Snow Train and family fun

Yesterday (Saturday) was a great fun day all round.....I went up to the footbridge near my home to wait for that annual Steam Train 

Just me with other Steam crazy people 

way off in the distance and we were all excited 

2 R class engines 

R761 and R711 

Toot Toot and there was at least 12 carriages with happy people on board ☺☺ I then went back home as we were expecting many family visitors for lunch ♥

Miss April having fun with my rubber rats lol 

Mr Cooper enjoying lounging around lol 

my Frank and Riley who is always a little shy at first 

my oldest grandboy Brandon ☺

Grandpa and April bonding lol 

On the couch Lauren, Sarah with Cooper and my other big grandboy Sebastian "Batty" about to turn 16 

April enjoying meeting Riley 

a nice pic of Granny Grandpa and Coop 

love how Cooper is checking out Grandpa lol 

Enjoying my singing fish lol 

Paul's Brenton chatting with Batty 

my Ray waiting with April 

for the Happy Birthday cake 

we all sang very loudly lol 

Missed the snap of batty blowing the candles lol 

look how tall those grandboys are now with old Granny lol 

and they make their Mum, my Sarah teeny tiny lol 

everyone enjoyed some cake 

and Miss April loved a low carb choc chai pudding I made.....her first taste of choc and she loved ☺

she was keen to steal Rileys cake lol 

and this pic was taken a bit over 3yrs ago and thought we would show the difference 

Brandon 18, Sebastian 16, Riley 4, no Misty as she was sick and me with Cooper 6mths, April not keen to be in cage lol 

But April ok with big group pic of my 4 and 5 grandies......across the back row Rex, Frank, Brandon, Batty, Ray....in front Lauren, April, Riley, Sarah, Granny and Cooper ☺☺♥♥

in the afternoon it was time to return to the footbridge and most came up to join me ♥♥

proof I was not alone lol 

April enjoyed walking on the footbridge 

Batty and Brenton getting ready to film the trains ☺☺

Riley and April keen 

and Riley pointed and said "steam trains" 

and here they come 

ssss

I just enjoyed watching and enjoying having family with me.....they all loved them and April was a little scared but said "toot" after they went lol 

well now back to final stuff this week before we fly......

Friends, steam and a big wonderful surprise

Well just look at my crazed face.....had a wonderful night with these friends Saturday night and only pic I took.....me, Jules, Mark, Lanie, Paul and Mark xoxo

Sunday we drove back so I could see the 2nd snow train in my town......carriages and steam/smoke rising......sssssss

This time NO HAIL and lots of people waiting on that footbridge ☺☺

Here they come again......

Closer.....

Closer ☺☺☺☺

and then I filmed with my mobile and hope it works.....

snow train leaving again

Toot Toot

My kids vlog with surprise news

And here is a vlog with wonderful news  you may enjoy viewing 

family and friends reactions....love love

and as said how we all were lol Granny again and so happy for them xoxoxo

love to all out there ☺☺

That time of year fun

Hello out there......on Saturday in the cold hailing weather I waited for something to arrive.....

All rugged up and eventually totally wet from rain, hail and mega wind......the only pic I took was blurred....Most of our kids were coming for late lunch early tea with some staying the night ☺☺ So back home I went 

And yes little Miss April in her cute "batgirl" outfit I gave her and her lovely Mummy Lauren 

Good gathering and with lots of chatting and eating

Simple bbq food and salads.....can't believe I took so few photos lol 

Anyway, Sarah in the blanket, Shannon with the hood, Misty in the coat catching hail stones, and Frank holding Riley warmly braving the hideous weather lol.....Ray also but he was getting an umbrella from his car ☺☺

and you can just see the STEAM in the distance....

getting closer and can say it was awesome to have family and grandies with me this year instead of just me and strangers ♥♥

TOOT TOOT, double header and no other pics but Ray did take a video which is awesome ☺☺ STEAMRAIL SNOWTRAIN BY RAY ♥ you can hear how much we loved lol 

and this gorgeous girl stayed with us for the night ♥♥

just got to love those cheeks and she is such a sweet girl....☺♥

On Monday we drove down to the city to do some signing of paperwork.....a secret at the moment lol 

and finally watching Season 6 of "Game of Thrones" and knitting along too

now at the reducing stage so hope it turns out alright 

Fun busy times last few days xoxoxo