The Whole Fambam

It's a rare thing to see my whole family together in one place at one time... and so this blog is not about that bahahaha, okay whatever. But seriously, this weekend I went away with almost my whole immediate family for the first time since i was about 5, perhaps younger (who knows) but yeah, to my surprise it was actually loads of fun.

The car trip began an hour late in our typical household style - i really don't think we're ever on time. We locked the front door and then locked the gate, but then paused for a moment and laughed - nothing suss at all i mean we always leave the house at this time and lock the gate.. right?? right?? well no we don't so yeh nothing suss. 

The navman brought us laughs straight away... or was it my stupidity. So you know the voice of the navman like how it sounds and what they say e.g. "in 400m at the round-a-bout take the second exit" anyways i started repeating the words after they were said and mum was like   "Gahhh!!! do we have to listen to this the whole way?!?!" Dad didn't really answer and so i continued but this time i began making different comments like "in 400m i won't give a shit so you can find your way alone" or instead of "perform a U-turn where possible" i'd say "oi, you're going the wrong way d***head turn around now" It took a few moments but then everyone cracked up and so we switched it to silent.

Nicklebutt filled us in with some rhymes about a cat and a rat and some hats.. or something along the way. Catpoo stuck to his anime on his i-touch but graced us with his presence for a few mins now and then to share a memory or two. I wrote out some txt msgs... i know i'm weird i write out my txts - i swear one day someone is going to find the books filled with txts and be like geez who is this girl or hmm what's up with this chick she is seriously messed up.

We passed a crash site on the way up...a caravan was totally smashed to bits - Catpoo recorded it on vid to give us a reason to explain our lateness but we ended up arriving on time anyhow. I didn't mention before.. the gathering/holiday was planned for all the members of dads work sorta like a christmas party and so yeah there were loads of other families. When we arrived we checked in and received our keys and then headed back to the car 2 drive to our room - did i mention... it's a huge complex?? anyways mum and dad bickered all the way to our room about which direction to turn and what cabin no. we were... 08 or 80 but eventually we figured it out - us kids gave them the correct directions.

The boys upstairs loft

Main pool area

It was number 08 and oh my gosh it was like a house for

goodness-sakes... enough for six people to sleep + 2 lounges, kitchen, television, 2 bathrooms and a sweet as upstairs loft and the sickest view outside. The family was just like woooaaahhh this is.... SO COOL!!!!

The rest of the weekend included: The lake/ beach/ pool/ spa/ kids/ food /drinks/ ice-cream/ fruit/ sleep/ weird signs/ pelicans/ bugs/ movies/ broken legs/ sunburn/ blood-clots/ complimentary soaps/ phones/ flips/ swearing/ alcohol/ sleeping/ laughing and driving. Oh and THE best breakfast of all time!!! We completed our weekend with mass, in which catpoo, dad and i could almost not contain our laughter due to the odd inflections and emphasis the priest was putting on his words.

...However...

 A great time was had by all and I can't wait to go on holidays again... especially with my crazy laughable, lovable family <3... p.s. Free range children.... mmm

Acts 6:7

And so the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.

God Bless
Elleness
xxx