day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY SIX | year THREE… 2012
What a beautiful end to 2012… and to my third year of taking a photo every single day.
May 2013 bring you all that you need, and at least some that you want ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
Oh no… I think I have lost her to the dark side 🙁
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
Emmett may not have liked the waves all that much… but he did still enjoy a run down the beach!
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
Not
much was stirring in the house, this close to midnight… but Willow
was there (the lights were on, but I'm not sure she was home 😉 ) ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
Xan was playing with her new game – Just Dance 4… the ranga was… being a git… and way out of step! 😉
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY ONE | year THREE… 2012
After
braving the Boxing Day sales, and taking in a movie (Wreck it Ralph),
Russ, Jaimi, Xan, Willow and I had about an hour to fill while waiting
for Zoe and Darci to finish their movie (The Hobbit)… with Timezone
just across the way, it was hardly a challenge!… this was Jaimi's
favourite game, and she is very good at it… my favourite game was the
very intelligently placed massage chair in the middle of the room 😉
day THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY | year THREE… 2012
Merry Christ,as to EVERYONE… and Happy Birthday to my dad, Colin ♥
We have had a wonderfully relaxed day filled with pressies, food, fun and love… just perfect in every way.
day THREE HUNDRED and FIFTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
Wandering
the neighbourhood in their pj's to check out the lights, before
hunkering down in Zoe's room for a Christmas movie marathon… and some
sleep – I hope 😉
ps: please ignore the photo-bomber… I find it best not to feed the trolls!
day THREE HUNDRED and FIFTY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
Dexter just wanted to make sure the ranga was doing a good job on dinner 😉
day THREE HUNDRED and FIFTY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
We
have every known electronic device from the Wii to the Bluray player to
the gameboys… but THIS is how these two spent their day ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and FIFTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
Champion!!… oh wait, there was no one else in the race… awkward o_O
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
I
had nerve block injection into my C6 today… despite it being a pretty
simple procedure, it left me feeling a little woozy, so I spent the
rest of the afternoon resting on the couch… but never fear – I was not
alone! I am NEVER alone – lol! 😉
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Darci ♥
(…and her classic 'Cuskelly' eyes… all you Cuskelly's out there know what I am talking about!)
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY SIX | year THREE… 2012
When
the ute pool became a mozzie farm, it was time to empty it out… but
the fun didn't stop there… just add some dish washing detergent and a
bit more water, and giant bubbles were the go!
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
It
rained in Brisbane tonight… a lovely warm rain that this little fella
made the most of… he was just sitting on the bonnet of my car and
wasn't at all worried about us gathering around to check him out!
(my late grandfather, Steve, used to collect frogs… do you think it
is a sign that this guy showed up on what would have been his 83rd
birthday? I'd like to think so ♥ )
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
The view from the scene of todays photoshoot… a beautiful outlook over Brisbane ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
…
and just like that, Xan's primary school years were over… she has
made some beautiful friends in her one year here, and we are all very
sad that none of them are going to the same high school as her… but
they do all live close, so I expect many sleep-overs in our future!
day THREE HUNDRED and FORTY | year THREE… 2012
Today
was a very moving ceremony where the current school leaders (Xan and
her Yr7 cohorts) handed over the leadership role to the current Yr6
students… they call it the 'Anchor Ceremony' and it was a wonderful
way to commemorate the changing of the guard ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
Drunk sky-writers?
No, not really… just a couple of passenger jets in a holding pattern
over the airport… the lines are caused by something to do with *blah,
blah* atmosphere *blah, blah* temperature… just something blah, blah
really… (thats how much attention I was paying as the guy on the news
explained it all 😉 )
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
One of the great things about being a Defence family and moving around, is that we can re-use old ideas! lol
At Xan and Willow's request, we have repeated last years Christmas
gifts for thier classmates… a couple of slits in the photo (above and
below thier hands) and in goes the candy-cane… voila! This one is
always a winner!
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
The
beautiful view of the Gold Coast from Mt Tamborine… we spent the day
wandering around the gorgeous shops, doing a little Christmas shopping.
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY SIX | year THREE… 2012
Ever
since I started going out with my country-boy ranga, I have been
fighting against the force of his inner bogan… I have been successful
enough to keep my family teetering on the right side of the bogan line.
But today, while I slept, my ranga did something so bogan, I fear my
family may never recover… he put a tarp in the back of his 30 year old
Holden Ute, and turned it into a swimming pool!!
There's just no going back from that!!
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
I
just wanted to go out to dinner… is that too much to ask!? I took me
five minutes to get them off the bonnet of my car! (and Zoe was hanging
off the back!)… feral kids… it's all the ranga's fault!!
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
Our gorgeous Xanthia has graduated primary school… we are so proud of her and her beautiful friends ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
Full moon through the clouds… it look very eerie!
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY ONE | year THREE… 2012
School
is out for Darci… Yr11, done and dusted!… I expect that this is
exactly where she will be spending the next 7-8 weeks before Yr12
starts!
day THREE HUNDRED and THIRTY | year THREE… 2012
Willow
invited a couple of friends to go to Build-a-Bear with her, for a
belated birthday celebration… I think it is safe to say that they had a
good time ♥
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
♫ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas… ♫
Lights are going up! Yay!
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
Xan and Willow's school 'Extravaganza!'… Andrew Chin from http://www.butterflymusic.com.au/index.html lead the song and each class performed… it was fantasic!
Fun Fact: Our girls have now seen Andrew Chin perform in four different
schools that they have attended! First in Darwin, then Wodonga, then
Seymour and now Brisbane! Apparently the Bingley's hold the 'stalking'
record! lol!
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY SIX | year THREE… 2012
This
is how much I did not want to pick up my camera today (despite the fact
that it was sitting right next to me!)… I succumbed to the classic FB
selfie… phone camera high to accentuate the jawline and make eyes
look bigger – check… pouty face – check… bad lighting – check.
You will be happy to see that I saved us all some trauma, by cropping
out the view straight down my top… making this not quite the 'classic'
FB selfie, but it's the best I could manage with a care factor of ZERO!
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
This is what happens when you stay up too late, and I haven't taken my photo for the day yet! lol
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
With
all the storms over the weekend, it was the perfect time to give
photographing lightning a go… turns out, it is a lot harder than you'd
think!… I sought a little advice from someone who knew better than me
(thanks Snowy!)… and voila! I caught one!!
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
I
caught some beautiful 'God-Rays' during my photo session this
morning… who knew that just two hours later, those skies would open up
and the rain would bucket down.
day THREE HUNDRED and TWENTY | year THREE… 2012
Guess who turns ONE today!? Happy Birthday to Dexter, the most spoiled cat on the planet!
day THREE HUNDRED and NINTEEN | year THREE… 2012
Dress
up day at school today… the Yr7's (Xan) had to go dressed as
Hippies… and the Yr4's (Willow) had to go dressed as a celebrity
(Taylor Swift ♥ )
Now I don't mean to brag or anything (that is
such a lie!), but Xanthia won beat dressed – again! (said in my best
Forrest Gump accent) 😉