A DAY OUT WITH MADDISON bear

Anyone who reads my blog would know about Maddison Bear. Seeing as we can't take the real Maddison out for the day we decided to do the next best thing. After waking up with Aunty Tori we strapped Maddy in the carseat and headed out to check out Kindygym (where evryone had lots of fun). Then we went to Hungry Jacks where Tori and Maddy danced at the jukebox and went down the slide. After sharing a drink with Uncle Brent we all went home :0)

Yes, we are a little bit crazy but one day we hope for a day out with "THE REAL MADDISON" ...lol

And Baby Makes Three!

Well I for one had a FANTASTIC time this weekend, not only did I get to see Kristopher for the first time in almost four months but I also got to spend the day with Maddison and Kate and her wonderful family.And as you can see by this great pic I FINALLY got to take a photo of Kris and his girls together :0)

Proud Mumma!

I'm ALWAYS proud of all my kids but I LOVE Brent in his army polyesters. I am very proud of the way he carried himself at the 3 Anzac services he participated in and the fact that he volunteered to be part of the Dawn Service!

SURPRISE!!!!! it's Maddison!

Well I got a great surprise over on my mum on Saturday. She thought the surprise was that I picked her up from work but after making a fake phone call and saying I had to call home first, and then plying her with food & drink for a couple of hours the real surprise arrived. Ironically, only moments before she was saying she will probably never see Maddison (as they live a couple of hours away & she doesn't drive) and lo and behold who should arrive??? but Miss Maddison herself! I thought poor mum was going to faint! Well after a couple of hours, a feed, nappy change and LOTS of cuddles we sadly saw of bubby, mummy and nanny. Hopefully it won't be long til we see them all again.

Thanks to Sandra and Kate if you happen to read this, the visit was MUCH appreciated :0)

Catch Up on Family News

okay, well as you know it's pretty boring in our neck of the woods but here goes... Brooke has gotten herself a fulltime job at Donut King in Penrith as well as still working at Good Grub on the weekends she is keeping herself busy (but NOT saving any money...lol) Ashlee passed his P's second time round and is now driving himself to and from work and TAFE in the Kia (though he keeps asking to take MY CAR...as if! lol) Brent went on a weekend biv with cadets this past weekend and came home EXHAUSTED yesterday but thoroughly enjoyed himself! FINALLY seems to be settling in at Kingswood High and making friends. Tori is still doing Playvan twice a week and LOVING it and has also started doing Ballet on the weekends which she ADORES...plus she gets to see Hudson for an extra day :0) Kym is away in South Australia again for work this week and is still busy, busy, BUSY! I closed my Ebay shop and haven't been listing any items, would still like to do some craft markets but am still busy with MUMS TAXI. (In one day starting at 5.20 am and last run at 9.40pm I.... Took Ashlee to work, came home, took Brooke to work, came home, Brent to school, home, Tori to playvan, straight to pick Brooke up from work, pick Brent up from school, home, pick Ash up, home, take Brent to cadets, home, pick Brent up..HOME!!!...phew!!! Who needs a fulltime job!!!)

Maddison Louise

Born 19.01.08 8lb5 54cms and ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. Well done Kris n Kate...well I guess that makes it official...I'm a grandmother (gulp)

2008!!!!

Well we've rung in the new year, hard to believe! We stayed home so we could see what the fireworks we like and boy was it worth it! With almost 360degree views we could see fireworks EVERYWHERE, even all the way to Sydney Harbour! (faintly) with Tori still being scared of the loud noises it was great to be able to see them even tho at times it sounded like a war zone with them going off all over..at one stage I counted 17 different lots going off but Brent counted 34 lots around us....

New Years Day (my birthday) we had a lazy day and then went to mum & dad's for my birthday dinner.

Resolutions - My personal resolutions this year are to LOSE WEIGHT IN 08! Get more active, get to bed earlier, drink less coke and more water, and take better care of my skin (Ashlee brought me some Dr Lewinns so I had a facial to get started and now I'm using his present!) Scrapbooking resolutions this year are to do a layout a day (which I've managed so far...lol) and to use up my stash (our LSS gives a 30% discount for your birthday so I brought a trolley to store my papers so HOPEFULLY I'll be a bit more sorted. And lastly, I saw on a great blog http://boutiquebabe.typepad.com/my_weblog/ 365 photos, so I have done my first 2..maybe this covers both resolutions as its in scrapbooking and will HOPEFULLY record weightloss...lol

HOPE 2008 WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR YOU AND YOURS!!!!