Marty and I had our little getaway a bit early this year and it was wonderful as always. In previous years, we have headed away in June or July for a mini winter break but when we saw the line up for Summer Salt in Port Macquarie in April this year, it was hard to…
Continue reading →So in case you haven’t heard, apparently there is a cyclone that has decided to travel further south than most, and might be headed straight towards us, due to make landfall on Thursday afternoon. As many of you know, this is not our first experience with a cyclone. Back in 2015, just after we had…
Continue reading →All photos used, and information shared with permission. The kids love it when I tell stories about them when they were younger. They are always interested in how we decided on their names and love to know what they would have been called if they were born the opposite gender. Quinn Maria was the girl’s…
Continue reading →I don’t think I’ve ever had a feeling of dread when another birthday comes around. I guess partly because, more often than not, it means planning a party or gathering of some sort. So maybe that distracts me from the fear of “getting older” that some people have. Whatever it is, turning 45 this year…
Continue reading →I try and live my life by this mantra. When the kids say “it’s too hard” I try and respond with something along the lines of “that’s okay. We do hard things in this family.” Or if they say “I’m scared” I say “it’s okay to be scared, but let’s do it anyway!” I was…
Continue reading →So I’m not going to go all out and say I love the beach, but I believe I used to dislike the beach, and now I don’t mind the beach! In fact, I might almost say that I quite like the beach! What a progression! Growing up, we always had holidays on rivers (Pizzeys) or…
Continue reading →Graduating from primary school to high school is a bit more of a big deal than when I was a kid. For our “graduation”, if I remember correctly, we had our usual Friday morning assembly, and all the year 7s (which was the final year of primary, back in my day) got up on stage…
Continue reading →Most years we manage to have a combined birthday party for Chance and Darby, as their birthdays are 10 days apart. This year, by some logistical miracle, the kids had their three uncles up for the weekend as well! My brother Kristian (aka uncle Khicken) actually managed to surprise us all which was just so…
Continue reading →Ten years (and nine days, yes this is late) ago, we welcomed our dear little Darby-doo to the family. His birth was the most calm out of all four kids. It was just me, Frith, the only female obstetrician in Mount Isa who was Russian, and a midwife who was also Eastern European. I kept…
Continue reading →Can you even believe it?? This kid! As you can see, he still loves Lego, and is super into F1 racing at the moment, so he was very pleased with his McLaren model to build. We had a lovely little birthday morning for him at home, then off to school and work all six of…
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