Well what a wet couple of weeks it has been. Since the beach volleyball (nice pics Joel!) we haven’t really seen the sunshine for more than a peek here and there. As a result, we’ve been pretty quiet and boring! Joel has finished putting in two gates in the garden, and now we need to hire a skip to get rid of a heap of soil and some bushes that we have to remove in order to extend the deck. So hopefully we’ll have some sunshine soon so we can get that done.
Cooba has been great, although recently he has taken to escaping from our backyard through or over our carefully constructed fence! We’ve nicknamed him Houdini. He has got out about 5 or 6 times. Fortunately we live in a great neighbourhood full of lovely folks who find him and call us to pick him up. He has recently been travelling quite a long way away so it’s a bit of a concern. We’re assessing our options at the moment with the fence, but part of the problem is we’re not 100% sure how he’s escaping. Joel and I feigned leaving the house the other day and snuck back to spy in him. You can imagine how stupid we felt creeping through the neighbours yard to spy on our own backyard! But of course just to make us feel extra stupid, Cooba didn’t go anywhere and we spent half an hour in the rain peering around the hedge for nothing!
We’ve booked a weekend in London during September when Mum and Dad come over to visit, and then a week in Croatia also with them so we can’t wait for that. There have been/will be a few big events in Melbourne that unfortunately we are missing – my Grandma and Grandpop just celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary (60 years – wow!). Lauren and Mark Rimmington celebrated their 10 year anniversary, and Lauren turned 30! Also Mum will celebrate her 60th birthday in a few weeks. A very busy time! We’ve been in touch with Zac, Fraze and Eliza fairly frequently (we heard her little baby noises over the phone!), and would love to see some more photos, so if there are any Irelands reading this perhaps you could oblige? Hope everyone is well, we’ve heard all about the freezing Melbourne weather. So stay warm and make sure you get to the snow if you can.
All the best from wet Stavanger.
Emma.
Hi Joel and Emma
ReplyDeleteSounds like the weather is similiar to what we have been experiencing here in Melb. The roads to Trentham were closed from Daylesford and Woodend on Tuesday due to the amount of snow that had fallen. The media pics of Woodend including aerial views showed a typical European ambience during the high snow season. The ginseng would have loved the unusually heavy snow fall! Our house is progressing and we should have a fully functioning kitchen by Melbourne Cup Day for the annual event up the mountain. Great to hear you will be catching up with family in London etc. We would love to have you with us on Cup Day but hey I guess the travel is just a weeny bit far. Re the pics of Eliza, Zac and Fraze, did you receive the one's John sent over recently? We do have some more - just let us know if you would like a copy. John is more than happy to send them your way.
Love Sharyn
Hi Sharyn,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. All the snowfall is pretty amazing - it will be so cosy during winter in your new house - that fireplace will be working overtime! I bet you can't wait. Fantastic to hear the house is at lock up stage and that you'll be able to use the kitchen for cup day. It will be quite a change from the caravan for catering purposes, although it really amazed me you managed to put on such a great spread with such limited resources. I'm sure your guests will be in for a treat this year! We did receive the pics from John, but if you have any more we'd love to see them. Zac did send some on the weekend which was fabulous.
All the best,
Emma.