Yesterday Donna, Lauren, Rochelle and I made the trek to Bathurst for Fintan's baptism. It was great to see everyone. We really don't get together often enough. I always enjoy it when we do, but it is so easy to get caught up in the day to day activities and never end up seeing each other except for baptisms Christmas and First Communions.

We left Sydney at about 10:30am and had a fine trip until Lawson when we hit traffic. This was a combination of local Anzac Day marches and roadworks that had not been removed for the weekend. We spent about 40 minutes in bumper to bumper traffic. Once we got past Katoomba, the trip was smooth. We stopped at Golden Arches in Lithgow for a snack and ran in to the Lee's. We arrived at about 2pm. Therese and Phil had come up, as of course had Mum and Dad, and Jac and Brad. Surprisingly, Therese and Phil didnt stay for Mass. They went home just before Mass. Considering we got home before 10pm, I thought it weird that they would come all that way and not stay for the Mass. The baptism mass was great. An old Irish? priest said the Mass and really made it seem personal.