Category Archives: Family Life

To Market, To Market!

It’s official, the house is now on the market.  We had our first open home this weekend (a good turnout I believe).  Greg has very conveniently headed off to America for a conference.  He’s away for two weeks, so I … Continue reading

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Bathroom Renovations Day 1

I never thought the day would arrive, that our bathrooms would ever be renovated.  Our tradie has been held up on a few jobs and after a few false starts, he arrived this morning to relieve us of our dated … Continue reading

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Sweet Tenneille

Our dear Tenneille is turning 7 this week.  We started her birthday celebration a little early with a party over the weekend.  We were blessed with the presence of her dear little school friends.  It was quite a hot day … Continue reading

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Lost My Christmas Mojo

I think my Christmas mojo up and left.  I am still feeling washed out from Jairah being sick last week and having the entire week written off.  Today was spent taking my car back to have the windscreen looked at … Continue reading

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What a Week

As soon as I think I am good to craft or start a blog post, something seems to pop up.  No biggie, I just think I will get on top of things the next day, yeah right!  Jairah was unwell … Continue reading

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Puffing Billy

As a belated birthday present for Jairah, our train obsessed boy, we took a ride on Puffing Billy.  For those of you who are not familiar, Puffing Billy (well actually I think there are at least 3 different Puffing Billy … Continue reading

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A Weekend of Gardening

Greg and I spent the weekend trying to regain our hold on our little piece of paradise.  Oh my the trees around here deposit enough debris to drive the best of gardeners to distraction.  As we live on a fairly … Continue reading

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Four ~ Celebrating Jairah

Our sweet boy, Jairah turned 4 today.  Always smiling and always finding mischief, this sunny boy keeps us on our toes, but oh how we love him.  I was all teary and emotional at dinner time tonight, thinking about how … Continue reading

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This Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo, ok two photos capturing a moment (or two) from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So … Continue reading

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Holiday Time

The girls are currently on school holidays, so if it is a little quiet around these parts, you know we are off having fun.  All three kids had a sleepover at my mum’s on Monday.  It was my first child … Continue reading

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