Rick Price Concert

On the 23rd April we all headed to Beaudesert for Rick Price's "Comin' Home" concert in St Mary's school hall. Ava and I went with Mum & Dad, while Rob & Isaac stayed at the farm. It was a very special event, a fund raiser for the restoration of the church and a school reunion because Rick went to St Mary's and Beaudesert State High School. 4REAL Milk was one of the sponsors so Greg & Trish had tickets up the front and free drinks and food. But Trish couldn't go because a friend of theirs was ill and she had to mind their children. So Greg swapped our tickets and Ava and I had second row seats right on the aisle... perfect for taking photos! Ava hurt her knee at school that week so we had to take a folding stool for her to put her foot up. The concert was brilliant, way better than anyone was expecting, and I had high expectations! When he walked on stage with his guitar and saw so many familiar faces of his family and friends he said, "I'm so excited I don't know if I can play!" But play he did... and everybody loved it! He invited anyone who wanted to join him on stage to come up, he sang a song with his family, he walked into the crowd with a ukulele and he got two standing ovations. AND at the auction Greg bought a signed poster for me to bring home. We watched Rick sign it "for the Dennis Family" and we had our photo taken with him. Oh what a brilliant night in Beauy!

Susie Reiser sang before Rick came on, she was fantastic!

Here's a video from the Beaudesert Times... Click

And another one... Click

The Beaudesert Show ~ 2014

On the busiest weekend of the year for us and the whole family, we headed to Beaudesert for the annual show. We left just after 9am and got to the show just before 12:30pm, after a quick stop for lunch at Jimboomba Maccas.

For the first time the family had a 4REAL milk and cheese stand in the Teese Pavilion. So we met up with everyone there. It wasn't until I got home that I realized I didn't take a photo of it!

Greg's photo

Jewel took the kids on some rides, she's a great big cousin!

Isaac and Jewel returned from the Alien Abduction!

Ava's first roller coaster ride with Jewel

Then we had a little walk around to see the animals, had a few more rides, then we went back to the farm for a break (after stocking up on a bag full of junk food for dinner).

Isaac was a wild driver, Jewel was hanging on for dear life!

We went back in for the night program on the ring just before 5pm. We saw all of our favourites, the Beaut Ute Parade, the trailer derby, the demolition derby x 2 and the fireworks. The stunt driving through walls of flames didn't go so well, one of the drivers was quite seriously burned. 

The Go Karts were like giant mosquitoes.

A delicate balancing act

A dancing bob cat!

The show trick that went bad.

We woke up on the farm for Father's Day and waited to see the Valiant Car Club arrive for a tour. Those cars were cool!

Then we headed home via the Woodhill Cemetary to say Happy Father's Day to Grandad, IKEA (it was SO crowded!), and the North Lakes Shopping Centre for lunch.

We arrived home around 3:30pm and got straight to making Ava's tea cups for her birthday at school the next day.

Weekend over!