Some recent funnies..

Mum, Kel and Chooke went to the "ballette". On walking into the Opera House and taking our seats, Chooke looked down at the orchestra pit and wondered "where do the dances go? Do they put a cover over the musicians?" Needless to say Mum and I had a good chuckle and she worked it out.

I recently borrowed a book of Dad's (The Innocent Criminal by Grisham - a fabulous read) and on flicking through the first few pages noticed Dad had underlined some of the characters names. "why?" I asked. "So that when I get into the book, I can remember who's who," replied Dad. We all laughed but I have to say, even though I read the book in 3 days (and not the weeks Dad takes) I still found it helped! Nice tip Pops. Though I had to laugh at the grammatical changes dad had made throughout the book!

And Yes Dad I am well today thanks for asking!!!

more happy present snaps

joels very small (But not cheap) birthday present from his siblings - notice his grin

left over easter chocolates and Brooke avoiding a full frontal

snaps from Joel's belated birthday celebration. Megan turned domestic diva and created a fabulous echidna ice cream cake (much less sloppy than my cheesecake!)

spirit fingers and happy birthday

FYI - if you click on a pic it gets bigger so you can admire us all in detail
Kel x

just don't her loose with a knife!! (Mark nearly lost an eye)

yup Mark and Dad oblige - see how much Meg's loves it!

will the knife come out dirty? will Meg's have to kiss a boy????

Meg's birthday 2006 - "it's my party"

Dad's birthday 2006 - a pressie from NZ with Dad's favourite saying "be careful"

Mark, being different as usual, as we all got together for a tinged-with-sadness snap at G'ma's farewell. We really were much sadder than we look.

this is a snap of our dearly loved aunts (Anne on the left, Mary second from right) who are still with us, and our Grandma (second from left) who passed away just last year. The mug on the right, well that's Dad.

this is one is the one no one wants you to see - otherwise known as funny faces

here are les girls - we can't all pose as well as Em but we try!

ok you can actually see me in this one - i'm front and centre in the pink top and cheeky, toothy grin

the latest lot of snaps (all the ones uploaded today) are from our easter get together. It's why Megs made Baklava and we all ate far too much. You can't see our parents because they had better things to do! (We realyl do love you Mum and Dad). Don't worry you'll get to see them soon enough (I'm considering a Dad/ weight pun but will restrain myself!)

Megan impressed us all with her home-made-from-scratch baklava - Grandma would have been proud!

here's the men - Mark, Joel and Glen with of course the new "baby" Copper

ok here's a few more snaps - this one has Em (on the right) roping in Chloe (middle) and Chooke (Left) to be pose with her

From left to right - Glen (kelly's boyfriend, Kelly (joel's girlfriend), Chloe (mark's girlfriend) - collectively known as "the ringins" then Brooke (Chooke), Emma (diva), Megan (the youngest) Mark, (the biggest) and Joel (the cheekiest)

Hi
This is the surtess family blog. it means I can stick up all our photos and you can see them without dealing with a clogged inbox. I'm Kelly otherwise known as number 1 (Em - quick what does that mean?)

you'll get to meet us all soon enough in the mean time here's a million happy snaps