I mentioned that I was going away for the weekend, I went with my cousins Madi and Lil and my sister A.J to our aunt and uncles beach house in Carrikalinga. We used to come here when we were kids and this time around it was just as much fun!
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| Me, Lil, Madi and A.J |
As soon as we arrived we unpacked and headed to the beach. We found these great old bikes in the shed. There was also a super cute red vintage bike but unfortunately the tires were too flat to ride
The beach was beautiful and the weather almost perfect. A little on the cool side but still better than I expected
Even though it wasn't quite warm enough me and Lil went straight to the water for a splash and almost worked up the nerve to jump in
Theres something special about braving cold water, I always try to because it makes me feel so alive!
A.j was happy to observe from a safe distance. Not a bad move, we ended up getting dumped by a few waves, leaving us shivering and drenched. I secretly loved it though:)
It was so beautiful riding around the pretty little sea side town, everything was lush and green and new spring flowers were starting to emerge
Later we picked up some magazines at the shops and got our trashy gossip fix
Me and Madi slept in these awesome bunk beds! I remember being in these same bunk beds when I was little. I was disappointed to be on the bottom bunk so someone (my Mum and aunt or Oma probably) hung a spare blanket from the top bunk, creating a great little cubby for me. I loved it!
We had a yummy breakfast in the morning
and then went driving to some other great nearby spots
We went to Victor Harbour and Granite Island. It was nice watching big waves break on the island
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| Us doing our super lame cousin club sign he he:) |
In the end it got windy so we all headed home!
In case any ones wondering about the cousin club thing, when we were little we made up a cousin club (I think we read too many babysitters club books lol:) We had 'official meetings', membership cards and raised money by putting on plays for our 'lucky' family members. Yes we were pretty cool
and you sang and did the actions to the spice girls songs! i remember. and you guys also watched mary poppins over, and over, and over again - never failing to come and find me when the penguin scene came on.
ReplyDeletewonderful memories - and you guys are still making them :)
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Karen, it sounds like a lovely way to spend a weekend. Keep those ties strong - lifetime connections are so important.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! It looks like you all are so very close still and the scenery was perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the blog and the gorgeous photos, I had the best weekend with you and the girls. Can't wait to do it again, KI here we come!
ReplyDeletep.s. more photos??? :)
ReplyDeletelooks like fun! sounds like fun! i'd say you are pretty cool after all! lol
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Oh you lucky lucky girls!! How wonderful to have cousins to make those memories with! My parents came to Australia from Austria so I had none at all - maybe thats why I had seven kids, so that their kids would have plenty of family!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your special time Karen - it really made my morning!
I didnt know you were in SA!Looks like you ahve a wonderful fun time down south:)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! How nice it must be to be so close to your cousins.
ReplyDeleteHey Karen,
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I really did enjoy the photos and it brought back memories to me from the time you four girls came nearly every holiday to stay at our place so you could be together .Life has been very good to us all especially since we all get on very very well .love Oma.
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