Tom, Veronica & TJ Webb
Getaway
New York wrap-up
Sep 29th
Well New York was fantastic, we had an absolute ball of a time. We did pretty much everything we wanted to do, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, Wall Street tour, American Chopper (OCC), NY bus tour (Up town, Down town and Brooklyn), we did heaps of shopping and walking around everywhere and I even managed to sneak in a Harley Davidson store over near Queens
TJ really enjoyed himself, he was absolutely knackered every day. He had a couple of moments but all up he was great, even on the plane for the big journeys.
We just flew into Hong Kong to wind down, we don’t really have many plans here except to take TJ to Disney Land; oh and to get some cheap massages.
We are back on Saturday night, a days rest before work. It’s been a fantastic holiday but it is always good to come home and of cause to see George II (my bike).
New York City
Sep 18th
After a hell of a long flight we finally made it to NY. TJ was fantastic on the plane, slept and played lots. We are now sitting in Starbucks resting and having a small coffee which is as large as a bucket.
Anyway just a short one to say we made it safely, let the adventures begin.
Queensland holiday
Feb 18th
A quick trip over to see Tom’s family on the Sunshine Coast. It was a really good get together of the family with nearly all the family travelling miles to be there, it was fantastic.
Nan was in hospital for the first few day but they let her out for a few hours to have the whole family together for a big feast. Mum put on a great spread.
TJ had some trouble though, he was teething the whole time we were there, poor little thing. Finally his eye teeth have come through leaving 4 molars yet to come.
It was fantastic to see the family especially for a big get together like that. We didn’t have any time to catch up with friends (sorry about that) but this trio was all about the family.
Weekend Getaway
Jun 28th
We decided that we the three of us were going to get away for our first little family holiday. So we packed our bags, pram, toys, porter cot, formula; man there is a lot to pack now days; and we headed down to Margret River and the wine country, well first we had to drop the cat off at Gran’s
Day one was really all about getting there, setting up and relaxing after the long drive down. TJ pretty much slept the whole journey and what he was awake for he really enjoying the drive. That night we headed down to the pub for dinner and just like last time we were here many years ago, the food was fantastic.
Day two we had a bit of plan, first thing on the agenda was the petting farm, where TJ could get up close and personal with some of the animals. It was a really good time there, TJ got pretty excited about the animals and he even had a horse nearly eat his hand. The horse popped his head over the fence really quickly and grabbed TJ’s hand but luckily the horse didn’t bite down just gave him a slimy hand, I think Veronica’s and my heart stopped for a moment. So that was enough of the animals for a while so we went and played with TJ in the big kids room for a while, this was really good fun, I don’t know who had more fun, me or TJ. After slipping and sliding we headed for our first winery for some tastings and lunch. We ended up at Saracens winery, I had never really heard of it before but because the Duckstein brewery was there, that was the big attraction. So after a few sips of wine, a couple of pints of weiss bier (my favourite) and a nice meal of lamb shanks we headed in search for some port. Because of the big day we thought we would have dinner back at our hotel, so we went and bought a kilo of prawn and gorged ourselves silly.
Day three, again on the wine and port hunt but also our last day so we made 1 stop at the Woody Nook winery where we had a beautiful lunch and managed to get ourselves some wine and port to take home, really good port too.
The journey back was pretty tough, TJ certainly didn’t want to go home I think, so he performed for us most of the way back. It was so good to get home and get the little fella out of the car. Oh yeah we picked up the cat on the way home who is knackered after playing with Gran’s cat all weekend, so as soon as we got home he has been passed out on the couch absolutely buggered.
Good weekend had by all.
