our pre-Christmas escape

Nope, not "es-cah-pay.."
e-s-c-a-p-e
We've just had a wonderful day and a half at our fave farm with D17's friend Shades and Louise and her two cool kids.

M5 doin' da grin outside The Log cabin: sleeps six, er ELEVEN...

Louise and James Bond aka hubby

R13 and April freezing, er floating down the river on tyres

J11 and me on a bushwalk

Blisterin' barnacles.. it's THE BARREL!!!!!
J11 getting ready to roll...

1-2-3... GO, S9 !!!!!!!!!!

WHEEEEE-e-e-e-e-e-EEEEE-ee-eeee-EEE-eeee!!!!!
ugga-dooga-thump-thump... "Ow, my head!"

(Daddy and M5 in background on The Rope Swing)

R13 and April getting their *hot choc* fix

S9 and Christopher climbing the walls...

D17 and James aka Shades doin' the man hunter-gatherer-thang: boiling water for our fabulous campy macaroni cheese (with crispy bacon) lunch. M-m-m-m-m, we especially loved all the black bits!!!

All in all a great instant-wind-down to Christmas. Lots of sunshine. Rain. Food. Snoring. Dan Brown catch-ups. Fun and smokey fires. Next year we'll be booking *three* days....