{"id":1742,"date":"2015-12-22T04:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/menzies.group\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2015-12-24T03:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T11:00:29","slug":"the-cairns-crew-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menzies.group\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"The Cairns Crew 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>As usual the year has flown, which means we\u2019ve been pretty busy.\u00a0 Connor (14), Aidan (12), Bryce (9) have all managed to survive the year in tact \u2013 and in the process helped the grey hair count on their parents\u2019 heads.\u00a0 All are pretty happy at the local state school.\u00a0 Aidan and Connor are both at High School, while Bryce has completed a lovely year in Grade 4.\u00a0 Connor has enjoyed his second year of cricket and also played futsal.\u00a0 Aidan continued progressing well with his running.\u00a0 Aidan and Bryce joined up with athletics which they enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>All boys competed in surf lifesaving and John tried his hand at Age Managing Bryce\u2019s age group, which is a bit like herding cats!!\u00a0 They are enjoying the holidays immensely and have been doing a lot of swimming in the creek , running the dog, jumping out of trees, riding bikes, playing nerf wars, catching up with friends, making a mess in the house &amp; playing their new XBOX (the last two items much to their mother\u2019s displeasure).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve asked the boys a few questions about what they thought 2015 was like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was your highlight this year?<br \/>\nAge champion at the Branch Championships for Surf Lifesaving<\/p>\n<p>What was your low point?<br \/>\nMy best friend Jordy is leaving RSC to go to Brisbane<\/p>\n<p>Most interesting thing?<br \/>\nGoing snowboarding In NZ<\/p>\n<p>What would you like Santa to bring?<br \/>\nMeccano<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aidan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was your highlight this year?Going to Maroochydore for the State SLS Champs as well as going to NZ<\/p>\n<p>What was your low point?<br \/>\nI can\u2019t remember<\/p>\n<p>Most interesting thing?<br \/>\nSeeing Star Wars<\/p>\n<p>What would you like Santa to bring?<br \/>\nA 3D Puzzle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was your highlight this year?<br \/>\nGoing to New Zealand and ski-ing for the first time<\/p>\n<p>What was your low point?<br \/>\nBike accident where I fractured my spine<\/p>\n<p>Most interesting \u00a0thing?<br \/>\nGot my new Trek Full Suspension bike<\/p>\n<p>What would you like Santa to bring?<br \/>\nA dropper post for my bike<\/p>\n\r\n    <style>\r\n        #weblizar_1808 .wrgf-header-label {\r\n            color: #FFFFFF !important;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_1808 .wrgf-footer-label {\r\n            color: #000000 !important;\r\n            font-size: 16px;\r\n            margin-bottom: 5px;\r\n            margin-top: 5px;\r\n            text-align: center;\r\n            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