Family Arrive ... At Last

The horrors of Tiger Airways being banned from carrying passengers was over for Kate, Arj and family. They flew into the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday evening.

They arrived at the house around 8:15 pm and after a quick bite to eat it was soon bedtime for the kids, they had had a big day. The grown ups stayed up and chatted away.

On Wednesday they hit "Australia Zoo" and saw crocodiles, elephants, kangaroos, snakes and all sorts of animals. After 4 hours Charli wasn't moving too well so they headed back to our home a little earlier than expected. But they had seen almost everything and the kids had just about had enough.

That gave the kids a chance to help me vacuum the pool. So what is usually a 10 minute task now took 20 minutes. But the pool is now looking a lot better.

Poor Charli had a bad night on Wednesday and neither she nor Trish had a full night's sleep. She still wasn't feeling too well Thursday morning.

Arj had a 5 second swim Thursday morning, and I don't think he will worry about another swim while here. The pool is less than 15 degrees right now. However we did enjoy a 12k bike ride this morning.

Trish stayed home to look after Charli and the rest of us went to the beach. Soon after we arrived James began running everywhere and he was still running an hour later. He sure has more energy than any of the adults here. A four year old kid at the beach on a lovely sunny day meant that great fun was to be had!

Charli was feeling better so she and Trish joined us for a pleasant lunch at King's Beach Tavern. The outing was finished up with Trish cleaning up on the Chocolate Machine, much to James and Charli's delight.

We will all sleep well tonight.