Little Sam grows up ...

Pen & Adam's little baby boy is growing up fast ... isn't he a little cutie !!

EQUIP 2006

On Saturday, 27 May 06, I went with a bunch of girls to EQUIP 06 and it was really challenging and encouraging ... here are some pictures from our day!

Happy Birthday Angie!!

Angie turned 70 and I joined Al, Ror, Bruce and the girls for a morning tea party at Manly Dam ... here are some photos to celebrate this great occassion!!

(L-R) Ror, Kendra, Al, Angie, Saphy & Bruce ... celebrating together!



Saphy helps Angie blow out her candles ...



Kendra gets to know the local wildlife ...



Kendra eats something yummy!

Prayer & Praise Night for Katie

Our dear sweet song bird Katie will soon be flying away back to her home in the US of A ... so we had a prayer and praise night for the girls to celebrate Katie's time in Sydney and to pray for her new adventure and life ahead ...

(L-R) Maree, Kaz, Jess, Katie, Rach, Lisa & Choe-Choe



(L-R) Katie, Jess, Lisa & Choe-Choe



(L-R) Maree, Kaz & Rach



(L-R) Maree, Jess, Rach, Katie & Lisa

Vanoosh's 34th Birthday

As one of my birthday cards reminded me ... today, 13 May 2006, I am another year closer to heaven ... which I thought was quite a cool way of looking at life and birthdays! I felt very special and loved today ... I started with a birthday brekkie bash held at Deck 23 in Dee Why with approx. 30 good friends of mine who could join me!! It was a really great celebration and I had so much fun! I was very spoilt by everyone and was so touched with everyone's birthday wishes via txt msg from all over the world ...

Check out some of the gang!



Bernd & Me



My gorgeous God daughters ... two very important guests ... Kendra (in front) and Saphron ... tuck into a brekkie treat!



Nats, Clint, Ror & Al



Choe-Choe, Katie & Josie



Warren & Carrie



Warren & Carrie's gorgeous little poppet ... Stella Jean ... what a cutie!




Eugene & Henke holding Carrie & Warren's little Stella Jean



Thijs & Jared



Rach, Pete & Jen



Brad & Abinash



Kerrie, Charl & Naomi



Kirsten & Karen



Another little poppet ... Alexa & Lu



Hey Dad ... can I go shopping?? The kids of today ... I don't know ... seem to grow up so fast ?! Alexa is showing the rest of them the way ... and potentially paying for them too ... with Dad's credit card!



I spent the day relaxing ... went and saw "Ice Age 2" with Rach and Brad in the afternoon which was very funny ... then ... later on, Mundy cooked up a delicious 3 course dinner for me using my Mum's recipes because she had not been able to make my brekkie bash and invited 9 friends (most of whom had missed the brekkie too!) to join us ... we had a great evening ... with a good few laughs along the way!

Relax ... a reminder of the way to unwind on my birthday ...



Katie & Melissa



Mia & Callum



Ror & Al ... long time friends for life!



Caramel & Chocolate birthday cake with Barb's famous chocolate mousse ... yum!



(L-R) Callum, Mundy, Brad, Katie, Andy, Mia, Al & Ror, Rach and Melissa ... fun friends celebrate in style!



I have to get in on the fun action ... (L-R) Brad, Andy, Callum, Mundy, Me, Katie, Al, Ror, Rach & Melissa!



Boys, Boys, Boys ... Andy, Brad, Supermodel Cal and Ror !!



Twinkle, Twinkle little sparkler ... Brad, Cal and I



Sparking up some more fun ... Rory & I have a sparkler battle ... while Al is the judge!



Me and my Sparkler ... what a partnership!!



Autumn colours for an autumn birthday ...

Escape to Bowral ...

This past weekend, Mundy and I took a lazy weekend trip and escaped down to the Southern Highland's hideaway of Bowral ... it was superb ... we relaxed ... soaked up the sun ... the autumn colours and the fresh air ...

Here are some of the memories of this trip ...




We spent the afternoon at the Barrawang Local Pub having tea in the beautiful gardens overlooking the countryside ...




The country farms along the way are just beautiful ... this was one we spotted during a misguided tourist detour ...



We were privileged to see many Black Galahs which are very rare to spot ... we saw them in Barrawang on Saturday and in Berrima on Sunday ...



The autumn colours do not disappoint ...