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

We have booked the celebrant and set the date for 29th sept 2007,

A couple of nights ago Ian and I decided we were going to try and get married in about 6 weeks, during the school holidays.  We have been wanting to get married for quite some time and have decided we are going to do a rush job and surprise everyone.  OMG OMG!!!!  Can we do it? Have we given ourselves enough time?  HOPE SOOO!!!!  Any tips and pointers would be great.

On sunday got up wondering how the day was going to go. I (Cherine)  had a niece's 7th Birthday party to go to with my  4 kids (being Chloe, Hailey, Logan & Ryleigh). That's no worries except it was a pool party. In my mind I was going how in the world am I ever going to cope at the pool with 4 little ones even though I knew there would be lots of family there to give me a hand.

Well it was the first time ever I was able to get my children ready ahead of time. LOL!! Especially the girls. None of them have had much pool experience but they were very excited.

We arrived on time. (Now that's a first, I'm always late for everything. LOL) My dad came out to meet us. We all went in. Girls quickly removed clothes to reveal bathers on already to go and they were in.  I got in next and had a little play with girls while logan and ryleigh watched with their grandparents. I eventually convinced a very nervous logan to get in and he ended up absolutely loving it. Ryleigh by the end of the day was paddling in shallow waters.

It was a great day had by all. By the end we had been in the water for about 4 hours. Chloe, Hailey and Logan had all learnt to put their heads under water and we went home exhausted.

We don't get much of a chance to get out so it was also a great day for me to bond with my children and I thank Temika who turned 7 for choosing the pool party. It was great.

Cherine.

today i proudly announce that it is our son, Jessie's, birthday, He is now ten years old and aint He proud of that!!

Happy Birthday Jessie, all our love and best wishes, Dad and Cherine and the tribe that are your brothers and sisters!!

http://www.iaomt.org/videos/   Hi there, I guess most of you have probably seen this video, but i wanted to mention it for those that haven't, it is very interesting, if somewhat disturbing, the link was sent to me in an email from an institute that studies oral medicine and toxicology,  there have been certain schools of thought that have connected autism and mercury poisoning, Ian