Saturday, September 11, 2004
Big Day Out
Today is September 11 - anniversary of the tragedy in New York.
Today was also the Shine Womens Conference at our church.
Judith went to the conference and took Mercedes - so I looked after the others
Here is the story of the BIG day.
It started at 6:30 when I got up and took Miranda to horseriding.
Here she looked after and prepared horses for riding before mounting up, practicing her 2-point seat and then trotting and walking round the ring and over the bar.
Then home to pick up the rest of the family and then off to church to drop Judith off. While there I took a few photos of the conference.
Off to McDonalds next for a late breakfast and a chance to do some emails on the laptop while the kids played in the playground. Changed the first wet pants of the day. From here to a special kids playground called Kidspace. This is an awesome under shelter climbing space with slides and sand and different skill levels of climbing all done to an Aussie Woolshed theme.
Here are some photos of the girls there. Changed second wet pants.
Then in the heat of the day we headed to a nearby shopping mall for lunch and some airconditioning. After a good look around the National Geographic shop we headed off to Sandgate to visit with Serge and Tanya and Elijah. Changed third wet pants.
While at Serge's place we went acrross the road and down onto the sand flats at Sandgate. We wandered across the sand til we got to the waters edge, splashed in the water and wandered back again. Heres some pics of what the kids found. Changed wet clothes.
Finally we headed back to church to pick up Mum and some more photos of the shine conference including some awesome pics of flower paintings done by some ladies in the church.
I snapped some pics of Mercedes with Olivia and also of Olivia with her mum Catriona.
Once we got home I cooked nachos, we ate and then I had a nap on the couch. The kids woke me with a nice massage before I wrote this. in 20 minutes I am going to watch the Geelong Cats play the Essendon Bombers for a place in the semi finals.
Last night I saw the St Kilda Saints over power and take out the Sydney Swans.
It is shaping up to be a Port Adelaide Power vs Brisbane Lions Grand Final. Come on the Lions!
Today was also the Shine Womens Conference at our church.
Judith went to the conference and took Mercedes - so I looked after the others
Here is the story of the BIG day.
It started at 6:30 when I got up and took Miranda to horseriding.
Here she looked after and prepared horses for riding before mounting up, practicing her 2-point seat and then trotting and walking round the ring and over the bar.
Then home to pick up the rest of the family and then off to church to drop Judith off. While there I took a few photos of the conference.
Off to McDonalds next for a late breakfast and a chance to do some emails on the laptop while the kids played in the playground. Changed the first wet pants of the day. From here to a special kids playground called Kidspace. This is an awesome under shelter climbing space with slides and sand and different skill levels of climbing all done to an Aussie Woolshed theme.
Here are some photos of the girls there. Changed second wet pants.
Then in the heat of the day we headed to a nearby shopping mall for lunch and some airconditioning. After a good look around the National Geographic shop we headed off to Sandgate to visit with Serge and Tanya and Elijah. Changed third wet pants.
While at Serge's place we went acrross the road and down onto the sand flats at Sandgate. We wandered across the sand til we got to the waters edge, splashed in the water and wandered back again. Heres some pics of what the kids found. Changed wet clothes.
Finally we headed back to church to pick up Mum and some more photos of the shine conference including some awesome pics of flower paintings done by some ladies in the church.
I snapped some pics of Mercedes with Olivia and also of Olivia with her mum Catriona.
Once we got home I cooked nachos, we ate and then I had a nap on the couch. The kids woke me with a nice massage before I wrote this. in 20 minutes I am going to watch the Geelong Cats play the Essendon Bombers for a place in the semi finals.
Last night I saw the St Kilda Saints over power and take out the Sydney Swans.
It is shaping up to be a Port Adelaide Power vs Brisbane Lions Grand Final. Come on the Lions!
