Sunshine Coast with the Schachers

The kids and I were all super packed and organized, and picked Shan, Alex and Gray up from the airport on the way to Caloundra for a week of fun in the sun!  We stopped at Costco to stock up on the way and boy was the van full.  Literally every inch was filled with stuff!  It was crazy.

Our place was on the fourth (top floor) with an ocean view! Unfortunately it was an older building and there was no elevator and no air con and the kids could fit through the balcony windows - dodgy!!!  But it was still a great time!  As usual, these pictures are in no particular order...

So fun playing on the beach at night!  Alex kept catching things and he even put a fish down Charlie's shirt!  Charlie didn't even seem to mind!

Bli Bli water park after our sessions!

The first day I spilt Costco chicken carcass on myself and the floor as I was taking it down to the trash!  

Lake Currimundi - the water was so gorgeous and clear!

I love how into this book Alex is!  Keeping the kids entertained

Family picture at Currimundi 

Belated birthday celebrations! Shan and Alex completely surprised us

Grayden loved this short beach chair!

This is my "Shannon stop buying stuff!" face (and right after this face I almost always said "Maybe I should buy that too!!!"

We went back to Lake Currimundi a few times during our stay on the Sunshine Coast!

Glasshouse Mountain lookout walk - we were getting eaten alive! 

BBQ by the ocean 

After our BBQ Elly decided she wanted to go down and have a little photo shoot by the water! 

and then she fell in...

Andrew was only around for the second half of the week, as it was the end of his rotation!  My lovely children woke me up a few times early enough to see the sunrise 

One cool thing about Currimundi is that yes, its called a lake, but its right on the ocean so the tide comes in and out making it deeper and shallower.  When its coming in you can float in with the tide!  Which is really fun

Paddleboarding!  So ridiculously hard going against the current!

So we spent most of our time close to shore giving the kids rides!

All that paddling tuckered Elly right out!

Another sunrise... we had a great view from our balcony!

Bli Bli waterpark!  It wasn't very near the ocean, but it was SUPER salty.  I swallowed a few mouthfuls and wanted to barf

Look!  No kids!  Peace and quiet... 

The day before the Schachers left we went to Orion Lagoon, and Elly was rocking her little tutu bathing suit! 

Little buddies 

The last supper - Aussie burgers!

It was so fun having Alex, Shannon and Grayen visit!  Especially after Andrew and I got over our sickness and could do things and have fun with them!  Come again any time guys!  It's hard being so far away from friends and family.  Next up?  The Burtenshaws come for a visit!