Australia Day & Good Friends

I feel blessed to be 14 years out of school (yikes!!) and still have the close friendships of my good girlfriends that i made while in school! To make it even more special, we have all grown up and either gotten married & or had kids! So our group has grown from 6 girls, to 6 girls, 5 husbands & 7 kids!

This Australia day we gathered at my place for good food, good converstion and lots of Sip 'n' Sliding!! The slip 'n' slide had to be the highlight of the day! Not only did the kids enjoy themselves, but Lisa, Jen & I certainly had a lot of fun on it as well, much to the delight of the kids.

This event was especially nice for Chey & I, being able to host the families in our own home.
We have decided that we will all get together every Australia Day - and the Slip'n'Slide will be making an appearance!

The girls. Me, Emma, Jen, Nikki, Frida (Cath & Grants friend),Cath, Bek, Lisa & Cooper

Aunty Jen & Chey share a cuddle...with the newest edition to Lisa & Marks family, Max! Isn't he gorgeous!
Slip Sliding Away

The boys....Tony, Paul, Grant, Mark & Chris

The gorgeous Ruby

And the beautiful Amelie...with my baby Fudge :)

Gurgan Wedding - March 6 2010

Two weekends ago, my friend Carrie got hitched! The wedding was held at Brett's Wharf and the venue couldn't have been better! Despite the rain, the "Party Girls" (my next choice of job!!) did a fantastic job of decorating the venue and the food was delicious!

Myself & two other girls (unofficial bridesmaids - there was not bridal party) took the Friday before hand off to help the bride with last minute wedding plans.....although other than checking out the venue and making sure all was good there, we didn't have a lot to do except open the bubbles and enjoy some good old fashion girlie time, including pedicures, a long lunch and lots of laughs!

On the day, Carrie and I woke early (we shared the bed, so if the bride was awake....so was I!) after making sure Carrie was calm, we headed off to breakfast then into town to buy Matt some cuff links and have our hair done.

The day was pretty casual considering the big event. Carrie had a nice relaxing time and only really got nervous when I kindly pointed out that "the part that would scare me the most would be everyone watching me"....ooops probably not the best thing to say to the bride!!

All went off without a hitch (except for the lovely bloke who was refusing to return the hire car that was supposed to be picking us up to take us to the wedding....thankfully another one turned up in the nick of time!)

Carrie & her proud father

It took 3 of us to tie her up in this thing!