Eugene turns 5!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY EUGENE!

We love you our boy.

Eugene and his bestest friend, Philip. He was VERY happy to celebrate this day with his mate :-)

Karin cutting the Spider Man cake. Despite it being a "Woolies" cake, it tasted very good. Can recommend it.

The boys can hardly wait to dig in...both wanted an eye to eat.

Philips little 19-month old brother, MC, tried to stay awake, but eventually went to sleep with the fairies.

My only picture of the very HOT 31st December. It got to 44 deg.C! Crickey!!
Here Karla and Eugene are on the beach at Bathers Bay in Freo. It was ~9pm and still 37!

iPad - Better late than never (and not a Mini)

Yes, finally took the plunge today. $409 at Meyer in the city, so it was quite a good price. Anyway, discovering a whole new world of Apps, and bought my B&W Photography magazine for $3.49, whereas the paper version is $18.50. Great stuff!

Karla on her blinged-out iPod touch

...Eugene on the iPad and Karin on her iPhone....

Eugene getting into "Bubbles"...

...which is quite addictive, as Karin and I soon found out, haha!

Hawthorn, Corona's and sunshine

So, we travelled up North to my mate, Greg's place yesterday. He cooked a traditional "potjie" (Afrikaner stew), and while we waited we cooled down in his splash-pool enjoying ice-cold Corona's. Soon talk turned to footie and I am now almost a Hawthorn supporter, but still back the Dockers too...darned Corona's! Haha!

Eugene and Karla swam for hours and it turned out to be a great arvo. At some point the Chivas Regal was opened too.

Geno and Dante cooling down. Dante was like a lamb when in the water, but a real hooligan once he got out :-)

The girls cooling down too, with Eugene splashing them as per normal.

L to R: Me, Greg and Trevor prepping the vegies for the Pot. Men make the best chef's...

Aaah, reward for the hard slog in the kitchen. The pool, some icy Corona's and talk about AFL; all good.



Lorraine dishing up some traditional "potjie kos" from the traditional African camp-oven.



Christmas Lunch at Eat Greek

Some quick photo's from today's wonderful lunch at Eat Greek in Freo. I can recommend it, anytime. Great setting, food and atmosphere. The hosts are top-notch too!

(More photo's & a video on Facebook)

Greg, Karin, Briar, Karla and Geno at lunch. It was 39 degrees C, so thank goodness for air-conditioning!

Karin getting right into the Greek Dancing! (as she does :-))