The Engagement party......July18th

Take a look at this yummy calorie free dessert buffet.........

This was made by lots of us and put together under Lauren's direction.....

Tara made the Engagement Cake....

and all these yummy cupcakes

Wise choices

We are so proud of Steven and Courtney and of all the choices that they make....for their commitment to the Lord and for choosing to be married in the Melbourne Temple as parents we could want for no less and for them to be sealed together forever is such a blessing......Many people came from all over..family from Moe and further, Sydney, Hawaii.......we are greateful for everyone who attended this special night and who were able to share in courtney and Steven's engagement ..thankyou
Cutting the cake........

Steven and Kris

joined at the hip....Corky has learnt to share even Steven now.....

Brandon and Michelle bought the boys out from Hawaii and were able to be apart of the family celebration...........We are soooooooo blessed to have them in our lives.......

They have been friends since youth.......

Another set of parents for the girls..............the Thackers came down from Sydney to join in the party

two handsome little angels.........

Charlotte and Courtney looking so beautiful....a few minutes earlier we found Charlotte sitting on the floor in the hall reading her scriptures...........our little geek........

Sarah and Barb helping out in the kitchen...........

The prettiest part of the American family..........Michelle with Nelson..........

Is a bit too cheesey but the night was fantastic.....

somebody........don't know who was caught red handed eating the chicken skewers...excuse was just testing them .........all 50 odd.......look how guilty(happy) they are.....Nels, Brandon and Scottie

Mother and son........Lesley and Steven.......she is soooooo proud of no1.son....we all are...

McDonalds and Adams's .....looking good.............

Ok .........these are my "little" boys.......are they cute or what..........?

another bevy of beauties..

Michael and Rick relaxing......

Hello here's Mom she wasn't too good so she held court in her room and enjoyed the night without the fires bothering her.......

David and Sue (sister)David and Anthony......Kate is in England.....

Corky,Steven and the Howells......

the Jones Family......what a bunch of hotties......

the McDonalds...........it was Seth's day after 1yr mark......he said he couldn't come......think he had a better offer.......!!!! lol..who's gonna argue with the Lord....not I.... I not stupid.....?

Random shots of the night

The fire tenders...just some of the cutie's around the place....

Lot's of fun and laughter everywhere
Random shots of the night

Then of course there were the presents.....such a wonderful start for their new family......

Clean up.........

And then of course there was the clean up which went on for days........every time I turned around there was more to put away...........of course some worked harder than "others" and others just disappeared...........!
Couldn't believe how blessed we were with the weather........

I believe in angels........

The future Handley family.......

Do you remember when life was this good? Do you remember this carefree time? When the most important thing in life was when do we see each other again.............? Yes they certainly are the day's.....

Yes we are still keen............footy footy footy...

Even when they should have given up, they remain faithful to Melbourne Football Club. The 3rd generation of supporters are now ready to carry on the flag..........

It's Mom and Steven's birthday dinner.....2009

It 's brithday time again for Mom and this time she got to share with Steven whose birthday is only a few days after Mom's...........
With lots of loud singing it was time to blow out the candles

Pressie time and Steven was the favourite cause he got interesting things as Mom got lots of money ............

Then of course there are the monkey's..........lol

Marysville ........3 Months on..........

It was funny that in the midst of all this devestation .......here grows this beautiful rose.
As we entered into Marysville it was impossible not to cry, we were all effected by the terrible events that these people went thru and continue to suffer thru. To see first hand was overwhelming, it was horrible but it was also something that had to be done. We needed to pay our respects and to show our support to those that have come back tobring their town back to life..

the red roof is that of a new build one of only a few that have started.......