A great party!

We celebrated Dad's 70th birthday in style with a big party attended by all the kids, their partners and all the grandchildren, except for Jonathan who is days away from being released from the special care nursery. To add to the fun we had a real snow storm, which happens in Victoria every few years at most! As Uncle Buddy (Geoff) said, if you don't have a white Christmas at least you'll have had a White 70th! We had a 350 slide powerpoint including wonderful messages from the Attwell clan in York, UK and SA.

The Runner in the Family

Everyone knows there is only one runner in the family, and that is Tim! Tim has run the Comrades several times and the following picture is proof. My friend Magnus Verbrugge plans to run the Comrades at some point, he recently completed the Marathon des Sables (www.darbaroud.com). He and Tim would understand each other when discussing matters concerning running such as prolonged pain, a lack of toenails and hallucinating after 10 hours of fun on the road.

Magnus Can Putt

Gary watching and learning.

Royal Victoria Half Marathon

Well, a first attempt at a half marathon yielded a time of 1:57:38. Not bad, looking to get it down to the 1:50 range before getting more ambitious.

More of the VC 2006

Happy Hallowe'en

Victoria Cup 2006

The 10th Annual Victoria Cup was held at Victoria Golf Club, for which the trophy is named. We were lucky to have good weather, particularly for the end of October. The battle for the fabled and ugly mug was close with three different leaders on the back 9 on Sunday but in the end Gary Baerg repeated as champion beating Jonty by 2 and Rob by 3 strokes. Next year will we're going to Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Andreas' Party

We had a little party for Andreas' birthday featuring a pinata and a lot of bourbon.

Jonathan's Giant Hand

Happy Birthday

Emma

Jonathan

Jonathan is doing well and is getting visits 2, 3 or 4 times a day from his parents, sister, admiring grandparents, aunts and uncles. He spends most of the time sleeping, but every once in a while we have a chance to see him awake with his eyes open. Kristen is also doing really well and is happy to be home.

Happy *0th Birthday Andreas!

Wow, who knew he would ever make it to such an advanced age. Amazing the power and resilience of the humble liver!

It's a Boy!

Congratulations to Andrew and Kristen with the arrival of a baby boy!

Adam

The New Boat

The lake just became a lot more fun with Dave and Clare's new boat!

The Patient

A very happy night as the patient is sprung from the Jubilee for a night out at Christie's Carriage house and a well deserved beer!

The Doctor

Andrew in his office.

Cynthia

Gary's 18th or 19th Birthday

Happy Birthday Mr. Baerg! Sorry we had to take your money.

Sunshine Coast Trail Ride

We had a mountain biking adventure on the Sunshine Coast on the August 12/13 weekend with Great Exporations, a guiding company that does bike trips all over the world (www.greatexplorations.com). We rode from Halfmoon Bay to Langdale on single track on an organized 100km two day ride - Cynthia's first point-to-point mountain bike trip. It was hard work but lots of fun to be out on the amazing single track including Highway 102 and Highway 103, some epic single track. We were joined by friends Bryan and Wendi and met some great new friends and hope to see them next year! We both slept very well that Sunday night, Cynthia in particular!