Oh Christmas Tree...

Camping at Lake Eildon

The Walkers and the Joys braved another Melbourne cup long weekend and went camping up at Lake Eildon.  For the first time ever we managed to camp for the entire weekend without getting rained out!  We had lots of fun, came home exhausted and looking forward to next years adventure already.



Enjoy a paddle in Lake Eildon

Lloyd enjoying camp life

Abi and Tyler at the Snobs Creek Waterfall

Happy family at Snobs Creek Waterfall

Emily running around with Lake Eildon in the background

Cuddle time whilst enjoying the view of Lake Eildon

Angus - king of the mountain !



Emily and Abbi Joy

View from the caravan park at dusk

more views

 

The highlight of the weekend - look - no training wheels !Angus managed in one day to lose the training wheels, learn how to go over speed bumps, start and stop by himself and do skiddies (and of course keep up with the big kids!)

Abi's first dressage test

Now that Abi's a big 9 year old she thought it was time to start competing in horse events.  To just test the waters and see what it's all about she and Macey entered a 5A dressage competition (only a walk and trot test) where everyone was given a participation prize.  And as the exceedingly proud mother that I am I have to say she did a fantastic job.  She rode well, remembered her test and even remembered to smile at the judge when saluting at the end!  I couldn't have asked for more.  On the way back to the horse float Abi commented "I can't wait until the next one!"  I think she may be hooked (lucky!!)

Abi turns 9 !

Abi celebrated turning 9 in style - Nyah came over for dinner and helped decorate the B'day cake and then the weekend after her b'day she had a party at the new Watermark swimming complex - complete with tube water slides and bouncy inflatables.  I think "the best b'day ever" was heard more than once.

Decorating the cake

Happy b'day 9 yr old!

cup cakes at the pool party

Abi and Emily about to go down the water tunnel

Abi having fun on the big inflatable at her pool party.

Quality time

Over the holidays the kids got to spend some quality time with Poppy and Nanny.  First yabbying in our dam and then a sleep over at Eyensbury and a trip to the Werribee zoo.