Brisbane is being evacuated - roll call time

Bugger.
The floods are moving south and they are evacuating the city. The gorgeous area of South Bank (where we went on Sunday with the Reeds) is totally under water.
Dom, of course (he always disappears during a natural disaster) has taken the kids to WhiteWater World (part of Dreamworld) and has not got a cellphone. The roads between him and me have been closed and everyone is being told to stay off the roads anyway. Joy.

The Reeds

In the deep dark downpour is Sebas, Eric, Dom, Luc, Marina, Meg, Jas, Jade and Danilo... beside what I call the Brisbane Eye. If it wasn't $25 a seat maybe they would have a few people riding that thing... We also roamed around South Bank and went to the museum...

It was only spitting when I took this picture of the Brisbane Temple. The Kangaroo Point Ward Chapel is just.... 5m away. JEALOUS? Yes.

To be honest I am planning a famnapping. We can't go back to NZ without the Reeds.... CAN'T! We had lots of fun with them today xxx

Colt in Sebas' Old Navy outfit (sigh)

the pictures are all backwards as usual, but this is us playing Roly Polys - Colt's favourite game... in Seb's little singlet suit. So adorable for so many reasons....

Kugelof

Jessica's amazing friend Mel ordered a kugelof for our family reunion... There is one place in Sydney that makes them and she got us one... Mel we love you and kugelof xxx

Happy 2011

We had the best day yesterday with our friends from Christchurch (that moved here a couple of years ago and we WANT THEM TO COME HOME!). We went to church together and then they showed us the lagoon on the north side of Brisbane. From there we went back to their house and had a fun afternoon chatting and eating. Thanks so much guys xxx

Jas doing what his family does so well....

Aren't they just the most beautiful family!

Best friends :)

Heading over to the lagoon all dressed up for a day at the beach... and can I just say it was SO HOT!

Lucy loves the water...

Lucy still has her hat on but the others ditched theirs to go in the water - isn't it gorgeous?! This is the beach near Mickey's house... I can't remember the name of it.

1.1.11

Colt got his first tooth today! I'd show a picture of it but I can't get his mouth open wide enough to get the camera in there.... so just trust me on this, he has a rasor sharp pearl in there.