Surprise!

We attended an "engagement" party which turned into a surprise this afternoon - our friends Elizabeth and Jason went "all the way" and got married! Looking back on it, it shouldn't have been so much of a surprise - after all, who requests formal black tie for an engagement party! However, it truly didn't cross our minds. As you can see, we scrub up pretty well - even if we do say so ourselves.


Oscar was particularly pleased to get dressed up - he seemed to think that wearing a suit was very exciting... Can't say I share his enthusiasm! Rowena of course looked amazing in her black dress.

And so of course the happy couple... Jason looked splendid in his suit (and also a bit like a bouncer!) and Elizabeth looked wonderful in her wedding dress. I chose this photo (I took a lot - see earlier post re camera!) because these guys are happy and enjoy each other, and that's what it's all about in the end...

So the engagement party turned into a very special wedding, and we enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Under 8's Soccer - Match 1

Oscar's team is now established, he'll be playing for Ridge Hills FC "Liverpool" (the organisers name each team after the British league - cute!).

Match 1 was a Friendly against a team from the Pine Rivers FC.

This year could be a good one; the team has 8 members, which means the coach can cycle through the kids as they wear out.



First match was a good start! To half time our team were up 5-4 and the kids were running around like crazy, enjoying the feeling of being in the lead... although I may have mis-interpreted their excitement for the half time candy snakes on offer!

Back on for second half, the team continued to pile on the pressure, and although the opposing team managed to get another goal, "Liverpool" managed to sneak 5 more goals in leaving the final score at 10-5!!



We parents were very excited, and attributed the win to our support. Oscar put in a good effort and scored 1 of the goals, but he still has some work to do in terms of his teamwork. All up though, a great start to the season!

And More Piccies

Picking up from the last post, some more pictures taken while Mum and Dad were here.



Here's Oscar with the Three Sisters



This was taken on "Lions Road", on the way back up to Brisbane from Sydney.

More Piccies

Now that we've moved fully to a blog, I realise I have a fair bit of catching up to do.

Mum and Dad were over here last September and I haven't gotten around to posting some of the pictures we took whilst they were there.



These were taken at the Brisbane Museum



Oscar loves this place and we go there often.



This one was taken at the Blue Mountains in Sydney. Row, Oscar and I drove down from Brisbane to meet up with Mum and Dad who had flown there having driven from Melbourne to Adelaide.



Here are the "Three Sisters", a feature of the Blue Mountains.

New Camera - First Thoughts

I mentioned in my last post that I bought a new camera - a Nikon D90. This camera, for me, is a good logical step up from my Pentax *ist which was a great camera, but which was also a bit limiting in some areas, particularly high speed, multi-shot and night exposure.



This is my new toy and I'm loving it!

This camera has so much flexibility - it's marketed as "sub-professional" but I'm not sure - it's pretty high spec for the price!

I've been playing with it for a week or so now and can't wait to get out and take some long exposure images (my favourite composures).

As I do I'll post more images.

New Camera - Bike Pics

Purchased a Nikon D90 last week, and I've been snapping away like crazy learning the (huge) amount of functions available.

Have added a few pictures to the blog - what do you think?

Picture Post 200309

This is a first test page to figure out how to post pictures...

New website!

Hi and welcome to our new homepage.

Blogs have been around for a while so I thought we'd try one out as a homepage.

I'll be uploading some pictures and content as I go, so bear with us while we get it all sorted out.

Cheers,

Neil