Janai's Graduation

A very big thank you to Carmen for being there with Janai and for Janai tonight while I'm up in Cairns but nonetheless I am so very very proud of all she has achieved while being in my care and attending BMPS. My prayer is that she continues to grow in knowledge and to achieve anything she puts her mind to! It goes without saying how truely astounding this girl is! I'm behind you all the way Janai. Well done gorgeous girl...

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Nevaehs First Camp

So you may have seen me post this photo on my social media pages today asking who in our family went on camp this morning. The answer was Nevaeh! This is Nevaehs very first camp and first night away from both Mum and/or Dad. Packing her bag last night with her she double checked to make sure she had everything off her list and gave two ticks to each item! She was so excited but this morning she was full of nerves. "Mum, I have...

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Justine's 6th Birthday

Justine has just celebrated her 6th birthday and her 3rd birthday with us. Celebrating Justine today was truly a treasure. It doesn't take much to make her smile as we have found that her love language is "new things" and of course, on our birthdays we get new things so she was the happiest girl in the world. For her birthday she received a toy box which was filled with toys for her birthday. Not just a few toys but a lot of neat new...

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Save 10,000, Get my Drivers Licence and Own a Car

So this blog post has taken me a long time to write but I accomplished 3 things from my bucket list back in February this year! While I was booking countless driving lessons with my driving instructor Sarah, I was also putting money away to save for a car. As my confidence behind the wheel grew, so did my bank account. I was budgeting and at the time the kids weren't involved in sports or extracurricular activities after school so saving...

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Mums Passing

This year has been the worst year in my life. In February my mother passed away from a drug overdose in her unit in Carlton, Victoria. I was notified by police the day after she was found. During this time, my family and my sister didn't involve me and my brother in the plans for her funeral and when my mothers cousin notified us both that Mum was to be cremated my brother and I were so angry. We could never agree to that knowing...

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Max had Surgery

Yes, you heard correctly. Our 10 month old beautiful labrador had surgery.Seeing Max off his food, looking very uncomfortable and totally not himself was such a hard thing to see. After 2 days of him acting really strange I took him to the local vet. I took him to after hours and was seen at around 2am early one Monday morning. In the 10 minutes I was there he was given two needles: one anti-nausia and one pain relief and costing me $285....

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Remember Forever {Phillip Island}

These past school holidays were the best!We were invited by Carmen and family to join them at Phillip Island and boy did we have a blast!If you have been following me on Facebook or Instagram than you would have already seen some of these photos but this is one family vacay, but with us all enjoying everything Phillip Island has to offer, I just have to document here on the blog!Day 1 We settled into the holiday house.Kids played...

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