I was aware that the Saturday we were leaving was the first day of school holidays for NSW, and driving north out of Sydney, I was absolutely convinced that the traffic was going to start building up very early. The alarm went off at 6am and after admiring the sunrise (it was stunning!) we got…
Continue reading →We weren’t in any great rush to leave on Thursday morning, so we took our time packing up after saying goodbye to everyone at Felix and Erica’s house. We got away around 10am (I think??) after packing the car to the absolute MAX, and headed towards the Blue Mountains to catch up with Kelly! We…
Continue reading →On the Tuesday, we all headed to the Borenore Caves just outside of Orange for a morning of exploring. It was cold but we kept warm with all the walking and scrambling and caving! There were so many little areas to go and discover, and the kids had a great time exploring. It was such…
Continue reading →It’s been about a month since we went to Orange, and today is the first opportunity I’ve had to sit down and blog about it (after making collages and uploading all the photos!) I had been planning this trip since the start of the year and the plans changed many times over – originally it…
Continue reading →We spent the weekend celebrating Julius turning 8 and we all had such a lovely time as always. We had a party for him at home on the Saturday, with some of his school friends, and some of our friends and families. It had been raining on and off for a week (or more??) so…
Continue reading →Here we go again! Another wrap up of our time at Pizzeys! It was a shorter stay this time, but we still packed in everything we wanted. The weather was mostly kind to us, with lots of sunshine and only spurts of rain – yes, some of it was torrential, but it never lasted long…
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 →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…
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