It had to happen

Hi all,

Thought I had better update the blog as it has been a while.

The Mackay's are unwell! Maddie got a cold last week and had to miss a day of school (one very UNHAPPY CAMPER!) She kindly shared it with Sabrina and me, with Nath coming down with it by the end of the weekend. Today has been an interesting day as the cold has caused me to lose my voice. Maddie and I are getting better at charades whilst Sabrina can't understand why I won't talk to her. She has been exceptionally cute trying the get a reaction. She is starting to roll from her front to back ie. if you put her down on her front she can flip herself over. This one is not as scary as the other way. So I am please she is learning this one first so that when it comes time for the other she can get herself out of trouble.

Over the last couple of weeks we have been busy catching up for meals with some of the relos. On Friday 27th July we hosted a dinner party for the parents and parents-in-laws to help us celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. (Can't believe it has been that long... doesn't feel it some days). We have also managed to finally catch up with David, Janette, Kathryn and Danielle. Was great to see them. It had been a bit of a saga finding a date that 1. we could do and 2. all were well enough to do. And yesterday we caught up with Andrew and Karissa for lunch. There was also a chance that Nath was having to go back to NZ for work this week but fortunately he didn't need to.

We have been busy once again around the house. Seems like this is what we do around this time of year. On the weekend we went and choose our carpet for the back rooms and the girls rooms. Hopefully the girls one goes down this week. As for the back room we need to finish staining the woodwork. (Much to Nathan's horror that we are not painting it but my argument is that the rest of the house is stained and so the new section should be too). He has filled in all the holes in the back room and so now only has to do our room and the robe. We also need for the weather to be just a little bit warmer so that the stain will go off. Then we will be able to tell the guys to come and lay the carpet.

Besides this we have just been surviving. Will write soon.

Love

Annette