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…
Continue reading →About six months ago, my good friend Cal, who lives with her husband Nathan and three kids in Geelong, messaged me saying Nathan would be at a conference in Brisbane in the September school holidays and they were thinking about coming up to stay as well. Long story short, I told Cal they should stay…
Continue reading →School holidays have been and gone (how??) and we had a wonderful fortnight doing ALL THE THINGS! Let’s get into it! We spent four days in the first week up at our beloved fishing shacks on the Burrum River. The weather was spot on and the fish were biting. What more could we ask for!?…
Continue reading →Yes I’m using the name of my blog as the title of this very long overdue (and long!) post. The meaning will come out as you read. It’s been nearly three months since I last wrote, so there is a LOT to catch up on. Here are the highlights! We celebrated Grumpy’s 74th birthdayNothing fancy,…
Continue reading →You guys, the last month has been madness. And I have four blog posts running around my head right now – one to cover our annual May weekend away with the school mums, one to tell you about Mother’s Day, one for Julius’ birthday, and one about peri-menopause!! Honestly I want to write all the…
Continue reading →I don’t know what things are like in your world, but term one always seems to cruise at a nice place for me. The new school year takes a few weeks to settle in to, and then we get into a bit of a groove before Easter comes along. We usually have plans to head…
Continue reading →Last Sunday, Marian and I and Marty took nine of our children (Marty’s youngest came along) to Aussie World for the day! I have driven past this place dozens of times, most recently in the last two (plus) years since starting my relationship with Marty as it’s on the way to his place. I kept…
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