An impromptu evening with best friends!

Our passports arrived today and Jaden quickly set about making passports for his best friends Jack and Carissa. He then had to call them to tell them all about his good work. The house was a mess but nevertheless we invited our friends to play....eat dinner...sing...dance and be merry!

It was a great night had by all and surprisingly so as I wasn't planning on having company. Dinner was good old Aussie fair, pie, mash and peas and seconds were a plenty, prepared with love, by all.

Kids enjoyed watermelon, scribblers and chocolate crackles and playing in the sand pit until well into the evening. Followed by the fasted crash into slumber ever.

Mums and Dads enjoyed pie, beer, wine and the conversation that comes from a friendship bound by love and life experience. We watched fondly (and maybe with a tear) as the kids laughed and danced together and I wondered what life might be like this time in 12 months from now.

Fond memories etched in minds (and cameras and video cameras just in case!)

Trial

Here's my first trial blog! I am hoping to keep everyone up to date with the Gambrill adventures as we embark on our first overseas experience. For those who don't know we are heading to Suzhou, China in a little less than 5 weeks. We're packing up the kids and taking off!

We have just left Reuben for a sleepover. It is eerily quiet in the backyard, I didn't think I would miss the random barks at possums and birds in the trees. I also made him dinner and then realised he wasn't there...yes feeling a bit sad now. He seems to be settling well, I however am not feeling settled at all.

It is fast becoming reality after garage sale, car selling (hopeful) and dog re-homing (was hopeful, not necessary anymore, just sad; I guess it's a bit like a child that no longer 'needs' you as they set off on their own adventures).

The kids are desperate to leave; although the reality is far from what they can understand at the moment. I'm not looking forward to the realisation when it does set in. Jaden cried all the way home after we dropped off Reuben.

This post is the beginning of the next chapter for the Gambrill's. I'm looking forward to what the future will bring for us!