Van's Wedding

The four of us took a trip to Sydney this weekend for our friend Van's wedding. Sydney is the nearest big city to Canberra and is (on a good day) probably around 3 or 4 hours drive. With two small children on board though things tend to take a fair bit longer. Amy and I shared the driving and Audrey and Eli shared the crying. Eli screaming most of the way there, and Audrey crying for a lot of the journey home.

Nevertheless we all had a lovely time once we reached our destination. We were lucky to be staying in Manly (near both wedding and reception) (thanks Hayley) and Audrey really loved Manly beach. What was most noticeable was the change in temperature once we left the ACT - Sydney and NSW generally was at least 6 or 7 degrees warmer, so our carefully packed jumpers and jackets became quickly redundant.

Van's wedding was lovely, the reception at a splendid golf course and the food first class. Both Audrey and Eli came to the reception, but flaked out a bit half way through the evening and so Amy took them home, leaving me to the (very funny) speeches and two desserts (yum!)

We had a nice catch up with Tim and Hayley and their two great kids Alex and Ted and we were all sad to leave to return home on Sunday afternoon.

Enjoying the sun on Manly beach