Reunited and it feels so good, reunited 'cause we understood (Peaches and Herb)

 

Full cast: Ashleigh, Adam, Andrew, Samantha, Jade, Me and Jacky - Peregian Beach, July 2022

Wie geht's?

Dateline: July term break in Noosa, Qld, 'Stralia.

Purpose: To celebrate Jacky's birthday from April with the Purdettes

Hence the party hats

Absent: first born - Keegan (complications with travel to and from China)

Agenda: Reunion and celebration

Cast: Samantha Purdy and Andrew Kalicki; Ashleigh and Adam Purdy; Jade and Asher Purdy; Papa and Mema (a.k.a. the Birthday Girl)

Drew, Jadey Wadey, Fanfa, & Adamski

Most families will be able to relate to the difficulty getting all of the band back together. In this family's case we are flung like jewels upon the sea - USA, China, Australia, and New Zealand are hosts to the four Purdettes.

It requires a landmark occasion to get us all to put aside our regular lives and make a date for a reunion. In this case - Jacky's 60th.

Three generations of Purdy men chilling.

This one featured Asher falling in the water at Noosa beach during the walk to Dolphin Point, an epic game of Monopoly (won by Donut Boy - yours truly), a trip to Australia Zoo (we all love Steve Irwin) to see crocs (crikey), elephants, and to pat kangaroos, but most of all it featured laughter galore around meals, trampolines and family games.

Love and peace - Papa