Birthday Boys

The two special men in our lives had a birthday on the 1st Sept. We had a lovely meal at Kara & Matt's with Lou, Steve, Toby & Jason. Jack turned 1 and Pa, well he insists it's 49!!!!

Pa & his off sider.....Jack

Kara & Matt did a great job with the boy's cake..........SPOT the dog!!

Shearing

A mob of sheep needed to be shorn, so it was onto the "dog'n'bone" & Alex & his mates Steve & Kirsten came to the rescue.

All hands on deck & the work gets done.Matt & Kirsten get on with skirting the fleece. Kirsten throws a 'mean' fleece. She kept the floor ship shape while Matt kept the sheep up to the shearers as well.

Shed Rebuilding

The family Engineers have the task of rebuilding the Machinery Shed. So far so good. Will be better when they get the roof on then they can stay dry in the process.Pa is lifting Matt up to the roof truss. The Fork lift has many uses.

But wait.....Matt needs some more nuts, bolts etc & Pa has to go find.........

Out to Lunch

On Sun 19th July we gathered at the Woolshed Inn to help our favourite Aunt celebrate her 82nd Birthday. We don't need too much of an excuse to have a get together. It was good to catch up with some of the Merrett clan.

Happy Birthday Aunty Ruby

The Birthday Girl.........Aunty Ruby

(looking good for 82)

Aunty Ruby with some of her family & friends.
(Ruby is nursing her name sake....great grandie little Ruby)

50th Anniversary

On Sat 11th July we took Old Pa Altus to Adelaide for a very special celebration. His sister Aunty Evelyn & Uncle Denis Story had a gathering of Friends & Family to mark their 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a great time to catch up with some of the Story family. It has been a while since the Altus Clan got together, July 1994 in fact!The special couple..... Evelyn & Denis

The next generation..........Trevor, Linda & 3 of their 4 children. Simon is missing.
Nathan, Kirrileigh, Andrew
(I stand to be corrected)


Evelyn & Denis with some of the Story Family
Ian, Nancy Gates, Denis, Ethan, Linda, Evelyn, Matthew, Trevor & Nathan. (front row)Tamara & Kailah

Happenings at the Farm

Some more pics from Relle's visit. No trip home is complete until they have a good fill of Pa's favourite..........Ice cream!!!!!La la gets a biscuit & Lucho & Lexie can tuck in...



Look........glorious MUD

What is this WET STUFF? Alara making the most of it. AND she stayed dry!! You can't leave these girls alone for too long. Face Painting much to Lucho & La la's delight!

A trip to the Beach in the winter months is always fun. Can always find lots of shells, eggs & plenty of see weed.

To end a wonderful holiday we had Dinner at Lou & Steve's on Sun.

Toby's pirate hat thanks to Uncle Matt.

Boys and their Toys

First things first, and it was off to check on Leon's or Pa's big toys around the farm. Lucho had the fun of being with Pa when he drove the big tractor home from Uncle Glen's workshop in Bordertown.Now mind all the levers & switches La la. I will show you what to do.......?

See I really do look the part. "Apprentice farmer".
Look what I found in the shed.......Old Pa Heinrich's tractor.
Matt uses this one to fill up the sheep feeders.