Camera Clean Up

I copy this blog post idea from my sister in law, Joslyn, because I think it is the most clever way of posting the every day stuff that doesn't really go together or wasn't really an event.  But it's still part of my life that I want to remember and document.

So a few weeks ago we made a friend at Lily's school!  I say we because she (the mom) has kids for my kids to play with.  I decided to be social and have her over for a play date and it was so much fun!  Her name is Allie and she has four kids.  She has a 6 or 7 year old boy who is in the class room next to Lily's at school, which is how we met, both waiting for our kids and both the only two moms who didn't know anyone else because we had both just moved to Kalgoorlie.  Allie moved from Victoria, which is clear on the other side of Australia, so a pretty big move for her also.  Then she has a 4 year old girl, Annabell, a 2 year old boy, Isaac, and a 10 month old little girl, Natalie.  Allie is an absolutely beautiful and generous person and her children are all adorable and I am so glad to have met her.

Here are a few pictures of our kids playing together.

If you couldn't tell, they all had a great time together.  :)

Here are some other random photos of the kids.  Here is Will, still a little sleepy after his Sunday nap.  I had to take a picture because I thought he looked like such a stud.

 Here is Lily in the pool with her "freaky" hair do.  She says that when she would swim in the summer with her cousin Wyatt and she would do this with her hair, he would scream and swim away because it freaked him out.  I think she looks pretty cute!

Here is one of Will's favorite past times in the backyard, shaking this poor little tree.  I apologize for my role in this film.  Ugh, who likes to hear their own voice on camera??  Not me!

I took this picture and then realized that this is probably one of the last times that they could all take a bath together, in fact, they're probably already too old for it!  But they were having so much fun!

So my new friend, Allie, who I mentioned earlier was kind enough to come and take us shopping with her, since I don't have a car, it's hard to get shopping in since the shops all close when Cory gets home from work.  We were just having some fun going to the Op Shop, which is a second hand store. Ava spotted this amazingly beautiful hat and I knew we had to get it for her!

 Isn't it perfect???

 So then the next day, for some reason we decided to go to the other Op Shop on the other side of town, and this amazingly beautiful cowgirl hat was there, and once again it couldn't be passed up.  Have you ever seen so much pink bling in two hats?   I love it!!

 Here's both of them saying, yeehaw!  I keep trying to get a picture of Will wearing one of the hats, but he always takes it off before I can get it, as if he knows that would be extremely embarrassing.

 But here is one photo that he doesn't seem to think is too embarrassing.  Will has been spending a lot of time naked out in the back yard.

I took the girls shopping with me on Saturday because I was feeling generous with my "me" time.  Sad that my me time has become grocery shopping, but they had a lot of fun putting on some of the silly hats and things at the store.

 Happy St. Patrick's Day, early!

 And a happy Easter also!

That about wraps up some of our random happenings down under!