Amelia & Jared's wedding

Amelia (The eldest grandchild on the Wilson side of the family) was married yesterday, 14th Feb in the Melbourne, Australia temple. It was lovely and she looked beautiful.
We went to a lovely reception afterwards which was in a park on the Yarra River. Each couple were given a picnic blanket (made by Jenni) and their own packed picnic lunch. It was a really sweet and novel idea. We wish Jared & Amelia a very happy life together!

Nothing like a wedding to bring back that loving feeling!!

Lachlan & Bailey with the realisation that they will have to sit through many more of these with so many grandkids older than them!

Bushfires in Victoria

Last Thursday I drove down to Victoria (10 hours) with the boys to go to my nieces wedding. As we approached Melbourne, we could smell smoke from inside the car and we could see huge smoke clouds as evidence of the terrible bush fires that have destroyed so much of the state. It was dark as we drove through the section of freeway that had been closed several days earlier so we weren't able to see the full extent of damage, however on our return trip today we were shocked to see houses and farming sheds along the freeway burned to the ground.

Thick smoke filled the sky on our trip down.

These pictures were taken on our trip home today. You can see how the fires crossed the freeway. This continues for several kilometres.

These pine plantations have been destroyed.

Our hearts and prayers go out to all the victims of the fires and I really hope that the arsonists responsible are found soon.

Jordan's Year 10 Formal

Jordan celebrated the end of Year 10 last November, at his formal. A lot of students leave school at this time to pursue careers in a trade. Jordan will be staying on to finish his final two years and hopes to eventually study Physiotherapy.

Jordan with his cousin, Eloise who went down with me to get some photos.

The 'all important' wheels for the night.