So, so busy....

I put the wrong date on these groups of photos - should have been the 14th of August!

We went out for Joan's birthday to a Chinese restaurant. Joan is Bronte's Godmother and a good friend of ours. A few years ago, Joan was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour and she has been through so much. She is pretty darn healthy now though and we are very thankful that she is here with us!

So, here is Kirsty, Joan's 20 year old daughter, Bronte and Joan sitting at the table.



Here is Bronte, with the sculpture that Kirsty did at the restaurant. How cool is this? Bronte loved it - so did I!




And Bronte here - doing what she does best....showing off!




At Samuel's school, they have this major event called the "The Night of the Notables".

This is a project where the student chooses someone 'notable' and they research them and then present their person to an audience of fellow students, family and friends.

Samuel chose Professor Graeme Clarke who invented the Cochlear Implant. He had to dress up as him (pretty easy this one - a suit jacket, shirt and tie with a white coat over the top - ours was a Football Goal Umpires Coat!!).

Each student stood in front of everyone and talked about their chosen person in the 'first person' for example, Samuel said 'Hello, my name is Professor Graeme Clarke..." etc etc. He did a great job on the presentation. Then they each go to their 'stand' where they have information about their famous selves and they have food that they think their person might like to eat. He had lamingtons as Prof. Clarke is Australian. It was so impressive what each of the 25 did - amazing really - a great showcase of their abilities and really showed how much they have grown as students in the last 6 months.



First Communion for Bronte!

What a build up and what a day!

Here she is just before we left for the church. But the day started way before...first I took her and her bestie, Anna, to the hairdressers to get their hair done. They loved that idea and both looked gorgeous and felt a little grown up.

Bronte was nervous at making her First Communion. She had to read a Prayer of the Faithful at the Church (and of course she did that very well!).




Here she is with her 'boys'!! Don't they all look handsome? Zachary wanted to wear a tie (surprise surprise!) and chose one of Stan's old ones.

These photos are before we left for the Church.

Don't forget to click on them to make them larger - lots more to see if you do!



And here she is with Father Frank AFTER she had made her First Communion. First photo is a cack - Father Frank said 'BIG smile Bronte' and she did the old Luna Park trick! He thought it was very funny!

After church, we came home to a lovely evening of celebration with family and friends, good food, good wine and good company.

I meant to mention also, we gave Bronte a gorgeous Nao Lladro Communion Girl figurine to remember the day and her God mother Joan, gave her a gorgeous 18ct gold cross. She was a lucky girl!



This photo is of Zachary of course! The day after First Communion, we went out as a family to the Motorbike track and he showed us what he has been up to. This is a sequence of shots that I am happy to say that I didn't see in real life! I would have been scared! Great riding by him though!