Well lets wrap April up!
So many good things this month.
Ok....Birthdays..... I crept a bit closer to 50, Kaiya is now 17 much closer to 18 and Boris hit 54. Tory just sat back laughed and didn't age this month.

I started a new job as a disability support worker that I am really enjoying.
Netball has begun my beautiful little under 10 girls are really fun to coach and Kaiya's team is having just as much fun now as they were when they were that young.

We had a great time in Urunga/Bonville for the reunion of the "Beard" side of Boris's family. A great day at Boambee Bay for the day:

Cousins

More cousins
Plus I got to meet our  beautiful new great nephew Louis Alexander (hope I got the spelling right Ell)




Grandma Pauline sharing the past with the future
The re-creation of the pic was successful
Tim, Joann & Gabrielle Terry & Anthony Julie, Peter 1965 -and Lady the dog


Tim, Joann &Gabrielle Terry & Anthony Julie, Peter 2014- and Sasha the dog
The next day we had a great "triathalon" day:







Back to Bonville to enjoy the inaugral "Louis Alexander Cup" on the petanque grounds. This also saw the introduction of the "Big Blue Ball"  a welcome addition to the game (?)




 





Now... a drum roll if you please...... I beat the course record on the card table.. WOO HOOO, didn't lose a single hand out of 20. PLease ignore language on score sheet... it was an emotional time


A random Jalapeno shot


Next we were off to Joann's for our annual Easter thing. Her new place -whilst quite certainly haunted- is  really really good!

Leigh House in Goulburn NSW
 
Leigh House and Coach House

Pull to turn on lights....
The Gin Tree
The alternative gin tree- yes it has 2

This is the doorbell-wonderful had to keep playing with it:
Please not the closeness of the local drinking hole-walkable!

Green roof in the "NEAR (300metres)" distance is the pub

this is the pub
 And to top off the experience there is the best old cemetary just a 3 minute walk down the road!




Poodle Walkin' Nancy Boy
The "Bream Reaper" strikes again, a great mullet which was followed by a good sized bream... got 7 good ones that day... good to be home on the jetty!


The Boat ramp up the road.

We are lucky to be where we are but then I think that luck really has not that much to do with it, as we would find the beautiful spaces wherever we were and life is only defined by what we choose to make it.

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