Aussie visit

The cousins came to visit.

So cute together. 

Getting a story, but looking cheeky.

After a long day, the car trip was rather quiet.

The start of the holidays

The latest creation from the Machines on Nantes Island. A giant spider.

The warm weather meant we could get the pool ready. What fun.

A trip to the beach.

Camping with the kids, they love that.

Installing the swing in the garden. 

Short Catch up

It was recently brought to my attention that we have been rather slack at updating this blog. I can't disagree, so let the uploading begin.

I'll go back to December, as it seems the last post was around that time.

Kids asleep on Christmas eve.

Christmas tree ready.

An Aussie Blue Tongue.

Puzzle time

 Giving Dad a hand with the renovations.

 An a trip to the city.

One of the paths near our house.

Is that make-up?

Snuggled under mum's TV-blanket

A wonderful visit from Grandma Liz.

Fun, fun, fun brushing teeth.

You guessed it, Easter Time

A medal from a Judo competition.

Elo trying her hand in the batting cage. (Baseball)

More helpers with the renovations. 

 Are you talking to me?

Slipped and fell in a muddy puddle, next time I won't run in the mud!

Finally a warm day, time to get the swimmers on. 

End of the year Judo belts. 

One Yellow band.

One White and Yellow Belt

Making play-dough at home. 

 At the school fete, got our faces painted. 

Halloween Party

The decorations are up!

Costumes on!

Friends are over!

And the disgusting food is served!

At the end of the evening, the face paint was giving some people a very scary look indeed. 

Family 'Raid' (Adventure Race)

So we had nice family day out a while back. We participated in a sort of multi-sport race.

There were different sports to complete in and a short orienteering challenge.

First off, Sarbacane(Blowgun) so we all had a go. 

We then went on to canoeing. It was fun, but almost everyone got wet. 

We needed lots of muscles to back to the jetty.

No idea what this is called, but it wasn't easy. 

A race to the finish line.

The champions on the podium.

After all that sport, we headed off to the town of Clisson for a nocturnal walk. Some groups had set up thousands of candles along a river and through the city, and we walked by candle light, admiring the ruins of the castle, bridges and various other old buildings. 

Everyone had a great time.

Of course the photos don't do the real experience justice, but you get the idea. It was beautiful.