Happy 9th Birthday Liam!

Liam is showing Maeby his new radio controlled car.

Melanie hurriedly made a card for Liam, we thought it was pretty entertaining.

Notice the important part, and how her humor comes out in her writing.

Action shot.

Uhhhmm, whats in that cake?

Seems to be having a similar effect on Maeby.

It appears there are no normal photos from cake time...oh well.

We had Liam's birthday party at the water slide next to the lake and Liam invited a bunch of his friends. We had lots of treats, and more cake and ice cream. Every one had a good time.

Liam took a run on his knees, he would have tried it standing if we had let him...but then this might have been his last birthday ever, so we had to tell him to tone it down.

Spencer going down on his belly.

Maddie taking Maeby for a ride

Spencer tumbling to a stop after that last turn.

Mom having a turn down the slide with Maeby

Spencer watching the action from the splash down zone.

Liam and his buddies started cruising down together, just to spice things up a bit.

Liam and his friend Jake.

So much fun on a hot summers day, even for the grown-ups.

Spencer having another go.

We were lucky to capture this on the high speed camera as they zoomed by like a flash.

Fun in the sun at the Lake Mulala

The warm, lazy summer days at Lake Mulwala. These will be some of our fondest memories of our time in Oz. Soaking up the sun around the silky Murray river water, eating fish & chips and just relaxing, enjoying each others company and having fun. Maeby and Mom relaxing in the shade with the waves.

Daddy paddling us around out on the lake. So Fun.

Kids bobbing in the water, trying to catch up to Dad in the boat.

Melanie trying to chase after us on the canoe. Willy didn't like that because he nearly whacked her on the head with the oars every time she got close to the canoe.

Liam going for a ride, trying to figure out how those stick thingies work.

Good thing the water is turbid...he looks rather pleased with himself.

Maeby's getting brave swimming away from Daddy.

Melanie was having fun torturing Liam while he was resting in the sun.

Spencer and Maeby drying off on the swings.

The fun never stops!

Out on the Murray

We made some friends at church who come up to holiday for about a month every year at the end of summer. The Rancie family and all of their extensions come to Bundalong on the Murray River and bring their ski boat. They invited us out for a day on the water and a barbie (BBQ).

Will trying to convince Melanie to go out in the water.

Brother Rancie doing his best to get Willy and Liam off of that tube.

Liam was so light that he floated up off the water when we got too fast.

Spencer and I had a blast together on the tube

We spent time in the pool while others were out on the river.

Maeby is getting good at swimming with her life jacket.

Spencer doing flips into the water.

Although Mel would not jump into the river, she wasted no time getting into the pool.

Spence coming up from his flip into the water

This is just weird.