More Baby Photos from Vic

Just received these two photos from Vic. -- Yes Maddie is definately gong to have a brother?/sister? soon.

Easter and --- the Pirate Hits the Beach.

Easter for Steve, Regan and Owen was a trip to Geelong and an opportunity for Owen to check out the beach. He got dressed up in his 'Pirate' shirt especially for the occasion. I think we have a water baby here.

Easter for Vic, John, Maddie was to be a great family get together with John's parents, Jeff and Jill. Unfortunately it turned out to be the 'holiday from hell' (Vic's words) due to Maddie bringing home a stomach flu from day care which hit everybody, except Jill, who can survive anything.

After Jill and Jeff left for home, Vic and John still had 4 days holiday leave left. But 'only two of which were Maddie free days'. (Vics words again.)

Vic and John's solution to Maddie's recent refusal to eat at the table is to have 'private' discussions about things that interest Maddie.

Even though Maddie did everybody the flu, she is still adorable:

Update to Queenscliffe Race

Here is a video caught by Ryan of the dolphin that swam with us fir a while on our return from Queenscliffe.

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RIde with Clive in Melbourne

Spent a couple of days with Clive and Eddie in Melbourne. The purpose was to do some rides around the Melbourne bike paths. No pics yet - still on the phone. Will post as soon as I find out how to gt them off.

You can never have too many Clamps

The tool storage drawers are nearly complete and Casey is now part of the build legend. After screwing the drawer fronts and handles here in the pic she is applying a coat of varnish to the drawers before final fitting in the workbench.

Geelong to Queenscliffe Race

We raced Peregrine to Queenscliffe from Geelong this weekend. Got 6th place out of 27 starters.

On the return trip a dolphin paid us a visit and even allowed Ryan to pet him.

Owen - What a Champion

Here is Owen just after the procedure on his kidney today. The op to open up an exploratory hole at the top of his good kidney was to take 1/2 an hour, but took 1 1/2 hrs because the plumbing was not where the doctor expected it to be. Gaye reports that he was alert and active and ready to eat as soon as he came out of recovery.

Vic and John's New Home

Vic and John took possession of their new home on Monday 11th April 2011. Gaye and I helped with the move. Battery in camera was dead, so not too many pics.

Owen in the Garden

Gaye and I arrived back home from the Sydney trip just in time to catch up with Regan and Owen who were on their way to Deidre's place. They are down from Shepparton to take Owen to the Royal Children's Hospital where Owen is going to have another procedure done on his kidney.

Pics of Whitey

Back in Sydney

Gaye and I are back in Sydney to help Vic and John with their move to their new home. No pics yet, but will have plenty from the move scheduled for tomorrow - Monday.

We spend Friday evening with Dim and Sue at Deus (a motorbike and bicycle shop specialising in retro machinery) and Saturday morning at the Redfern Market for a breakfast of Chinese dim sims and pancakes.

Saturday afternoon we caught up with John F on Spirited One on the Hawksbury River.