Friday, March 25, 2016

January 2016


Double Delight Rose


Thorpe Rose


Alexander Rose


Water features under maintenance


Fragrant Plum Rose


Mulching the gardens at the Golf Club


F-Troop Morning Tea


Emily at Sound of Music


Emily tucked into her seat at Sound of Music


At the theatre for Sound of Music


Inside the theatre for Sound of Music


With Emily for Sound of Music


Grace - girls day out shopping



Emily in the teacup round-a-bout


Joel climbing up the jumping castle


Joel and Emily coming down the Jumping Castle



Rod, Emily and Joel playing the clowns for prizes


Emily with her prize


Joel selecting his prize - Uncle Shane with Emily


Rod and Joel on the bumper cars


Grace taking it all in from the stroller


Carnival rides


Rod and Joel in the bumper cars at the waterfront carnival at Gosford


With Graham and Rae Brown at the 10th tee


F-Troop morning tea


Joel's selfies



Seduction Rose



A great year for snapdragons


My Fitbit rescued from the garden after two months out in the weather




With Ray and Carolyn Buttsworth at the 10th Tee



Prize winner with Captain Mark Stimpson


Dinner at the Gosford Hotel after golf


Dinner at the Gosford Hotel after golf


F-Troop morning tea


Heavy maintenance work done on the club kitchen during January


Joel and Emily at the pool at Woy Woy



With Sandra and Terry Coyle at the 10th tee


F-Troop morning Tea




Mark Stimpson's community award


Peter's tomatoes - a great crop this year




Joel ready for his first day of school in Year 1


With Jan and Neville Walker at the 1st tee



January 2016 was a hectic month.  A lot of time was spent at the Golf Club where the kitchen had a full make-over along with some very busy F-Troop days.

Highlights were finding my Fitbit after losing if in the garden months before, still in perfect working condition even after being out in heavy rain and taking Anne and Emily to see Sound of Music.



Thursday, March 24, 2016

December 2015


Our cactus out in flower


Sexy Rexy rose


With Santa Claus at the Golf Club Presentation night


With Alice Diamond and Col Kelly at the 1st Tee



After golf dinner at the Gosford Hotel



F-Troop morning tea


Emily's Dance Presentation Day


Emily with her trophy




At the Ladies Christmas Party



Grace


Joel and Emily


Emily


With Helen and Garry Smith at the 10th Tee



After golf BBQ


The stayers at the after golf BBQ


F-Troop Morning Tea



Christmas Roses




Letter in the mailbox from a complete stranger




Joel and Emily at the Children's Christmas Party at the Golf Club


Emily and Santa


Joel and Santa



The day the back pagoda came down







Pagoda Roof gone



F-Troop Morning Tea


Just Joey



Christmas flowers from my garden


Emily trying out Danielle's Curling Wand



Joel and Emily playing with the box packaging on Christmas Day while the play kitchen was being put together 


Play kitchen all done


Joel and E,ily giving the kitchen a trial run


Lunch preparation at Carly's


Table setting


Swimming pool at Carly's


Our new rainfall gauge 


My traditional Christmas fare - pavlova and Rocky Road


Getting the water feature into place


F-Troop morning tea



New Year Roses




New Year's Eve - view of the fireworks from Mark and Anne's balcony



December 2015 was a full on month.  There were a lot of end of year events including the golf club and Emily's dancing.

  We had a big weekend pulling down the back pagoda which was a huge job for the boys.  Shane, Rod and Len kicked in and helped Peter pull down all the overgrown plants and the rotten framework.  They managed to get it all done without any injuries or disasters. The back yard is very open now so we will have to get busy with the water features and tidy up the rest of the yard.

We had Christmas Brunch with Rod and Anne, and dinner with Dannielle's family at her sister Carly's home and enjoyed Boxing Day lunch with Anne,so parents Ron and Rae.

We celebrated New Year's Eve with Mark Stimpson at his unit which had magnificent views of the fireworks seeing the old year out and the new year in.o