getting closer to christmas

December also saw the school swim carnival and both boys did there part. Jarryd has this great team spirit and has a go at it all even if he comes last the team stillgets points for his participation, gets that from me LOL.

Jarryd even made it to the inter school sports as this year some smart teacher realised that his times were really good for his age as he is in a year below most of the kids his age due to coming to the country at 5 1/2 yrs. I just love his spirit of giving it all a go.

Jumbo had a better time on the side inlines playing with his best mate, and getting ribbons was just a bonus. If Jarryd tells him its a good thing to do then he does it. Just lucky he does it well cheeky little fellow doesn't realise he has talent.

Christmas recital

Jarryd did his own hair and was getting pretty excited to be playing for lot of people no shy bunny this son









come december so much happens with the end of the school year and the long awaited recital of the year. Jarryd played Trumpet and Piano this year and in the concert he played Trumpet. It was a big show and he just loved it. Nana & Pa were lucky tht they could turn their hearing aides down as we had front row seats and the sound went straight through. All apart of lives little lessons next time we will sit at the back !









He could see us but we couldn't see him




















Even mum put on the glad rags for the occasion,

Jarryd turns 11

Well my big boy is growing so fast you turn around and the face no longer has that baby boy look but that Mum can I move the car for you face. Yes at the grand old age of 11 he drives both cars around the paddock and up and down the drive when ever he can.

Even helping in the garden towing the trailer becomes fun when you are practising driving. LOL Jumbo thinks it pretty good too he just wishes that his leg will grow soon so he can touch the pedals.

thought I had better back track abit as months have gone by since I posted.

October saw a great girls long long week end in Bangkok with the cheapest fare being $150 return to melb. Go Robyn. What we saved on airfares we spent in our shopping fenzy lol

Five of us went and when one of the girls thought we should do something cultural we all laughed saying isn't shopping a cultural event. however we did take ourselves to the Siam Sirikit which was great then went back shopping.

Apart from the shopping we averaged a foot massage per day with one gentle thai massage. All agreed it should be a yearly event.

the above pic is Robyn (my bridesmaid form Victoria) And Pauline a friend from Brisbane the others must have been taking the pics, or shopping

No here they are scaring the daylights out of me as I have big trouble handling heights and was talked into going out on the 83rd floor revolving platform Yiikes.

Back from thailand

This is the our place we are selling, we have not had rain for so long except where I have watering systems for the trees the ground has cracks wide enough to break a leg in.

Well I (Sue) am back from Thailand and the big shopping trip with the girl friends, WOW what a wonderful time. Definately do that again. LOL but dont think I had better do it when the fire season is on. Poor Col had 3 weeks of forest fires and 2 feisty boys that wanted his attention as mum wasn't there.

I got a great deal on PSP's at MBK and so the boys have been doing heaps of chores so that they earn time on the games.
So when they can this is there favorite position. They actually play really well together with these games much better then on others.

With Colin so busy while I was away Nana even got flowers for a big thanks for looking after the boys on short notice, which was just stopping the fire car out the front of Nana & Pa's house and telling the boys to "go inside and tell Nana Dad will be back some time tonight to get us". One of our friends had just been in a Fire truck that had a tree fall on it, and we are thankfull that he made it out with all limbs intact.

We have put our house on the market and are hoping to move to our dream house up the road if a kind person would will bu this house before the other gets sold again, then Colin promises me we will stay here at least another 10yrs yippee. Seeing we have had 17 houses in 23yrs of marriage I am starting to want to see the trees grow and reap the fruit that we plant in each house.

This is the dream house we are looking at buying when we sell our other house, so loking forward to the swimming pool. Jarryd remembers the house from when it was available 2yrs ago when we missed out on buying it, and he has already decided on his room. We haven't taken the boys to see it as I don't want them to get disappointed if we miss out on it again.

I try not to think about selling the house as if we don't get a sale before the other does then we are staying here and all will be good if we put a pool in here too.

old pics

I was going through some old pics and found these from Jumbo's first trip down south to met the relatives. we visited old Nana at the nursing home and the boys were so sweet entertaining the other residents. It was the last time we saw Nana she passed on shortly after.

This was Jumbo pretending to be dead and needing the foot of life, he then would get up and run around and tell the residents it was ok he was alive now. !!

One old fellow got teary when we left and asked if we could come again.

The boys chose to wear their King shirts to liven up the place. I am sure we were the big event for the week.

this is 2 of our cousins Sean and Thomas, the kids had not meet Jumbo before and had only met Jarryd once but were quickly old buddies

He was such little bundle of fun and laughter and still is just harder to catch and throw around

New Member of the Family

The boys and I went shopping with Nana today to buy the boys a bantam rooster, but came home with a surprise fathers day present for Pa.

Well the boys think that he is theirs too of course.

Mum had been looking for a Bichon cross with a Shitzu for ages so it we great.

Although Pa got naming rights and called him Jim Jim,

then Jumbo informed him that it should be

Little Jim Jim PA!

It is only 8 weeks old and the boys hardly put it down.

While I was out getting Colin his fathers day gift

for the boys, apparently all 3 where that worn out that they needed to have a doggy nap in the laundry.

I felt like the big bad mum having to wake them and drag them home to go out for tea.

When we got back to our house the boys insisted that I ring to check on Jim Jim in case he missed them too much , I had to reassure them that we would see him tomorrow for Fathers day.