual. It's always such a busy, but fun term. Book Week was postponed this year because of Covid, and we all had a laugh about how everything else seemed to be cancelled, but Book Week still happened! The kids absolutely love dress up day at school, and I secretly think us teachers love dressing up just as much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I always pull out the old witch costume as an easy costume. The kids absolutely love it, and I always get lots of 'is that you Mrs King!?'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjHKHbCNdd2t-fPTpD57sKQmnK5KyiXnBDM4GluxFwzlWctj899vX_0aEG9kkWLOhaMo_nuD2PIm9tT4qQE28qwnckX2HcS2RNstpeZ0wQjqfwm9aqy7d2nv0hCnfuM-_b7djMPvjzig/s2048/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjHKHbCNdd2t-fPTpD57sKQmnK5KyiXnBDM4GluxFwzlWctj899vX_0aEG9kkWLOhaMo_nuD2PIm9tT4qQE28qwnckX2HcS2RNstpeZ0wQjqfwm9aqy7d2nv0hCnfuM-_b7djMPvjzig/w480-h640/9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every year at school we either have a Science Expo or Maths Expo. This year was the Science Expo, so I asked my cousin Levi (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFzHYMrIhVahBCfmc1AjNw" target="_blank">Tassie Boys Prospecting</a>) to come along. We had his YouTube videos playing of him prospecting for gold, and he set up all his gear, including lots of gold to show the kids. I had shown my students his videos before the expo, and they were so excited to meet 'a real YouTuber!'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately while he was at the Science Expo, he found out that his brother <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/12/ill-see-you-in-next-one.html" target="_blank">Jarom passed away</a> so he only stayed for a short time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xCWJ95tvwHy9js6WBJPwA4m9wi6N87r-rJiWLmOAZo8hSha3MnEt8SolQuYpEGLRFzDJz-4vCbMdSx1EwEVq45NP10_NpwdDdn7250u2I-U4RqE9g1tl-ksqXDNV9p0hz-NoOTdE3fY/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xCWJ95tvwHy9js6WBJPwA4m9wi6N87r-rJiWLmOAZo8hSha3MnEt8SolQuYpEGLRFzDJz-4vCbMdSx1EwEVq45NP10_NpwdDdn7250u2I-U4RqE9g1tl-ksqXDNV9p0hz-NoOTdE3fY/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The boys were so happy to be able to play in the school basketball tournaments, which are played over two days on a weekend. At first we weren't sure whether it was going to go ahead at all, because of Covid. Kobe had so much fun playing with his mates from school, until he got a huge injury in one of the games. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4e7MtwrJ-O_JEvzh8slLks2-WSd2Unr7LuE1-eAyljh5Qi4uwi7oup06ZV_i5aTVylTiznYd4n9B83B8MQxT_yeY1_tmM47E3eiapAHoV2zVL7vSBA5HUd83DZwmvS8cbbYP0e4KFOjw/s2048/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4e7MtwrJ-O_JEvzh8slLks2-WSd2Unr7LuE1-eAyljh5Qi4uwi7oup06ZV_i5aTVylTiznYd4n9B83B8MQxT_yeY1_tmM47E3eiapAHoV2zVL7vSBA5HUd83DZwmvS8cbbYP0e4KFOjw/w640-h640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He went down to grab the ball, and came back up and his cheek went into another boy's head. A huge lump came up straight away and he said it felt like his bone 'popped out' so we knew we had better go up to the hospital to get it checked out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi94663lGBLA7K7W6mNexe3iDg4Kw8UXbtJhtQNyk7zpKGQIA03Sty14aexX0rsFpWcpiK2ruma6_CJ8dre6EoZ4WBEmvGxTIdDVOfk9_0lNczKaOJWmsfsIP0P6ZPOEpHOQkz4DdI1mI/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi94663lGBLA7K7W6mNexe3iDg4Kw8UXbtJhtQNyk7zpKGQIA03Sty14aexX0rsFpWcpiK2ruma6_CJ8dre6EoZ4WBEmvGxTIdDVOfk9_0lNczKaOJWmsfsIP0P6ZPOEpHOQkz4DdI1mI/w480-h640/6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We spent a couple of hours in emergency (masks were compulsory in there, and it was our first experience of having to wear them), but he got the all clear. The bruise hung around for a good week or so though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVtBncXVe3V1mi2rAi2sn3aOtghGwDQ8NUSVzfOZ2FodBFk9qhC-g5YCXLkskyC5eIb7s6VuiM-WZ5D8UIU3TzhioWNajO-rH91Zx_XsieeTNnIDbPYfuyjqEYkb_06NF2AQCHloKzUI/s2048/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVtBncXVe3V1mi2rAi2sn3aOtghGwDQ8NUSVzfOZ2FodBFk9qhC-g5YCXLkskyC5eIb7s6VuiM-WZ5D8UIU3TzhioWNajO-rH91Zx_XsieeTNnIDbPYfuyjqEYkb_06NF2AQCHloKzUI/w480-h640/4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMC3iWZ4lgG0cz_nqa7Oxw9vQ_x3K6Udu7r10vYSJQ7pctog8kjOh5-vS9eY7spi8b6vk-EGcffXixRKErUAHTvAv8Lwqrtrlm7VgLuugQJcjLuWmd6fOg7WntSqglB1we8Jny0kqcwM/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMC3iWZ4lgG0cz_nqa7Oxw9vQ_x3K6Udu7r10vYSJQ7pctog8kjOh5-vS9eY7spi8b6vk-EGcffXixRKErUAHTvAv8Lwqrtrlm7VgLuugQJcjLuWmd6fOg7WntSqglB1we8Jny0kqcwM/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> At the beginning of the year we were looking forward to Harri and Kobe having a great year as students leaders, and finishing off primary and high school with all the usual special events, but things quickly changed with Covid. Tasmania has been so lucky with <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic.html" target="_blank">Covid</a> and have had no cases for months, but we still had Covid restrictions at school, businesses and in the community. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe got to go along to the Remembrance Day ceremony with the other student leaders at his school, and got to lay a wreath on behalf of his school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcT37KN9hTs9Xcul1t5bxYoq6V6uFlGo00BWMrLO5CzQf83IMlKJU0m8tjTcOLFAK6-EWAty5rdb-j6nOGy6MG8g8u6x4kW5nKyZ2I1XzheZnnZxttesp72wIY2E2cFur2pkUMLvV1KU/s1440/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcT37KN9hTs9Xcul1t5bxYoq6V6uFlGo00BWMrLO5CzQf83IMlKJU0m8tjTcOLFAK6-EWAty5rdb-j6nOGy6MG8g8u6x4kW5nKyZ2I1XzheZnnZxttesp72wIY2E2cFur2pkUMLvV1KU/w640-h640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It really hit me when Kobe got his Grade 6 Leavers top, that his primary school years went so fast. He went through the whole of primary school without Aaron around, and I'm so proud of him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUMpAaHNulzhaMH8jTVr2BWqzNpg7dXDiCBOFTy2az8oZXGYG-mSuSNbsyRchW3DGsGcM1CrSfHddGs-Spz41xwcz1Hw1jR-StfG20i_5MpQxG4xX6JE9OAgmtENPcBPUTwn0PfbYtDw/s2048/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUMpAaHNulzhaMH8jTVr2BWqzNpg7dXDiCBOFTy2az8oZXGYG-mSuSNbsyRchW3DGsGcM1CrSfHddGs-Spz41xwcz1Hw1jR-StfG20i_5MpQxG4xX6JE9OAgmtENPcBPUTwn0PfbYtDw/w480-h640/10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri often complains about school, but this term he kept saying that he felt sad that high school was almost over. This was at the inter-high athletics carnival. I'm not sure what the shoe is about! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGE2zuHJyivKvDPr9qVhc5sS3lsUWFyAbcxh8DBi70_V7jglWLT400mhqaAfT1PW5ATLK8p6zkBK10YdHw9A4EUSuO9SniDcBpV2nkZpQKlfA4p5LU3zGQgiTJxBZoVezF_w8CrZ93b8s/s960/54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGE2zuHJyivKvDPr9qVhc5sS3lsUWFyAbcxh8DBi70_V7jglWLT400mhqaAfT1PW5ATLK8p6zkBK10YdHw9A4EUSuO9SniDcBpV2nkZpQKlfA4p5LU3zGQgiTJxBZoVezF_w8CrZ93b8s/w640-h480/54.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year Kobe's school had their Celebration Night just for Grade 6 students (instead of the whole school) and they were able to have 3 guests per student. I wished that Mum could've come along as well, but was grateful that Jay, Harri and I could go along. He was every item including Taiko drumming, the grade 6 dance, and the end of year song which they all write together, about teachers at the school. It was a lovely surprise that Kobe won the 'Respectful Student Award' which included a $50 voucher for a bookshop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY3_aotbBSx2d7fVqiKEuNLrIlw4taZuiChoRNgu74zCyyXlo3kNQmSMVK9nx5I9UznCvyb3PNlHxaF061RdmYmIGQ6ZmGlQAh4LlCH_mzTKgAWp3CLZJPm1RewMxRPCoay5QP7jeGWA/s2048/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY3_aotbBSx2d7fVqiKEuNLrIlw4taZuiChoRNgu74zCyyXlo3kNQmSMVK9nx5I9UznCvyb3PNlHxaF061RdmYmIGQ6ZmGlQAh4LlCH_mzTKgAWp3CLZJPm1RewMxRPCoay5QP7jeGWA/w480-h640/11.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He was excited to go and spend it and bought two Harry Potter books (he put some of his pocket money in, so he could get the second book). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrm2YOEr9dtucvAsukOhF0U1XCgEjcdQnrhixnEjstZb3-87JhB5JwcLFy2TJ9_ZmgDBkWMvLlG59d-nN0BwOgZaXusw56tiYsKHWaC5FJ-QsQaTlhK3tzUQR9ibALjYRh5qRkZkBWYM/s2048/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrm2YOEr9dtucvAsukOhF0U1XCgEjcdQnrhixnEjstZb3-87JhB5JwcLFy2TJ9_ZmgDBkWMvLlG59d-nN0BwOgZaXusw56tiYsKHWaC5FJ-QsQaTlhK3tzUQR9ibALjYRh5qRkZkBWYM/w480-h640/18.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizY64w5KM2dzx2JNccjHtEErkeda2_Lkgbi5nP161djIjGRXJezaoMr39Vg-IpwdvKQQeaLRX18z43IQAyRMocblJBHUE30mhMcC1pjGXsakZk_JXnLQqTrGmt1EjpbJtkLeCExoJ_GkE/s2048/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizY64w5KM2dzx2JNccjHtEErkeda2_Lkgbi5nP161djIjGRXJezaoMr39Vg-IpwdvKQQeaLRX18z43IQAyRMocblJBHUE30mhMcC1pjGXsakZk_JXnLQqTrGmt1EjpbJtkLeCExoJ_GkE/w480-h640/19.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Harri's Presentation Night also had restrictions and only two of us could go along to it. Jay and I actually loved it, because it was much shorter than usual, as it was mostly just for Grade 10 students. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz8ebAQbAe6ggWf4L8h-UbxwkWg1hxpvXrYIK8jixLtLA1y2nB6tJ8jRO0fGxAVpiVeXQVkHgeZDkuS-lcNB8WpYRg-6j4dUbc0YcuHa9ro4kIvPj0Har_XeejPcxMstmtPOTLIappwo/s2048/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz8ebAQbAe6ggWf4L8h-UbxwkWg1hxpvXrYIK8jixLtLA1y2nB6tJ8jRO0fGxAVpiVeXQVkHgeZDkuS-lcNB8WpYRg-6j4dUbc0YcuHa9ro4kIvPj0Har_XeejPcxMstmtPOTLIappwo/w480-h640/13.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>It was a big surprise that Harri won the Sport Science award, and he also got a $50 voucher, but to a sports shop, which was perfect for him! He was the house captain of Allen house, and was really shocked that they won the shield this year (they never win!). He was also presented with a certificate to recognise him as being on the Student Leadership Board, being House Captain and Treasurer. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai0Qwhvgq4DvxCHbkdU4ikeGSJVcsYs83-8C4858HTpzbcjTUFsDvhh6Cl0tFRo8T6fzszGz6Z7Nc6qDDEbTa49ytB1j6AC0M_FciwGkYVlJZMUlHUy6urJpnnYInBYnOjwtOTiHlZoA/s2048/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai0Qwhvgq4DvxCHbkdU4ikeGSJVcsYs83-8C4858HTpzbcjTUFsDvhh6Cl0tFRo8T6fzszGz6Z7Nc6qDDEbTa49ytB1j6AC0M_FciwGkYVlJZMUlHUy6urJpnnYInBYnOjwtOTiHlZoA/w480-h640/14.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>It was lovely that his mates from primary school were on the student leadership board with him, and also received awards. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z0AwR1FjAhPOMGado8RkWxeM7sBzSFCPWNhga_fUfphBH5OEsAyKEyB19FvLmGgbnWnoBBQbiJzATpbb7rVoYdT5hBkfMm9MK3eeed8mkjGMb0rmBFinuOW1Eix37voYM51FWmuYVCo/s1440/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z0AwR1FjAhPOMGado8RkWxeM7sBzSFCPWNhga_fUfphBH5OEsAyKEyB19FvLmGgbnWnoBBQbiJzATpbb7rVoYdT5hBkfMm9MK3eeed8mkjGMb0rmBFinuOW1Eix37voYM51FWmuYVCo/w640-h640/16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My work dinner was a lovely way to celebrate the end of the craziest school year ever. We had a beautiful meal and then went out for karaoke later, which was a lot of laughs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe1VhnrTOinFDivY6b-s6yuvZfWeIwhv7Pr9gpeRdr__AnHcOSkgsP6OKh4zWZZC77aFOFlVA1c4wIFRMR_AGiyNZSawTickE1Pc-pc8o9nzPIW4UoIVmve6ruhkdConRvMjRPo7tL1Q/s2048/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe1VhnrTOinFDivY6b-s6yuvZfWeIwhv7Pr9gpeRdr__AnHcOSkgsP6OKh4zWZZC77aFOFlVA1c4wIFRMR_AGiyNZSawTickE1Pc-pc8o9nzPIW4UoIVmve6ruhkdConRvMjRPo7tL1Q/w640-h480/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IECsSTG7tM2BzYO3kw7eRe57XrPVQtCfXShIWZQH1EBmNgiD8Zl61UfOdr_izKXLMLLd1y3qAZGWqGc5JGBviUMiXS5LXgL-SLgazQJpPuOPdUStZEJCynQqekK27KYjkXctKeMPmY8/s2048/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IECsSTG7tM2BzYO3kw7eRe57XrPVQtCfXShIWZQH1EBmNgiD8Zl61UfOdr_izKXLMLLd1y3qAZGWqGc5JGBviUMiXS5LXgL-SLgazQJpPuOPdUStZEJCynQqekK27KYjkXctKeMPmY8/w640-h480/22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqlYIhdgvPb7NApa9dWN5ECqwgEHIyxzeLO2MmPRgBS48Bie47y-mQxAmBLVCeFQPeMYETJJIceTMWq1TVHZH4MmttRyCXZjf70TNU-OCrofc_OJKFdftf0hRcm60kVUmR-52yaF_C8E/s2048/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqlYIhdgvPb7NApa9dWN5ECqwgEHIyxzeLO2MmPRgBS48Bie47y-mQxAmBLVCeFQPeMYETJJIceTMWq1TVHZH4MmttRyCXZjf70TNU-OCrofc_OJKFdftf0hRcm60kVUmR-52yaF_C8E/w640-h480/23.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">For a while it looked like we may not have any end of year events, but restrictions eased enough to allow schools to have limited visitors at end of year events, and leavers' dinners could go ahead even with dancing (for a while it looked like there would be no dancing allowed). Kobe and Harri's leavers' dinners were a night apart! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ghKKMBOTzQNvl41avbSgEWTpv27RH_ubmuxDzCnFpRbFnBsYcZMP49x2sG6zCH4PrMv0e_VOQi0Wdl7kiGIqBtPaUXXWlk9oFAhzDld8JGHl-5OofYJyLrvZc3gineVMxYVKmyAJjQI/s2048/DSC_4642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ghKKMBOTzQNvl41avbSgEWTpv27RH_ubmuxDzCnFpRbFnBsYcZMP49x2sG6zCH4PrMv0e_VOQi0Wdl7kiGIqBtPaUXXWlk9oFAhzDld8JGHl-5OofYJyLrvZc3gineVMxYVKmyAJjQI/w640-h428/DSC_4642.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMt9tivgfOycOMi6VUlttZfhvpXdZuP6t4h29PYTHexlqFesDAz2IxOwDvgpm7kLzuBAcf-6e8A9fBj2abCZNgPu9L8JYX_tC7K8Su_hW77pn_AIzZVc64nzNdjCBZZg6VZcDrKo4kFU/s2048/DSC_4652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGR4IrGq7Sw-tmIVhFcPbHvewlFl1O59WrnU3RA3rFPe2jBLm9XyXAKhYsZqBEVCSb_qhd3IOWB02LBEZWuvq572AGfpJDiZNN42ntqLkyZ6zTXZUCzut2pRfxCNmTE5YwKZB1McIx1fQ/w640-h428/DSC_4675.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kobe has had had some lovely mates during primary school and I'm so happy that they're all going to high school together next year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt16hEVGy8wCEvGT2KT27T-aj5LdKp8Rh0pQBwyJ4fqUkwg80fR776UET5wE4gHyA9G5g86Xdfz_RAawX3lEddo6XYDJUvyhvku7DjLAyksZSlog6TlWu9Om4EqzKtzOnwkqyOy9nsH8/s2048/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt16hEVGy8wCEvGT2KT27T-aj5LdKp8Rh0pQBwyJ4fqUkwg80fR776UET5wE4gHyA9G5g86Xdfz_RAawX3lEddo6XYDJUvyhvku7DjLAyksZSlog6TlWu9Om4EqzKtzOnwkqyOy9nsH8/w640-h428/25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27KVdxTRwlL9LvOmOTGanLCoFVdd0-ED6tseEnxi8hJvUCwPyXwcYzfOLldGz84ppZm-piPnvJMFU9LLIQXjHkwMDyhU8HVxzg2B2A7h8GoyAb6v-HrSNFgk4aOqLW7j331V1n8yhtmQ/s2048/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27KVdxTRwlL9LvOmOTGanLCoFVdd0-ED6tseEnxi8hJvUCwPyXwcYzfOLldGz84ppZm-piPnvJMFU9LLIQXjHkwMDyhU8HVxzg2B2A7h8GoyAb6v-HrSNFgk4aOqLW7j331V1n8yhtmQ/w640-h428/27.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">Harri looked very handsome all dressed up in his suit. The nights of both boys' leavers' dinners were so hot. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UqYsIlTmqR886rBlEvMnfEtmX10LbMxgad5z07SlpUGezj0wg5ur0EiFLjSQ_NrKeUEtFpptZ70_l4hyFUR_FdD5-oY-UGI__XLHk3Pu_LMlFtJqDg8AlIvxq8FHkxdwIxyKKKe_OlI/s1440/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UqYsIlTmqR886rBlEvMnfEtmX10LbMxgad5z07SlpUGezj0wg5ur0EiFLjSQ_NrKeUEtFpptZ70_l4hyFUR_FdD5-oY-UGI__XLHk3Pu_LMlFtJqDg8AlIvxq8FHkxdwIxyKKKe_OlI/w640-h640/34.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think that a lot of the reason Haz is sad to leave high school, is because his girlfriend Josie is in grade 9 :) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim30Pz6Q3mZWt71caxS17AjY1N0y_7usMMo8WrAZ1jEPiWzRGTdd0N9CLgNYw5o29zfY3Sx6n7yNUCoO9OcBL9CCNUsjAoFg7INDMU7U4X8yOCeQ2yLHBdbEmqRhXXHvhSdu85EZyBWGY/s1440/36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-zDeYAjKe5k1apo8lVnul73DOo2UMlhVyrzxRUSaH4zIpyS-fUoBBoBPaxwok_6T1ss9uM_d0DJzEMNtlnpRKF-0T2OvMyYK7ro_PijCOLpJPvcIYhQu3j7nHTm0i0Osjrq1Z8Hnv6Q/s1440/41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1440" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-zDeYAjKe5k1apo8lVnul73DOo2UMlhVyrzxRUSaH4zIpyS-fUoBBoBPaxwok_6T1ss9uM_d0DJzEMNtlnpRKF-0T2OvMyYK7ro_PijCOLpJPvcIYhQu3j7nHTm0i0Osjrq1Z8Hnv6Q/w640-h520/41.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>All of these guys, except one, went to Primary School together. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ebi8XaLdtOd3P18KRT2pxg2VTBwfiFpKWCQBxKehzkWZzY8SPXqdbRFr5KxmjoC1CRULy77hSnBdbTWwRZf9tnh7-unW7hNMtC2UjTRdpLhyphenhyphen4wTnkKjht3YjS-_gx08RN_ghk5alvt8/s1440/42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Great mates since Primary School.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVN4_V0DOGc3xT84-w1jUObUIcsqbToIlMIj8eQj0AGqaG_yTjg260VTnhEP0gL3Q3UmqFZ4O8kcTKeO0y3iTp83qEkhr-d-a9eXWfG83KVFevLUQyc1ee9pm0bJMGf_uuCLMUXiXkDAs/s2048/46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVN4_V0DOGc3xT84-w1jUObUIcsqbToIlMIj8eQj0AGqaG_yTjg260VTnhEP0gL3Q3UmqFZ4O8kcTKeO0y3iTp83qEkhr-d-a9eXWfG83KVFevLUQyc1ee9pm0bJMGf_uuCLMUXiXkDAs/w428-h640/46.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx29_JPqvJnVUJ8O8eSupgjeZ70jCgF9IaTV12mYJtiTf0No1SnEy7XZuYJeMooBSXO_cceKjijj5opSaKP-DctN19NIoGn1mGHBmWeGDCsR-R92-No-pfQmTOdA8Tw04usX68BDQ24yY/s2048/51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I asked him which girl he was going to ask to the leavers' dinner, he said he didn't want to ask anyone because he wanted to go 'with the boys'. I actually loved that he wanted to go with his mates, because it's the biggest night of his high school life, and I knew he would have a lot more fun going with his friends, than sitting with someone all night that he wasn't really close to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Seb and Harri ended up going together. They've been good mates since primary school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeIqkGhit6S1YNTTsjrxt5gxGT-QShEBr1whL-uDyvlkKxTmBHBRoV0pCFAshi63cDJZzT9Fb-MTne-4MzBv6pNt9mmGVKCAuOD-3hMoAeEYOotPVKFd2pXon2htm1Q7ZZ7eAkRdTxvU/s1440/37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeIqkGhit6S1YNTTsjrxt5gxGT-QShEBr1whL-uDyvlkKxTmBHBRoV0pCFAshi63cDJZzT9Fb-MTne-4MzBv6pNt9mmGVKCAuOD-3hMoAeEYOotPVKFd2pXon2htm1Q7ZZ7eAkRdTxvU/w640-h640/37.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftg8jRt_wJ0NtDiovQgQclU_0eiyNDWrRlUpaOtw6bTcGniaAzq44rZyvNEOr1mxrSkWbshwFr_oTxd2Kdj_Zf6E5QADT1EQk2OEZ53GZYY0sVbHohvl9Vor-RbcB39xndTxGwYyU3FM/s2048/53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftg8jRt_wJ0NtDiovQgQclU_0eiyNDWrRlUpaOtw6bTcGniaAzq44rZyvNEOr1mxrSkWbshwFr_oTxd2Kdj_Zf6E5QADT1EQk2OEZ53GZYY0sVbHohvl9Vor-RbcB39xndTxGwYyU3FM/w640-h428/53.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv33lgNxmS9Vxy6yRxYxSUbNrCvQsoQHDtpoSWe_7KdBEaLzFFGMmYklIaT_F0k1mcdvnwG8K-6GRR_If5R8k_NdDwljudzw9-bGloBAjl2_34Dx7pdhIR4WBWPq9iUk3JoCt2TVEiFoA/s1440/38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv33lgNxmS9Vxy6yRxYxSUbNrCvQsoQHDtpoSWe_7KdBEaLzFFGMmYklIaT_F0k1mcdvnwG8K-6GRR_If5R8k_NdDwljudzw9-bGloBAjl2_34Dx7pdhIR4WBWPq9iUk3JoCt2TVEiFoA/w640-h640/38.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePndrWTZ4pxCZ5PTyvLjtEKXnQqitwbuO1FeN0d4kdiUWHwezXicWWUuNXnBVoRMcDoyI7VCnDRHxyVvXQEyMfmFrCvmOiQGnQjm0aPHJm64NZgIq9sxyJW3HtW4IoiI2s6HxFUTfliI/s1440/40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePndrWTZ4pxCZ5PTyvLjtEKXnQqitwbuO1FeN0d4kdiUWHwezXicWWUuNXnBVoRMcDoyI7VCnDRHxyVvXQEyMfmFrCvmOiQGnQjm0aPHJm64NZgIq9sxyJW3HtW4IoiI2s6HxFUTfliI/w640-h640/40.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>They went in Seb's brothers very cool car. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6w-fwZMVjvUbUJgTVGxvn1aTDhIEeGDV5HOKvRG_wfajGjT25MtV3NuCVEGPadzmneX9sLObDaARIDrAjOmhXzKjjTxza6a14GyuJw4c0DkSv6M3fNamZiMQMJ6AO4cGDZr1eDaImlaQ/s1440/39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6w-fwZMVjvUbUJgTVGxvn1aTDhIEeGDV5HOKvRG_wfajGjT25MtV3NuCVEGPadzmneX9sLObDaARIDrAjOmhXzKjjTxza6a14GyuJw4c0DkSv6M3fNamZiMQMJ6AO4cGDZr1eDaImlaQ/w640-h640/39.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I remember feeling really sad when Jay finished primary and high school, but I didn't feel sad that the boys were finishing primary and high school this year. I think with Kobe I just know that he's so ready to move onto high school. He's never loved school, but I think he's going to enjoy high school a lot more than primary school. We've also had one of the boys at the same primary school for the past 17 years, and it just feels like it's really time to move on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know once Harri gets to college (year 11 and 12 in Tasmania is called college) that he will love it, and he'll love going to school with lots of people he knows that went to different high schools. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb0AsifzALTGAM6ZdGhIFrQ4-5UOo99HU_x8hmjC0GNnTetKPd7Cnd8llK75q8HovI9EiRAuezzWAjTrQ8dqlXD_bi5JsNeYFa-3kKr1EsIJNk8CMRqt2Lq1nsRv4bj-D43hpgnU2q08/s2048/IMG_7356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb0AsifzALTGAM6ZdGhIFrQ4-5UOo99HU_x8hmjC0GNnTetKPd7Cnd8llK75q8HovI9EiRAuezzWAjTrQ8dqlXD_bi5JsNeYFa-3kKr1EsIJNk8CMRqt2Lq1nsRv4bj-D43hpgnU2q08/w480-h640/IMG_7356.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jay has had the best year at Uni in Hobart. After Covid restrictions eased and he was able to get back to Hobart, we hardly saw him, but I was really happy about it, because it meant he was having so much fun with all his friends he made this year. I've loved hearing all the things he's been up to including sport, camping trips, dinners, balls and parties. It's nice to have him home for a few months for summer, before he heads back down for his last year of uni. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0JWQ3feOoAK6w0TCaWd3An8eRfPdIYosbTsr60dl4dgsovX1aScvRkwtl-hy7L9Q5Jjyc-qy1lGCAgCtuq0Xz2dnhVE-wGWUiwvy_-1GEacxJ-MkcWxumw9N2IsfrF0JLw_aeSlU_9A/s828/55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="828" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0JWQ3feOoAK6w0TCaWd3An8eRfPdIYosbTsr60dl4dgsovX1aScvRkwtl-hy7L9Q5Jjyc-qy1lGCAgCtuq0Xz2dnhVE-wGWUiwvy_-1GEacxJ-MkcWxumw9N2IsfrF0JLw_aeSlU_9A/w640-h478/55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We are all so happy to be on summer holidays. I'm already loving the sleep ins, being able to go to the gym during the day, reading and having time to do things in the garden and house, without feeling exhausted all the time. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-32041716277837524162020-12-22T23:25:00.001+11:002020-12-27T17:27:01.174+11:00I'll See You in the Next One <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My cousin Jarom was larger than life. He was known for doing crazy stunts and just living life to the fullest. Whenever I think of Jarom, I think of him with a huge smile for anyone and everyone. I love that a lot of Jarom's life has been <a href="https://youtu.be/sBrZXe6GnAQ" target="_blank">captured on video</a> and I loved watching those videos again, over the past month and a half. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A month and a half ago, Jarom's last post on Facebook said 'I'll see you in the next one'. Not long after, he took his own life. His story isn't mine to tell, but I couldn't not post about my crazy, fun cousin, who was loved by everyone who knew him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As soon as he passed away, my cousin Toni started a cousin group chat. There are many of us, and we shared photos and stories, and laughed and cried together. A few days before Jarom's funeral it was lovely to get together as an extended family to decorate his 'peace pod'. Sam is very clever and did a lot of the main decorating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7me0khF2KmmQR72ukv31s_PmvDsNYW9OD9NJAy3bP0tCgeV_R9Mw6ikbsKUEmLLpcwWxNpt4zCcZiRSBB5ktUcjnKYzPzHRlo9gVHWjq92FlO2MHAQ-KnrTJNxjFKplQH42QLYHxwul8/s3680/DSC_3743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7me0khF2KmmQR72ukv31s_PmvDsNYW9OD9NJAy3bP0tCgeV_R9Mw6ikbsKUEmLLpcwWxNpt4zCcZiRSBB5ktUcjnKYzPzHRlo9gVHWjq92FlO2MHAQ-KnrTJNxjFKplQH42QLYHxwul8/w640-h428/DSC_3743.JPG" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GzpzUh7C2RMb4NjkO8K0XkklpUjRnXCEFkWMLNJzwKkyP3ABmMbBoxf6qHpiAtjliZRgDkxUqG5-vV1bnRpH84LEGw3yPr9q7ALoqZZmrpv5wtrS40DXOnDXwCebqnNdgms_tcLOcwQ/s3680/DSC_3755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GzpzUh7C2RMb4NjkO8K0XkklpUjRnXCEFkWMLNJzwKkyP3ABmMbBoxf6qHpiAtjliZRgDkxUqG5-vV1bnRpH84LEGw3yPr9q7ALoqZZmrpv5wtrS40DXOnDXwCebqnNdgms_tcLOcwQ/w640-h428/DSC_3755.JPG" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj68PpIZlWLKUqrJo6IJ0O7VbEhHkIg97fwpp67cK086Tw1nDgl1IljWXJkzXxpAUizikGplA_1QczrcbfaKZ554Td8hjs36lhS3cX9ExMIpP9aolB3cU7HsUP3TBEYaX9PiHB22Vwv8/s3680/DSC_3751.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj68PpIZlWLKUqrJo6IJ0O7VbEhHkIg97fwpp67cK086Tw1nDgl1IljWXJkzXxpAUizikGplA_1QczrcbfaKZ554Td8hjs36lhS3cX9ExMIpP9aolB3cU7HsUP3TBEYaX9PiHB22Vwv8/w640-h428/DSC_3751.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGzFKuGWWGd8fBZDYl5bbVcjuTkD73GuAFRIeo_0N797zN-4t9qiSWGJohQNMW63b1h5EfUDGiIbD44m_awdw7rOT9CpJ9GgUVkirfOcHfJEVPfHwb0RlrYeWMqvw9oCKrqjEjBb9IU/s3680/DSC_3793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGzFKuGWWGd8fBZDYl5bbVcjuTkD73GuAFRIeo_0N797zN-4t9qiSWGJohQNMW63b1h5EfUDGiIbD44m_awdw7rOT9CpJ9GgUVkirfOcHfJEVPfHwb0RlrYeWMqvw9oCKrqjEjBb9IU/w640-h428/DSC_3793.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0KhAbv8dgdhMPl_toTh8LvZjLblpA1YNzXi_fdCSKPsrFr_WsTCBnz0npdTcopt27duTxAoJ2b8X_TOZh3bGJQeCcKyaLGUvRNuKI5LYQHzGSVM1tsIGuq53PSbCnHpNrl1BhLGtukY/s3680/DSC_3765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0KhAbv8dgdhMPl_toTh8LvZjLblpA1YNzXi_fdCSKPsrFr_WsTCBnz0npdTcopt27duTxAoJ2b8X_TOZh3bGJQeCcKyaLGUvRNuKI5LYQHzGSVM1tsIGuq53PSbCnHpNrl1BhLGtukY/w640-h428/DSC_3765.JPG" width="640" /></a>We all got to write a message to Jarom on the peace pod. Being there together as a family and decorating his peace pod, was just what we all needed. There was lots of tears, but also lots of laughs. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNJKbFtzKsaX2XqB0MtPd7D2tZ_O5Ho7LpR3rRkt_31oU7Jez_HN7xsAAwzRAVBxLIt0msk_T3Ar3zTtqiUPAtCMfJfREg1F_5qxnp2Qxy3VDSSI01Qp6Q8eZp_z6YYQay1BaVQpXHfo/s3680/DSC_3798.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNJKbFtzKsaX2XqB0MtPd7D2tZ_O5Ho7LpR3rRkt_31oU7Jez_HN7xsAAwzRAVBxLIt0msk_T3Ar3zTtqiUPAtCMfJfREg1F_5qxnp2Qxy3VDSSI01Qp6Q8eZp_z6YYQay1BaVQpXHfo/w640-h428/DSC_3798.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sWUPFrD5XURjRN0bLeQDZkD3-AGb-J7pIRK5iQb41oqRsFD71cAborBZ2sBoft-YLIEaflSEC5ih0yhlrL4JuVXtKdDueRjryHPSPFM-Pr6rdprAt9zOkE_VUw44sIU8rJM36mon_no/s3680/DSC_3784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sWUPFrD5XURjRN0bLeQDZkD3-AGb-J7pIRK5iQb41oqRsFD71cAborBZ2sBoft-YLIEaflSEC5ih0yhlrL4JuVXtKdDueRjryHPSPFM-Pr6rdprAt9zOkE_VUw44sIU8rJM36mon_no/w640-h428/DSC_3784.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My heart breaks for Levi and Em, and the whole family as they grieve for their brother and son. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITW2vyq0f7LxEJO0sPfg80C3lP2WxiwnA5YGJo8Y3yhKQOwm48uc1-xrkIFy53EAq_dRvdg_xpB38ZR_7E34ayV0ov8XPf4cFp_Jb3aXSxXjFBugBxlFacxEAUSUtiP3JVDRtvXGwpCE/s1440/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITW2vyq0f7LxEJO0sPfg80C3lP2WxiwnA5YGJo8Y3yhKQOwm48uc1-xrkIFy53EAq_dRvdg_xpB38ZR_7E34ayV0ov8XPf4cFp_Jb3aXSxXjFBugBxlFacxEAUSUtiP3JVDRtvXGwpCE/w640-h640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jarom lived in Queensland and we haven't spent a lot of time with Levi over the years, so Kobe was so excited to see a 'Tassie Boy' (check out their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFzHYMrIhVahBCfmc1AjNw" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>!) in the flesh. He's keen to go gold prospecting with Levi during the holidays. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYypK9LD7o2QmXRxHAdOsDpeSSI7zfqtEplPbWEozIWAkFkJE0xlqHFha_cmHTvcKdjKwWvHAQV3Q-RKiun7J4lGJfBCUlfYB_pQ6JGmz33xh5aQDfpuBz2ojmSP4Q4V-B_Cmy1_D670/s1440/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYypK9LD7o2QmXRxHAdOsDpeSSI7zfqtEplPbWEozIWAkFkJE0xlqHFha_cmHTvcKdjKwWvHAQV3Q-RKiun7J4lGJfBCUlfYB_pQ6JGmz33xh5aQDfpuBz2ojmSP4Q4V-B_Cmy1_D670/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It was fun to go for rides on the farm with Auntie Deidre. It was just what we all needed after a hard week of lots of tears. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmORcqeMaTcfTeXKbbBDr0TonCP2i5zbaqnkcHjf4oU1tUqgdNx1sQU9t35Z33ZczocAuy4qktjsyNoATY9vOW4K4mME2NO24uNOIdZIRbcmljXWMyjSTnmx2oszuK5X1qm1WQU6MkAYQ/s1440/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmORcqeMaTcfTeXKbbBDr0TonCP2i5zbaqnkcHjf4oU1tUqgdNx1sQU9t35Z33ZczocAuy4qktjsyNoATY9vOW4K4mME2NO24uNOIdZIRbcmljXWMyjSTnmx2oszuK5X1qm1WQU6MkAYQ/w640-h640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQXdi07Zcc4r2wkKKyyBp7ZUt9Hi6D0jAgDyhHWXgiki6WUObU_vLJCr8VCRGTq_c6gD-E1Tru23pmQfL-F-qp1f2mhsd22-DsAxMzZsUYjyjwFnbEi0b0a1syQlg1APf5rICBLUWEso/s1440/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQXdi07Zcc4r2wkKKyyBp7ZUt9Hi6D0jAgDyhHWXgiki6WUObU_vLJCr8VCRGTq_c6gD-E1Tru23pmQfL-F-qp1f2mhsd22-DsAxMzZsUYjyjwFnbEi0b0a1syQlg1APf5rICBLUWEso/w640-h640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvyOXNFp1bQAXFiZLbpMseKeitQG-fzvk_TCfA7GIQj3s15AoGS5V3wovPJMkqCl77ILMgj2cptb9bvvqBPts9lTe2NRr0RabZkpl8dcpXjcK3unE-uhvkUb-m4b50hzCiFoLxeuGXcE/s1440/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvyOXNFp1bQAXFiZLbpMseKeitQG-fzvk_TCfA7GIQj3s15AoGS5V3wovPJMkqCl77ILMgj2cptb9bvvqBPts9lTe2NRr0RabZkpl8dcpXjcK3unE-uhvkUb-m4b50hzCiFoLxeuGXcE/w640-h640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT_ZSyYZmrD4-PTvvkNaPF8XmuTnjEjH0ThdhLMdk5x_PXn5TH6hUB0sYwrcplBm-bAoBtGGjd3CY-67J_D6qPx59az3oOfBE5eFIYuwtVzDOd2A6MtJx2bo8O4IywMtvj4ILaNeUAOc/s1440/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT_ZSyYZmrD4-PTvvkNaPF8XmuTnjEjH0ThdhLMdk5x_PXn5TH6hUB0sYwrcplBm-bAoBtGGjd3CY-67J_D6qPx59az3oOfBE5eFIYuwtVzDOd2A6MtJx2bo8O4IywMtvj4ILaNeUAOc/w640-h640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Auntie Deidre asked me to take photos at Jarom's funeral, which I was very happy to do. I love to be given a job and to feel useful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaJ8QC_r4GbYmKza283I-POKHsReg0pjjCea40iFKnzW8IKttD96iH5R4t3SKmj0krUcDuTxWrXIBJEZJDk9OYs59JGS0LK27gHWi3yQ0xLcMrSZhY-qhXQ4CgHhoUIH9lY8ZL7GUO9Y/s3680/DSC_3971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaJ8QC_r4GbYmKza283I-POKHsReg0pjjCea40iFKnzW8IKttD96iH5R4t3SKmj0krUcDuTxWrXIBJEZJDk9OYs59JGS0LK27gHWi3yQ0xLcMrSZhY-qhXQ4CgHhoUIH9lY8ZL7GUO9Y/w640-h428/DSC_3971.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3he9Ssc6Ln6Vy51JvabawYLApUr60wXOLAA-VJoNojR1ziwvjMrFL5n5D7vPa9Fe0A_bnkonnxRoAlBL4ZIle6uyW1vEnlO729fZK7Ay2V5psi7lZj0VGPlC4sUF0bann6DeqgSAwpQA/s3680/DSC_4049.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3he9Ssc6Ln6Vy51JvabawYLApUr60wXOLAA-VJoNojR1ziwvjMrFL5n5D7vPa9Fe0A_bnkonnxRoAlBL4ZIle6uyW1vEnlO729fZK7Ay2V5psi7lZj0VGPlC4sUF0bann6DeqgSAwpQA/w640-h428/DSC_4049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>His service was absolutely beautiful and all the cousins were asked to sing a song, that we used to sing at church as kids. It was hard to hold it together and I think most of us were doing more crying, than singing, but it was really special to all sing together. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEIsVYU5QCAizsV2HuNgV9bzICmdbDbc_OC9rcJXetvF3IBazf7MccG2glVpkgebd62FjtX4R8nmM_HpTSmXfIAHVkZ_vPRHyS7uPFnD_Xo8q3HCuqvaDo_mMEZ-4LHItt8FNVTKDQcU/s3680/DSC_4102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEIsVYU5QCAizsV2HuNgV9bzICmdbDbc_OC9rcJXetvF3IBazf7MccG2glVpkgebd62FjtX4R8nmM_HpTSmXfIAHVkZ_vPRHyS7uPFnD_Xo8q3HCuqvaDo_mMEZ-4LHItt8FNVTKDQcU/w640-h428/DSC_4102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I love that they decided to transport his peace pod to the cemetery in the trailer. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqysFu_cMXMeQWonE9enUjhpJSxX7tgDPrKmV1gn317u3KzjIODdArF6Lk-yvXsNFGRodyiW94DxiZxv_8Vv9pxYEzrIT7CURLdQlK8YxMxMeGOypRfW6Kwi60upyNYGhnTab8cQ7KBns/s3680/DSC_4120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqysFu_cMXMeQWonE9enUjhpJSxX7tgDPrKmV1gn317u3KzjIODdArF6Lk-yvXsNFGRodyiW94DxiZxv_8Vv9pxYEzrIT7CURLdQlK8YxMxMeGOypRfW6Kwi60upyNYGhnTab8cQ7KBns/w640-h428/DSC_4120.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Everyone was asked to wear bright colours, to match Jarom's personality. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjef684aDaw5ryw25T4qaMiMfeCk_dbH0FNn67hytG6TXq8R-cVInzNFtXy7rV5qdSn3C6k371Mpk7nqol98szWwnb86vxzU12qE4JFUtQp2e4auY-U7QPMGEcP5SuEqD8MaPduMds_EA/s3680/DSC_4122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjef684aDaw5ryw25T4qaMiMfeCk_dbH0FNn67hytG6TXq8R-cVInzNFtXy7rV5qdSn3C6k371Mpk7nqol98szWwnb86vxzU12qE4JFUtQp2e4auY-U7QPMGEcP5SuEqD8MaPduMds_EA/w640-h428/DSC_4122.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW3W1DtngHmzRojp-Nr7ttuVIWHSi9yOkstwZNNum9MRWqVE_cgm_6TC6Qo9wTvcAR-txo1xUPDpWEfyz0J4i1lhs2WP1hwAhH5CgBICKeeKb8gu2ljGiU8YTyo-WNDr-csFuJwNUZb0/s3680/DSC_4134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW3W1DtngHmzRojp-Nr7ttuVIWHSi9yOkstwZNNum9MRWqVE_cgm_6TC6Qo9wTvcAR-txo1xUPDpWEfyz0J4i1lhs2WP1hwAhH5CgBICKeeKb8gu2ljGiU8YTyo-WNDr-csFuJwNUZb0/w640-h428/DSC_4134.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw-FFzdRyLsN-2dELIjbUTpln0NoVtHxSLhyphenhyphen59-EnwdqfzcPhuYHeA5F0aLcuhGHOJqvCu8zc5PrMbI4973PUfUUQoW-703H-jtvL38jd7KO_l-L2CigxhnMd1T46oXuzC0yKPH7JfYs/s3680/DSC_4137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw-FFzdRyLsN-2dELIjbUTpln0NoVtHxSLhyphenhyphen59-EnwdqfzcPhuYHeA5F0aLcuhGHOJqvCu8zc5PrMbI4973PUfUUQoW-703H-jtvL38jd7KO_l-L2CigxhnMd1T46oXuzC0yKPH7JfYs/w640-h428/DSC_4137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It was such a hot day. We were lucky in Tasmania that even though we have Covid restrictions that a lot of people were able to attend the funeral. At the graveside a friend played his favourite song, which was beautiful. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyteSai-43EYUp_Ya6iuEE0Nm6LZhvfy9mGAT5Qaf_iZ85xNWYvp2RXBu9zxDAXFLSEsyrVOoAO98P9fpe7arzsIZGm6G5MTsP6geXxyAn4_F__8WveyVn4-qsYamRqmeezfNiSOAYDY/s3680/DSC_4164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyteSai-43EYUp_Ya6iuEE0Nm6LZhvfy9mGAT5Qaf_iZ85xNWYvp2RXBu9zxDAXFLSEsyrVOoAO98P9fpe7arzsIZGm6G5MTsP6geXxyAn4_F__8WveyVn4-qsYamRqmeezfNiSOAYDY/w640-h428/DSC_4164.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOWtGxL-qMlffazp26CYstT1lozzdk3wlN0scVEYK8xJKeDNzeR5TDCMLeWI4gFHQDE0tb2U-KfTjs3wS9tzput9-epOmKn2izpuwx-h8a42_sQ8d6uNUFSD6oavzR6wcLgl2R908bUM/s3680/DSC_4171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOWtGxL-qMlffazp26CYstT1lozzdk3wlN0scVEYK8xJKeDNzeR5TDCMLeWI4gFHQDE0tb2U-KfTjs3wS9tzput9-epOmKn2izpuwx-h8a42_sQ8d6uNUFSD6oavzR6wcLgl2R908bUM/w640-h428/DSC_4171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>We took the opportunity to get a photo of all the cousins who were there. Some flew down from Sydney and Queensland (including my brother Chrish) to be there. Lots of them are missing - we are a very big family. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd58CWjWrGNxTnl38FnllHY9K0rlpu_xvxk0zkE5GURHX2fpr_Y2kdIqKFhbGBDIlXeNi-RqS5KhFxAbXHsFfFDiA6buQH2dVGQgF352GOWF6Ubh_9SnVMLHOqNZ0ptLT4_wxKfRUfGsQ/s755/x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="755" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd58CWjWrGNxTnl38FnllHY9K0rlpu_xvxk0zkE5GURHX2fpr_Y2kdIqKFhbGBDIlXeNi-RqS5KhFxAbXHsFfFDiA6buQH2dVGQgF352GOWF6Ubh_9SnVMLHOqNZ0ptLT4_wxKfRUfGsQ/w640-h542/x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We then got a photo of all the kids of the cousins who were there. Later we worked out that between all of us cousins, we have 90 children of our own! Obviously they weren't all at the funeral. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLpCQ9G8WScxjN1SryfwX3unJGlISTR7AdkM6XN-UPgho3GiyrTl1RUOdH6shY_9uj6ssjM4FlYBhIfLzSKbqVGuFBQ_Zgs8_c21qh2FMqWFRmFXKzyG-y4_xxOeOcMCF7afpozq-1b0/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLpCQ9G8WScxjN1SryfwX3unJGlISTR7AdkM6XN-UPgho3GiyrTl1RUOdH6shY_9uj6ssjM4FlYBhIfLzSKbqVGuFBQ_Zgs8_c21qh2FMqWFRmFXKzyG-y4_xxOeOcMCF7afpozq-1b0/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a>I wish you could've stayed Spazz, but I hope you are now at peace. I'll see you in the next one. Love you. <p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-2584849111073938862020-10-11T21:44:00.002+11:002020-10-11T21:44:26.564+11:00Creating Happy Memories <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew I wanted to go to Hobart for the anniversary of Noah's death to have some fun, and we had an amazing couple of days at <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/10/port-arthur.html" target="_blank">Port Arthur</a> and on the <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/10/tasman-island-cruise.html" target="_blank">Tasman Island Cruise</a> but the thing we loved the most was spending time with family and friends, while we were down there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My brother Jared picked up Mum from our hotel after we arrived and it's always good to see him, even if it's only for a few minutes. Everyone who knows him well knows Jared as 'Buffy' and he's definitely a gentle giant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiuJ-vf_dvO4CGuMSS9mvz7Dj9SabrGJGn5IuMmWxLlZFKhmD9PI0MU66AxpTyHYIVNTZVjDddFIsI3bXIMuB4eO9G8dXWJYvP1DStQbel5pHdKORUpuXYqyy2zXFY_QN1Oxv2QWNIkw/s1281/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1281" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiuJ-vf_dvO4CGuMSS9mvz7Dj9SabrGJGn5IuMmWxLlZFKhmD9PI0MU66AxpTyHYIVNTZVjDddFIsI3bXIMuB4eO9G8dXWJYvP1DStQbel5pHdKORUpuXYqyy2zXFY_QN1Oxv2QWNIkw/w640-h588/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's very unusual to get a photo without him sticking his middle finger up, so we will treasure these photos! People commented on my Instagram that it must've been because he was in his work uniform. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFKiRy5_asw0Q41VewmQ-kqliWDGmhpn8q1wOaYT0xA1RIbF-khJmw7yc-eczX8mG1YubsSv2Aqj9qydkYcC1_NYL2FBmhW_ydQ2Rj-xO0d7jtgyOPcsdAQXL3qw9BuE3wA-f-2RwgXg/s2016/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFKiRy5_asw0Q41VewmQ-kqliWDGmhpn8q1wOaYT0xA1RIbF-khJmw7yc-eczX8mG1YubsSv2Aqj9qydkYcC1_NYL2FBmhW_ydQ2Rj-xO0d7jtgyOPcsdAQXL3qw9BuE3wA-f-2RwgXg/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first night we were there we had dinner with our good friends Dan and Lou and the kids. Dan and I grew up together since we were little kids as our families were very close. Aaron and I used to have him and his brother Josh come and have sleepovers at our house before we had kids. The boys love talking NBA with Dan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGr4RI3AiUj90-HNRwXURw9RBmUEQVWY0fullsaCXNLzoHQLM4lIuuYCIz2J32nhx8FRYe1CLCKGoFUSmEE2rY3DmgAlBE05AwA3ZF2hpYSn-V5oM3c_Vx7ep5x6f1feKotbX9xJm3Y/s1302/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1302" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGr4RI3AiUj90-HNRwXURw9RBmUEQVWY0fullsaCXNLzoHQLM4lIuuYCIz2J32nhx8FRYe1CLCKGoFUSmEE2rY3DmgAlBE05AwA3ZF2hpYSn-V5oM3c_Vx7ep5x6f1feKotbX9xJm3Y/w640-h566/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second night we had dinner with Sarah and Joe and their boys. We often stay with them when we go to Hobart, but if we don't we always make sure we catch up. There's always lots of laughs when we are with them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwE7QtdW9Reb2weuYBGVOdrPtya7k8-tGc3gHfiSrCBYwuUiTf3LZObTIJBDgMQDerERBkG_Jhc-NmxmAeDC7CV4K2r-QgWd3qTT909zlr2xXkhc6wFmw9Nd6z2XXh7eWJvFmwWg3wZA/s828/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="828" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwE7QtdW9Reb2weuYBGVOdrPtya7k8-tGc3gHfiSrCBYwuUiTf3LZObTIJBDgMQDerERBkG_Jhc-NmxmAeDC7CV4K2r-QgWd3qTT909zlr2xXkhc6wFmw9Nd6z2XXh7eWJvFmwWg3wZA/w640-h476/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jay had dinner with us both nights and we also went up to his uni accommodation as Mum had never been there before. He's just been made the Communications Officer (I think that's what it's called!) for Christ College (where he's staying) for 2021. He's already doing lots of things for it including making posters for events which are happening. He'll also be in charge of posting on their social media and writing newsletters etc. It's perfect for him, especially since he's studying Media. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's having the best year there this year as he's made a lot of really good friends. Harri went rock climbing with Jay and some of his friends one morning while we were there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyENHnAAZxnfAmLpIhcxc4RYAt3xbOJKJvl2HoMBqUT9etPr2BG17TbnAgo3CW6L5uOk4KTzi-9CST1pxUpOQs2sQ_x2oTzKeoYPNAPR1cvGfmh8bx1-Bgm-cdq13eLeQbK97dsAyzjk/s2016/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyENHnAAZxnfAmLpIhcxc4RYAt3xbOJKJvl2HoMBqUT9etPr2BG17TbnAgo3CW6L5uOk4KTzi-9CST1pxUpOQs2sQ_x2oTzKeoYPNAPR1cvGfmh8bx1-Bgm-cdq13eLeQbK97dsAyzjk/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I told my brother Eden a few weeks ago that we were planning on going to Hobart for Noah's anniversary, and he decided to come down as well. They arrived the night before we left and were staying for a couple of nights to spend some time with my cousin who was also going down. It was fun having them stay at the same hotel. Kobe LOVED having his cousins to hang out and swim with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjbUf4wgKvTdMCVgXjVbUEIVNxxYTtChzEmhDtWWY_iCqJYJX4JoFNhRWMwWF_-N_zPghGmOCLrQ6FhEtjBkag4_shrJqDsbhtokgH66DEb1sRFABgdcgo1p7MtqG8EccDMUcLWqerqo/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjbUf4wgKvTdMCVgXjVbUEIVNxxYTtChzEmhDtWWY_iCqJYJX4JoFNhRWMwWF_-N_zPghGmOCLrQ6FhEtjBkag4_shrJqDsbhtokgH66DEb1sRFABgdcgo1p7MtqG8EccDMUcLWqerqo/w480-h640/6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ-iRq73vUOdBLCm7CZQ5iwpBaUG7D-rTH_kI2nHbIs-3bMwBw3Cs9IZ_5tl-9UbpbVdKBp94INEHWUWg8zk3BHFyFUgrGhJ6hCpoTMYpeTHfjOMsBBPzJtur9TvPHLhABGrj_TLgZZk/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ-iRq73vUOdBLCm7CZQ5iwpBaUG7D-rTH_kI2nHbIs-3bMwBw3Cs9IZ_5tl-9UbpbVdKBp94INEHWUWg8zk3BHFyFUgrGhJ6hCpoTMYpeTHfjOMsBBPzJtur9TvPHLhABGrj_TLgZZk/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>From our hotel room you could see the Royal Hobart Hospital which is where Noah and also Dad passed away. It didn't make me feel sad, but more grateful for the love and care that the doctors and nurses showed them and us during that time. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy_Ljef2NEXLLq1bk1zg4lN2lIMefMHwZ8iULoJS331MJY7i-CkjOzjZ8LmbvlsQ8yUsK4NWFZQFL88lNf9eyMOrvm3CrNvIKIFNrF14w0bDCZxfMF_iIy1MQyxSEwkPqYYsOh8x9RRA/s2048/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy_Ljef2NEXLLq1bk1zg4lN2lIMefMHwZ8iULoJS331MJY7i-CkjOzjZ8LmbvlsQ8yUsK4NWFZQFL88lNf9eyMOrvm3CrNvIKIFNrF14w0bDCZxfMF_iIy1MQyxSEwkPqYYsOh8x9RRA/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;">It was lovely to have some fun together in Hobart and to catch up friends and family and especially Jay. Thanks Mum for this lovely photo of us. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjqhkptjgUcdXBOBqzdlS8ZWQcJWPCsP_dyiGUc86gJ9gx-YUE5MeVzHqgNJAJSHPnvC2JKZGROuMjnhNfV6eQY_9JPR6KGStuJvDhzPXT3a_D8nYfwg9EKnJ9TlQpS_i0k2f8IWenZc/s1280/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjqhkptjgUcdXBOBqzdlS8ZWQcJWPCsP_dyiGUc86gJ9gx-YUE5MeVzHqgNJAJSHPnvC2JKZGROuMjnhNfV6eQY_9JPR6KGStuJvDhzPXT3a_D8nYfwg9EKnJ9TlQpS_i0k2f8IWenZc/w640-h640/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoPlainText">My life today is so different to what it was nine years
ago. After Noah passed away Aaron and I didn’t know what to do with all the
time we suddenly seemed to have. For ten years our lives were dedicated to
helping him be as happy and healthy as possible, and suddenly we felt like we
had nothing to do, despite having three other boys who needed us.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Time is such a strange thing. I’m grateful that time has
helped me to learn how to cope with the waves of grief which always come. Other
times I’m angry that time just keeps going on, and I’m sad that I’m forgetting
how it felt to hold him and kiss his chubby cheeks.</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I still feel like there’s a hole in my heart that can
never be filled completely.</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We try to fill that hole by creating new happy memories
and it helps for a little while, but I always feel like a huge piece of me is
missing.</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’m also grateful to feel that hole because</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">it reminds me of how lucky I was to be his
mum.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It reminds me of a time when I was
at my happiest, despite being physically and mentally exhausted. Noah gave us
back more than we could ever give him and I would do it all over again if I
could. </span></span></p><p></p>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492407674501440952.post-41865977475968300972020-10-11T20:52:00.003+11:002020-10-11T22:02:13.828+11:00Tasman Island Cruise <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had already planned our trip to Hobart for Noah's anniversary, and were lucky enough to score some travel vouchers from the Tasmanian government, in the second round of vouchers offered. Because we got the vouchers I ended up booking an extra night of accommodation and decided to lash out and use the vouchers towards a Pennicott Tasman Island Cruise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did the <a href="https://lisajking.blogspot.com/2014/05/once-in-lifetime-cruise.html" target="_blank">Bruny Island cruise years ago</a> and I didn't think we'd do another one as they are pretty expensive, so I was so excited that the company was offering a great discount to get people booking as well as a voucher from the government to go towards it. It definitely got me in! I kept my eye on the weather forecast and booked for a day that said it would be fine (a LOT of rain was coming later in the week). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mum came down to Hobart with us to stay with my brother Jared and sister in law Becky and their family for a couple of nights. so she also came on the cruise with us (she was also lucky to be able get a travel voucher as well!). I asked Jay if he wanted to come, but he had too much to do for Uni. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we were waiting to get onto the boat, the skipper told us that you would feel everything a lot more if you sat at the front. I looked at the boys and they both straight away said they wanted to sit in the front. Everyone was given huge waterproof coats to wear. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRLNmH8vFOOYGVlpRlk6ovX6Sla-hu9Gne3FzKMDyWEh1vHke0zZhti-iUiZWc7PH-Egpf0J105oygrP9thtbXW6Zt7MRuBdbz9W3Z1FZwAoThdQF4Pwpcwz5kWK8842q07QahjETu64/s2016/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRLNmH8vFOOYGVlpRlk6ovX6Sla-hu9Gne3FzKMDyWEh1vHke0zZhti-iUiZWc7PH-Egpf0J105oygrP9thtbXW6Zt7MRuBdbz9W3Z1FZwAoThdQF4Pwpcwz5kWK8842q07QahjETu64/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>There were three boats which went out and they said there were two more going in the afternoon, and they don't usually do afternoon cruises until December. It was good to hear that they're so busy. They offered everyone ginger tablets before we left (which we all took) and gave us some tips about how to avoid getting seasick (including not getting over heated and standing up whenever the boat stopped). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGrMswHHQg77GQ77TFSTF2Nh1BAzk3OM0ZP6ANTR5Nl6EkzpJf2hqKvHMmFTKgVuNIP55a2fEBMaX-dHlGl-gQRD2Ox1rRiclCRj6Oj56KlUq1LzVnQLe2H8ce8u2HHN9rYWgAkK6pgc/s3680/DSC_3187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGrMswHHQg77GQ77TFSTF2Nh1BAzk3OM0ZP6ANTR5Nl6EkzpJf2hqKvHMmFTKgVuNIP55a2fEBMaX-dHlGl-gQRD2Ox1rRiclCRj6Oj56KlUq1LzVnQLe2H8ce8u2HHN9rYWgAkK6pgc/w640-h428/DSC_3187.JPG" width="640" /></a>The first stop was at the Tasman Arch which <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2020/10/port-arthur.html" target="_blank">we had seen the day before</a>, from the top. (I’ve posted videos on this post, but you can only see them if you ‘view web version’ which is an option at the bottom of the main page when you open up my blog on your phone). <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_Twx9D_yO5ZoErlZPS06FQmiRurua6W0KbZM7ijHpntuLzYZ_3OqpBoGNHFWfQV91mn6ZQY083NQBVWmr9bdTtuB7VZ8B_m40wi6MIwoG4JGJ-vLCrMIjZgjlw-HodiXCTWrlPu7eRc/s3680/DSC_3193.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_Twx9D_yO5ZoErlZPS06FQmiRurua6W0KbZM7ijHpntuLzYZ_3OqpBoGNHFWfQV91mn6ZQY083NQBVWmr9bdTtuB7VZ8B_m40wi6MIwoG4JGJ-vLCrMIjZgjlw-HodiXCTWrlPu7eRc/w640-h428/DSC_3193.JPG" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVezvHY0bXeanl41nQIprPcSsjVYiQnS1JMHmaqR9SPCgoqOmC_biyKLRKOFhTT3M4qH5JzJiaASNXQRSm8V2LWqUNRG0ufSOB_FQasvGedKy1cHLBmpP1dY6kXwS3FpXcrKHvuYlPcY/s3680/DSC_3204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVezvHY0bXeanl41nQIprPcSsjVYiQnS1JMHmaqR9SPCgoqOmC_biyKLRKOFhTT3M4qH5JzJiaASNXQRSm8V2LWqUNRG0ufSOB_FQasvGedKy1cHLBmpP1dY6kXwS3FpXcrKHvuYlPcY/w640-h428/DSC_3204.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hPk0YTExhwI" width="320" youtube-src-id="hPk0YTExhwI"></iframe></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweBgKm3PKoGFDyqf6g2ePkbcvCFdkHw_kVTZs2ARHPGqZGeNqcjp2wl8t9OsHA0S3j06NYN54_5kABH4GD4eLkUbsi4ZjriamOBhvAfthRaf-g3iUXrq33RTk6HNCGauFkS1Zx8p9uhE/s3680/DSC_3185.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweBgKm3PKoGFDyqf6g2ePkbcvCFdkHw_kVTZs2ARHPGqZGeNqcjp2wl8t9OsHA0S3j06NYN54_5kABH4GD4eLkUbsi4ZjriamOBhvAfthRaf-g3iUXrq33RTk6HNCGauFkS1Zx8p9uhE/w640-h428/DSC_3185.JPG" width="640" /></a>We then sailed up to a cave and were so excited that the boat sailed right up inside. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjcSvP-co1EQSnap1JV7rXqejpRYM_bebeRbJMx-RIQZAF_-xjn87R5h_qBbE78qPbVSOhWEgg0KTDlYqhf3Nzilccjw8DRRyck8tw7qHstomWGPO-9XxebgJZC-dJiSFjoCsnaPX9jA/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjcSvP-co1EQSnap1JV7rXqejpRYM_bebeRbJMx-RIQZAF_-xjn87R5h_qBbE78qPbVSOhWEgg0KTDlYqhf3Nzilccjw8DRRyck8tw7qHstomWGPO-9XxebgJZC-dJiSFjoCsnaPX9jA/w480-h640/3.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XSc5Si4C1uA" width="320" youtube-src-id="XSc5Si4C1uA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On each of the cruises is a tour guide who gave us information as we went to different spots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpZ61K3hHIzDWaZXoZPCapkiDInpkoXCmoP1ncaMY_1ruyyIfL1LDzMm4mBNtwxPSPm_1k-Qh0GhVwWlLKI8ykeeNBuqXllO3o8YED6IOuuwMo94ZnxMRyyrLMRAbE6m6ZR6zJZOiwhQ/s3493/DSC_3199.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2331" data-original-width="3493" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpZ61K3hHIzDWaZXoZPCapkiDInpkoXCmoP1ncaMY_1ruyyIfL1LDzMm4mBNtwxPSPm_1k-Qh0GhVwWlLKI8ykeeNBuqXllO3o8YED6IOuuwMo94ZnxMRyyrLMRAbE6m6ZR6zJZOiwhQ/w640-h428/DSC_3199.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NVAmaCI8tpCPmyEkh90rzbFsL9NX0Iyv1jd_R4Z3Yg1FvOlHmPkwDxG_E_aJvMKXoGoMYV2Tcjb87yCZSnu1jUoMv-rXSEjDyW6mMJS1iV4clFwnSK-TQv3Px0cEVqgX4QuZWKV1rCI/s3680/DSC_3194.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NVAmaCI8tpCPmyEkh90rzbFsL9NX0Iyv1jd_R4Z3Yg1FvOlHmPkwDxG_E_aJvMKXoGoMYV2Tcjb87yCZSnu1jUoMv-rXSEjDyW6mMJS1iV4clFwnSK-TQv3Px0cEVqgX4QuZWKV1rCI/w640-h428/DSC_3194.JPG" width="640" /></a>The coastline from the water was just as incredible as from above. It was incredible to see a huge waterfall rushing down one of the huge cliffs, into the sea. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHmzJJK43-iz4zru559jNDDL2C0_q0va3af5vUPuxqnaxaGUDM3sm_3HdAW1xQFysPgodZt_gRMjOVm9dLu_jc0CwtsvuQLqDwE3DAZI-jFf3qmVW8GktrTal5xSrGZsAuF6bVYWX8mE/s3518/DSC_3213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3518" data-original-width="2298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHmzJJK43-iz4zru559jNDDL2C0_q0va3af5vUPuxqnaxaGUDM3sm_3HdAW1xQFysPgodZt_gRMjOVm9dLu_jc0CwtsvuQLqDwE3DAZI-jFf3qmVW8GktrTal5xSrGZsAuF6bVYWX8mE/w418-h640/DSC_3213.JPG" width="418" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aQj_vtYbkO8" width="320" youtube-src-id="aQj_vtYbkO8"></iframe></div>The skipper thought he'd have some fun at the waterfall and took the boat right under it. Because we were up the front the boys copped lots of splashes, but they loved it. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NmwEgpCCe7o" width="320" youtube-src-id="NmwEgpCCe7o"></iframe></div>The scenery got even more spectacular as we travelled further south. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XVYaCxsnP0Y8bGyza3MM6tmYYHB1_HqTr9swG1jZz09OS34VqwlJIEpIb8Srh5Dh1vMBZ7A5aDdJ1O1EAt8snbLFzEXs_IHVg4pV_iSm1uc01T6DdS5MCqDqYEuHRUzIJ4nE7NI-qRc/s3680/DSC_3229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XVYaCxsnP0Y8bGyza3MM6tmYYHB1_HqTr9swG1jZz09OS34VqwlJIEpIb8Srh5Dh1vMBZ7A5aDdJ1O1EAt8snbLFzEXs_IHVg4pV_iSm1uc01T6DdS5MCqDqYEuHRUzIJ4nE7NI-qRc/w640-h428/DSC_3229.JPG" width="640" /></a> As we headed behind these cliffs we finally saw some seals sunning themselves on the rocks. It was hard to spot them as they were very camouflaged at first (it's still hard to see them in the photo below).</div><div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEgXwC_JASlN4-YKyLb68Devvc89ZZliMDa1kbeE_I3PR_5b5h83Jml8u3wzR3najhMoPDYVYHy9e-VRWioWGaT9yRgJHsSxq7yjGoZqqey4zexkeNG0JB4PSoR5MUlFs64MGn-Yslxo/s3680/DSC_3231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEgXwC_JASlN4-YKyLb68Devvc89ZZliMDa1kbeE_I3PR_5b5h83Jml8u3wzR3najhMoPDYVYHy9e-VRWioWGaT9yRgJHsSxq7yjGoZqqey4zexkeNG0JB4PSoR5MUlFs64MGn-Yslxo/w640-h428/DSC_3231.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF01IizuvavvlrEZ83iVKRn-c03ND6f0OjGxK3jqCYzfVkufdXe2C03ru5M-QLH73YYMqvpwRPs6gVgdQrdUj6RODumePN5VXsFJwSa_q5vvl4Yzvi-i-p1VbNt9jBOlc5UFEQo7ajGXI/s2016/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF01IizuvavvlrEZ83iVKRn-c03ND6f0OjGxK3jqCYzfVkufdXe2C03ru5M-QLH73YYMqvpwRPs6gVgdQrdUj6RODumePN5VXsFJwSa_q5vvl4Yzvi-i-p1VbNt9jBOlc5UFEQo7ajGXI/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8GpWpbjIljS0Zq0J9iWG8zwhwVs51T8L9SXSK83YzSIrupXRKAauwYbGbXbsRfWLV2LL7mTzqwnFJdm_9VSGltRbM4TWqiWOo9pyOAhpZHPGbfWH3LhVIX2kj60a8HHiZxfexouJ5_I/s3183/DSC_3242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="3183" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8GpWpbjIljS0Zq0J9iWG8zwhwVs51T8L9SXSK83YzSIrupXRKAauwYbGbXbsRfWLV2LL7mTzqwnFJdm_9VSGltRbM4TWqiWOo9pyOAhpZHPGbfWH3LhVIX2kj60a8HHiZxfexouJ5_I/w640-h426/DSC_3242.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTUGTc9oK3sW_Ck1Z1vtKiD27p5o-Ks0DvLGUIBpUIe-2_4gCzMQXjWHG2zJGhUBy6J7ya0cfNN1L_0uczd-IfvDAgkmxJ7xPb8y6fjkHWKfXl9HpeXLH2KGQQVUqkzvPJdUbDkLEZtg/s3680/DSC_3245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTUGTc9oK3sW_Ck1Z1vtKiD27p5o-Ks0DvLGUIBpUIe-2_4gCzMQXjWHG2zJGhUBy6J7ya0cfNN1L_0uczd-IfvDAgkmxJ7xPb8y6fjkHWKfXl9HpeXLH2KGQQVUqkzvPJdUbDkLEZtg/w640-h428/DSC_3245.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>We could see people at the lookout on top of these cliffs at Cape Huay. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D2e5lWOA9L5FMVg6tHCEKlT7zP2YCSxxlR3IzVHDGbPTFFRu3ZdJt1_oNsXRxv2jcU2M-Etbpq5_p1ghiA01fZixItTjcgWUELXxbCg4zip2gVCNQAjlridAxWH7CZ55GUUVo2QDD-I/s3680/DSC_3248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D2e5lWOA9L5FMVg6tHCEKlT7zP2YCSxxlR3IzVHDGbPTFFRu3ZdJt1_oNsXRxv2jcU2M-Etbpq5_p1ghiA01fZixItTjcgWUELXxbCg4zip2gVCNQAjlridAxWH7CZ55GUUVo2QDD-I/w640-h428/DSC_3248.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsi0Wz5yFhHahnJSfUXkZSRe283MLCenhRiNAINPM6d-84XrE5-e6JRiBPHifsWJ9WG63isu_i0eCueemF6465USnfkUZFH5yMOWHBlOqiWztmuxKkNByF5G6LBl_ZtpZdUSA2gw8q30/s3537/DSC_3254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3537" data-original-width="2361" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsi0Wz5yFhHahnJSfUXkZSRe283MLCenhRiNAINPM6d-84XrE5-e6JRiBPHifsWJ9WG63isu_i0eCueemF6465USnfkUZFH5yMOWHBlOqiWztmuxKkNByF5G6LBl_ZtpZdUSA2gw8q30/w428-h640/DSC_3254.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzN5AggV4vJF-HTO5gnB8r6qnKBsXHnxilY8wWCOUv00Gl5Z02FM7nSzdrk6dUCCCroGUYBn7RhvaDqOy2j5aSU4u8yZ4h44c9339hWaknMaYM4ImgJdZzcn_lBGVAgGEmCicwYkANC8/s3367/DSC_3246.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="3367" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzN5AggV4vJF-HTO5gnB8r6qnKBsXHnxilY8wWCOUv00Gl5Z02FM7nSzdrk6dUCCCroGUYBn7RhvaDqOy2j5aSU4u8yZ4h44c9339hWaknMaYM4ImgJdZzcn_lBGVAgGEmCicwYkANC8/w640-h428/DSC_3246.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we got closer to Tasman Island there were thousands of shearwater birds everywhere. The guide came up the front and told us that it's a sign that whales are around because they feed on krill, just like the whales. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPFJcfCPlQ3qLGkqmfZtUNz6gonoxuLeq4pqIPc7T2yCHiL4SlCebQ_PEgfl1XL635kyllxkpZniCLY3Gul8_g6Y48TR1X4swqXxhr3YOxwLsDv_yLu4fHF6G8rfqkXlI9FiCt7TX1L0/s3680/DSC_3220.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPFJcfCPlQ3qLGkqmfZtUNz6gonoxuLeq4pqIPc7T2yCHiL4SlCebQ_PEgfl1XL635kyllxkpZniCLY3Gul8_g6Y48TR1X4swqXxhr3YOxwLsDv_yLu4fHF6G8rfqkXlI9FiCt7TX1L0/w640-h428/DSC_3220.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We ended up seeing three whales but they weren't very close, so I wasn't able to get any good photos or videos of them. The shearwaters were incredible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_F6drMgypw9WQpYsrhLFN1tVKv3NvdFl1Gv3SqkUmhn9J2ydR4l7Ua_Rr6OJSMjqxpfF69__DtUBXYYBuqKDQMc7_UWZbcZ4swq_ihb-qCgtI0LjKc1nzcD2DdrEjtJ6sdNhFkEXkfi4/s3471/DSC_3226.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="3471" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_F6drMgypw9WQpYsrhLFN1tVKv3NvdFl1Gv3SqkUmhn9J2ydR4l7Ua_Rr6OJSMjqxpfF69__DtUBXYYBuqKDQMc7_UWZbcZ4swq_ihb-qCgtI0LjKc1nzcD2DdrEjtJ6sdNhFkEXkfi4/w640-h428/DSC_3226.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Right near Tasman Island we came across a huge pod of dolphins. They were so beautiful and loved playing around near the boats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q0-0uCRO2LI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Q0-0uCRO2LI"></iframe></div>The skipped told us that we were very lucky that day, as we could do a one way trip from Eaglehawk Neck to Port Arthur, as the weather was so good. Often they will travel to Tasman Island and then have to turn around and go back to Eaglehawk Neck and catch the buses back to Port Arthur. They did warn us that it can get a little rough as we sail in the Southern Ocean.<div><br /></div><div>Kobe was busting to go to the loo just before we got to Tasman Island and the guide told him to hurry up and use the toilet, because it was about to get rough. He cracked us up when he came back to his seat and he told us how bumpy it was on the toilet. Luckily he went before we hit the Southern Ocean as it definitely got rough. They kept telling us to make sure we had our seatbelts on and to make sure they were tight! </div><div><br /></div><div>We were laughing so much that I was crying. With every huge wave we went over, there was a huge scream from everyone on the boat including us. I wasn't really scared because I knew they wouldn't have taken us there if it wasn't safe, but I kept saying my anxiety was going through the roof! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TYNuHXcWBmQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="TYNuHXcWBmQ"></iframe></div>At one stage Kobe started freaking out and kept yelling 'it's tipping, it's tipping!' which made us laugh even more. We had so much fun and I haven't laughed that much in a long time. <br /><br /><div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EcI2aLcd6L8" width="320" youtube-src-id="EcI2aLcd6L8"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we came into the bay near Port Arthur the swell subsided and Kobe stopped freaking out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhi9eJDA9ivFGjxs-OnLZS1qer4icG5TVrTh9LEt-SiUoY7-LNC83Dba-WmLo6HoELAt58DnsN9g6iZWD1NMps000Ayk6AhQfgq30BosdJc7Zey9nSWDrop53vmZJOy6NGvgGNUaC582g/s3537/DSC_3266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="3537" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhi9eJDA9ivFGjxs-OnLZS1qer4icG5TVrTh9LEt-SiUoY7-LNC83Dba-WmLo6HoELAt58DnsN9g6iZWD1NMps000Ayk6AhQfgq30BosdJc7Zey9nSWDrop53vmZJOy6NGvgGNUaC582g/w640-h428/DSC_3266.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was nice to just be able to walk back to our car instead of catching the buses back. We had such an amazing time and is definitely one of my favourite things I've ever done. We were so lucky to have amazing weather as it poured the next day. I'm sure Noah was looking over us and making sure we had an amazing time, on a hard week. </div>The Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086956817658615731noreply@blogger.com0