Trials riding with Clem & gNat....

Sunday 24th July

We got up reasonably early and headed out on the trials bikes... when I say reasonably early... it was early for people who'd been up drinking the night before.... and by that - I mean Clem.....    but we were all up by 8am - and out at the property by 9am....

Blake is such a bike nut....  as soon as we arrived he was walking around the bikes to decide which bike he'd spend the day riding....

Clem had a go on my bike....

Jade decided that she wanted to ride her bike ... we figured it would have been like everytime we'd dragged the bike somewhere for her to ride... but no.... she spent the entire morning riding it - until the battery died at about 11:15.....  not a bad effort for someone who hadn't ridden it ever without training wheels....  she came off twice - and that didn't even stop her.....  something's finally clicked!

Clem & gNat

Dad & Blake

gNat

Everyone standing around to chat....

Jade & Rob

(Jade loved riding around either following Rob or making him follow her... they had a brilliant morning)

Someone was getting a bit tired....

((Video))

Jade riding her Oset.... 

(This was taken at the start of the morning - she was so much better by the time we finished up)

Happy 40th Rob....

Saturday 23rd July...

We had a few friends around for Rob's birthday....  Clem and gNat travelled up from Brissy for it...  we had a brilliant night... 

I finally got to meet Kael and have cuddles...

Jodie, Kael and I

Karlie & Theresa

Damo

Evan was up to visit for the weekend... always a welcome visitor :)

Jaime & Xander

Shot of the group...

Melissa came with Eli 

Cat and her family were there.....

Kids surrounding the Firepit that the kids and I bought Rob for his birthday

We set up 3 kids-camping tables for the kids to have their dinner....  everyone else got to eat on their laps

The boys trying to get the fire going...

We gave the kids glowsticks and glow bracelets.... and they spent most of the evening in the trampoline 

Cam photo-bombing

The most awesome birthday cake....

Made by Jaime

The pics put up along the wall

The pics put up along the wall

The pics put up along the wall 

The pics put up along the wall

The pics put up along the wall

The pics put up along the wall

The pics put up along the wall

Another shot of the backyard

Maddy, Greg & Blake

This IS what awesome looks like :)

Rob was very proud of finally making the fire burn

Nat, Karlie, Cam, Cat, Jaime, Theresa & Mom

Cat & Jaime

Cam & Cat

Clem & gNat

Clem is half the man he used to be

Cindy, Kaylee & Melissa

  

Kaden, Cindy & Kaylee

Dave & Cindy

kids on the trampoline

Riley

Kaylee

Glow kids

Bec, Claire, AJ & Rob

(Bec & AJ managed to drop in for a bit to visit.... they'd been caught up at other parties and had extremely tired kids....  can't believe little Claire is nearly a year old and we've only seen her 3 times!)

Emily is all grown up....  

Russell & Nat

Kaylee & Blake

Do you think maybe he has a crush??

Rob, Greg, Blake & I.....

(Jade didn't want to get in the family photo)

Dad, Rob, Greg, Me, Blake, Mom

Jade & Frank

Jade loves her Uncle Frank

Bec & AJ bought Rob the big 40 in the background - so everyone signed that on the night

and the cake lit up with sparklers....

(we didn't realise until it was being cut up that no one actually sung happy birthday....  poor Rob... we did offer to sing it when we came back down - but he declined)

Kids love cake

Rob & AJ

Rare couple pic

and again...

Jaime's self portrait

Damo & Jaime

We had a great night - even though we probably all looked like pikers as everyone left around 10pm... we had everything packed up and kids and ourselves in bed by 11:30.....