More cousins...tick!

And you thought we'd run out of family! On the last day of our trip to the Mountains/Sydney Andrew's parents very kindly organised a picnic at Bobbin Head to get all four siblings and their offspring together (except that Mal couldn't come because he was in New Zealand). We got there very early so that we could get great tables near the BBQs and playground. Bethany and I went for a walk, discovering ducks, fish and coffee. Thankfully I had put some money in my pocket just in case....

The girls did their own thing in the sand.

The boys did sporty things.

This cousin didn't do anything, which is very annoying because we wanted to meet him/her.

Someone had the brilliant idea of getting a photo of all the children together. It was very difficult to get them just facing in the same direction.

Everyone smiling was too much to ask for.

Bethany suggested they all turn into animals. I have no idea which animal any of them were trying to be....

The girls were very keen to do some more posing.

The boys, not so much.
The tick reference? We pulled many of them out of Toby and Bethany that evening but not as many as were pulled out of Jordy. I think he had 63!

We drove home last Sunday after a wonderful, fun and food filled holiday. Since then I have been marking an awful lot of assignments and making lots of things with matcha in them.