Here’s a quick recap of our trip back home. The boys went off to school for the day; which gave Bruce and I chance to get ready for the trip. The boys came home with huge homework packets and all the bags were packed. Paula came over and drove us to the airport. We got on the plane and because we have fantastic friends that work for the airline they bumped us to business class. Woo Hoo..
We got onto the plane and settled in, Jamieson and I on one side of the isle and Bruce and Conner on the other. By the time we took off it must have been past 11.30. Jamieson and I didn’t see the food come out. The trip home was a nice one, we got off the plane in Sydney and went to the red carpet club, and we had some breakfast, which was soooo yummy, Australian breakfast food. We got into Melbourne and grabbed the hire car and off to see Maureen and Peter.
We had a really nice lunch and it was good to see everyone. Peter’s sister Jill was over from New Zealand and Ali come over for lunch too. We caught up and had a really nice afternoon with everyone, and then we hit the road and made our way to Geelong.
We dropped by the say Hi to Trace at work then headed to Trudy’s to catch up with Mum, twins and the kids. The boys had a ball seeing their cousins and it was nice to see them all too. We dropped into to see Elise and Rhys on the way to the Bells for dinner and hitting the pillow for the night.
We spent the next week staying at Tracey and Liz & Al’s and headed up to Eltham to see Maureen and Peter every other day, which was really nice and enough for Peter as he was in pain and needed his naps.
On Friday Bruce dropped Conner and I off at the bus stop where we met mum and Raels and went to the Geelong v Collingwood preliminary Final. The game was AWFUL, but it was great to be at the ‘G’, it was the first time since the renovations that I’d seen it full, wow what a rush. It took a lot of willing, but they made it over the line and Conner and I slept the whole way home on the bus. We got back to mum’s around 1am and hit the pillow, which I don’t really remember.
On the Sunday night we managed to get a dinner together with some friends, which was a fantastic night, the security guard kicked us out after the pub closed, which is always a sign of the great night. We had Tracey’s birthday on the Monday, so I cooked dinner for all of us and the Lynch clan came over, which is always a good time. We went to visit Maureen and Peter on Tuesday night so Bruce could say good-bye then stayed with Kristy for the night. Took Bruce to the airport on Wednesday morning and headed back to Ocean Grove to get some more homework done. Jamieson pushed on it everyday, it was a chore to say the least getting him to complete all the stuff, fun and games.
We spent the next week staying in between Mum’s, Tracy’s and Liz’s. We visited Maureen and Peter every other day. Meanwhile, Geelong was pumping with excitement being in the Grand Final.) We all went to their last practice on Thursday, then stayed at Tracy’s that night for Rhys’ birthday. The Lynch clan came over gain and we all had a bbq dinner. We ate and chatted and all the boys wrestled in the back yard, the boys had a great time and yes, I got some cool photos.
On Friday I was going to take all the kids (Elise and Rhys as well) to the Parade, but the weather was blah so we just went to visit Maureen and Peter then went home. I got the kids home in time for Ross to pick them up. Conner went for a sleep over, Jamieson had to come home with me because he didn’t get his homework done that morning. Life’s hard…so he and I headed down to Mum’s, for homework and a quiet night….to which I have to say he did for the first time without any complaining.
Grand Final day, it was a little weird. We got up and made our way into Geelong. I picked Conner up from Liz’s, where Ross dropped him off and we went out and did some errands. I grabbed some snacks for the afternoon, Liz closed the shop and we all sat down and watched the game, oh what a game. Bruce was texting me through the whole thing, they were getting the same feed from channel 10 that we were seeing. He was at Andrea’s with some of our friends, watching a great spectacle.
The game finished and Liz made the boys some dinner, then we headed home to meet Mum and Auntie Gwen off the footy bus. I dropped the kids off and picked the girls up and drove into Auntie Nordy’s for some dinner and talking about that fantastic day that was. We of course, ended up watching the game, got to the start of the 4th quarter and I was nearly asleep, so we got into the car and drove home at around 1am.
The next couple of days were catching up with the twins and the kids and up to Maureen and Peters to have some lunch and say good byes. Mum dropped us off at the airport and we got onto the plane and headed for Sydney. Finally, a few hours later we were on the plane and heading back home.
Bruce picked us up from the airport, which was a little late, only because we had to wait for a plane to get out of our spot. I called Paula and you could hear her excitement from the other side of the car, which was nice for me. We got home and were surprisingly awake. Bruce had a coaching session and had to take off, he left and we chilled out and I unpacked and showered etc.
Our wonderful friend Carlos dropped a pizza in for us to have for dinner, which a gorgeous family they are. When things settle down and we come home, Carlos, Kristie and the kids will be common visitors. Especially Carlos and Kristie, they fly to Sydney once a month.
The boys had a day off school, we all slept until lunchtime the next day. The boys went off to school after that. I either had a really bad cold or the flu, I was in bed, and couldn’t get up for the next couple of days. As you can imagine that weekend was a quiet one.
