Moved house!

AGAIN!!!

This is our 5th home in under 4 yrs....we'll stay here now. I'm fed up of moving!!!

Grace waters the new lawn and gardens.

Fly me to the moon.....

Happy 40th Birthday Kevin: you're flying to the moon!!

As Kevin was not keen to have a party to celebrate his big day, I arranged a balloon flight as a special surprise (Kevin was keen to just go to work for the weekend!!). Anyway, an early start to drive the 40 minutes across the city to the meeting point for 6am and Kevin was taken by bus to 'the launch site' in Jindalee.

After half an hour of unpacking the balloon from the trailor, and filling it with air from a fan, and then hot air from the gas cyclinders, the passengers were allowed to board:

A few more blasts of hot air and they were away!! They took off at approximately 6.50am as the sun rose for the day across Brisbane city:

The girls and I followed the balloon (and the bus driver infront) in the car and stopped a couple of times to wave to them (although they couldn't see us as they had far more exciting things to look at!) It was a shame we couldn't predict where they were to land as it would have been fun to see. They almost 'crash landed" as the balloon basket hit the ground at 23km/hr skidding along on on it's side until it came to a stop! Apparantly, it was funny!

After the event, we were all taken to The Sofitel, a 5 * hotel in Brisbane city for a 'gourmet' breakfast. It was delightful. Kevin enjoyed a good 'old english' with sausages, eggs bacon etc.I had an omelette, cooked to order as I watched. I also has smoked salmon, sushi, bread and cheeses, and I didn't have room for pancakes, waffles and criossants, although Kev squeezed some in!!