We have been back from holidays for almost a month already. Since that time we have really hit the ground running. Holidays were a great time. We travelled up to the great lakes area where we rented a couple of holiday houses. In the first week we stayed with Millie's mum, dad, sister Angela and brother Johnny. In the second week we stayed in another house with my mum and dad, Dani, Kylie and Steve, plus kids. It was good to catch up with family who we don't get to see all that often.
The kids loved the beach and being with family, especially cousins. We loved the beach too, eating seafood, playing golf and playing games.
After that we headed over to stay with friends Dan and Chia for a few days in Musswellbrook. That was great too as they had heaps of space for us. Dan and I took the kids up for a couple of walks. Especially good was heading up to the top end of the Barrington Tops with the boys. They enjoyed it too, but found the going pretty hard at times, but were happy to get to the top.
After Muswellbrook we headed across to Dubbo for a couple of days and stayed with the Albion's and enjoyed more family time. Andrew had a projector that he had borrowed, so we enjoyed quite a few videos on the big screen while we there. I especially enjoyed "Into the Wild", the story of a young man who heads off on a journey to Alaska. An amazing story which highlights both the pain that someone can experience, but also the treasured experience of life, love and grace that can come in relationships with others. Life is truly not just about the physical. Our pain and our joy attests to something far greater.
