Chronological Activities for 2011

• January
• February
  • Cooper's first day at school
    

    3m 42s

    Cooper Starts School

    Preparations at home and then Cooper's departure for his first day at school. And at the end of the day, he really liked it, and was looking forward to going again tomorrow.
  • Cooper's fifth birthday
    

    6m 18s

    Cooper's Fifth Birthday

    Celebrating Cooper's 5th birthday with family at home.
• March
  • Flynn's soccer trial
    

    1m 23s

    Flynn's FIrst Soccer Trial Game

    Flynn's first trial soccer game was on a very wet Saturday morning at Barden Ridge. The other team did not show up, as they understood the game to have been cancelled.
  • Kangaroo Valley for Peter's 70th birthday
    

    10m 00s

    Peter's 70th Birthday at Kangaroo Valley

    Peter's 70th birthday was celebrated with family and friends at Camp David in Kangaroo Valley. A total of 3 nights for family members; the friends were day visitors.
• April
• May
• June
• July
  • Lily and Peter at Como
    

    2m 18s

    Lily with Peter at Como Pleasure Grounds

    Peter and I spent some time with Lily, firstly at the Marina cafe, then at the Como Pleasure Grounds.
  • Lily & Jake Birthday Party at Kurnell
    

    5m 13s

    Jake and Lily Birthday at Kurnell

    Jake and Lily's birthdays are on successive days, so there is usually a combined party. And this year, Jake reached double digits!
  • Lights Out
• August
  • Lindsay's birthday
    

    2m 25s

    Lindsay's Birthday

    My birthday! But I can't record the celebrations when I am the subject, so that bit is missing. But there's other stuff to amuse.
  • Kelly's birthday
    

    6m 01s

    Kelly's Birthday

    Another year, another birthday for Kelly.
• September
• October
  • An escape to Canberra and Jindabyne.
    • Canberra for Floriade and to catch up with Peter and Sarah
      

      2m 30s

      Floriade Display in Canberra

      A series of photo of flowers taken at Canberra's annual Floriade display/show.
    • Jindabyne and Dalgety to see the water release and Snowy River flowing again.
      

      1m 09s

      Snowy River at Dalgety

      Following the opening of the gates at Jindabyne Dam, for the first time in 40 years, the Snowy River at Jindabyne was flowing with vigour. This short video shows the 2011 flow, with a couple of photos from the trickle in 2007.
• November
  • Michelle's 40th birthday
    

    3m 40s

    Michelle Turns Forty

    Family celebration of Michelle's decade birthday - this time, the 4th decade.
• December
  • Tynan's Birthday and early Christmas
    

    2m 46s

    Tynan's Birthday and Early Christmas

    Tynan's birthday was celebrated with an early Christmas. Reason being that family connections at Christmas meant not everybody would be in Sydney on Christmas Day.
  • Christmas morning at Illawong.
    

    6m 13s

    Christmas Morning Gift Giving

    Christmas morning and, by many Christmas mornings, a quiet one, with just Jake and Flynn who are growing up too quickly.

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