Anabel is 2!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday precious girl all the love in the world from Grandad & Grandma +Uncle Tom and Uncle Jem. Hope its a great day and can't wait to see you tonight.

Happy Birthday

Our precious little grandaughter Anabel is turning 2 on Wednesday. Happy Birthday beautiful girl. She is a great little kid and Kasey and Jeremy have done an amazing job with her . She is loving and funny and talks non stop. Nursery rhymes and songs are her latest thing and we often have to sing on the phone to her even Grandad. She has all her uncles right where she wants them so she is pretty smart. Still hard to beleive she is 2 though can't wait to see you on Wednesday little girl.

Just one more hurdle

Well we are almost there Noel is going to the building inspection of the new house tomorrow and hopefully all will go well .It's the last hurdle we have to get over but short of it being termite ridden we are going to have it. Finance is all sorted valuation went well .After the building inspection the long wait for the contract to end begins. Hopefully the tennant will have found another place by then and we can move otherwise we are stuck here until after the 16th April (I'll probably cry) . After waiting so long to be able to do this we just want to move in and get on with it.
This has been a dream for us forever. When the kids were small we couldn't do it (too many kids and only one wage the bank said) WHAT is with that. We know how blessed we have been we have 5 amazing kids and I'm glad I stayed home with them and would not have traded our lives for the world................................
So now to a new phase and new worries but it will be worth it in the end.

Goodbye to Polly

It was with sad hearts that we farewelled our faithful dog Polly this morning . Poor girl has been sinking in the last few days but this morning she came in on her rug inside took a few deep breaths and passed away. We are not exactly sure how old she was but we got her when she was 6 when Jem was 2 or 3 he is now nearly 14 so she was a pretty fair age and at least she had no pain. She was renowned for talking to us if we said anything to her she always talked back especially if she wasn't getting all the attention. We will miss her heaps as well as Buffy who has always been with her and Missy who loved to annoy her. Now we worry about Buff who is only 2 years younger and was Pollys pup who is starting to show her age too. Bye little friend.

Houses

Gosh just looked at the date and realised haven't posted anything here for ages.Well what a busy start to the year . Settling in nicely at work now and in to a bit of a rhythm getting to know new kids and new names and am happy to say that things are working out fine. Kasey,Jeremy,Nat and Anabel moved to a new house thank goodness we were worried that the old one would cave in on them (termites) so they are in a nice place now at Carindale.
Tom and Luke are no longer going to do Qld Youth Orchestra so now instead we go on Wed nights to Windsor Brass which they love so hump day is really that now most weeks we get home at 11.00 or later oh well.
The upside is that I get to spend my time at Kases hanging out with Anabel and the gang. She is in to nursery rhymes and songs these days so she loves it if you sing to her and with her and she is loving her new house with a big verandah to play on.
The biggest news is that we have been house hunting . We have to move from here by the 18th of May so we decided to try and buy and at least it would be ours. We have looked at lots and lots of houses some better than others and finally found one that we love and has everything that we want of course there is lots of work to be done inside(mostly cosmetic) but we plan to be there for a very long time. We signed the contracts yesterday so now as long as the bank comes to the party we will be moving in about 5 weeks. Got it for 12000 less than the asking price and for a house in that range (and god knows we've seen a few ) its huge weatherboard covered in fantastic plastic(siding so no painting) 4 bed massive kitchen seperate dining and we will make it ours as we go along a room at a time. Fingers and toes crossed!!!!!!!!