Easter visit

The apartment is now feeling very quiet and deserted after the Easter visit festivities.  Despite the four days of perfect Summer weather the clouds and thunder have have rolled in and we've even had some heavy rain showers.

But last Friday (Good Friday) was just perfect. We all welcomed Ros and Pete early afternoon and headed down to our fave picnic spot on Aspen island for a sunset picnic and a few celebratory glasses of bubbles.

Maxie was feeling pretty good all Easter even after her chemo date on Thursday - so she was fully up for letting the good times roll this Easter visit .....

  Sunset views don't last long... But this man always enjoys a water view no matter how dark or light!

Saturday morning we took a walk through our favourite suburb (Reid) to Sonoma in Braddon for a top notch bakery breakfast (and "not cross" buns to die for). Pete rode Rob's bike and repeatedly declared his admiration for being able to ride a "good bike" (at last).

 In the early afternoon we squeezed in a quick visit to our fabulous (but crowded today) Arboretum - and Rob captured some precious sister pics in the beautiful Bonsai collection area there.

 But we had a date to keep - an Easter family get together at the National Capital Brewery at Dairy Flat for some quality time and an early meal together with the brewery's famous Brodburgers.

But first the girls had to enjoy catching up with faraway baby Vincent's progress (he's four months old now and adorable).

Then we had to admire Abi's new Doc Martens - can you get any better than bright pink patent leather Doc Martens??

before beer and Brodburger time in the (crowded) Brewery courtyard...…..

In many ways this will be an historic photo - as Jody is reintroducing gluten into her diet (on doctor's orders, for interim testing purposes) - so Brodburgers and brewery hot dogs and crispy chips are all unaccustomed treats - even though they make her feel really yuk afterwards!

 But no dietary problems for Abi .....

The other P family were not with us this Easter so after our fun afternoon with the young ones at Dairy Flat we took Ros and Pete for an evening stroll along the beautiful Kingston Foreshore - and the spot where the other P family are staking out a claim for the future!

We inflicted our usual early Sunday morning walk (pant pant) up Mt Ainslie on Ros - who coped much better with the climb than we did I think.

... before we all met up again at our local fave Intra for breakfast (famous for its kimchee and provolone cheese toaties).

Sunday afternoon we took it easy watching some pretty special movies (one French and one British) at Maxie and Rod's and indulged ourselves with more glasses of bubbles and seasonal treats (it's Easter after all).

We started the day today with another early morning walk to the bakery and finished off our fabulous four days together with a big breakfast here before Ros and Pete had to head off back to Geelong. 

We all felt super lucky to have had this time together - it's so good we are now living much closer to each other. Thank you Ros and Pete!