to the snow and beyond....

we had the kids for the first week of school holidays (and the first week of july) and i had the delightful idea to head up to the snow!! :)  we borrowed a one bedroom hut from a friend from work and spent a couple of nights in mount beauty, just near falls creek.  we worked our way up to the exciting activities...  on monday, we visited a local hydro power station and played tennis.  the kids were enthralled... not!! on tuesday, we went salmon fishing and each of the kids caught a fish (isaac's was 1.5kgs while hannah's was 2.0kgs)!  they were both pretty excited about their catch and shannon and i had salmon steaks for dinner that night :)  on wednesday, we headed up the mountain to the snow.  whilst there was very little snow to be seen at the bottom, there was a bit more at the top of the mountain.  we spent the afternoon having snow fights, making a snowman and tobogganing on plastic bags down the hill...  we had quite a number of curious onlookers about our choice of toboggans!! :)

other than our week away, shannon and i did our first band photo shoot (for a friend and his band)...  it was a lot of fun and there were some pretty good photos from the afternoon!  we went up to hannah's ballet/dance recital and celebrated our birthdays with the kids whilst i auditioned for a french play!  unfortunately, i didn't get the part but it was still a great experience ;) otherwise, we've had a pretty low-key month with a couple of dinners and drinks with friends!

i hope everyone's enjoying their july!

hugs,
s

p.s.  i'm not sure how but over the school holidays, we also acquired a spoodle puppy who's name is buddy!!  we were just going to visit the pet store (which we do regularly) while shopping for christmas in july presents and somehow, we ended up coming home with an adorable bundle of trouble. hours of enjoyment ahead for shannon and i as we train him!!