Karen Hi Tim & Cheryl Hope you are still having a fantastic time. Terry & I are on holidays & the boys are studying now for their exams, then lots of farewells to SAS as he's off to South America on 16/11. Terry & I are going to the farm today & he's on dialysis there from this a/n til Sat so he'll have a good change from here. The weather is divine, so we'll have fun fun fun in the sun. Cath Marriot is coming to see us on Friday for lunch so we'll enjoy that too. Have cooked enough food for Shan for the week.......his life is tough!! We've been putting all our photos in photo albums & Terry is printing off copies to get them perfect, he had a lesson last week & is inspired. It was really good to see our Italy photos & imagine you in the same places & more. We were there less than 2/52. Shan has his 21st in March so I've been looking at photos for him too...he mistakenly thought he wasn't in many but as we saw last night, there was an abundance to select from. So he was happy. Love to you both, Ma Arthur & the girls, K T S & SJ

Shirley & Ted Dear Tim & Cheryl It was great to talk to you on Wed. We are pleased you are enjoying Italy. We have had lots of rain, it's raining now. The grass is growing so quickley we can almost see it grow. We are looking forward to seeing you. Rita is well & happy. The Melbourne Cup is on November 1, the newspapers are full of horses & fashion. Lots of love Mum & Dad XXX

Skeeta rita Hello TIm and Cheryl, UM i am at skool, i read all the postcards, you should try and put some fotos on it!!! so we can see wat ur doing? I rand ma and everyone last nite.... grils r happy (does that make u happy Cheryl?) And i am going up next weekend, which i think is the weekend u get back??? IS it? ( hey and when does daylight saving start?) This weekend where taking nanna to the movies, and me and steph r goa do stuff sunday and them on monday nite i'm staying at mandas, and i'm working sat morning at 7am... and if i hav time i mite do homework!!! NAnna is so mean to me... she keeps having a go at me and being really rude... i am spending as much time as possible in my room... and i am actuaally doing more homework then usural... cos i can escape her...!!! Thanxs for ringing the other nite... Ring again.. its a bummer that the fone cut out! Are you in better place yet?? It's the years 12s muckup day today at skool so they r all having waterfights and stuff and its scary cos this time next year i will it will be us>>> i though i was saving my money really well cos i haven't been buying stuff but when i checked my account it doesn't look like i have... AND then i worked out why... cos i kept sending bloody txt messages to you so i keep having to buy credit... so i don't know if i will be sending and more..!! i'm running out of $$! Um... hannah's party was good... we had fun!! but it was hell having to get up and work the next day... so tied..!! Um..Me and mum and nanna (sigh) r going to c oride and predjuest when we go to the movies... Cherly try and watch it on the plane on the was home... cos it looks really good!! Have you sent more postcards cos i haven't got one for ages... OH and remember to send a post card to grandma and grandad cos they would like one...!! i am in Geo at the moment we don't have a teacher well we have teacher but not our geo teacher so noone is boing work they r all just bumming around on the internet... thanx for emailing me the website for this cos i never remember to bring it so skool... Um i was going to write an email but i have written so much that i don't think i will cos yeh,, anywayz love you guys and see u soon... send lots of postcards bye kids... love rita xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo next time i go to milawa me and joey r going to have a sleepover!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxox byebyebyebyebyebye

Judith & Bob Hi Cheryl & Tim What a wonderful Wedding, many thanks for invitating Bob & I. Sure love your part of the country at Milawa. You must both be proud of your children they are great and seem to get on together which is no easy feat. Glad to hear you are having a wonderful time Italy is great and every day brings it new adventure especailly when you are with the one you love. Hope you are not caught up in the far north of Italy where they have had floods. Take care and enjoy and safe return Love Judy & Bob xxxxx

Karen & Terry Hi Honeymooners Great to hear you are so happy, you 'll return home so fit & hopefully healthy...all that delicious Italian food. We loved the "limoncello" they gave us after every evening meal, SAS made some for Terry for Father's day which was very good but not the creamy version from Italy. As a result we came home fat & alcoholic. We haven't read what you have been up to.........maybe I haven't "clicked' on the right spot yet. Hope you enjoy the photos, Terry put them on the web page so you can see them. We have really enjoyed looking at them. Terry has printed them out & sent some to Rita in the post. She got the good ones, we re keeping the ones with the green lips, they don't seem to suit any of us, guess it clashes with our eyes. SAS has almost finished uni, 2 exams to go. He & Ness had a presentation of their thesis poster to 'The Industry" last week, no medical people tho so they could only explain their work to lecturers & me. Lots of Defence & posters & a solar powered bike which appealed to me. Shannon's team won their soccer grand final last week.Shan was a star, kicking 3/4 goals. We were thrilled. It was REALLY exciting. Now he's got study time & exams ahead.til next year, then it's all over & he can continue the busy social life he has going at the moment. We went up to Seymour for a flash visit to go to the Seymour market with Mum & Dad, only Dad could come & we had a lovely time. Bought heaps of food for the next couple of weeks, ate a yummy lunch in the sun, Dad was so happy. We slipped into the TAB as well & put money on the Caulfield Cup. Dad met a bloke, he knew,in there who owned race horses& was given a sure fire tip...........we were pretty happy about that, backed another 4 horses (back more might get a wnner policy).They are all still running. but we enjoyed watching & cheering the race with our beer & cheeses from the market. Have had a quiet w/e this one.read a couple of Robert's books & enjoyed them. LOTS OF LOVE to you both, Ma Arthur & the girls, Karen, Terry SAS & Shan XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Joey Hello ppl (tim and mum) I am havin a great time!!! lizzies fairy party was great. We walked down the street in our gear and it was so funny, everyone was looking at us. hahahahaha. we had lots of lollies and played this game were u had to put heaps of skittles in ur mouth at one time. hannah and bates got 50!!!!!bates and i stayed the night and we went to bed at 11:30 coz some people are really boring, i was so not tired!!!! anyway then charol picked us up and took us to her place and we watched a movie and hung out untill 2:30 and then we went to mas and i had a shower and got ready for heidis party. we went and it was also great. Heidis mum is so so nice!!!!!! we had a bon fire and pinyata and even more lollies! we ended up goin to bed at 3. I was not at all tired though. But some ppl are sooks. any way we woke up at about 7:30 and had pancakes. yum! we played some more and georgia and i got picked up at 11:30 by ma. bates just left and now im board. so im writing this to u. I have no homework so i carnt complain skools fine and everythings groovey! i hope u two are having a ball. Im sure u are. Love JO ps soz about my msn talk ( i cant help it.

ma HI cheryl & Tim, I know you will still be having a great time, the country sounds wonderful so full of history, the time has flown here its Saturday afternoon 5.15pm, Kids at a Sea was really terrific we both enjoyed it so much apart from Sarah, she was truly amazing, I enjoyed every minute of her performance without a tear. The principal told me on Friday how wonderful her performance was & how beautifully she used her arms etc. We can't wait to see the video andsee it all again. Sarah had compliments given to her afterwards from lots of people., Tony came he declined to sit with us but spoke to us after the show when we had coffee & cake. Joanna has had a wonderful weekend up to date, Georgia and Jo slept the night at Lizzie's friday night ,Carol phoned to say it was okay as the parents were quite okay for them to stay there, Carol picked them up on Saturday & took them home to her place then dropped them back in time for Jo to change & take them to Heidi's party, I am picking them up tomorrow morning. She will be very tired tomorrow, she has no homework,lucky I say. Michael has had his first pay go in the bank, he phoned me Friday to let me know, he said he was very relieved. and pleased. I think Jo is going to Tony's next weekend, the Wang Jazz festival is also on that weekend. I feel absoloutly invigorated being here and being busy it is fantastic, its like turning the clock backand doing what I love. Sarah & I spoke to Emma for a long while this morning she wanted to know when you were coming home. We got two postcards on Friday,the old church looked amazing, Sarah & I have been baking biscuits this afternoon,did Sarah tell you that the fish have layed 100's of eggs very exciting. I told her she should make a business of selling them. We have had 7ml of rain on Wednesday night and 23ml overnight Thursday, it has been raining on and off today. Love & Kisses Ma

Sarah Hi mum its sarah last night was the concert ma curled my hiar and I put my own makeup on. When I sang I didn't muk up and I had so much fun I think i sounded pretty good everyone else must have thought so to because they asked ma and Arthur where I have sinning lessons they just said she dosen't shes a naturel. And people came up to me all night saying how well I did. I can't wait for u to see the dvd + Ma said I used alot of expression and movement LOVE U SO MUCH SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOOOOO XXXXXXXXXXXXXX OOOOOOOOOOO XXXXXXXXXXXX OOOOOOOOO XXXXXXXXXX OOOOOOOOOOO

mandy,bruce,jacob,sarah Hi guys, sounds fantastic hope the weather is great. I have to tell you both how much we enjoyed your special day. You all looked so happy. Keep any info on great spots so I can plan my trip with or without a husband. I am at work and very weary I have been to 4 scotch functions in the last 10 days. Luke finishes today. Will write again soon have fun and enjoy each other these are memories for a lifetime.

Arthur Hi cheryl and tim,wonderfull to hear you are having such a great adventure I am sure it will only get better the further you go. This morning (friday) Nigel from Transient Computers came to change the computers over, he had some problems and was here for over two hours but eventually got everything working OK and left. After he had gone I discovered to my surprise that all the programs that had been in the office including the start up were still on that computer but now in the lounge room and vice versa. I rang him and told him I had expected after the change to have had the programs re loaded so they were in the rooms where you where you were used to using them.He said this could be done but was big job and would take a long time, but he was sure you expected it to be the way he did it. When I had my new computer installed I am sure all the information was downloaded onto a disc and then put onto the new computer. Keep on having a great holiday Arthur

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Marilyn Hello, darlings, I just worked out how to get your message i had to look at postcards & then click on the postcard. The one we received was from RomeTues.11th, glad your driving well Tim, did you have a good look round the vatican, it is sunday we are having a rest day, Sarah & I have been trying on clothes Joes Bridesmaids dress fun fun fun,. Sarah & I went and picked Joe & Georgia up from Beechworth yesterday, we had a look at Carol & Pauls house they are renovating. Penny & Rod came & picked up there Barbie. Penny said she had a wonderful time and just loved everything aboput the wedding. we are having a great time really relaxing even though it is busy. Shirley left a message to say what a lovely wedding it was ,I have been trying to phone her back however i havent found her at home yet. I gave Robyn a ring to let her know how fabulous the photos were, you maybe able to wallpaper a room there are so many. Sarah & Jo are an absolute delight to nbe with Arthur is fine doing his excersises religiously to help his progress. Arthur said your bed is much better than our new one. Jo, didn't take the money for the bus on Friday, so I popped into Wang & left an envelope for her at the office, it just felt I was in a time warp doing the same things I used to do. Jo has a nasty cold, but being Jo she is fine. I do hope you get this email, I will get Jo to send an sms letting you know to look. The weather has been perfect since you left, we haven't needed a fire. We are going to buy some tomato plants tomorrow. when we go to Shepparton we will buy the presents for the next two parties, Sarha & I had to go to Wang on Sat morn to buy present for the party that Jo was at. Hope this all makes sense. Tim I will phone Rita later today to see how she is getting a long. Continue having a fab time without a worry in the world. I am not kidding you the girls are coping well. Sarah says the play practice is going well,love +kisses. Love Ma

Marilyn Hello Tim & Cheryl, the girls are at school it is Friday morn 10.45. We sent you a text message last night, the only email we have received from you is the one from Singapore & Mel airport. I phoned Rita last night to see if we were doing something wrong, she had not been to school on Thursday so she did not know if you had sent one to her. Everything is fine here, Sarah is a happy little vegemite we are doing homework spelling & tables problems galore Jo is going to Beechworth on the bus after school this afternoon, to Georgia's house , Jo told me that georgia had been here to stay a week or so ago. I phoned her Mum to check it out, we are going to Beechworth to pick her & Carol's Georgia up on Saturday afternoon. I cannot believe how organised Jo is, getting up and getting ready, I told her so & she said I am a teenager Ma. She did forget her money for the Bus, which I forgot to give her, so I am off to school to leave it at the office. Sarah decided that we should get a DVD tonight & have fish & chips as there is only the 3 of us. Also Sarah & I have to go to Wang to buy a present for the Birthday party which I told Jo she could give to her when we picked her up, so she was happy about that. Sarah has lots of things happening at school Jump rope for heart, Lamington Drive all things that she is quite excited about. Phil came with me on Monday night to pick Sarah up from dancing so he saw a little bit. All I can say is keep having the best time, the time is going so quickly this end. Arthur wants to know your password for the printer in the office and where wallis.ctbig pond a/c password is to enable us to change over computers, we have found the Epson Disc This is a different man to what came previously, he wants to know where th network switch is. Love Ma

Ma Sarah Jo Arthur Hello mum. Tonight Jo has a band caboret and we are all lookeing forward to it (except for maybe sarah) it goes from 7.30 onwards so we will have to eat dinner early. Arthur wants to no what the wallis ct big pond acount password is?????? could you plz sms that to us. The computer man said where is the computer network switch which has been bypassed???? could u also tell us this (hes not the same computer man as before). We also need to know where the driver disk for the lounge room printer is? We hope your having a fun time!!!!!! love from Joey Cheryl & Tim just have a great hokiday do not spoil your time by worrying when there is nothing to worry aboult ,we are all taking iit in our stride off to school tonight, sarah is doing her home work Jo is practicsing the trumpet & Arthur is feeding the dog. We feel like we are in paradise, we have been here a week it seems like a day or so. I didn't know I felt so off till I started to feel better today, I got some eye drops which have helped The wedding video is really good, we have watched it on the TV. Love to you both, just keep having cappachinos and take in all that you can find to do. Hello Mum I love you hope you are having a great time in your caravan. Love Sarah. We have not received a reply to our email , you said you had sent when we talked on the phone, Lots & lots of Love Ma

sarah jo ma & arthur So glad you arrived safely, in Singapore,it is 9.40 Tuesday night,,you will be in Rome & on your way by now or probably sleeping. we love you very much and everythings great here. We have been having a fun time with ma and arthur and i hope your havin fun too. shame about the bikes. Love Jo I love u so much Mum I cant wait to see u sar. The children are fine off to school this morning, Sue & phil are a bit like aunt & Uncle to the girls, we had a good day & night with them yesterday & they left this morning. Joey just mentioned that she had a text message from you. So I told her to let us know when she gets any more. don't worry about us we are all fine, just have a great holiday, bet you were glad to get off the plane in Rome. love Sar, Jo , Ma & Arthur.