Busy Weekend!

Long weekend, you are well and truly over, but I didn't get a call for work today, so I get a 4-day weekend!

The weekend was busy. Busy, but fun!

I did a photography course on Saturday. My sister and her family had bought me a voucher for the course for my birthday. It was at the Botanic Gardens in the city, and it ran from 9am - 3pm. It was run by a photographer called 'Lucas Muro', he does all sorts of photography, he's based on the Sunny Coast, he's originally from Brazil (and thus, has an awesome accent!), he's lovely, funny, and a fantastic teacher! Anyway, the course covered a lot of ground, and we learnt a lot about all the different settings in manual mode, and we got lots of free time throughout the day to put what we were learning into practice. I absolutely LOVED it! I hope that I can do a couple more of his courses in the future, I'm especially keen on the night photography one.

One of the photos from the day :)

Saturday night, I had dinner at a friend's house, with 2 other friends. It was a fun night! After dinner we played Articulate and Scattegories, but very funny games to play.

Sunday morning was church. Which is always challenging and encouraging.

After church, I went to my nephew's 8th birthday party. It was at 'Bricks n Fun' in Capalaba (Lego inspired place), where all the kids got to play games, have Lego building races, eat cake and have free time, building whatever Lego sets they wanted to (I built a 2 storey house with my 5 year old nephew, which was heaps of fun!).
Then we went out for dinner, to Sizzler, for more birthday celebrations! The staff there have gotta have cleaned up an awful lot of vomit in their time, unleashing kids at an all-you-can-eat place, that includes dessert, has gotta have resulted in some 'technicolour yawning'. Thankfully, my nephews and niece have a fairly good gauge on when they've had enough.

Monday, well, that was Labor Day, so a public holiday here. The 3 lovely ladies that I had dinner with Saturday night, and I went to Raby Bay for a picnic. It was such a gorgeous day! We ate, chatted, took lots of photos, and then got coffee before heading home.
Last night, I went to dinner at another friend's house. With 3 other friends. Which was also a fantastic night!

So, I've had a busy weekend, but a really good one.

I love my friends and family so much! I am so thankful to God for them. Amidst all the fun on Saturday, I was feeling pretty sad, so being able to spend the day with family, and being able to talk to my friend about it yesterday, was just what I needed. God is good!