Stolen moments of Joy in Noosa

Last week, we managed to turn a near disaster into an impromtu weekend of family fun.

Mike was due to fly up to Brisbane on Monday for a few days of meetings, but when his laptop failed leaving him unable to work from home, he had to fly up to Brisbane on the Friday before.

We realised it had been quite a long time since we had a weekend in Noosa, and decided to try and see if we could all go along for the ride if we could do it cheaply.

After a quick search on the internet, we blew some points and booked some flights, and found on Wotif that good ol' Sandy Court had a room free with a few bunks.

So we grabbed the old work car, and drove up to the Sunshine Coast on Friday afternoon.

On Saturday Morning, we met up with the Feutrills at Eumundi Markets, then had some rolls for lunch, including the most beautiful red tomatos we bought at the markets.

After lunch, we went down to Hastings St for the traditional afternoon visit to Massimos; here's some pictures for you to enjoy...

Then it is always customary to go around the corner to the beach to walk off all that Ice Cream!

Jess waited for ages for the right conditions to take this photo:

Kate realised that she missed the "happy" Pandanis Trees!

Much had changed; the recent storms had carved much of the sand away from the beach, but at least the new surf club was open:

That night, we all came back to our room for a Pizza Dinner.

We were amazed how much healthier Darren looked,

and how much weight he had stacked on!

and Abbey & Paris had a sleepover with the cousins.

Sunday Morning, we met up again with Maria and Olivia at the Tewantin Harbour Markets:

Can you tell whether this is Jess or Abbey holding Olivia?

Together again, the cousins checked out what the stalls had to offer:

Jake gave Aunty Maria's "new" car the nod of approval:

We spent the rest of Sunday relaxing by the River at Noosaville:

Olivia was as cheeky as ever...

...but Jake took care of her on the adventurous playground equipment.

While we spent the afternoon relaxing and reading the Sunday Paper (very unusual for us)

Jake insists you are never too old to have a slippery dip.

Every last moment was savoured to get cousin hugs; who knows when the next one will be?

Thanks guys, we had a fantastic weekend.

Kate and the kids flew back to Sydney on Sunday Night, while Mike kept working in Brisbane until Wednesday. But we all enjoyed those stolen moments at Noosa.