Saturday, May 12, 2007

Melbourne!

We went to Melbourne. Ash, Solomon & I went down for a AIPP (Australian institute of professional photography) awards. They were held on the Monday night. We arrived on Sunday morning & had a big day on Sunday.

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After we got there, we took a drive into the city & went to the markets. We had lunch as we were all really hungry. We walked around the markets, but during that time Aimee dislocated her elbow! So we had a quick trip to the hospital & they popped her arm back in (still very painful for her though).

We then took a drive up to Messedon. It was just beautiful. I loved seeing all the autumn leaves & the lovely coloured tree’s & leaves. Here’s a photo taken at the “Cross”. As you can see it’s a huge cross & it’s a lovely lookout.

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On the Monday night Ash & I got all dressed up & went into the city for the awards gala night. We DROVE in! Ash drove in peak hour traffic & let me tell you that certainly was an experience LOL. I think they drive like maniacs down there!! Before we left Renee did my hair. After saying that she can’t “do hair” I think she did a mighty good job!

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Us with our God daughter Miss Aimee..


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On Tuesday we all took a train into the city. We did lots of walking that day & we walked from the city into the botanical gardens. The kids got to have a rest & run & the adults did too. Solomon was pretty pleased to be crawling around on the grass. We caught the tram back into the train station.

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Solomon had fun on the train on the way home, kept popping his head over the top of the seat & being a cheeky boy.


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Ash had fun playing with the kids! They had fun when he played “the flip game” with them all. Solomon even had a few goes & their was lots of laughter.

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The best part about our trip was spending time with Mark, Nee & all the kids. It was so nice to be able to cuddle the kids & do things with them. A couple of times Nee & Mark left Aimee with us, while they took the trio to kinder. Here’s Aimee & I having a cuddle.

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Here’s Solomon fallen asleep on Nee’s lap, how very cute!

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On the way home Solomon was as good as gold in the plane. Here’s he is on the plane & then at Brissy airport with Ash.

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3 comments:

Nique said...

Hey BB

Sounds like you had a nice holiday. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous bunch of kids!! S, J, M and especially Aimee look so grown up now, and Solomon is super cute as always.

Belinda you looked absolutely stunning on the night, I love the hair!

Mother Duck said...

Hey BB, missing you guys so much! It was fab having you here!