I'm sorry, wonderful readers but I just have to get a little mini-rant out of the way first.

Can you believe it? My sister and her family have up and moved to London. The city that we just moved home from. The city that we moved home from so we could be closer to our family. My brother lives in Hong Kong and now my sister lives in London. I'm an only child! wah!

Ok... now that's out of the way.

Annie, Richie, Oscar and Leo have moved to London and we're really happy for them all. London is such an exciting city to live in and they will have so many fantastic adventures. Richie has new opportunities at work, Annie gets to take advantage of the continental mini-breaks and the boys are going to love all the trains! We're sure that they'll enjoy living there as much as we did.

To farewell the Bells there was a little party a couple of weekends ago. The plan was to hold it in Pirrama Park. The weather had other ideas though. In the morning, it was a beautiful, sunny 27 degree day. Unfortunately at 2pm, as the party started, so did the rain, the thunder and the lightning. I was watching the thunderstorm from Mum and Dad's balcony and I saw several lightning strikes hit the park. Luckily Mum, the queen of organisation, had booked the station as a back up in case it rained. The party moved to and continued at the station.

Have you ever tried to take photos of groups of kids who are more interested in running around then sitting still for a photograph? I don't think I have a single photo from the event where everyone is looking at the camera. With the Bell family photo, I had to create a collage of photos. Each person is looking at the camera in at least one photo in the collage.

Good luck in London Annie, Richie, Oscar and Leo! We miss you already.

More photos (slideshow) on Flickr.

Caitlin and Jack are having a very busy 2009. It's all stations go. Married last month ... congratulations Caitlin and Jack! Now, they are moving to the US. They are leaving London and moving to San Francisco. Farewell Caitlin and Jack!

I baked some cupcakes for their farewell picnic in Kensington Gardens. To celebrate the destination of the move I decided to give my decorating an American theme. I turned my 12 cupcakes into the American flag. It didn't have quite enough stars and the stripes aren't quite right, but I'm pretty chuffed with the end result.
Good luck with the move Caitlin and Jack! We hope to see you someday soon in San Francisco.

Tomorrow morning, bright and early we depart for Tokyo.

We've had a great couple of days in BrisVegas hanging out with Ben and Janet, and Zoe and Astro. SeaWorld was fun and we've enjoyed lovely weather and good company.

Thanks very much to everyone for your helpful advice and well wishes.

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Sayonara!

It was our last Sydney Trivia night tonight with our Badgerubian friends (well, our last Sydney trivia night for a year). As a parting gesture, our team name tonight was "Badgers' Last Hurrah". Never fear though, I'm sure the Badgers will be resurrected in the very near future.

Tonight's jackpot questions:

1. What was the name of Guy Pearce's charcter in Home and Away?
   
   
2. Who wrote the lyrics for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express?
   
   
3. Which was the first ship to use the SOS distress signal?

Only three more sleeps to go! HURRAH! Last Friday we had our farewell party at Bar Cleveland. It was a green and gold affair with our closest and mostest in attendance. Thanks to everyone for coming along to wave us goodbye. (Photos)