Greetings from the Welsh visitors

Hi All
Fab photos Kev. Well done for getting them to post.
We want to send a huge thank you to all for our Christmas gift which we used yesterday- A walk on the Illawarra Fly, followed by lunch, and a souvenier fridge magnet.
We had a fabulous visit accompanied by Kate, Hasi and their German visitors Annetta & Klaus. What a fabulous experience! Many thanks to you all for such a wonderful and very greatly appreciated gift.
We followed up our Illawarra Fly experience with a walk around Carrington Falls - a hidden gem.
Jules, Cynth and I then left the others and did a quick drive through Robertson to show Cynthia the Big Potato. She was overwhelmed.
Saw the fireworks over Wollongong harbour from Bellambi Beach before going to Kate & Hasi's place to see in the New Year. Agreat day!
Happy New year to you all. See you soon. Take care. xxxx

Christmas

Hi All

Thanks Moo for your hospitality on Christmas Day.

A very BIG THANK YOU to all of you for your support and encouragement during my operation and the aftermath.

A special vote of gratitude to Kate and Annie who took time off work to minister to Joan and me. Kate gave Annie the necessary instructions to work the rehab exercises (torture chamber) and Moo arrived to complete the trio. Kate and Moo did extra service getting the house up to scratch before Christmas. I'm trying to include a series of photos leading up to and including the exchange of presents.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I successfully put on the photos and in the right order too. I've been battling all the week to do this but the computer was not doing what it was told. Geronimo!

The computer nurd has done it. Send some of your happy events as the holidays unfold.

Love to all.

Dad/Tjilpie/Old Man/Kev

Post Christmas greetings

Thanks to everyone for a great day yesterday. It was lovely to all get together. See you all again soon. Look forward to the photos being posted Kev. xxx

Late Christmas Day from the top end

Hello every one
we hope your day was great, ours sooooo improved with the monsoonal shower in the morning and just did even more (@ 9.00 pm) with the cherry on top biggest lightning/thunder strike I've experienced here.
Marty said you all sounded great, I couldn't hear Joan for the background noise so I apologise Joan.
Merry Christmas guys and much love from us
Claire and Marty xxxooo

Year 12 results

Well it looks like the results are pretty good allround. have spoken to Liam and got a text from Lucy. Well done guys. I had good results as well. 12 out of the top 20 in the NT were from Darwin High School. Our completion rate was 90% and I can't remember how many scored over 90 but it was quite a few. There were 15 perfect scores(20). I am pretty pleased and the boss is over the moon. She keeps congratulating me for a great year. I feel like I am finally on Holidays. The monsoon is here, the surf is up, the beer is cold.

Cheers
Marty

greetings from the south coast

Hi all,
Beautiful and clever girls!
But what im really impressed about, is the vehicles they choose to travel in!

P.S. Moo, Jules and cynthia are here!!

Love to you all,
Zak

. . . and the Dinner Dance ( NOT formal #2 )

Then there was Clare:


here with the make-up artist

ready to go

with the girls

and with her friend Emma and the car

Steve

Steve
Send me an email steve from your nominated email account and I'll add you as an author! Any one else we've missed? Please yell.
Claire

Formal number 1

Steve here ( should I have my own login ? - nah, use Annies' and blame her )

we're almost at the end of Graduation/Formal season here. Thought all those fashionistas might like to see one of our beautiful girls all dressed up on Friday night at the National Museum, remember we're VERY biased !

Look out for more to follow from Monday at "The Lakeside"

Here's :

Lucy and her "olds"

Lucy and her friend Lauren





and
Lucy and her friend Sam

more bragging from the capital

Our two clever girls have done very well. First, Lucy won the biology and legal studies prize at her graduation last night. She also got a prize ($100) from Snedden, Hall and Gallop a local legal firm who give a prize to the first student in legal studies at each college. Then this morning at

Clare's year 1o graduation, she won the mathematics prize. First in maths out of around 200 students- who's have thought it a daughter of mine coming first in maths. Steve and I are both very proud and telling everyone in earshot! Tomorrow night is Lucy's formal, Monday night is Clare's. Then on tuesday, we get rid of both girls- Clare till Friday, she is going to South Durras with some friends and a mum, and Lucy is off to Kiama for a week for coasties. Zac has threatened to go and spy on them! Have finished all reports- what a wonderful feeling, now only have to entertain kids with DVD's until next Friday. Activities week for a few days then all over for another year. Only two more lessons with my SOSE class!