HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

May you all find joy and happiness in everything you do!

I've been rather slack this year, and thanks Mel for reminding me to update in here... Life has been really hectic the last 6 months with starting work for a design company 3 days and still continuing on the side with my business for friends, family and my existing clients. Of course I took on another couple of jobs, which made for an even busier schedule. Coming up to Christmas is always a busy time in the design realm, so it has been nice to finally stop, relax and get stuck into some quality family time. The kids have really loved being home and getting out and about with both of us, however Al has had to go into work quite a few times over his so-called break. It really hasn't been too bad though.

We've been camping, visited the rellies in Brisbane and Kingaroy over Christmas, enjoyed having friends around for New Years' celebrations, fishing with Al's parents and of course building the below-mentioned cubby :) The kids have had a ball. Maybe we'll get to relax in the next few days :)

Here are some pics of the kids first fishing trip with Grandma & Grandpa!

A lovely day was had by all...

My Mother-in-law & I decided that since the boys were away, we'd shout ourselves to a lovely breakfast at Sizzler with the kids... so off we went at 8am this morning. What we didn't realise, was that every man and their dog had the same idea! We waited in the line patiently for around 3/4 hour, and the kids were surprisingly very well behaved, considering they hadn't eaten anything since waking up about 2 hrs earlier. We had a great time and the kids had a ball, eating ice cream, smarties and jelly beans for breakfast! I think we'll be back for a lunch soon (and hopefully without the line-ups).

Al left for Gympie karting early this morning, and will hopefully be home before the kids go to bed. They really miss him when he's away. We celebrated Mothers' Day yesterday, with a lovely cooked breakfast and take-away Thai for dinner.