Sunday was a great day

We didn't have any plans for Sunday but it ended up being a great day. We had rented a car on Saturday and went "car hunting" so Sunday was our "relax with the kids" day. We met Felicity and her gang at New Farm Park in the morning. The kids had lots of fun playing together. Then we went to the Powerhouse for lunch and then the kids played some more!!! We brought the water guns with us so very entertaining for Shamus and Tycho.

Afterwards, we went for a walk along the water and Shamus and Darryl tested out the exercise stations along the way. Shamus did quite well!!

Feel the burn Son!!

Just a couple of shots of the beautiful trees in Brisbane. Some of them are huge!!

And I love the flowers that bloom on the trees. Smells very nice too!

Ok, back to exercising!!

Where was Breagha during all this?

Asleep! A busy morning/afternoon so she was pretty pooped!!

And one more shot of another tree...

This tree really is huge. I have no idea how old it is!!

After our walk we headed back home and I started getting ready for my evening out! Felicity invited me to join her and her family on an evening of dancing. It was really great. I had a super time and thanks again for the invite!! We went to a "Cloudland" dance!!
Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudland

Cloudland dances began in 1940 and continued until 1982 when the building was demolished. I love music from the 50's, 60's, and 70's so it was a perfect evening to me!! And the band was amazing. Really impressive. I also enjoyed hearing Felicity's parents tell me stories about the dances they were at in the 1960's. They actually met at one of the dances in 1968. Romantic! It was pretty funny because Felicity's Dad said that back then- you would dance with a girl for about 5minutes and that would give you enough time to decide if you liked her or not. If you did, then you would ask her where she lived. And if it wasn't too far then you would offer her a drive home. If she lived too far - you're out of luck because the boys didn't want to drive that far!!! Felicity's Mom said that only the guys had cars so the girls were always hoping that one of them would offer them a ride home.

Any excuse to get dressed up!! My 60's dress fit into the evening well. :)

Great band. The music was all from the 40's to the 70's (mostly the 50's/60's) ... and ended with a Grease and ABBA medley. Verrrrrry nice!

This singer was the hit of the night - Normie Rowe. Apparently he was a huge pop star back in the day. It was pretty funny to watch the older crowd go crazy over him.

Like Felicity's Mom!!
And Felicity and her brother laughing at their parents!

It was a really great night with wonderful music and it was really amazing to watch some of the people dance. Most of the people there used to go to the Cloudland dances in the 50's and 60's so they were incredible to watch. Great swing and jazz dancing!!!

A great experience for me.