Jet skiing (at the shack)

On our last day in St Helens we decided to head down to a small beach near the shack to have a turn of the jet ski. Every year when we are down the East Coast dad wishes that we have a jet ski and says he will get one for the next year, and this year he finally had one. 

The boys had lots of turns on it before we got down there, so Gavin and i were keen to have a go. Gavin absolutely loved it, but i hated it! I only had a turn on the donut, and Gavin went on the back of the jet ski as well. I think i would've preferred a turn just on the back of the jet ski, but after my first turn i had already had enough for the day! 

Asha was keen for another turn, and was cute going on with dad, waving and giving us the thumbs up - he loves it :) 

It was another nice sunny day, and we drove home that night around tea time. Unfortunately we only had a short stay, but it was still nice to get away! :) 

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The rest of the shack photos can be found here :) 

New years Eve & day (at the shack)

After work on New Years Eve we headed down to the shack at St Helens to join my family. We didn't get there until around 6pm when everyone was just coming back from the beach. It was a nice warm night so the guys all had a hit of cricket while tea was cooking. We enjoyed a BBQ tea and had a quiet night celebrating the new year. We even missed the countdown on tv as Alex kept accidentally turning it off with his phone. We turned it back on the enjoy the Sydney fireworks though :)

An overload of photos below!

Morgan, Alex and James had to leave at lunchtime on New Years Day as Alex had to go to work. Before they left we took our annual family photo out the front of the shack. It is a tradition we started last year, and hope to do every year together. It is already great to see everyone changing and growing.

Silly shot! ^^ 

I love looking at this comparison of 2014 & 2015. So crazy that James isn't visible in the first photo and in the second he is 6 months old!

After Morgan, Alex and James left we headed down to a small beach not far from the shack to spend the rest of the day. It was nice and warm and the younger boys enjoyed a swim (or a float in the boat!). 

I love little sandy toes! ^^

He loves laying in the warm sand every year :) ^^

Gavin and i could only stay for two nights due to work, and we headed back home the next day. I have some more photos to share from that day, that i will put into another post :)

Time at the beach is never long enough!