I
had a good trip over to Brisbane and was met at the airport by my good friend
Kirstie (who I met at Uni during my first year of occupational therapy) and her
two little girls – Abigail who is two turning three end of September and Sarah
who is one turning two beginning of December.
Last time I caught up with Kirstie, her husband Jonathan and their girls
was in February when we spent a few nights together in Wellington and I always
love catching up with them.
So I arrived on the
Wednesday, and Thursday morning we had a nice relaxing morning as we packed up
to go camping. We headed to Murphy’s
Creek which is near Toowoomba about an hour and a half from
Brisbane. We set up tent and explored
our surroundings a bit. We spent two
nights sleeping in the tent. During the
day we spent our time playing, exploring Toowoomba, did a bit of geocaching
which I have recently introduced to Kirstie and Jonathan and they have really taken
to, playing pole tennis, throwing Frisbees, reading books, walks around the creek by the campsite and walks to the
facilities and to collect water from the drinking water taps. We had a campfire every morning and night and
they were a great source of light and warmth.
In the evenings we had some awesome meals cooked by Kirstie on the camp
stove and we toasted marshmallows on the campfire. Abigail loved toasting the marshmallows and
loved eating them as well which was awesome.
Once the girls were in bed us big kids kept our selves entertained by
playing Rummikub, reading and playing Super Stickman Golf on the ipad and
ipods.
We packed up camp on Saturday and
returned to Brisbane. I cleaned the car
with the help of the girls – bubbles and scrubbing the wheels with toothbrushes
had Abigail engaged for wee while.
Sunday after church we went for a meal at Sizzlers and I have to say I
do love that place – all you can eat salad bar but the salad bar has all sorts
including nachos and seafood, and lots of desert :). We all
did the all you can eat justice and after that it was home for a well-earned nap. Monday we went and played some pitch and putt
golf, congrats to Jono who won that, Kirstie
and I came a tied close second (well maybe not so close) and then it was off to
explore another playground in Brisbane – They live in Underwood and I have to
say I was extremely impressed by the playgrounds that we found and played on
while I was there, something for all ages including us big kids.
Tuesday I went with Kirstie and the girls to
Kirstie’s appointment at the hospital and helped keep the girls entertained
while we were waiting.
I had a great week in
Brisbane; it is always good to catch up with Kirstie, Jono and the girls. I love spending time with Kirstie; she is a
real inspiration as a woman, as a wife and as a mother to her beautiful
girls. I love spending time talking
gadgets and technology with Jonathan.
And the girls – well, I am proud to be ‘Auntie’ to them. I love spending time with them and watching
them as they grow up, getting to play with them and explore and learn new things, I love being woken up in the morning by
them both and love my morning cuddles with Abigail when she hops into bed with
me just to lie there, they are both
well behaved and polite little girls and so much fun to be around.
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