We spent the rest of Saturday with Grandma Randall, whom we took on a picnic to the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens. The GPS sent us off on a wild goose chase, so rather than a 20 minute drive, we took about an hour to get there. But after that frustrating start, we had a lovely time. The Gardens were lovely. We found a sunny spot to lunch in, then went for a stroll on the Lagoon Walk and through the Sculpture Garden. We will certainly be going back and exploring some of the other paths in the Gardens in the future.
Afterwards, we went back to Grandma's for afternoon tea before eventually heading back to Brisbane. We made a stop to pick up roof racks on our trip home - we had to work out how to attach them in the dark and cold (the parcels wouldn't fit in the car). After finding the fitting kit provided for the roof basket was the wrong one, Jon tied the basket on with rope. We finally made it home around 7pm. Dinner, bath and bed for the girls. I had planned to do the same, but got distracted in a book, The Vow (the story behind the movie which I'd like to see one day)!
Sunday morning found us getting the house back into order and doing some errands for our upcoming camping trip. We got home in time to quickly get together another picnic before heading to Kangaroo Point to meet up with the Sheehy side of the family. We had a lovely afternoon catching up with the family; Abigail and Sarah particularly enjoying the range of people to entertain them! Good food and good company; a very pleasant afternoon. We left sometime after 4pm; Sarah fell asleep as soon as we drove off (she normally has her nap at 12:30pm)! The evening was spent watching NZ play Australia in the women's hockey - well done to NZ on their first Olympic win against Australia - and then the usual dishes routine (Jon washes, while I cross-stitch and we listen to an audio book).
It was a weekend full of family - busy but enjoyable! And the next few weeks are also lined up to be full of various family adventures - more stories to come!
Sunday morning found us getting the house back into order and doing some errands for our upcoming camping trip. We got home in time to quickly get together another picnic before heading to Kangaroo Point to meet up with the Sheehy side of the family. We had a lovely afternoon catching up with the family; Abigail and Sarah particularly enjoying the range of people to entertain them! Good food and good company; a very pleasant afternoon. We left sometime after 4pm; Sarah fell asleep as soon as we drove off (she normally has her nap at 12:30pm)! The evening was spent watching NZ play Australia in the women's hockey - well done to NZ on their first Olympic win against Australia - and then the usual dishes routine (Jon washes, while I cross-stitch and we listen to an audio book).
It was a weekend full of family - busy but enjoyable! And the next few weeks are also lined up to be full of various family adventures - more stories to come!
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