Lime aid

Last Week Ruby, Anna, and our next door neighbours/friends Raf and Azsa and I decided to take action in the horrific floods in Queensland and Victoria by selling limes, lemonade, malt ball's and having a sausage sizzle. The Idea was a great success with us raising $267.

With that money we bought groceries and sent them via transport company TOLL.

One of the photographers from the local newspaper came and interviewed us and we were in the paper on Thursday

Darcy

House sitting

We've spent the last month sitting various houses. One before christmas in Broome which was very nice and best of all had a pool. Only one guinea pig died (of old age) while we were there so although not great, there was another five that survived.

Then Trace and the kids flew down to Perth and stayed at Harry and Grace's house while they went to Victoria. They had a great time and caught up with Terry connor and Becky and Miranda, Gus, Sienna and a strange man with a collander on his head. Ellie also arrived from Melbourne for a post Christmas catch - up which was great. No chooks died and they claim the garden was in good order when they left.

Anna is 7!

Anna had half of her birthday in Perth and then flew back to Perth for the other half. She had high tea at "flying teapots", an Alice in wonderland inspired tea room in Perth and dinner back in Broome. Her own ipod was her favorite present and she hasnt stopped singing since.

Our mate Cameron

Introducing Cameron who has left Broome to return to Melbourne. I'm sure Melbourne has noticed the change - Broome just isn't the same.

Happy now miss?

Wooooo Hoooooo Christmas is here!!

Merry Christmas everone!!!! I really loved Christmas because I got a eucalaly and so has Holly and now we can play together.

Love Anna

End of School!!!!

Our end of year concert was held in the school grounds under the boabs and was like fully sick!!!! We also had an end of year disco, which was totally rad!!!! Mum seems really happy that the school year is finished and she is also on holidays.

Ruby

OMG!!!!! its a frog

Now that the wet season has arrived there are alot more insects. And where there are more insects, there are more frogs to eat them! Although Dad is a bit scared of them we love them!

Ruby

Dead famous

The Broome Health Service Christmas party was held at the Cable Beach Club. Very nice venue. Very strange crowd.....The theme was dead famous. A hell of alot of dodgey Steve Irwins turned up. The twin towers were there, a few dead superheroes, plenty of dead actors, Freddy Mercury, Sid Vicious and Nancy. Not a good night to get sick in Broome.........

Taipans go down in the semi

Well its all over for this season for the Taipans. After getting absolutely smashed by the Cyclones for most of the match we ended up needing 90 odd off the last 12 overs. We only had 9 players and looked gone for all money when the boys threw caution to the wind and had a "good old fashion slog". Basically the opposite to what I'd been telling them all season. The slogging seemed to work alot better than the straight bat I've been preaching and we ended up needing 20 off the last over. The first ball went straight back over the bowlers head for four and an improbable victory seemed to be in the offing. Alas the young fellas off stump was bent back with the next ball and they nurdled a few around for the rest of the over to leave us about a dozen runs short. All in all an honourable defeat and a good finish to a season that has been alot of fun.

The wet season

It seems the wet season has begun. All the tourists left town weeks ago - and alot of the locals are starting to head off to more pleasant climates for their holidays.

Its very hot and humid almost 24 hours. We all seem to be coping pretty well though. The kids seem to be running around oblivious to the heat and I seem to be drinking a lot more beer than usual.

Its now stinger season so swimming at the beach is out, the water is pretty hot anyway. So now we have to freeload off friends with pools - and perhaps the odd unsuspecting resort.

The first big dump of rain came last week accompanied by an extremely loud and bright thunder and lightning storm. We started off enjoying it on the verandah but we were quickly forced inside by the rain and scaredness of thunder.

I've done my cyclone training so hopefully we'll know what to do should one come this way!