Busy weekend

WoW! Im glad its a long weekend because I still think I need a day to recover. Friday night Jasmine had a sleepover for her birthday which is tomorrow. We had 10 teenage girls staying over which were rather good really. They eventually went to sleep at around 1am. They all stayed till about 3pm Saturday afternoon, I went to have a snooze at about 2pm and when I woke up we were down to 1 girl! WooHoo!
I took Xaviour to soccer which was fun he had a ball but h was completely buggered by the end af the day :o)
I completed my first lesson for Primary today the kids were really kind and let me bumble my way through I think having lollies for them at the end of the lesson helped alot :o)
Allen finally got me a copy of the movie "JUNO" to watch and Jasmine and I sat and did that this afternoon. For those of you that have not seen it go and see it! It was fantastic, very real, very different I loved it.
Allen is going to be busy building a fence to keep Gabriel in his garden tomorrow I'll take some pics when its done.

Fun and Games

Its Tuesday night what could possibly go wrong right? How about the male of the family locking my keys in my car? Thast right he locked them in the car! He claims that he didnt but he was the only one out there, the only one in the car. So obviously it must have been someone else ?!?

After spending 20 mins mucking around with screw drivers and pieces of coathanger I told him to just take the other car and get Jasmine who was waiting patiently at the chaple for someone to pick her up from young womens.

He got cross at Jasmine for now taking her phone with her as I tried to call to say he was now running late (re keys issue) but she didnt have it with her. He then got back and spent anoth hour trying to get into the car with no success so after sending his helper (Xaviour) to bed he did what all men do when things done open .... try to bash your way in! Thats right he spent another hour smashing the lock of MY car trying retrieve keys that HE locked in there! I got cross at this point and asked him if he had thought about calling the mechanis that lives a few blocks away? No came the reply...GRRRRRR! He then called Tom who arrived and the 2 of them spent yet anoth 2 hours before finally getting the car to start (the keys were in the ignition) then getting the window down thus opening the car. He says he's going to replace the lock Damn Right! Im still fumming a little about it my back door lock is now foobared and I have no clue when this will get fixed Hmmmmm Not Happy Jan!

The moral of the story 1. have the spare key handy ( this time it was on the key chain with the other keys) 2. Dont bother trying to steal a Kia it takes too long!

Blessing day

Yesterday we had Niamh's blessing at church. Allen did a really good job with the blessing of his little girl. She looked so beautiful in her gown that I bought in Utah when we were visiting Jody. Dad and Robyn flew down for the weekend to see her blessed, we aslo had my Aunty and her partner come as well as lots of friends. I spent 2 days cooking for it and Robyn gave me a hand on Saturday making some food too :o)

We all had a great day and we sent Dad and Robyn home on their plane at 8pm last night.

Funny thief

Sometimes life is funnier than fiction. I just saw in the news tonight a guy who decided that he was going to rob a hotel in Sydney. He had the balaclava on and the gun ready in the tellers face when 50 bikies came running out of the pokies area chasing him out of the building! Man this guy was running for his life! Ive never laughed so hard! Go the bikies hehehehehehe!!!!!

We had some unexpected visitors on Saturday afternoon Bec and Una. They ended up staying for dinner and played heaps with Niamh and Gabriel. They have ben smart and listened to friends advice about holding off having a baby till after they had been married at least a year. I know that they are both looking forward to being parents Im just glad that they are waiting :o)

We decided to drop in and see my Aunty Judy who works at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in town. Im glad that we did as she thought that Niamh's blessing was next week .lol She had a hold and played with her a bit :o) I bought some balloons and plates etc for the blessing today. Im making the food tomorrow so its going to be a busy day! Dad and Robyn fly in at 10.30 so its going to be late for them but they'll be fine :o) I always love seeing my family down here. Im hoping that mum will come down again soon she hasnt seem the new house yet and Id like her to visit again.

Ive got

a busy week

I cant believe its been a week since I last wrote on the blog. All the days seem to be blending together, but I think thats what happens when your a busy mum. The kids have a day off school tomorrow as its Launceston Cup Day, Allen is not so lucky and has to go to work I dont understand why as all the stores wil be closed!
Niamh had another visit to the health nurse today she has now doubled her birth weight! Good girl! Shes going through a growth spurt right now and is drinking alot! I feed her 4 times in 2 hours before she went to bed tonight Ouch!
Gabriel tried to go for a walk Sunday avo out the front gate and down the road, he was being bought back up the driveway when Allen and Xaviour sprinted out the gate. It gave us all a scare its the first time he's done that, he usually just heads for Simones to play with the kids (like today). He really loves playing with Hallie and Sarra, and they love it too :o) I dont know what he'll do when they move away poor thing he'll be lost!
I payed for all my Ebay purchases today so Im looking forward to geting those in a few weeks :o)
Gabriel turns 2 in a few weeks and Jasmine turns 15 in a few days. Its a bsy month for birthdays with Gabriel born on dads birtday so I better get him something soon too. Jasmine is having a sleep over and Im kind hoping that only half the girls turn up as shes invited 8! AHHHH! We're aslo having a family party for her while dads here so she'll like that :o) We also have Niamh's blessing this Sunday so Im hoping that goes well. I know that Allen was stressed last time with Gabriels blessing and his mother didnt help any.... We wont have that problem this time as neither of them are coming, Allen asked his dad to come down for the blessing and help him but he said no :o( Ohh well their loss.

dinner with the Grahams

Last night we had the Graham family for dinner, it was fun having all the kids there :o) After dinner we taught them how to play the chocolate game, then they decided to play "spoons". The chocolate game is always fun but we put a 10 minute time limit on it as it starts to get wild after that. Spoons also gets crazy after a time, so that gets limits put on it also :o) All in all everyone had a great time. Next time we'll have to make it a lunch so the kids have more time to play :o)

I also got my shoes from my shoe party back in December I have apic here of 1 of the pairs I bought.

Niamh seems to be changing every day at the moment so Im trying to take lots of pictures of her here are some new ones ohh and of Gabriel who is such a ham!

Valentines day

Well yesterday was abig day for our house the kids went back to school for the year WOOHOO!!! and it was Valentines day a day for ALlen to redeem himself after the pressent he got me for my birthday didnt go down well. Practicle pressents are fine I dont have an issue with that but Please! Nana kneeling pads for the garden thats just asking for trouble!

He did go back to basics this year and got me a pair of pearl earings they are not what I would have choosen to buy but they are a 110% improvement :o) Ive always told him if your stuck for a pressent small and sparkliy works for me every time :o)

The kids went back to schhol and Jasmine being in year 9 and Xaviour on his last year of primary school in grade 6. They both were keen to go back after such a long break and seemed pleased with the day after they go home yesterday afternoon. I made them a treat of Chocolate Brownies when they got home. Ive been experimenting with different recipes I like this one I just need to get the timing right of when to take them out of the oven somewere between squishy and cake.. Still working on that.

I also ahd my first day at home with both the little kids without having one of the big kids to help me. Its nice to just hand Niamh to one of the big kids when she crying and you need to visit the loo. :o) The day went really well I got all my jobs done for the day and Niamh had a nice nap in the morning before her feed and another nap in the afternoon. Gabriel even slept for 2 hours which is unheard of! So I got a heap of stuff done while they were napping :o)

Jasmine is off to her first chior camp for the year tonight so it'll be a quiet weekend for us all :o) I think Allen has a project set to do this weekend I hope it involves mowing the lawn ;o)