Here Comes Peter Cottontail "easters on its way"

Our Easter tree

Olivia's Easter Parade

Angelicas Easter Parade

My how time flies, Easter is almost upon us, i always find Easter a more busier time than Christmas (for me anyway). My girls had their Easter bonnet parade and grandparents assembly yesterday, such a precious time, only one more year to enjoy these events,for some reason kids don't get to do the Easter thing so much from year 3 onward,so sad. But with all the eggs and bunnies and bonnets the girls also paid some importance of the real meaning of Easter and attended the Easter school Mass at a nearby church.Hope you all have a safe and Happy Easter break and enjoy time with family friends or just thinking about what really matters.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEBASTIAN !!!!

A BIG HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY TO MY GRANDSON "SEBASTIAN",love you so much!!!

Be prepared or build and ark!

Well life sure can throw some curve balls, and believe me i've had a few, but these past two weeks have taught me a valuble lesson  about procrastanation and prepardness. I live in a semi arid part of Australia that has long hot/dry summers and very cold winters and that is when we mostly get rain when we get it,droughts kind of regular round here!But these past sixteen months we have been getting lots of rain and much milder summers and FLOODS!!! You see i should know better,but like most people i think i have just one more day ,but i don't , no one does, we only have here and now. This is the third time i've been flash flooded in the afore mention timeframe and this time i also so roof damage and a pond in my kitchen,no fun unless your a duck.

But even worse i was not prepard as well as i could 've been, i talk the talk on prepardness but never quiet get to the walk! I had not enough or strong enough tarps for my roof or enough buckets and no emergency sand bags in the garage ( the ones i've been meaning to make up for the past 6 months) ,and no where near enough food. Yes our town got blocked off and we had a mini Zombie apocolyps, there were even people fighting over the last bottles of milk and scant supplies of fuel and fresh produce. So time to pull my socks up and be ready for what hopefully does not happen, better to be safe than sorry! Here are some photos of the floods from our local newspaper The Area News,Griffith. Now i was lucky and can't complain, and i'm not, asfar too many have lost everything they own, we are so fotunate to have had such a great band of volunteers in the State Emergency Services, they have done a fantastic job for the community!

Chic Pink Sorbet..: UPDATE ON LITTE CHARLOTTES PROGRESS .................

Chic Pink Sorbet..: UPDATE ON LITTE CHARLOTTES PROGRESS .................: Little Charlotte 7 days old or 32 weeks..............mum and bub doing well.

IT"S A GIRL !!

My Neice Christina and Will safely gave birth to a little girl on the 23rd February, 2012. I'm a great Aunt at last!

On A Wing And A Prayer

Christina and Will

As i speak my dearest niece Christina waits nervously in a Sydney Hospital for the word  of when she will be transfered to another Hospital, possiably interstate as there are no neonatal intensive care beds available, she is 30 weeks pregnant and must deliever very soon, her condition and that of the baby is delicate and dangerous to say the least. So we are hoping and praying our precious girl and her wee one will be fine very soon. Christina is a wonderful girl who has had some brave battles but never complains and is always there for others and i love her dearly for that, she once sat with me while i was on life support and kept me strong and is a wonderful niece, daughter, sister and cousin, friend, grandaughter, sorry i could go on and on, she is that great. Hoping her wait is over soon and all will be good for her and Will and their little one, Love you Precious Chrissy!

Wednesday's Wisdom

A Wise Woman Builds Her Home, But The Foolish Woman Tears It Down With Her Own Hands.
                                                                                                                                     Proverbs 14:1

When i came across this recently, it really stood out and made me think just how much power us woman have in society and how much of the societies woes are a result of what we do or don't do ( Bad men prosper because good men stand by and do nothing ). We have the choice and the power no matter how limited our lives maybe to influence and guide and help create the kind of world and home we would like to live in.

The Wise Woman loves her life and is grateful and protective, She values herself and does all in her power to protect ,provide and guide those who depend upon her. The wise woman also sets an example of what is appropriate behaviour and encourages self respect and hard work,and enjoys the rewards as do her family.
The Wise Woman is not perfect, she is thoughtful of her own faults and limitations, but tries her best to admit when wrong and learn from it ,setting an example of self responisability and self respect, whilst remaining humble. She is prudent in all the needs of herself and her family, therfore having time for others.

The world seems to be full of a lot of foolish woman this days , i for one have been guilty of a great deal of foolishness, so easy in this modern world full of distractions and temptations.

So does that mean if we are living in the ruins of our ignorance and foolishness , that there is no hope! NO!!

We can start again, like all good builders,The Wise Woman has strong foundations,she know her strengths and weakness, what she stands for or believes in, she challenges herself to try more and to to learn more to the best of her abilities. So its never to late to start again, to learn more about ourselves and our family, a great way to start is to take even just 10 minutes aday and a cuppa and write down in a journal what is good in our lives and what needs to change,start small , but start rebuilding your life foundations and then you will able to build your home as the strong, safe and comforting refuge for yourself and family. This isn't about bricks and mortor or money , it's about self love,loyalty and respect for our selves and those we hold dear.

Another first day!

Monday was the girls first day of year one and the first time they would spend most of their days apart! They were fortunate enough to attend a school that allows twins to be together for kindergarten, but they seperate them after that, we had some tears but they both settled in well once they met their teachers and met up with their friends. They were happy they had some close friends from last year with them, just can't get over how fast this past year has gone. Olivia is on the left and Angelica is on the right.

2011 First day of Kindergarten Aged 5years

1st Day of year one 30th january 2012

SWEET SUMMERTIME PART II

I am very fortunate to have a wonderful big sister Victoria who loves to have me visit her in the school holidays, She patiently tolerates the chaos i and my six year old twins Olivia and Angelica bring to her home. We were able to share a few days with her and her daughter Isabella at a lovely beach house at Bendalong on the south coast, beautiful weather and lovely beaches,we enjoyed eating alfresco in the lovely garden and visting Victorias friend Jeannie and her family, kids had lots of fun. We then stopped at Bowral for the day and had a walk down memory lane, ( it was home for me and my family for 11 years and i miss it still ) but life is long and there are many paths to walk. had a nice relaxing time at my sisters for a week before we returned back to Griffith. here are some photos of our time.

Olivia and Angelica at Bradman Oval

Cool make overs from cousin Issy

Hangin with Alvin and the chipmunks !

A quick play on the beach at Manly

SWEET SUMMERTIME !!

 twighlight beach walks

WOW!!!!! January really flew by. Only 3 days left and we roll into February. This is how i spent my summer break.I spent christmas and new year with my eldest son Stephen and his family at Batemans Bay, so much fun getting to know our new grand daughter Bella Anne!

Stephen,Melissa and Baby Bella ( 1week old)

Grandpa,Grandma(me)and Baby Bella

Baby Bella falling asleep

Sweet Little Violet(6months old)

Bursting full of joy , just love that happy girl

My Olivia

My Angelica

My birthday gift from Violet and Rose

My birthday gift from Stephen(husband) and the twins

We also Visisted our other Grand daughter Violet and her mummy Rose and grandpa Pete at Merimbula and we also took the girls to the Bega cheese factory.We had a great time and i celebrated my birthday with Violet and her mummy,spent time at the park with the twins,and was treated to a visit to Mandeni needlework for some birthday gifts by my grand daughter . The girls and Stephen got me a very large book of Jane Austen novels. More of my holiday tomorrow!