Saturday, August 27, 2011

Play time the backyard

As I'm sure I've said before, one of the great things about this house we're renting is the backyard. It is big enough hold a big trampoline for the boys and a swing set and still have room to run around. This morning we were out in the backyard having a play and I took a few photos.

The boys actually sat still for long enough to get a shot of the three of them with Meeks


Sam and Lucas, were quite unsure on the trampoline at first, but are getting better at it. They are very cute when they're jumping around. Lucas even did a forward roll on there this morning for the first time without assistance. He likes to jump up and land on his bottom. Sam likes to jump around pulling his legs up under himself.

Mitch tends to go all out on the stunts. He's very good at various types of somersaults which is fine except he sometimes doesn't think about where he is going to land and ends up barrelling into his brothers.

In a total aside, tonight I'm working and we have a major delivery at work. The computer system that I have been working on and supporting for 13 out of the last 14 years is finally being replaced by a new system. This is the culmination of the work I have been doing since September 2007. Yes I have been working to effectively work myself out of a job for the last 4 years - in fact it was probably the only way they would let me go! What does that mean for me? Well, not that much in the short term, I'll still be supporting the new system for a while in a hands-off "how did the old system work" sort of a way. After that I'll move on to a different project somewhere.

The other bigger news is that the new baby is only a matter of weeks away now. The doctor has said he will deliver on 19th September if the baby hasn't already arrived. Meeks is healthy which is great, but uncomfortable and having trouble sleeping. Not long to go now!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Dad's 70th

Last night we went out for dinner to celebrate Dad's 70th Birthday. It was a nice evening with some amusing conversation as we celebrated the old man reaching this milestone. Here are some shots of the night


This is a shot of Dad talking to James on the phone who is in the UK so couldn't make it to the dinner. Also amusing because Rob's nose is making it's presence felt on the right edge of the frame ... family joke :)