because he looks like a lepar.
this happened on christmas night, fishing at dusk with the boys.
swarms of sandflies and wearing shorts.
2 weeks later and they don’t seem to be budging.
we are both sick of leg scratching in the middle of the night keeping us awake!
We thank this man for starting it all…
Last Monday found us packing our cars and heading up to Bridport for a week-long family reunion. Despite Dad’s fall, which shook us all up as we were getting ready to leave, we had a fun week of bonding, playing games, lots of laughter and sharing memories.
The weather was pretty ordinary, but didn’t stop us from playing at the beach and didn’t stop the boys and younger cousins from playing loud games in the dark outside each night!
The highlight for the kids was having a bath side-by-side in the big kitchen sinks every night. They loved being amongst the hub of activity as the dishes were being washed and dried and dessert was being served. 
Lil and Michaela having wars over who loves Uncle Chris the best! Lil is teaching Michaela some fiestiness – Michaela is quickly cottoning on!
We did lots of silly things too…dancing on New Years Eve and a big family un-birthday party complete with party hats and crazy party games. The thing I love the best about my Mum’s side of the family is that we have fun doing absolutely nothing. There is always something to laugh about or some wild challenge going on. Can’t wait for the next one in another 3 or 4 years!
The weather has been so unpredictable lately. After a hot and sunny Christmas day, Boxing day was raining and cold. It did fine up at the end of the day though so we headed down to the beach for a family game of evening cricket. 
We are lucky to have lots of immediate and extended family members with us at the moment, they are all slowly trickling in ready for our family reunion week which starts tomorrow. So far we have 21 people spread out between Mum and Dad’s house and ours. Lots of chatter, laughter and card games being played! 
