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How did this happen?!? Laura turned 13 today and we had a great celebration this evening with family.

She has so many people that love her and gave her lovely gifts. She was so excited to get such thoughtful presents.

Sarah our did herself again and made a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting between the layers, chocolate nuttela frosting over top, and fancy sprinkles. She had to make room for so many candles!

Laura just returned from a 3day/2night hiking trip with school. The temperature didn’t go above 15C the whole trip and was below 10C at night with a strong wind and lots of rain.

Despite the conditions, all the girls on the hike, Laura included, had a good time and overcame the adverse weather. Every photo that was taken of Laura had her with a smile on her face.

Colin is headed out on a night time adventure at Scienceworks with his class. He was really excited to go and looking forward to the adventure.

Laura and Colin both wanted a photo of them “drinking” the waterfall

A busy day today. The rain storms of yesterday finally gave way to a great day.

We had a guided tour of the local historic gaol, went to the Woolshed Falls, spent the late afternoon at a local winery, and then cooked supper over an open fire, complete with s’mores! (Yes, it was raining and under 10C by suppertime)

Packing up tomorrow to go home.

We are camping for the long weekend.

I think we are set up it’s supposed to rain so I have all my covers up.

We enjoyed special Wonka-themed beverages before we went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

We clean up OK.

On our outing into the city we stopped at the new Harry Potter shop within one of the large department stores. The kids were pleased to sit under the Lego sorting hat.

Colin is very pleased with his new night light, purchases with his own savings after he spotted it in a shop on Saturday.

Mummy and Daddy are also pleased, since it has a plug-in charger rather than needing batteries!