Narelle's Birthday

Another birthday and another reason to celebrate!

Narelle had the privilege of cooking a great meal and celebrating in style with her family.

The lady herself

Lexie learning her new word for the day BEER,and Pa probably willing to give her abit

*POP* goes the champagne

Pa was is fine spirits, as the day also marked

the finish of Harvest for yet another year

The colourful cake which got "smashed"

All the important people blowing out the candles Lexie,thanks to Pa,getting a taste of the chocolate and the goodies inside the cake

Ma Ma with her girls

Pa with his boys

And that makes 4 gorgeous grandchildren

Matt's Birthday

This year Matt's birthday was overloaded with friends and family and also the joy of having his little man to share it with him for the first time!

Jack very excited for his Daddy l think Mmmm what's Alara up to.... on a mission to find the others in the paddock talking farm

Whilst the boys sleep

The girls play,Alara,Poppy and Lexie enjoy the water

A very proud Pa,fourth time round

The little kids blow out the candles on the tractor cake

And the big kids too

Like Grand dad like grand daughter,

mmmmmmmmmmmm chocolate cake

Clean up in the laundry tub

Kingston Weekend!

New Years had come and gone but it was still party time!

With Jacqui's 1st Birthday there was no better way to spent it then at the beach.

With everyone's shacks, it was great just walking around catching up with the family again and going for walks on the beach and rides in the boat.

The princess herself waiting to dig into her wonderfully made "Cow"cake.

You did a great job Helen!

Aunty Cath,Nic and Relle having a much needed hug.

Pa with 2 of his daughters and his latest great grandchild Toby

Nathan's 1st cuddle of Toby and looking just so excited

Twirly tennis was a big hit Nathan doing what he does best,sleep

Lexie doing what she does best,eating,and loving it as you can see

Onto the healthy stuff now and....

being kind enough to share with her Uncle Steve

Ah that's love

Daddy daughter walking time What a beautiful day to take your loved ones out onto the beach and for a ride on the boat

Jacqui trying hard to give Alara some love but Alara being alittle stand offish l think

The hunky and mind you very lucky captain of our boat.

Some of the precious passengers on board

the other very precious passengers

Aunty Merry and Lexie making a sand castle The terrific twins, Nic and Ash, babysitting for abit.Thanks girls you rock!

The Lads!

It was great that we were able to catch up with some of Nathans old school bubby's whilst we were home.

We had a great night together and we look forward to the next reunion!

L-R Bernie,Wayne,Nathan,Josh and Alex

Bubby Toby Lucas

On the 29th of December,Toby Lucas Excell graced the world with his presence.

With not too much harm to his Mum,Laura,Toby has put a smile on our faces

(especially his mum and dads) and refreshed us again with just how precious and how much of a gift little ones are.

The little man of the moment,bright eyed ready to see the world (and all the flashes from the camera's!) The paparazzi in full swing

The young and her youngest

Julz 1st cuddle of Toby, just a little clucky now!

These two sure know how to make an EXCELLent child

Boxing Day

Well Boxing Day was Hot Hot Hot!

We headed out to Glen and Merry's house for the afternoon to celebrate Christmas

Altus style.....

Alot of sitting around chatting and relaxing

(Daryl has that one down pat by the looks)

For "Bert and Ernie" the fact that they had come

dressed exactly the same wasn't such a thrill,but for us it was hilarious

Lexie in her best birthday suit whilst l slap the sunscreen on,

l did overdo it l think but hey you have to be sun smart!

Jacqui was kind enough to share her Chrissy pool with the others,not sure in that pic whether she is too keen on the crowd but all had fun anyway.

The two toddlers taking a timeout with the toys Laura doing her best to keep hydrated and Ma Ma making sure there is enough room at the table for what was then "George" Lexie finishing off her lunch "Finger licking good" While no ones watching Jacqui try's to finish off her Dad's leftovers

While no ones watching Lexie try's to do some renovating

Pa with all his troops

Pa with most his grand troops and great grand troops