A visit from friends

Last week and for part of the weekend, we had the pleasure of having friends from Sydney come and visit us. It is always great to catch up with them, as we only get to see them a couple of times a year. All the boys have grown so much. The eldest is in Year 8! My god, where has the time gone! Jasmin really loved running around with the youngest - Liam, and really enjoyed having the boys around. It was funny when then left, Jasmin had all these little boy mannerisms - we thought we had a little boy in the back seat of the car on a trip to the mall! Jasmin wanted to know when she could see them all again.

I really enjoyed having a friend here to talk "girl-talk" with, makes you feel like your not alone in dealing with the day-to-day issues of having some many different roles.

Dave had a lot of late nights with Mark playing, you guessed it, CS (ie. Counterstrike!) There were certainly no nights before 1am to be had.

After they left, I couldn't help but feel a little sad. I think once you have had children, the importance of both friends and family seems that much greater. That is certainly one of the things we want to do this year, spend more time with family and friends. It is so hard though, when we lead such busy lives!

Here are some pictures from the week, including Jas and Michelle blowing bubbles outside, and the four boys in order of age - Kieran, Josh, Shaun and Liam. There is also a picture of us all at the end enjoying a bit of Pizza on their last night (and no, we didn't eat take-away all week, Dave has already lost 4 kg in 2 weeks, since he restarted the CSIRO diet). Have to post this pic later, as it won't add for some reason!