Good times, but sad times too.

Yesterday was an exciting day for us all. Vik, our 20 year-old daughter, arrived at about 5pm for a 5-day long visit. She and some girls from work (she's an apprentice chef) had a conference to attend at the Gold Coast and she has a week off work in total. So of course she had to drop in to visit us for the remainder of her free time. I'm so glad to see her again. She's so loud and large and full of life. We've all missed her so much, especially Lara, who has asked me at least once a day how long it's going to be until she gets here. We're all pretty close, and the past month and a half has been the longest time that we haven't seen each other. Hey Vik... It's so, so good to see you again.

Vik's 'girls' made the trip out here to drop her off then, after a very quick stay left to make their way back to the main highway before it got dark. The car that they're driving in is a very small Mazda and they were worried about the damage that a kangaroo might do. Thanks guys, I really appreciate you dropping Vik off for us. You guys are legends!

But despite yesterday's excitement, today is a sad day. Spaz will be leaving us and returning to Rockhampton. And we won't be the only ones who will miss her. Sabrina loves her big scruffy cuddles, and the donkeys (especially Bonnie) will have to get used to me or Gryph feeding them. They love her the most, I think. She can't walk out the front door without Bonnie calling to her. The other day I borrowed her jumper and they called out to me, thinking I was her. When I spoke to them though, and they realised that I wasn't Spaz, they walked away in disgust.

Big Sis will be over shortly to pick us bigger girls up for the two-hour trip to the train station in Gympie. So I'll have to make this post short and quick. I've gotten Spaz's permission to post a couple of photos of her here. I don't normally post pictures of my kids on the net, as most of you would know, but she's a big girl now so it's her decision. Besides, I want you all to see how proud I am of my beautiful girl. We've been through a lot since we've been here and have become even closer than we were before this little adventure. I'm not going to make too big a deal of it, but I'm going to miss her cheeky, smiley face.

This is Purple Spaz... Big Sis bought her some hair dye last week, and she loves it. She's wanted to go purple for a while. They found a bargain... $2 a tube... and I've been informed that I have to buy her a few more when I go shopping next and send them to her. I have to admit, I think it looks great, so I might just have to do that.


Bye Spaz... We'll miss you like mad, my darling baby. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX