http://andrewsfamily.id.au Will, Sarah, Jack and Grace Andrews Mon, 10 May 2010 12:42:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The weekend we decided to take a new car for a test drive.  So after soccer and ballet, we picked it up and drove all the way through the Hunter Valley and out to Mudgee, about 4.5 hours drive.  We stayed with Dave and Fiona Brown who live in Mudgee ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2010/05/10/mudgee-2 A week ago I took part in the Anaconda Adventure Race. This is an off road race based around Forster, where Carol and Bob live, in fact the first day goes right past their front door.  I had been booked to race in both days of the event, but as ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2010/05/10/anaconda-adventure-race We've just paid for flights to England for a holiday in July.  It will be almost 4 years since we left so we're looking forward to seeing everyone again.  The best cheap flights we found were with Air China, so we will go via Beijing.  We wanted to have a ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2010/02/15/on-our-way-around-the-world We have just had the most amazing (and busy) Australia Day weekend.  As Australia Day fell on a Tuesday, I had the Monday off work and we went to Sydney for 4 days.  We camped in Lane Cove National Park, which is only 15 minutes from the city centre but ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2010/01/28/australia-day-long-weekend Lance and Mary arrived in Australia the weekend before Christmas and we welcomed them with some wonderfully hot weather.  We spent the first few days going to various beaches and enjoying the sea and sunshine, we also set up the croquet set for a few games on the lawn.  Lance ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2010/01/28/christmas-with-granny-and-grandpa Last Friday was our 10th Wedding Anniversary and we made sure we celebrated it both by ourselves and with the children. On Friday we got the kids off to bed early(ish), after cricket and a party.  Then open a special bottle of wine.  When we arrived in Australia 3 years ago, ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2009/11/22/10th-wedding-anniversary It has been really hot and humid today, but tonight at 9pm it has finally broken with a big crash of thunder.  Now it is pouring with rain and Sarah is worried the plants she has planted by torchlight will be washed away. Yesterday afternoon, we finally had our house warming ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2009/11/16/hot-and-humid This weekend is the end of the school holidays before the summer term, and the summer sports have begun. On Friday Jack started this year cricket. He has got very enthusiastic and we've been playing cricket in the garden all weekend. Saturday we were all hard at work in ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2009/10/18/summer-sports-2 Last weekend we were in Forster for Sarah's birthday, this is becoming the regularly birthday trip.  It is a long weekend, so we stayed there till Monday night.  The weather wasn't great but we still had a good time.  We had a lovely dinner for Sarah's day and a very ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2009/10/10/sarah-and-graces-birthday It's been a few months since I last wrote and a lot has happened.  I've put a few new pictures in the gallery but I'm struggling to get the house gallery to work. Firstly the house, we are almost there with the back garden.  We had some steps put up in ... http://andrewsfamily.id.au/2009/09/09/catching-up