A Rose Garden Kinda Day!

 

On Saturday afternoon David and I picked up his Daughter Bridgette and took her out for a few hours.

We took her to the Victorian Rose Garden in Werribee where she wandered around admiring all the different colours and scents of the roses capturing them on my phone as she went.

Throughout the day let her lead the way down and around the pathways and let her imagination run wild when talking about the different birds and insects she saw throughout the day.

We stopped in the middle of the park where we got some photos of Bridgette with her Daddy and where they could spend some one on one time together.

But it wasn’t too long before Bridgette had many questions for me about her Daddy and sharing little snippets of her life with her brothers.

She spoke about school, a boys, and called her Mum “precious” (which was so beautiful and validated) before asking more questions about Mummy and Daddy in which we answered the best we could for her. 

One of the hot topics of the day was Dogs! Bridgette spoke of her grandmother and the dog dynamics happening at her house. It sounds complicated over there!

Bridgette asked for a photo with me this time and also one of our hands in the shape of a heart.

She asked us to send that one to her Mummy so she could show her in which later that night we did!

We ended the day with a play at the park where we sailed the 7 seas, fought off sea monsters and played shops before going to collect shells on the beach. 

Bridgette said that sometimes her Mum tries to guess where she has been when spending time with us so she took a pocket full of shells and a flower home for clues to help Mum guess where she’d been!

One the way home we learned that Bridgette and her Dad also share a love of sour frozen drinks and skittles so we went past 7/11 before we dropped her home where she could take sour skittles home to share with her big brothers.

She was very excited!

It’s really beautiful to see David and his daughters bond and love and admiration for each other. 

We are already planning something for the next time we see her! 

Our beautiful blue eyed girl 💙

(The reason there are no photos of Bridgette with her Dad and I is because her mother has asked us to not post her face and we respecting her wishes. But we still want to document our special times together on here so that one day we can all look back on them together like I do now that my kids are all growing/grown up) 

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Nevaeh’s 17th

 Nevaeh ended her 17th birday eating birthday cake in bed!

Nevaeh's onlt two requests this year was to go out for dinner together to Back to Bacchus and to have a biscoff Cheesecake as her birthday cake.

With only $70 to get us through the next two weeks it was looking highly unlikely that I could fulfil her only two requests.

I asked 5 of my closest friends and 3 of them helped us make her birthday become a reality.

I would like to thank not only these three people but also Back to Bacchus for paying for all our meals on her birthday night! Truely a soulful at a time where many of us are stuggling week to week..

It was a cute little night out just the four of us just as she requested..

My girl is actually 17 years old! 

17 years of being a girl Mum!

Happy Birthday Mamas Girl <3

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An Afternoon of Art

 Last week I met with an elder in our community for a bit of Art Therapy.

After being diagnosed with Depression and Work Related Anxiety an Elder of our community invited me over and into their home for some Art therapy.

Together we spent the afternoon painting to the sounds of birds and her outdoor water feature.

So peaceful and so needed.

Very thankful for this time together..

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Nevaehs 17th

 Happy 17th Birthday Girrrrrl

Message from Mum:

17 today!! 17 doesn't mean 18 Nevaeh so don't even think about getting krunk!! Do have fun though! I love you so much, Mum xx

Old Photo:

To-do before your next Birthday:

Buy some Bath Bombs from The Scent Lab online

Watch Kath and Kim

Plant some seeds (and water them)

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Neel Kolhatkar + Betty's Burgers

 Its been a minute since my David organised for us a date and so when he told me not to make plans for a Saturday night I instantly got excited!

Saturday night came and I felt excited for a night on the toen just the two of us.

After a few snapshots together as we walked through China Town, My David took us into a German Pub down a side Alley and revealed that we would be seeing Neel Kolhatkar for the second last night of the 2026 Melbourne Comedy Festival.

We stuck around after the show for a photo with him!

Not in a hurry to go home, my David took us to Betty's Burgers.

I ordered a small cheeseburger meal while David ordered the classics, French Fries and a Coke!

It was very impromtu and special! 

Those are my fave kind of dates!

Thanks Babes for a really fun night out together and for my new fave pic of us:

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Melbourne Storm Members 2026

 Game Day with my Love:

It was a cold night in Melbourne..

We left 20 mins early due to getting an absolute flogging..

Beat the traffic home and spent the rest of the night watching Suits..

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Easter Eve 2026

 My David organised for us to go out to a church event happening in footscray on the Eve of Easter.

Promising food trucks, worship and fun Nevaeh and I were all in!

The event was massive, a small church with way too many people, a line the legnth of whole street and food running low we stayed for a few worship songs before leaving to fins food elsewhere.

We settled for Red Rooster out a derriment. 

A quite little restaurant right next door to a busy servo.

We were way overdressed but we were blessed with yummy food and time together.

A dinner together gifted to us by a beautiful family for Easter.

And the last photos taken on my daughter at 16yo!

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