Wednesday, August 20, 2008

What a year it has been for celebrations....

It has been an amazing year for us this year.. we started the year off with my baby sis getting married. Since then our eldest has celebrated her 21st, then one son celebrated his 16th and got his L plates, then a month later his brother celebrated his 18th.. and we have our granddaughter celebrating her 1st birthday in about 6 weeks.. and the only party we have to hold is going to be our granddaughter's 1st birthday party.......phew...... not sure how we did it but we did......lol all the others chose to go out for a family meal instead of a party...
this is Josh at his 18th birthday celebration tea after we surprised him with a cake.... i had promised him we wouldn't embarass him with a cake.... well what can I say... payback..... hehehe
A fortnight after this he got his driver's licence and has since moved home again......
Our house now looks like a furniture shop....... no room to move between all the furniture... well that is what furniture shops are like around here...... it is amazing what someone can accumulate in 6 months...... he was lucky and had a former teacher give him half a household of furniture....
we now have 4 queen beds in our 4 bedroom house....... 2 are still in pieces on the verandah..lol a double bed and 3 single beds...... and a click clack couch in my office so Josh has somewhere to sleep.. we have 5 tvs, not all are hooked up but no more fighting about who is watching what channel........ yeah right.......hehehe 3 lounge suites.... one is in storage in my garage which is now totally full of all the other furniture from Josh including fridge, washing machine, kitchen table etc. etc.... I am slowly clearing the boxes of his stuff and either repacking and storing in the attic or cleaning and putting away in cupboards... but I will add it is really nice to have him home again.. he is saving me a trip to Warrnambool each week as he can now pick up his brother and bring him home after tafe and heaven knows that extra day gives me more time......just not enough time for crafting just yet........
Brady plays off in the Grand Final of his junior football this weekend..... this will be the last time we have junior footy after 6 years of it........ Josh and Lauren finish the last round of their respective football and netball this weekend, may have only one week of finals with both... then it is all finished for the year... next year hopefully we will have them all playing in the one place for the one club and on the same day... won't know what to do with myself then........ yeah right....... never had them all playing on the same day in the same place before....
We have begun our fortnightly trips to Melbourne on Fridays now with Lauren. She has been selected in the State Under 15s girls Spirit Vic Cricket squad......so off we head every second Friday down to Melbourne........not sure for how long this will be for but will be for the next few months....
our other lot of news is that I will become an aunty again 3 times over later this year...lol.. all 3 of my younger sisters are all expecting babies........ they are all due 8 weeks apart I think, first one due in November, next December 25th and then next in January - early February......better get busy and do some things for them........me thinks...

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