We have been having too much fun this week for me to get the blog post out on time! We still have family up here, and we also had our good friends Beef and Ben and their son Connor, who is Arley's age, visiting Sawtell for a few days. We've had them over for dinner and drinks and virtual reality fun for the last two nights, and it was brilliant. It's so good to have people we love in town. We love the anonymity of living somewhere new, but it's really good to have familiar faces too. We've spent the last two mornings at the beach in Sawtell with Beef and family too. It's a gorgeous beach, just absolutely beautiful, and the kids all got along really well, so it has been a breath of summer fresh air!
This week I also took the extended family up to Never Never Creek in Bellingen. There was a little drama with one of the car loads of people getting lost in the Promised Lands, but we all finally made it to our destination, which was the river with the rope swing, and it was lovely. There were quite a lot of people there, but it wasn't too bad. The water was icy cold, but so crystal clear and beautiful. Everyone who wanted to go on the swing did, and even Carmie gave it a go. We all cheered, because apparently it's a little scary. It certainly was different not having the place to ourselves, but it was still a good time. Afterwards we went out to lunch in Bellingen. Good food and family is a perfect combination.
Another afternoon the kids and I met Mum and Geoff and Sting and Jay at the beach in Sawtell. The kids just love their uncles. Carmie went swimming with Sting for ages, and then went in again with Dida for another 45 minutes or so. She is such a fish, just loves the water. Poor Arley had a meltdown, and he was really upset, but he came good in the end and had a nice time.
It has been really great to have family around. My brothers left yesterday; Sting back home to Sydney and Jay up to Byron to extend his vacation. Dad and Colleen arrived up here today to stay with Georgia until Sunday, and Mum and Geoff are spending the weekend at our place, and then returning to Georgia's for a few more days of vacation next week. My good friend Ciri is also around, in Scott's Head, and we're hoping to meet up with her and her family early next week.
The kids are doing fairly well on their meds, however some nights they have had insomnia. Neither has been eating very well, and they are rather skinny as it is. We are headed to the paediatrician next week to discuss things, so hopefully we'll get things right with their meds soon.
I was a guest on a podcast recently, and the episode came out today. It was a little nerve-racking, but such a fun experience. I actually have four more podcasts lined up, so I'd better get good at it! My business has really taken off since last month, and I'm looking forward to being able to put some more time into it.
That's it for now :)
At Sawtell Beach
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