Wednesday, January 3, 2024



















































Those weeks between Christmas and everyone returning to work where nobody knows what day it is. 





 

Monday, January 1, 2024

 Another lap of the sun and another chance to talk about our best of 2023


Best road trip: A day trip to Kojonup together for Claire Stone's 40th, Albany in December to see the Leipers
Best holiday: A trip to Perth in October and enjoying the river and Point Walter each morning. The kids got ice creams and played in the sand and it felt like a summer holiday
Best meal: Pizza nights in the backyard, bonfire dinner down the back of our property - cooking sausages and chops and veggies on the coals, hosting Easter brunch for all of the Stokes/Thorpes, Anthea's crayfish delivery that we turned into chilli, lemon pasta, Brad's komodo joe experiments, Nannup Brewing Meal
Best vista: Kevill Road waterfalls all through the seasons
Most "chuffed" moments: Being asked to be Indi's god parents, Will's merit award in Term 1 
Best party: Kaitlin and Brian's wedding in Fremantle, Callum and Nic's wedding in Quairading, Will's first school disco!
Best concert: You Am I - Dunsborough Tavern, Cowara Bird Project in town 
Best bushwalk: Barrabup Pool walk which we did without kids, Quinninup Falls walk - impressive effort by the boys!, bike riding on the Wadandi track 
Best celebration: Two friends welcomed baby girls (Indiana and Bonnie) and friends and family got married!
Best drink: times that we snuck away to the Tap House together for a few drinks (spicy margarita!), gin tasting board with the Bradburns at West Winds, drinks on the street with the neighbours, local Dugite whiskey
Best tv shows: Severance, Ted Lasso final season, Fleabag, White Lotus, Colin from Accounts, The Bear
Best movie: A man called Otto, The Rescue - Thai caves documentary, the Tigger Movie
Best songs: Burning Holes - Kingswood, My Boy - Marlon Williams, the Slingers, The Man from Waco - Charlie Crocker, Working in my Guitar - The Bahamas 
Best podcast: Lazy girl genius podcast, Mama Mia Outloud, How Other Dad's Dad - Hamish Blake
Best toys: Will - birds, rocks, crystals. Ethan - lego, PJ masks. Flynn - duplo 
Best home additions: We painted all the walls, Todd made me the most beautiful bird bath for out our bedroom window, netted all the fruit trees and got to experience our first plums!
Milestones: New school and a full time days for Willem, Flynny learned to ride the balance bike, a broken elbow just before Christmas on the new monkey bars, end of breast feeding/weaned Flynn in February, our first year in a new town

Other notable moments: We experienced family gastro for the first time in six years, fun. Our neighbours welcomed Barry the red heeler puppy!