We've just enjoyed a few days down Gerroa, Berry, Kangaroo Valley way... and I forgot to take photos until last night...
Meet Brent Rodd, he's my second cousin. grandson of one of my favourite Great Uncles also called Brent. We found each other on Facebook and met for the first time yesterday! And absolutely wonderful it was...
Lots of X-citement for this team who won Abigail Rose's 2017 Treasure Hunt. This event is always a highlight of our Family get-to-gethers that's for sure! Congratulations go to Remy, George and Gwilym! Yay!
Started off with lunch and a shopping spreeeee....
Brothers! AAaahhhh....
Spiderman, wearing his Minion slippers... is in the window seat!
The Risotto Challenge is on for dinner, Nerys verses David!
Some of the gang!
Almost the rest of the Gang!
Remy and George are telling jokes!! Remy... Why did the soldier cross the road? **
Tomos and Gwilym are telling the older four kids stories about the mischief they got up to while at Ku-ring-gai High, Jackson is already at the same school and Charlie will start next year! It's always good to have some inside goss!
Jackson is engrossed in a book called 'Motor Services - Automotive Encyclopedia', he wants to help restore Gwilym's old 1965 Ford Falcon XP... George and Remy are not quite sure :-)
The very impressive Sarah Cobcroft nee Smith who came to Australia free on the Second Fleet in 1790, following her boyfriend and Convict John Cobcroft. The original of this portrait is in the State Library.
More of our family are arriving, the Canberra clan arrived last night after a nice uninterrupted drive, Kate was driving with both James and Briony sleeping...
Lots of love, fun and laughter with a couple of quiet times. All in bed early and sleeping like babies... I'm the first and only one up at 7:30am!! Still no sign of any movement from upstairs :-)
Now waiting for the last family to arrive.....
My Great Aunt Olive Cobcroft, such a lovely person and lots of fun as well... here is an article I found in the 'Windsor and Richmond' Gazette. Saturday, September 12, 1896.
Long Family - My Great Grandmother Edith and my Great Grandfather Samuel Alexander with my Great Uncles and Aunts... Bill, Nancy (Cranky), Max and my Grandmother Eileen behind S.A.
Bye bye Daddy... have a lovely weekend away with your old school friends.
Abigail makes a list of everything they will need for their weekend stay over at cousins Jack and Charlie's, back packs are packed and ready.
George helps David make cement to fill in this gap of his garage entrance.
George really got busy and did a great job including writing his name! Just like his Daddy has done over the years in fresh cement up at the shops!!!
Abi helps a little but Tilly chooses to supervise!
The girls did more than 4 hours on a Geography lesson... a map of Australia jigsaw puzzle lent to us by my friend Mavis... keept these girls working away very happily, George helped a little as well.
A lot was done before it was time to pack up, pick up Jackson from school and head to Hornsby for the weekend!
Married to David, who I met at my Great Aunt and Uncle's property 'Wollogorang' in 1964. Four Wonderful Children - two girls and two boys, Four Fantastic Partners - three girls and one boy and Eight very very beautiful Grandchildren - five boys and three girls.
