Tuesday 30 January 2018

School

School started again finally, after a long summer break. Ruben started full time school and Joshua returned to school like nothing had happened! He is cycling to school and has rejoined the basketball team. It's a total miracle the way he has just recovered from cancer. The hats are a Queensland thing, I know it looks a bit Amish! I have no answers for the socks. If you had gone to school where I did, you would have got beaten up for socks like that! Caleb says school is awesome, so that has to be good and everyone else seems to be happy. Ruben has slight issues with having to wear socks and shoes, which are hot. He spent most of last year in bare feet! If you wondering why they are all wearing different uniforms, it's because Joshua and Bethany are wearing the boy/girl versions of the high school uniform, Caleb is wearing middle school uniform and Ruben goes to a different school.



Last Friday was Australia day and was pouring with rain. However, that didn't stop us going down to the esplanade for a free breakfast (I love Cairns council) and it didn't stop some people swimming, (Ruben and Caleb), in their clothes!! There was also a baby croc down there!




There was a  lull in the otherwise very wet weather on Sunday, (it is the rainy season) so we headed for the beach for some chips and to get rid of some energy!! That is the ones with energy to spare in the first place!








Sunday 14 January 2018

Been a while...

Hello all, just a very quick post to say we are all still alive and well! No particularly good excuse for not having blogged, but life happens...

Joshua has had two lots of scans and appointments in Cairns so far, and all is clear. We are due to go back down to Brisbane for his February round, so we are starting to look at arrangements for that. Otherwise, there is not much to report.

So here are a bunch of random photos from the last month or so...




Four of us took a ride in a driverless vehicle that they were trialling on the Esplanade



 Christmas Carol concert, sponsored by the Council but led by one of the local churches



How we get a lie in on summer mornings...



An attempt at a family photo



Ruben opening his stocking on Christmas morning



Ruben thinking he might need a haircut...



A Google-created animation of New Year's Eve on the Esplanade 
(Google seems to have a habit of nosing about in my stuff and trying to be helpful...
quite scary if you think about it too hard...)