Hi every one, i know it's been a while, (quite a while actually!) i suppose you could say we have been kind of busy with life in general, we went to New Zealand in Feb, and met Maddie, for the first time, that was awesome, we sold the little Ford Laser we had in Aug, and bought a Nissan nomad 8 seat-er, had some renovations done in June and also went to the p!nk concert, We are having another baby, due around the 21st of May next year, (that will make number 11) and we got another dog, kelpie named Rasta, the cat had an accident and it cost nine hundred dollars to have its leg amputated so he would be able to survive, we also bought a piano (although no-one can play it!) it does however, make a good place to stack the folded washing! during the renovations, the dishwasher, clothes dryer and washing machine all mysteriously broke down and had to be replaced, (it was later discovered that the builders were instrumental in blowing up the dishwasher, by turning the water off whilst it was trying to complete its cycle, the washer and dryer remains a mystery!) We celebrated our second wedding anniversary with friends and family, we have both got a few more tattoos, but we still don't have a bedroom, we are however, negotiating an extension to the house so may have our own room one day! The kids are all doing OK at school, Ryleigh is due to start kinda next year and Logan will be starting school, all the kids are excited to be meeting Maddie, who will be coming over to Australia at Christmas, (if we can get enough money together for the airfares!)  Lace is baby sitting for a lady in the neighborhood, working  four nights a week and getting paid so she is happy about that, the lawnmower broke down but the grass keeps growing! all in all we are enjoying things in spite of many and varied setbacks along the way:)  have a nice day☺ Ian 

i have learned that  you should never try to get the kids ready for school in your pj's, guaranteed you will be caught out,

late night thirst in children is contagious, if one wants a drink of water you can bet they all will,

and that children will wake up at the slightest noise between the hours of 9pm and 7 am, after seven am you can let a bomb off in the room and they wont even stir,(unless its Saturday or Sunday)

as Murphy once said "if it can go wrong it will" and in our case probably already has!

and finaly, to all and sundry, Have a nice day!

Ian:)

being as i cant get the FCKeditor to upload to my photos i have blogged these photos instead. :)

Five weeks!! things are very hectic and we are flat out, trying to make sure its all going to come together for us on the 29th. we have the cake coming from Cheine's Mum and also the food for the reception, as she does catering for a living, and my brother has a Holden statesman lined up for the flower girls, we will use our own Holden kings-wood for the bridal car(there is not a more beautiful vehicle in the world!) Cherine has eBay-ed the boys suits and her shoes, and got them for a song i might add,  she also whipped up some excellent invitations with the help of good old Microsoft publisher,and they look great!  we have silk  flowers that are coming from eBay, and  our dear friend, Lyn, is providing the use of her lovely garden at no charge, and a friend of mine who is a photographer, is doing the photo's as a wedding gift,  Cherines sister is a beautician and has offered to do all the hair make-up and nails etc for the flower girls and bride, we decided on a reception at home in our back yard, so i have been busy landscaping and cleaning the yard, plus putting in extra lights and speakers out side, we have a file sharing type programme on the PC that lets us download music, so we have that covered, Cherines brother is a professional DJ and has done weddings and disco's etc... so he will provide the entertainment, unfortunately the AFL grand final is being played the same weekend as our wedding(how dare they!!) so we have hit a snag with getting some important family members here as the air fares are quite high in line with the grand final, but we are trying to gather up a collection of frequent fly-er points from all the relies around that are not  going to use them and try and make the flights cheaper,, (if any one knows of cheap flights from Perth orCoolangatta to Melb, please let us know as we need all the help we can get!) whew this is wearing me out!! still, I can hardly wait, roll on the 29th, i wanna be married!!!

Ian & Cherine