Dubbo Holiday

The time came at last to pack up the car and head northish towards Dubbo for the triennial stampede of the Heinrich's / Schefe's.

 First stop was with cousin Hollie, Brian and Willa at Chiltern

Before embarking to our next destination of Murrumbateman with Vicki (unfortunately no photographic evidence of this stop), Hollie gave us a tour of their surrounds with a stop off at Woolshed Falls then onto Beechworth to check out their famous honey, bakery and amazing lolly shop! 

With a dicky achilles and infant in hand, Beau and I stayed at the top of the falls while Steve, Toby, Hollie & Willa went on further. 

Some lazy selfies were taken to stop me watching the chaos of Steve and Toby climbing near a waterfall..........

hold his hand, hold his hand, HOLD HIS HAND!! was going through my head..... 

Back in the car again - silly photos to keep the natives amused....... 

Finally at our Dubbo destination and our first night in could not be complete

 without a story from Ma ma and a good nights rest ready for the Zoo!

Up early Saturday and off we went to the Western Plains Dubbo Zoo......

Fun for young and old! 

Checking out the hippos

Saturday night saw us all together at a local pub/ restaurant for tea,

 celebrating Dad's 60th and Julz & Kara's 30th

all the little ones together

While it takes some time for the kitchen to round up your steak and pluck your chicken, what better thing to do than start fiddling with the cameras.....

such a poser....

oh Steve.....

Nice Zoolander Sami.....

what a spunk i married.....

.....as am I !

Ma ma's creations

Cuddles with Aunty Jill & Uncle Clarrie

Sunday saw a beautiful sunny day and lap it up we did

howdy partner Leyla

Gotta love a mound of dirt to keep kids occupied....

Finishing off the weekend with a 'friendly' game of bowling.

What a blast we had. A great weekend with fantastic family,

thanks everyone!

xxxx

Footy Fever

Just as the footy season has come to an end, Toby decides now is the time to go and kick the footy

First - the kick......

Dad showing Toby what part of his leg the ball needs to hit......

Now lets try marking.....

Future Matthew Lloyd?.......

Bubba Beau

My baby is growing up so fast.......

watching Mum doing some gardening

'trying' to chill out on my playmat.......

face tells another story........

The big Grand Final came around and we just had to make sure everyone knew who we barrack for!

Go Tigers!!

Aunty Relle gave us this snuggly bear suit to keep warm, 

just like a big teddy bear

a rare shot of mum & Beau......

Playing in the morning sunshine

Cuddles with Pa Pete

xxx

The Big Six OOHHHHH

Well the big day came and we all gathered around to celebrate 60 years of Dad living on this earth, he's done pretty well and we are all very proud of him and his achievements, 

Happy Birthday Dad

xxx

It seemed to be the norm that Dad received a Cadburys Milktray on his birthday, so today was no exception. I have a photo very similar with Nathan and I gathered around Dad waiting to pounce on the said Milktray - now its our kids......

Mum excelled herself with a Collingwood cake

Dad having a talk about it all - he got to the point..........eventually ;)

Jack's birthday wasn't to be over shadowed either, Kara put together the Robot exactly to Jack's specifications

Aunty Cath with a baby.......no surprises there!

Mitchell and Beau having a cuddle

Even with their jammies on these two little party animals weren't ready to stop

With Sunday came another celebration - Father's Day. A beautiful sunny day was just the thing to accompany us at Old Pa's for a spot of lunch 

lazing in the sun.....

come on Julz...........  :)