Wow I can't believe that in 2 weeks the kids will be back at school, where did time go, its over before it even started!!  It has been a busy couple of weeks for us, I had my nephew up from Cessnock, he spent a week with us, I think it was rather an eye opener for him being around 9 kids all the time.  Jesse enjoyed having someone his age here, they spent alot of the time at the beach, movies and the mall!! probably looking at the girls more than the shops (lol).  My Uncle departed for NZ on the 7th, the kids miss him, lucky I took him to the airport and went with him inside the terminal, as he would have gotten lost.  He does pretty well for a sprightly 75 year old, I hope I am as adventurous as him at that age   We had a lovely farewell lunch for him on the Sunday, with my brother and his family, my cousin Dan & his family, another Uncle and some friends who were over from NZ, all in all our house was chocka block.  A great time had by all.  At the moment I have been working on my latest hobby which is my family tree, I have started my site, on a heritage, site and I must say it is awesome, putting in all the info I have collected over time, and so far I have had 4 emails, all from different people around the world, and guess what we are all related!! how awesome.  They are helping me fill in more information, on relatives, I never knew existed.  It is time consuming, but very very worthwhile, I would encourage anyone to do it, it is amazing!!  It has always been one of my goals to do our family tree and as I see it growing, it amazes me.  My kids are like Mum you are a bit of a nerd (lol) this coming from the 2 teenagers, I know when the get older, they will appreciate it!!

Miss T, turned 4 on the 7th of this month aswell, we had a lovely, noisy party for her at home, then went up the park and played all day, having cartwheel races, handstand competions, obstacle course and running races, loads of fun was had by all.  We met a lovely little boy there, who couldn't get over the fact that there was 9 kids in our family, he was an only child, anyway he enjoyed joining in all our games, and we have made a playdate to see him again at the park (weather permitting).  Well hope everyone is having an awesome time during the school holidays, heres to an awesome 2008 on Mint