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July 2005

Another busy term, making final arrangements for the 2005 ski trip and our family holiday to Queensland. Liam continues to progress really well at school and is reading a massive number of books. I am really pleased with the way he can sound out words to determine what they are. He also enjoys reading, with a little encouragement.

2005 Ski Trip

Liam made tremendous progress with his skiing this year, he can now confidently go down simple blue runs, take little jumps, zig-zag between trees and go up the side of banks (all the things typical of new skiers, especially boys).

Liam and Tom got on well during the trip, challenging each other to ski faster and better. Liam also looked forward to the end of each day so that they could have great snow fights.

Liam and Tom both enjoyed skiing down Wombats Ramble and by the end of the week were racing down as fast as Bruce would normally take Liam between his legs. Bruce struggled a little this year, since he had a damaged ankle (since Xmas) which was swelled up. The poor visibility during the middle of the week only exacerbated the problem and it wasn't until the final day that Bruce started skiing properly.

Rosie made good progress this year. She has perfected simple slide turns and is working on parallel turns. She needs to work on getting more weight transfer through her turns so that she can get through them quickly, this will enable her to cope with the steeper slopes.

This year we decided to extend our stay over East after the ski trip. We travelled up to Brisbane and then took Liam to Movie World again. He was really good this time, trying all the rides that he could. This year he was tall enough to go on the Scooby Doo ride, which he found a bit scary but once it started into the roller coaster part he loved it. Bruce had to take him on this, much to my hatred. Rosie wasn't feeling too well. After Movie World, we immediately flew up to Yeppoon for a few nights at the Capricorn Resort again. We like this resort since it has a kids club for Liam, which allow us to go out and play golf each morning. Liam quite enjoys the kids club and so far Rosie has won one game and Bruce one game. The weather was good on Monday, but the next few days don't sound good, it was cold and winding today.

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July 2005

March 2005

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	Liam made tremendous progress with his skiing this year, he can now confidently go down simple blue runs, take little jumps, zig-zag between trees and go up the side of banks (all the things typical of new skiers, especially boys).
	Liam and Tom got on well during the trip, challenging each other to ski faster and better. Liam also looked forward to the end of each day so that they could have great snow fights.
	Liam and Tom both enjoyed skiing down Wombats Ramble and by the end of the week were racing down as fast as Bruce would normally take Liam between his legs. Bruce struggled a little this year, since he had a damaged ankle (since Xmas) which was swelled up. The poor visibility during the middle of the week only exacerbated the problem and it wasn't until the final day that Bruce started skiing properly.
Rosie made good progress this year. She has perfected simple slide turns and is working on parallel turns. She needs to work on getting more weight transfer through her turns so that she can get through them quickly, this will enable her to cope with the steeper slopes.
This year we decided to extend our stay over East after the ski trip. We travelled up to Brisbane and then took Liam to Movie World again. He was really good this time, trying all the rides that he could. This year he was tall enough to go on the Scooby Doo ride, which he found a bit scary but once it started into the roller coaster part he loved it. Bruce had to take him on this, much to my hatred. Rosie wasn't feeling too well.	After Movie World, we immediately flew up to Yeppoon for a few nights at the Capricorn Resort again. We like this resort since it has a kids club for Liam, which allow us to go out and play golf each morning. Liam quite enjoys the kids club and so far Rosie has won one game and Bruce one game. The weather was good on Monday, but the next few days don't sound good, it was cold and winding today.

The Rosie, Bruce, Daen and Liam Family Page July 2005

March 2005

November 2005

The Rosie, Bruce, Daen and Liam Family Page

July 2005