Happy New Year

Wishing all our family and friends the most amazing New Year . Hoping that its happy and that all your dreams come true . Bring it on !!!!!!
Sadly the new Year is not going to be so good for everyone with all the flooding in Queensland there are some that don't even have a home to go to .Over 80% of the state is flooded . Kase told me yesterday that a friend has lost everything after just having a new bub the water is up to the ceiling in thier house so we will spare a thought for those that have been affected and the people that are working so hard to help them all. amazing that one side of australia is in the middle of a heat wave and we have more rain than we know what to do with .
We are getting ready for our second round of chrissy with Kase Jeremy Anabel and Ollie today haven't seen them for christmas so the meat is cooking prezzies are wrapped and everything else is pretty much done . Nats coming as well so there will be a houseful. Can't wait.

Rain Rain Rain

Well totally over the rain everything is just sooooo wet . Kasey and Jeremy and the kids arrived home safely today from Woodgate but not so for Laureena they were evacuated from Jericho on christmas eve as the town was inundated they finally got back there yesterday afternoon late to get their stuff and get out again but getting home has been a challenge they manged to make it to Warwick before they were cut off again holed up there for a few hours for the water to go down and made it to aratula before they were trapped again so a lot of backtracking and last were heard of around 30 kms or so from Ipswich so all up an 800km trip has taken them almost 1200 kms . if they can make it back to Ipswich tonight they will hole up there and try to get to Brisbane tomorrow .Stay safe Laureena . With more rain forcast its not going to be easy . Troy and Renee in Roma are also cut of with a river on either side expected to peak tonight they were trying to evacuate parts of Roma tonight . I know that they were up at 3.30 this morning moving stuff to higher ground but were expecting another 5 inches of rain so hopefully they will be ok too. Beaudesert has been cut off a couple of times in the last couple of days thankfully for now it has stopped raining but more is expected and everything is totally waterlogged.
Noels mum is still not well and pointless taking her to the hospital as there are no doctors on at the moment so I guess we will just ride it out with her and she doesn't want to go back anyhow .
Had a great christmas with our 4 boys they don't all get together at home very often so it was loud and being the only female i coped the usual stirring from all of them . missed having the grandkids home but hopefully this weather will settle and they can get here on Saturday and we will celebrate Xmas new year then can't wait .
Anabel told us on christmas day that Santa found her there and bought her EVERTHING so cute
me I am still battling along with my crocheting and am almost there so hopefully will be finished should be doing heaps more but this weather makes you lazy you can't get outside .Did finally get a chance to play with our die cutter awesome and gifted all the things I made to my neice Car so now if it keeps raining I might just pull it out and play again .

Christmas Eve

Well here we go another christmas almost here
To our family and friends I wish you the best christmas filled with with love and laughter ........if you are on the roads please travel safe with more rain predicted its going to get even wetter .
Its going to be an odd christmas with just us and the 4 boys Kasey and Jeremy and the grandkids are away having chrissy with Jeremys family . Lukes partner Laureena is also away and her return may be delayed because of the flooding . Stay safe Laureena catch you when you get back .
Noels mum is home from hospital and doing well but not totally on top of the infection yet so today was spent cooking our christmas food and her christmas food had a real production line going but all done .... the pressys are wrapped not yet under the tree but wrapped ........
Had visits from Di and Daryl and the kids and Kenny and Michelle and John and Mia .
The boys all worked the xmas eve frenzy but are now all home Nat and Luke will be here tomorrow be careful boys.
Have a Very Merry Christmas CHEERS !!!!!

December

Well december is almost done and the jolly man in the red suit will be here any day ........ Its going to be a quiet christmas here this year........well for our house .......sad NO grandkids this year but I hope they are going to have an amazing time on their holiday at Woodgate....so just us and the boys laureena is off to Jericho to spend time with her family as Luke has to work .... I just can't get into it this year have achieved not much and really don't have a desire to do it .....
Noels mum has been hospitalised for the second time in less than a month so she may not be home either ..they still don't know what it is we do know that she has Salmonela but what else who knows waiting for the results from today to get back ...
Had a water leak under the sink gross luckily Noel was able to fix it but my cupboards are warped and will have to stay that way am not fixing this kitchen when in a couple of years hopefully I can get a new one ......car troubles again but noel's brother Ken to the rescue with parts and Noel put them in so it now stops when you want it to and is not so noisy which is awesome ..........
Have to finish the xmas shopping ..... we really are scaling back this year its all soooooo expensive just put an on line order in for Laureena so hopeful that it will arrive intime and pick up a few bits for Maddie and Cass and finish the washers I am crocheting (yes Me ) I usually get Noels mum to do them for me but obviously its a no go this year ...I do know how to just rusty and not her quality but oh well handmade with love abeilt dodgy nah they look ok and crochet hairbands mother of invention am making them myself they look great made Anabel some and she loves them ......
Oliver has his beautiful curls cut off but they are just getting so long but they will grow back Kase says he looks like a little man now . Jenny lent me Cars old baby cupboard so am pleased to say that all my scrapbook stuff is now packed away in my little room and not in the middle of my dining room
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a mega lawn mowing day with the weather the way it has been it could be the only fine one for the rest of the week finger and toes.
and wrapping I haven't started yet but thankfully don't have mountains this year so it shouldn't take too long .
Big excitment on Tuesday night last week Luke has graduated from uni and is now holds a bachelor of music just 1 more year and he gets his graduate degree in education and he is done he thinks he may go back and do his masters in music but that wont be anytime soon.... Congrats Luke very proud of you .....