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My beautiful second daughter celebrated her 17th birthday this week.

Our family is blessed to have such a sweet and loving sister and daughter.

  

This girl!  So funny, so loving, with a crazy sense of humour and a kind, thoughtful nature. An amazing and inspirational dancer, and devoted little sister. Not the most motivated when it comes to school work, driving lessons or deadlines, but with a smile that lights up her face and my life. Love this girl xx

31 Moments In January

1. Celebrating New Year

2. Having fun with  cousins in and out of the pool

3. #mybrother#security

4. Feeling proud of what my niece created with her Christmas present

5. Laying a beautiful lady to rest

6. Watching the Soceroos play Oman in Sydney @ The Asian Cup and getting hooked on the game.

 7. Doing the fan thing

8. Sharing the fun with friends

9. Awesome Harbour Cruise

 10. Panoramic view from the Boat

 11. Amazing dinner

12.Walking under the bridge and vowing to watch Playing Beatie Bow (after hooking up the old VCR)

13. Wondering why Sydney is the city of  high stools, which are not ideal for short people  with a knee issue

 14. Breakfast at a french Boulangerie in the city

 15. Swimming in the roof-top pool = bliss

16. Listening to Endless Love (which friends sang at our Wedding) and celebrating 22 years of marriage. 

 17. When cake has a face

18. Preparing for early Childhood Teacher Validation to Exemplary Standard (cute stationery helps)

19. Ghostly display in the op-shop window  (searching for golf-themed attire)

 20. Rainy, rainy  Queensland

 21. Attending a fun, family, Golf-themed party 

 22. Loving my cute golfer girls (in op-shop attire)

23. Enjoying the World's greatest cup-cakes

24. Giggling at the pictures of Chris and Lee #PubertyBlues!

25.  Glad to be home

26. Delighting in the gorgeous Noro yarn purchased in Sydney @ Morris and Sons

 27. Using up the left over yarn on the flight home from Brisbane
  

28. Admiring my new Mid-century style lamp

29. Watching the Socceroos at home with mates. What an awesome match it was. Even more hooked.

30. Food to sooth the nerves after regulation time.

31. Returning to work with my adorable new lunchbox.

It has been a huge month, and despite my best intentions and blog posts written in my head, I thought it best to wrap it all up in one and move onto February. 

Goodbye

I am finding it hard to write the words, to actually accept that she has gone. My dear mother-in-law, pictured  with her first great grandchild, only a few weeks ago, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, surrounded by her loving family. Even knowing this day would soon come, it is never easy when the moment  arrives to say a final good bye. 

Gone — flitted away,

Taken the stars from the night and the sun

From the day!

Gone, and a cloud in my heart.

~Alfred Tennyson

Twenty

My first born turns 20 today. WOW!

It seems impossible to imagine that my funny, cheeky  little girl is now an independent young woman, ready to embark on her career in the travel industry with an exciting new job.

A Christmasy Collection

 

 

It's all about the food, the home, the family, the friends, the stories and the love xx