Chloe, Charlotte and Matty

Chloe and Matty came to stay with us for the weekend and this is a few photo's of us kids.

A day at the beach!

A few weeks ago we went down to the beach to spend some time with Frewy and Abbie. They are so cool..... Look at me on our way down to the water!

Was a little chilly but that did not stop me....

Look at David Hasselhoff!!!

Oh, hang on.... I think that is my dad!!

Frewy teaching me a few water safety rules. He is getting into practise for when his new baby arrives in August!

A family photo!

Christmas Day!

Christmas morning bought lots of surprises for me..... I had so many presents from Santa AND both of my Nana's were there to watch me open them!! This year was an Ansell Christmas in which just for one year we thought might be nice to have in Melbourne. I was such a lucky girl to have my Nana Julie stay for a few days.

If you look closely you can see Nana Margaret sleeping amongst the presents! I think Santa must have given her and Ankur a lift in his sleigh because they weren't there the night before when I went to bed!

Check out those presents!

Dad and I on Christmas morning... I was a little overwhelmed for a while but....

I soon got over that when I saw my new bike!

Sitting quite contently opening one of my many presents.

Nana Margaret bought me a new baby and a high chair.... I spent hours feeding Annabel with my new Dorothy the Dinosaur cup and bowl.

Nana Margaret also bought me a stroller for Annabel and this is my Dad and Ankur trying to put it together.

Dressed for the day.... I am such a pretty girl!

All seated for lunch. We had 10 people over and Mum says that she could not have done it without Nana Margaret! Cousin Peter and Carmel are on the end along with my both of my Nana's and even Dad's boss came along with his fiance Kat! Boy it was a big day!

Harvey was quite content sleeping on the old carpet.... he was full up after eating his Christmas lunch. Santa bought him something special too!

In the afternoon the lunch table turned into the table tennis table. Cousin Lincoln dropped by and this is he and my Dad enjoying a game or two. I am pretty sure that they did not even notice that I was there!

This is little pretty me after a few hours..... I a dirty pretty girl!

Later in the day my best friend Lucas came past for a drink. (Well, his mum and dad did anyway) He was too busy vacuuming the back lawn with my new vacuum cleaner!

This is his sister Alicia and it was her first Christmas. Doesn't she look cute dressed up as Santa's little helper!

Matty's 1st Birthday!

This is my second cousin Matthew. He turned 1 at the end of December and we all went to his house in Melton for the weekend. He was having a party!

Matty was so lucky.... there was no need for him to open any of his presents cos he had 2 little helpers. Me and his sister Chloe!

Chloe looking very cheeky!

Matty and I spending some time on the new couch he got for his birthday!
(sorry no photo's of the actual party....mum is so lazy!)

Presenting......The Wiggles!

Just before Christmas the Wiggles were back in town and Hamish, Isabella and myself all went to their concert! Wow!

In the car and on our way..... lucky Sam and Drew bought a new car and Hamish and I could test out the back seat!

Bella dressed in the outfit that I wore to the wiggles last year!

Hamish looked the part in his Wiggles raincoat that Mini bought him. Perfect time to be wearing it too cos it really was raining!

Nana Julie bought me this Dorothy the Dinosaur T'shirt but unfortunately my arm covers the print...

This is me showing Hamish my wealth of knowledge....pointing out each and every one of the Wiggles on his t'shirt! Boy I am clever!

Just hanging out in anticipation!

This is really Anthony's drum kit!

I got very shy when the Wiggles came out of stage.... so much so that I would barely look at them!Once the singing and dancing got underway.....

I soon loosened up! Before we knew it both Hamish and I (and even mum!) were up dancing. You couldn't stop us!

Jeff asleep again!

We were lucky enough to have Murray walk straight passed us waving. Murray is my favorite!

Except for Dorothy....she's my REAL favorite!

I had such a good time at the Wiggles.....

Our beautiful girl!

The ride of a lifetime!

For mum's 30th birthday (back in August last year) Sam, Drew, Hamish and Isabella gave mum what she thought was the ride of a lifetime..... a vintage tiger moth joy flight!

When arriving at the air force base and taking our first look at the TIN plane.... mum got a few butterflies in her belly. Thankfully Sam neglected to tell mum that only a month earlier this thing had flipped over on landing!!

Dressing for the occasion.... it was going to be cold!

Mum taking a big deep breath before taking her position in the front of the plane. Just after realising that it was the young good looking dude that was the pilot and not the older and more distinguished gentleman! Boy, what was she getting herself in for?

Head gear on and......

ready to go!

Mum thought the ride was amazing! The tinny plane took her for a ride right over the top of Williamstown then back to Werribee before rolling into some aerobatics.....literally! I think she was heard at some stage saying that she could be seen doing a lot more of this in the future!!

Thank you Sam, Drew, Hamish and Isabella x

Mum's work collegues!

At the end of November the Leica Christmas Party was held at the Function Centre right next to Rod Laver Arena. Here is mum with some of her work colleagues. Unfortunately she forgot to take any other photo's cos she was too busy having a good time!! (Can always check the Couper blogspot and trace back to see more!)