Jane did a welding course during the year - here she is talking to Leigh about the fabrication of our sliding doors.
Jane on the tools!
On the weekend of 27/28 November we decided to have our first official party at the farm. We decided to make the most of our deck, and have a movie night and spit roast. We ended up with about 40 people for dinner, who then stayed for a double movie session. The lamb came from our neighbours, and weighed in at about 30 kg. It was roasted for almost 7 hours, and was just perfect.
The movies were "The Lorax" for the kids, and then "What we did on our holidays" for the adults. The deck was full of people in beanbags, hammocks and camp chairs, and it was a really lovely evening. We had guests travel from Sydney, Canberra and Wodonga. It was such a success that it will now be added to the annual social event register for the farm!
We didn't make MacK dig the whole fire pit... don't think he would have been smiling if he had!
This is the gorgeous beast after about 6 hours of cooking over coals. It was about now that we added potatoes to the fire, and started on our second (?) beers. We served the lamb with aioli, jacket potatoes and coleslaw. There was plenty of wine, beer and conversation to go round!
Now that is a drum stick!
On the night before the World Cup final, we were in Canberra, and invited to the function at the New Zealand High Commission with Jane's parents. The bloke on my right looked a little familiar, and we worked through our shared history. It turns out that he knew us when we were at Highden in the Manawatu, and was a good friend of Dad's when they were both 19. He still hasn't forgotten Dad driving his Land Rover into a dam, where it promptly stayed. I love those coincidences! Also enjoyed seeing the ABs triumph!
Jane particularly wanted a cake featuring a hippotamus for her birthday this year...
As ever, Peter spent a lot of time on the farm when we were up. The grass was too long to be easily hit with either a slasher or a trimmer, so Peter channeled his inner 13 year old and jumped on a scythe for the first time in a great many years. He says the skills come back easily enough! It was certainly a great help to have the grass down.
A graduand with attitude!
MacK with his favourite teacher
Gorgeous - Jane and MacK ready for Tyson's wedding
The Groomsmen with Tyson
The set up for the wedding - note the theme. Everyone was in white! It was a lovely wedding. Ty and Maddie worked incredibly hard to make it a beautiful day
Eventually we got a family shot
Mr and Mrs Dalziell - Congratulations
Diem, Helen and Jane at the All Saints Christmas party - lovely friends!
Us and the Bells. Still showing a reasonable degree of decorum!
Imagine my disappointment at (again) finding a hat that doesn't fit!
The Lads
This was our first crack at the cladding. Surprisingly it all went off without a hitch!
One of the window cutouts - The building program for that day was brought to you by the letter 'F'
And that pretty much brings 2015 to a close... Safe travels if you are on the road, and we hope you get to spend time with your loved ones.
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