Family.

Is this not the cutest pooch around??

Weekends mean one thing for me, family.

This weekend we enjoyed a family BBQ with my in laws and my parents.

Not sure if you remember our own recent BBQ . Well, it happened again.

Pitter patter raindrops.

LOL.

So I took Christine a little sunshine in a vase.

And she provided (with other things) the world's BEST apple crumble.

Although we only live around 5 mins walking distance away, we packed our jammies and snuggled in for a sleepover. Because thats how we roll.

We stuffed ourselves with homemade burgers , strawberries, ice cream and a mountain of apple crumble.

We played board games

and Fraser played cards with his Granny.

It was great.

And what do you know, Sunday morning, the sun came out.

And Fraser stayed in bed! LOL

We brunched in the garden and posed for cheesy pics.

and some super sweet pics too.

We rounded our day off with Grandad Jimbo, to celebrate his Birthday.

and a good old smooch of my favourite Nephews scrummy cheeks.

Now that, was a weekend.

11 Randoms on the 11th.

1 - I slept until almost 11am this morning. I so needed it! It's been a while since I slept so soundly and I really needed to catch up.

2 - It is pouring rain here today and we have a BBQ to attend , and a sleepover! How fun.

3 - I am more excited about choosing my PJs for the BBQ sleepover than I am about choosing my clothes. This probably says as much about my personality as anything else I write on here.

4 - It sucks to remember you are not wearing a bra AFTER you have run up the stairs.

5 - I sold our kitchen table and chairs this week. I am LOVING the space it has given us and the kids have already used the breakfast bar area more in 4 days than they used the table and chairs in 2 years!

6 - In our house a plaster makes everything better.

7 - No one ever smiles for photos in our house anymore. They all have way to much personality to pose!

Kissy faces for Lor Lor

Daddy being the funny guy...

8 - I never know what is going to come round the corner at me! I spend a good portion of my life screaming in fright.

9 - I love this hairy beast more than anyone should love a hairy beast. Look at her little face!

10 - if you husband chases you around the house with something gross and stinky , someone is always going to get hurt......

11 - There is a small chance that red may be taking over my house.

 It's not a bad thing , just an observation.

Ps - does this go?? I'm doing a bedroom makeover and I'm doubting my choice a little - honest opinions please

04/06/05

Six years ago I married my best friend. 

A car broke down and we were held up by over half and hour. We did not leave the house until the exact time we were supposed to be at the church!

As we drove away the sunshine disappeared and the heavens opened! I had never seen rain like it.

Inside the church was dark and a magical feeling just surrounded us.

Love enveloped us.

Aww our tiny Frase enjoying "the scramble" is this a scottish thing?

I love this photo, I didn't even know my sister was there, fixing me for our photos.

 I only had eyes for my brand new husband and our friend snapped a very special moment. 

And another.

Me and my boy.

We partied on into the night, with our friends playing as our band and surrounded by everyone that we hold dear.

We jetted off on a dream honeymoon to the Dominican Republic.

And brought home our very special honeymoon baby.

Happy Anniversery Murray.

I am so happy I get to grow old with you.

Today I marry my friend,

the one I laugh with,

 live for,

dream with,

 love.

Unplugged.

Good morning everyone! It is a cool but nice morning here, at least the crazy winds have passed for a bit. You would not believe the mess our poor plants and trees are in because of the wind, the leaves are all burnt!

Just a quick post this morning , I have decided to unplug, just a little, just for a while. No big reason as to why. I will still definitely be blogging though as I like to use this space to remember things that happen. And I use it as a time line, we often check the blog to see the dates of things etc.

But I just wanted to say that I may not be stopping by your blogs and commenting for a while and will not be about on facebook. I'm only talking a few weeks really.

We have a busy time coming up , Fraser has a show this week and we are now into the winding down weeks before the Summer holidays begin.

My head is ful lto the brim of chores, ideas and projects. But before I can accomplish them all, I need to finish up the things I have already started.

I need to start getting myself more organised in the morning as we will be having a massive change to our schedule after summer. I am wholly unprepared for this!! We WILL be able to make it to the school for 9am! eek!

It will be all change on the work front in the summer too, one of the littles that I care for is moving , very far away. So I will have a space to fill, advertising to organise and hopefully a new little soul to settle in to our days.

See my head is full! I must sit down this afternoon to write the mother of all to do lists!!

I have around 5 weeks left of having my girly here with me , alone, in the mornings. I intend to enjoy every moment.

We are going to take lots of time out. We are going to read and walk on the beach, play at the park and bake together. Camp out in the living room and have picnic lunches. I am going to enjoy the last few weeks of our lives as we know them right now. Before the big changes.

I am going to turn the TV off more and set a good example by having less "screen time" myself. I'm not online often in the daytime really, as I am working, but I do enjoy my snatched moments here and there.

Even if it is just for these few weeks. I can look back and remember that I made every moment count. I did not spend an hour in the morning reading about other peoples lives when I will look back and miss the life we are living. That hour needs to be spent soaking up my girl.

 I need to have no regrets! They tend to eat me up. A lot.

Pitter patter raindrops on my window

This is the view from the hamster wheel today.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

This week we have had howling winds, heavy rain and even hail.

It is May.

This is the reason I love winter.

You know where you are with winter.

Your expectation is that it will be cold, wet, maybe a little snow if we are lucky.

But by the end of May, everyones expectations have moved on, to sunshine, warm breezes, summer.

Just take a stroll down your news feed on facebook, every second person will be complaining about the weather.

Not I.

I will admit to a fleeting moment of gloom when I remembered that I had hung washing on a bright and windy evening.

 It is still hanging. It is still windy. It is not dry.

But I only have myself to blame.

I am sure my own Mum never had washing hanging outside overnight. By morning it would have been dried, ironed and waiting to be put away.

My washing is enjoying the rain.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

This morning has warmed my heart.

With nowhere to be , I flicked on the heating and K and I have hunkered down in the nest.

In our comfies.

We have snuggled.

We have played.

We have made bread.

 The dough is now snuggled up in the boiler cupboard and hopefully doubling in size.

We have pulled out the rainy day activities, train set, moon sand, play dough.

I love watching the raindrops racing each other down the window panes.

Always in such a hurry.

It somehow reminds me of rainy days sitting in Primary School, in the warmth.

I can almost smell the school smell, plasticine, pencils, dusty books.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Soon we will have to wrap up in our waterproofs and venture out to Nursery.

I am looking forward to an afternoon of sewing.

It's probably not appropriate to listen to Christmas music as I sew. Is it?

Maybe I'll put The Holiday on.

It's only a little bit Christmassy.

I have lost my bread recipe, I think the bread we made is a bit of a fail.

But it was never really about the bread.

It was about working together with my best girl.

Remember, we have nowhere to be this morning.

No destination.

It was all about the journey.