Easter, Festival of Sails, Boat Trip to Morton Island and back to ours.

Hello from sunny Brizzy once again. Actually its not been so predictably sunny as it usually is this week with some big down pours and a few showers thrown in for good measure. That said we have had a very busy Easter weekend that started with a few cheeky ones and a dinner of bar-b-q'd chicken with garlic and ginger king prawns, with our guests Becky, Ian and Megan on Thursday night. Friday morning we were up bright and early and after a full English breakfast we headed off for the Redcliffe festival of sails down on Suttons beach.
The festival is an annual event with heaps of stalls,rides, eaterys and atractions along the beach front. It took us a while to get there as we had a stroll around the market stalls first, but after buying Cornish pasties for £3.50 english, EACH!!!! we headed for the carnival. We were stopped short on route as we walked past the lagoon, little Miss Megan insisted she was going nowhere until she had herself a dip. We eventually got there around mid afternoon, by the time Megan had a ride on the ponys and we had a bite to eat it was time to head back as Lauren had to go to work. But not before she bought a blow up Dorra the explora for Megan, her face was a picture and she has taken it every where with her since.
We were up early again Friday morning and once again heading down to Redcliffe, this time to the jetty to catch a boat before heading over to Morton Island for the day with a bunch of mates. We had a great day snorkling amongst the ship wrecks and boom netting off the back of the boat even though a bunch of Tiger sharks had been spotted off the island just the night before. We saw no Sharks but lots of Dolphins and their tiny babys. Adrienne cannot lift her arms above her head today after holding onto the boom net for dear life yesterday. Oh well, you only live once!!
The day was finished with an impromptue get together back at ours where after a great day everyone was in great spirits and by the end of the night great spirits was also in them, Vodka, Bacardi,Sambuca,............
P.S. almost forgot to say, Buddy didn't want to be left out of last nights festivities. He was caught skulling a near full glass of Bacardi and coke and didn't even have an hang over this morning. Unlike the rest of us.

Laurens Birthday and New Job

Hello again from us lot down here. This weeks blog entry sees Lauren starting her first job as Pizza Girl. She has started work for Dominos and according to the staff there she is doing very well. I dont know myself though as last Tuesday she served me and I managed to get a $5.50 pizza for $14.00 dollars. Hmmmmmm quite a bargain I think not. As it was only her 3rd night I just paid for it as the manager was looking over her shoulder!! Tonight she was not working but went with me to order some pizza for tea, we ended up with four pizza's and a bill of $27.00 again I felt a little distressed as I only wanted three pizza's and they should only have been $5.50 each. Now I'm no Steven Hawkins but even I can work out I got ripped again. I think she got better staff discounts before she became a member of staff.
Sunday was her 15th. birthday, Lauren said thank you to all of you that sent cards and gifts. She spent the day with friends on a shopping trip and a visit to the cinema before coming home for a barbi.
We spent Saturday with Ian, Becky and Megan on a park crawl. North lakes has more little kids parks than you can shake a stick at. Megan had a ball on all the swings and slides.

Walowa Street party

This weekend saw the official welcome to Walowa Street party for the Mackenzie's that started on Saturday evening with a Bar-b-q with our neighbours. The Mackenzie's were not on their best drinking form after a big night on Friday. That said Ian did have a go at a slab of XXXX but Becky retired to bed around 8.30pm with Megan, only for Megan to show up waving to us all from the balcony half an hour later while mummy slept on.
Saturday morning saw us heading up the Sunshine coast bright and early to one of our favourite beaches. After a dip in the lake and chip butty's all round we set off to kings beach for a short walk and an ice cream before heading home to north Lakes.
Loz and Will took an offer up from our neighbour Ray for a ride on the back of his Triumph motorbike when we got home. They said it was 'BRILL!'

At last!

Well after along time coming the McKenzie's have arrived in Australia. After 24 hours of traveling they came through the arrivals gate not too bright eyed but certainly cheerful. It seems bizarre that they are living just up the road now. It was lovely to see them all again and wish them all the best for their new life in Australia