Saturday Oct 4th

On Sat morning we had to get up and get organised.. Off to Nicholas's 2nd Birthday Party.

The kids had a great time playing at the park.. and of course.. there was......


Cake! Most of which Brodie wore as usual..pmsl.

And Bonnie was getting into it too!!

Little Sam managed to get a great little sleep in.

And when Patrick wasn't being passed around.. he had a great sleep too.. Aren't they both soo cute!!

I even managed to get a nice photo of Declan.. without his usual face pulling..lol..

Then we had to head off to Jamie's 4th Birthday party.. at a different Park of course.. I so gotta get my friends in sync!! lol..

The kids played heaps of games and Jamie got given one of those pump rockets for his birthday. It was a huge hit amongst the kids..

Connor of course wanted one too!!

Joe was doing a pretty good job of catching the rocket.. Not sure hat Lachlan was doing though..lol..

Even Brodie had a go..

Little Princess Ella was her usual gorgeous self!!
I even got a few nice pics of Adam and Emily for Cherie..

And of course.. there was cake..lol.. which Jamie definitely enjoyed!

Greg and Declan having a bit of fun!!

We finally got home after 2 and then later that afternoon Tanya, Courtney, Michael and Talissa came over for a sleepover. I told Connor if he had just a small party then he could have Michael over. Of course it was a good excuse for Tanya and I to get some Scrappin in too..

Brodie was soo tired that when Greg had to change a dirty nappy later hat night.. he didn't even wake up!

The boys were pretty exhausted!!

But Talissa found a little friend in Murphy to keep her occupied.. as she was the last to go to sleep..

Tanya and I did some cooking etc for Connor's party.. as I hadn't done a thing.. and stayed up until 2 am scrappin.. it was great!!..

Holiday at Dingo Beach

Well we finally got there.. On the second week of the hols we went up to Dingo Beach for a few days.. We stayed at Dad's in Mackay on Monday night And had dinner with My Brother and his family.. picked up Sarah (my Niece) on Tuesday to take her up with us..

The boys love playing with Sammy when they can!

Poppy and Brodie playing in the back seat on the way up.!

We got there and unpacked.. and Greg took the kids down to the Beach.. The tv wasn't working so I had to stay home and wait for someone to come check it.. What a shame.. they couldn't get it working.. lol..lucky the DVD worked so at least we could watch a movie..

The boys were very impressed.. As it was low tide they got to see starfish and other marine creatures.. I am so sorry I missed out..

On Wednesday Greg and Poppy packed up all the kids.. unfortunately the boat only held 6...lol.. So I got to stay home and relax and do some beading.. Thank God I did because the boat wouldn't start out in the middle of the ocean.. lol.. Luckily they were in Mobile rang so managed to ring and get someone tow them.. of course once they started towing them.. it started.. lol.. So after about 5 hours in the boat they did about 15 mins fishing.. The kids had a ball.. but Poppy and Greg were not too impressed..

On Thursday we went down to the beach again.. it is really lovely there.. lots of shells and hardly any people.. The kids had a great time swimming and looking for starfish etc..
Declan the Water baby..

Sarah and Brodie playing in the swell..

Brodie had a great time playing in the sand.. but wasn't so impressed when he decided to eat a handful!!..

Here is a piccie I put together from a series of pics I took. It is not exact as the beach is nearly straight.. but you get the idea of the beautiful scenery..
After the kids were beached out.. we took them up to the park.

That afternoon Poppy and Greg went out for a spot of fishing on their own.. no problems this time .. and Poppy won't let Greg forget he caught the only legal fish..lol..

Meanwhile the kids and I played Uno.. Connor picked it up really quickly and had a great time wanting to play all afternoon..

Every night Sarah and I stayed up after the boys were in bed and I taught her how to do some beading.. It was really nice to spend some time with her.. Unfortunately I don;t get enough time with my gorgeous nieces..

Here are her creations.. I will upload mine later..

Thursday night we had a BBQ with some of Dad's friends up there.. it was lovely to meet some of the people that are so important to him..

Friday was a very looong day.. we packed up the car and were on the road by 8.30. Got to Mackay and unloaded Dad then went into town to drop off Sarah.. The boys all got their Birthday presents from Shane, Sue and the girls.. they were very impressed.

We didn't get home then until nearly 5.. ad we were all exhausted.. especially as the portable dvd decided to pack it in on the way up.. 3 tired and grumpy kids in the car without a movie to distract them is hell!!.. I so wish my boys would sleep in the car!!

Finally an update..

Hi everyone.. well as usual.. It has been too long since I have updated.. and of course heaps has been happening.. so I have decided to do it in a couple of posts so I don't confuse myself.. lol.. Not hard these day!..

On the 27th.. we were lucky enough to catch up with the Kevin, Carol, David and Helen.. They are friends of Greg's family and have known him since he was about Brodie's age.. These days they spend all their spare time travelling around in caravans.. and they had a big caravan gathering in Rocky so we went to say g'day..

Of course Brodie did his usual trick and decided there was not gonna be a good photo taken..lol..

That night we had arranged with Rach, Adrian, Zoe and Joe to go camping.. in our back yard..lol.. We are planning to go away camping soon so decided we'd better check out the equipment and make sure all was ok.. The boys loved it.. an Zoe and I had a marvellous night sleep in my bed..lol.. I'm not silly enough to sleep on our rocky ground when my comfy bed is only 50 mtrs away..pmsl.. Adrian and Greg had a great time playing primitive man and setting up the camp.. Adrian also turned into a fire bug.. eventually putting that huge a log on it I reckon it would've burnt for a week..lol.. We had a yummy dinner of roasts and silverside done in camp ovens.. and a few quiet drinkies around the fire.. Some a little more than others.. no names mentioned..lol..
God knows why but Joe got up and went surfing the next morning at 4 (crazy!!) and as Zoe and I both caught a flu that night we didn't get out of bed until about 2.. The funniest thing the next morning was that (even though I don't snore) pmsl.. I must've been making some noise at one point while I was napping.. and little Ella was sitting on her Mum's lap growling at me.. I soo wish I had that on video..lol.. Anyway some pics ..

The camp!!

Gotta love those marshmallows!!

Declan sure did..

And Brodie seemed to get more on his face than in his mouth..lol..

Jo and Zoe..

Rach and Adrian..

So lucky to have such good friends!!

Welcome to Patrick..

Well he is finally here.. welcome to little Patrick William .. isn't he adorable.. and impatient too.. decided he didn't want to follow Amanda's plans so came early.. and isn't he sooo cute.. He was on 6lb 9 oz.. and he is just soo tiny.. I am soo excited.. as is Nicholas.. who I have heard is telling everyone that he is 'his' bubba.. so cute.. Congratulations Mark and Amanda.. I couldn't be happier for you.. and we all soo look forward to being a part of his life..

What a darling!!!

and lok how little those feet are.. I am already in trouble for taking too many pics of him.. I mean what did Mark expect.. How could I not.. mwah.. lubs ya too Mark..rofl.

Ok.. On the other news front.. lol.. We think we have finally beaten the nasty bugs in Connor's hair..My God they are horrid.. I soo hope we don't have to go through that again.. though that may be wishful thinking.lol..

Today a few of the girls came over for morning tea, lunch, arvo tea..lol.. I love Fridays.. We decided it has been so hot we would let the kids play in the hose.. and Jodie brought over her slip n slide.. We may have to get one of them.. the kids loved it.. They all had a blast.. and got covered in water and grass and god knows what else.. So here are some pics of the fun..

Connor and Jack.. double trouble..lol as you can see Brodie is following them.. he didn't want to wait his turn.. every time someone ran down.. he followed... pmsl.. generally to lay at the end on the inflated part.. or to drink the water out of the spray in the middle.. little dag he is..rofl..

Emma had as much fun as the boys.. Little Adam had one go.. but managed to hit his head on the ground.. so that was it for him..lol.. poor little thing..

Tom of course cut rank..

Even Ella joined in the fun.. with a little help from Mum..

Kyle and Lachlan really flew down the slide..

And Declan and Jamie.. well you can see how much fun they had..lol

Brodie than decided that the slide needed a little mow..pmsl..

After the slide we let them have a few water balloons.. Kyle got Tom a good one..lol..

And of course when Declan got his cute little purple balloon he didn't want it busted.. He's a worry that boy.. he wanted to carry it around inside and couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him..lol..

They had a great day playing and having fun.. I think Connor is really enjoying his school hols... anyway .. a busy weekend ahead.. We are off to say one last goodbye to Cees and Sandra before they leave for good next week.. we will certainly miss them..

Then we are going to see some of Greg's Family Friends that are up with a caravan group.. they are having an open day here in Rocky.. so it will be good to catch up with them..

Then a few of us are going camping.. in our back yard..lol.. We decided we better check out all the equipment as it hasn't been used for so long.. and Greg bought a new tent.. so Rach, Adrian, Zoe, Joe us and all the kids are having dinner etc down the back..lucky we got looots of space..lol.. Though Zoe and I are being very slack and sleeping in the house..lol.. I know I am a piker.. but I am too old to sleep on the rocky ground down there when I will have a perfectly good bed 50 mtrs away..lol. and Zoe agrees.. Anyway..still got the PG newsletter to finalise.. so I hope you all have a fantastic weekend..

Yuk

Well it had to happen sometime.. we got our first dose of Headlice today from school.. yuk... yuk.. YUK.... We have been soo lucky.. never having had it right through Daycare and Kindy.. What a total pain.. but of course boys being boys.. I think he thinks it's pretty cool.. but he did tell me that the stuff smells like poo.. pmsl.. well that's boys for ya.. Hope you are all scratchingyour heads now.. rofl!!

Yep.. I am officially old.. lol..

But first I want to show off the gorgeous notebook that the beautiful Kylie sent me.. I just love it.. and have been using for my to do lists.. seeing as I always have so many.. Mwah Kylie.. I love it!

Ok.. It was my Birthday on Saturday.. and the love started on Friday.. My wonderful friends that come over on Friday morning arrived with cakes, chocs and hmmm Cheesecake.. Thank you so very much ladies.. it was soo sweet. I really hadn't expected anything.. and the gorgeous Tanya even ran over early to put up balloons on the letterbox and brought me a yummy Cheesecake Coffee Cake with a 21 candle on it.. I soo wish.. and what a surprise when I drove up to the house. I am so lucky to have made such fantastic friends up here..

The two boys helped me to blow out the candles.. How yummy does that cake look.. You know what I been eating all week..pmsl..

On Saturday morning Connor played in his 'Grand Final' at Browne Park (sp). He was so impressed that he got to play where the Broncos have played.. Of course he will tell you that as usual both teams won.. I soo love that.. but the boys did do really well and I think they may have actually scored more tries.. Go Knights..lol..

Here is Connor with Michael.. who is at school with him as well as at football.. and also the cheerleaders.. how cute are they..

Didn't get any photos of the other pair as they were rather grumpy that morning.. as was Connor. He had been a bit sick on Thursday and still wasn't himself.. Just one of those virus things that cause a temp and a headache and not much else.

So I have to say I was grateful to head off to Scrap n' Scrap to do Jill Geraghty-Groves class.. We had a great time.. I was soo relaxed by the time I left.. and as It was Julie's Birthday a few days before mine they had a cake for us and the Big Pink Bus turned up.. and of course I spent a fortune on Ann's Chipboard...lol.. It was sooo cool.. you just have to check it out.

So here we are in front of the Big Pink Bus.. Ann, Me, Nicole and Julie. It was soo good to catch up with you all!!

And here we are again with Jill.. It was such a fantastic Class. I learnt a few new tricks.. and it was just soo relaxed.. I hope Jill comes back again soooon!

Ok well here is on Lo I did.. Of my niece Sienna.. How cute is she. I love how it turned out.. Had so much fun doing all the girly stuff.. and the bling.. Oh I love the bling..lol..

Here is the lo we were working off.. Jill is such a talented lady. As you can see she used boys for her lo's.. like me she is the Mum of 3 boys.. But I soo wanted to do a girly lo.. lol

And this is the other lo.. Declan and Ebony.. they are just tooo cute.. Have I mentioned I looved getting all girly..lol.. and Jill showed me how to make the buds out of the flowers..so cute..

And this is the lo we were working off.. I didn't end up stitching around mine.. I prob could.. but I'm not sure I will get it done.. Especially as I haven't even finished the stitching from Nicole's first class.. I know I am naughty.. lol.. I love how all the lo's came out so different even though we were all working with the same things.. Just love it Jill and thanks soo much..

When I got home Greg and the boys had made me a chocolate cake.. yum.. Greg took pics on his phone.. but I haven't got around to downloading them yet.. And they had bought me a couple of indoor plants, seeing as I had finally killed the last one.. Oh well. Hope these last.

Greg then took Connor and Declan to Connor's footy breakup on Sunday.. Brodie was not well so I stayed home with him.. as I wasn't feeling all that crash hot either. I think I was lucky enough to catch the boys flu.. Brodie still has a temp.. and Declan has one now too.. so they both missed Daycare today.. So no day off for Mummy this week. So next week we need to do a makeup lesson for swimming for the two little ones.. and I have decided to pull them out next term.. Everyone just seems soo tired in this house at the moment. I figure a term with no commitments but Playgroup might do us all good.

But overall it has been a lovely week.. had a few surprises turn up in the mail.. Thanks to you all .. You know who you are.. Mwah!! I lubs you all..

Anyway.. I think I am going to go and check on the boys.. give them some more panadol and crash.. Catch you all soon!