day eighty-two | 2011
Willow made her First Reconciliation (1st confession) today… I was in hospital in Melb and couldn't make it… lucky dad (and my camera) were there!
He snapped this from the hip after the priest gave him the 'no photos' shake of the head… that's my boy – I trained him well!! lol!
day eighty-one | 2011
The day of my 'Bilateral Compartment Release' is here… the doctor has been in and marked my legs… I was half expecting a dotted line with 'cut here'! lol!
day seventy-nine | 2011
One of my favourite things about having my ranga back … HE drove home from Yass!
day seventy-seven | 2011
Our ranga has returned… and balance chaos is restored! (at least for the next few weeks)
day seventy-six | 2011
Jaimi's new cut and colour… can you guess why she chose red and white foils?… I'll give you a hint – footy season starts next week!!
♫ Cheer, cheer the read and the white…♫
day seventy-four | 2011
My gorgeous model, Zoe… in my new favourite place to take photos!
day seventy-three | 2011
Xan practically begged me to take her and Maddie to the pool this arvo… her winning argument? – "you can bring your camera and take photos of us!"… she sure knows my Achilles heel! LOL!
day seventy-one | 2011
Xan has her friend, Maddie, sleeping over tonight… theses two are like twins – so alike in so many ways… in Maddie, Xan has finally met her energetic match! Who knew that was possible!!?
day seventy | 2011
School athletics today… I was able to get there in time to see Xan run, and win her 200m race… she makes it look so easy… all up she got two 1st (800m and 200m), one 2nd (100m relay) and two 3rd (100m and hurdles).
Darci got a 2nd (discus) and a 3rd (shot-put)… and Willow did really well in her hurdles, shot-put, long-jump and 100m… I am just proud of all my girls!
day sixty-nine | 2011
Xanthia… pulled the apple out of her mouth just long enough for me to take a photo!
day sixty-seven | 2011
Summer was over 8 days ago… yet here they are, in shorts and bikini tops, spraying on insect repellent with a big, hot, panting dog at their feet!
day sixty-six | 2011
Darci and Maddie heading the the school social… yep, that's right – they went out in public dressed like this!
I'M BATMAN!
day sixty-five | 2011
Xan invited me outside to her 'restaurant'… I had a choice of carrots, lettuce and water… and Cleo was my dinner date <3
day sixty-four | 2011
More Mardi Gras… have you ever seen Dorothy, the Tinman, the Scarecrow and the Lion look like this?! So awesome!!
my first mardi gras…
Over the weekend, I flew to Sydney to visit my husband, who is living up there for work for the year… a nice romantic break before he comes home for a week at the end of the month (and I have to share him with the five other women in his life!)… as it was Mardi Gras weekend, he arranged for us to go… it's not really his scene (my country boy) but he knew I would love it (what a man ♥)… and I did! Sydney sure knows how to throw a party!
day sixty-one | 2011
Jaimi… she likes to read outside… she alternates between the day-bed in the shade, and a chair she has placed in the full sun… today's choice of reading material was a non-fiction book about the Sydney Swans ♥
day fifty-eight | 2011
Darci has just come home form a weekend at her friends house… I'm pretty sure you could count the hours sleep she had on one hand… but she still rallied for me to get a could of shots! Thanks Darci ♥
day fifty-five | 2011
Willow swam at her school swimming carnival on Monday and came first in the 25m freestyle!! This qualified her for today's 'District ' swimming carnival as part of the 25m freestyle relay team… I arrived just in time to see Willow swim her leg and for the team to take out 3rd place!! I am so proud of you Widget!! ♥
day fifty-four | 2011
I think Cleo was actually a mouse in a previous life… she will do anything for a piece of cheese!!
my photo today was inspired by this gorgeous shot of another real sized dog! http://www.flickr.com/photos/poppysmiles/5467061770/
day fifty-two | 2011
Today I had to take my car out of town for its 30k service… I spent the time it took, wandering the streets and taking in a movie (Hereafter, with Matt Damon – highly recommend!!)… then, when I returned to collect my car – these were waiting for me… 'some guy' had rung a local florist and then the service centre to arrange for them to be in my car when I came back…
Thank you 'some guy' ♥♥♥
day fifty-one | 2011
We had a Family Day at Puckapunyal today… Xanthia and Willow kept this poor rugby guy standing there for over half an hour… they'd run and knock down the bag – and he would pick it up again… over and over and over… he looked somewhat relieved when I finally told them that they were done!!
day forty-nine | 2011
Tonight my mum, Zoe, Darci and I went and saw 'Looking Trough a Glass Onion' at Bendigo's Capital Theatre… John Waters was incredible and the show was amazing! Highly recommend!
day forty-seven | 2011
Xan and Willow… making the most of our quiet street and tonight's lovely balmy weather.
day forty-six | 2011
Age… is just a number!
Like my father always says… birthdays are good for you – the more you have, the longer you live!!
day forty-four | 2011
The four youngest grandkids playing in Mazz and Pa's awesome cubby-house!
day forty-three | 2011
My aunt, Sue, and me… celebrating our birthdays together, with the family… photo by Xan ♥
Sue is off to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania next weekend… sooo exciting!!
day forty-two | 2011
I was dropping Zoe, and her friend, Sherry off at the movies… I only had about 5 minutes to take some photos of them before they disappeared into the theatre!… just check out Sherry's boots! How awesome are they?!
day forty-one | 2011
My giggly Willow… I just wanted a smile with her eyes open… but she couldn't stop laughing! What could I do, but go with the flow!
day forty | 2011
How gorgeous are Xan's eyes?? She must get that from her mother! ;oP
Who am I kidding – I'm pretty sure there is not one scrap of my DNA in there! She is Russ' clone!
day thirty-eight | 2011
Willow had the trampoline all to herself! WooHoo!
… about 30 seconds after this shot was taken… Xan was up there too! Oh well, it was good while it lasted!
day thirty-seven | 2011
Saying goodbye – again.
The goodbye's make me wonder if the visit is worth it?… you just settle into the loneliness of separation, only for the pain to start all over again.
Thought about it… It. IS. Worth. It
… counting down to the next time – 40 sleeps to go ♥
day thirty-six | 2011
to quote Russ' speech on the night… "To do ANYTHING for 50 years is pretty amazing… to be MARRIED for 50 years is spectacular". Congratulations to my wonderful parents-in-law, Brian and Wilma Bingley ♥
day thirty-five | 2011
she should have been asleep two hours ago… but how can I be cross at that face?
day thirty-four | 2011
At Darci's insistence, we recently moved Willow out of the room she shared with Xan, and into Darci's room… so that she could 'fix' Willow's slum-dog cleaning habits (or lack there of)… I have to say, so far, it has been a huge success – for me, anyway!
Both bedrooms are now spotless all the time, thanks to Darci's OCD… but I do think she sometimes questions her sanity from the day the she made the swap! LOL!