I wish you all the VERY best for 2009!!!!!

I would like to wish all who pass bye

a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


May 2009 bring much JOY and HAPPINESS.

May it be a year for making time for our family, friends
or

those we have made acquaintances with.

EXPECTING BABIES !!

Did I get your attention!!!!

NO!! NO!!

I'm not having a baby but there are plenty of loved ones around me who are..
I have three dear nieces that are expecting Kylie (her third), Hayley (her first) and Clair (her first), a niece in-law Anna (her second) and a dear friend Lusi (her fourth)

I come from a reasonably close family so such news on our nieces & nephews always touches my soul... Whether it be to drop to our knees and pray for them or to simply rejoice with them in their happiness, that is our family... I love them dearly..

I also treat my friends with the same respect of that of my family too!

I remember you in my prayers for the health and well being for you all including your husbands and that God be with you in your time of delivery..

Now!! my grand daughter is doing very well, still melting the hearts of us all..

Giggling, rolling over, holding onto toys, grabbing her feet and LOVES blowing raspberries..

Time is ever so short especially watching these dear little ones grow up before your very eyes.

I do remember thinking to myself that 9 months was a long time to wait for your little treasure to arrive, then the measurement of the 9 months after their arrival goes by so, so quick.... Not that Izabella is 9 months yet but time has flow by..

Which bring me to the point of treasuring every moment, documenting there lives ~ as I'm finding it harder to remember such little things, the little things that at the time meant sooo much..

YEP!!! old age it too seems to come when your not expecting it... LOL!!!

Thanks for dropping in...

Kerrie

Our children are the evidence that we lived!

Missing in action!!!!

Oh! My apologies to all that have visited.....
I was shocked to see that the last time I posted was in JULY yikes!!

The bride and groom had a wonderful time away, returning home having to start back at work after such a long break was the hardest thing they both had to come to grips with...

The start of lifes new adventure begins.

Now!!! darling granddaughter is doing very well pictured here at her first bonfire, 7 weeks old~ her eyes fixed on the flames*mesmerized... she feel off to sleep just looking at the flames..

Izabella is a great baby, sleeps very well through the night not a big sleeper through the day though.. only has little naps... A very social bunny she its, has to look at all that is going on around her.. does have her moments of being unsettled but overall a great baby..

NO!! NO !! this is not a proud gran talking..lol!!

Growing ever so fast..

She has been smiling away, very close to laughing too.. Of course when she smiles at my sons there hearts just miss a beat and you just see their JOY and LOVE looking back at her, they also give a glance back at you to see if you had noticed that she had smiled at them... Just making sure that some one noticed !!! L O V E

SPRING IS HERE!!!

Just wonderful ,already the day has been beautiful here, the house open to blow away the Winter.. Bedding on the clothes line, clean and just full of spring.. Lavender water sprayed on to the beds after vacuuming them.. New pillows! Windows cleaned... I just love the smell and the look of Spring cleaning...

Yep!! Plenty of dust bunnies removed too!! You could write your name. Spider webs removed. Amazing how many of these little guys had to go, how did I not notice them!! lol

Spring doesn't really start for us here in Australia officially until the 23st of September (equinox) except I am taking pleasure in the warmth of it all NOW!!

... I love it!!!

Well, I hope to get out into the garden for its Spring cleaning after its WINTER neglect.. lol!!

Spring just delights my soul!

~~Friends take care in what you do~~

~~tell you loved ones how much you love and care for them~~

~~delight in every day you have~~

A new day has come!!!

Photo of Melissa and her Dad ready to walk down the garden path

I new that this day would arrived, when a daughter leaves behind her father and mother to start a whole new life with someone else...

Someone who will love her as much as we do,

someone who will care for her as we do,

someone who will listen to her

and be interested in what she has to say,

someone who will respect and honour her,

that someone we NOW call him our "SON"

Richard!!
Gods blessings over your new LIFE'S journey together...

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The day started with high winds and YES!! it was cold... Wintry cold... We didn't let this spoil her/their day.... we toddled off to our hair appointments which the hair dressers supplied us all with croissant's ~ fresh strawberries ~ champagne and chocolates...Yumm very nice too...( to help calm the nerves )what a wonderful thought... then onto picking up the flowers, then home for the makeup... Bridal cars arriving, Photographer there patiently waiting to start snapping away with the the photo's . Not something I really enjoy ...I am camera shy!!!! I'm not very photogenic...

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Then...... as I turned it was THAT time..... time to help her into her gown, we had losts of laughter as I needed to lace her dress up.
Boy!! I hope he loves her in this dress... lol
All I could do was to look at how beautiful and happy she looked..... then my heart begins to hurts for this will be the last time I will be with her as MY daughter, the last time that I had a say over her life if needed...

The last time to refer to her in her maiden name... my eyes welled up with tears, a lump in my throat.. inside I was feeling like I couldn't go through with this, giving up a child~ handing her over to someone else....

NO! NO! I can't do is ....then,

I looked at her, then~I remembered how and what I felt on my wedding day, I could see that it was HER time......... she was ready!! I was ready!!!

TISSUES again!!! sniffle sniffle lol

I do wear my heart on my sleeve remember!

The winds had died down to a gentle breeze, with a freshness in the air...look up towards the heavens all you could see was a clear deep blue winters sky....

I felt the Lords presence!

God new our hearts desire for a beautiful day... and bless us with one.

Thank You Lord Jesus!!

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From the time we both walked out of the bedroom her life, my life had changed...This was our last time spent together..

A special time I will forever treasure!

Every one arrived safe and sound .......

Yes!!! the bride was 20 minutes late..

The groom stressing~pacing.. the groomsmen telling him she wasn't coming...

NOT funny guys..

Then she arrives!!!

a very happy!!!!! beaming groom... NOW !

By the afternoon the temperature dropped somewhat, the Bride and brides maids shivering turning a little white then turning purple, from being a little under dressed for the season... this was a garden wedding...

YEP !! I can here ya saying WHY A GARDEN wedding during Winter?? it was the couples choice..

A special date the 10/07/08 the first day they meet three years prior~ the day in which they became engaged a year ago ~then, the very special day of their life commitment to one another..

There was a beautiful WARM fire place inside which made for a great place to be after being out in the elements, the function rooms were beautifully decorated... Very romantic.

a link to the venues web site if you are interested http://www.lauristonhouse.com.au/

The photo above is of the house where this all took place.....

We had very little time spent with our daughter and her husband, as you may remember what your own wedding day was like... yet, we face the future together as a family, who have the same one person who binds us ALL together..

Melissa or as she would have you refer to her as MEL!!

They are having a great honeymoon in New Zealand skiing snowboarding and site seeing then onto Fiji where they will enjoy snorkeling, scuba diving, sunbathing and again site seeing..

We look forward in seeing them both and all there photos... A month is a long time...

Thanks for dropping by, I hope you enjoyed my memories of the day...

KINDEST REGARDS

~Kerrie~ :)

It"s a GIRL!!

* Izabella Ann*

*12 hrs old 8th July 2008*

held in the arms of her "Pa"

Our daughter has given birth to a healthy baby girl , Tuesday morning Australian time at 5:09 am 8th July 2008*

I was with her as she delivered. Wow!! It was/is sooooo different being one of support during the delivery, so many different emotion I faced, not something that i had thought about before this..
Truly my eyes well up even thinking about it, typing it..
The miracle of birth "Praise be to God "the miracle of LIFE!!!!!

The labour took but 4 hours in total, it would have been a little shorter had Isabella not been facing the wrong way, but 4 hours was more than enough...and yes I here ladies out there thinking or saying that's nothing!!!!!

Sorry Ladies!! RESPECTFULLY!

As a mother watching her daughter go through this, coaching her in every possible way, was sooo hard not too want to take it all away, so she wouldn't HAVE too go through it.

.YES!! i would have done it for her!!!!! Motherly instincts kicking in i guess...

I cried when she delivered the head, out of shear HAPPINESS!! her older sister there looking over at me thinking that something was wrong, glancing back with just overwhelming elation and yes!! PRIDE!! Please LORD no fall !!!(pride comes before a fall) her fear turned to joy and elation too!!

May I just say at this stage I think daughter's future husband will be the first to have their first child..LOL!!! Soon to be married daughter not too keen on having baby any time in the future ..LOL!!

This was a natural birth and I am VERY proud of my daughter not for having a natural birth, just for the effort she put in ..
As soon as she delivered, the motherly instincts kick in for her, how wonderful God has made us!

Izabella Ann is her name weighing in at 8lb 10z ...

Healthy ten fingers ten toes and a little princess..

I LOVE this little girl sooooo much alreaedy!!

The sweetest thing to see is my tough burly"I FIGHT FIRES, I'M GOING IN THE ARMY son, melt into a big marshmallow when he first seen and held Izabella... apparently he couldn't finish work quick enough to get to meet her....

We can ALL relax NOW!! that baby Izabella has arrived!!

Prayers are answered!!

Praise be to Jesus!!

Amen!!

Now!!!! tomorrow is fastly approaching us as my eldest daughter marries her prince.. (she LOVES Cinderella)lol!!
May I say that she had kissed a few toads in the past (lol) non of which turned into her prince until she kissed "Richard" he is a lovely person and we are comforted in knowing that he WILL take good care of her... He Loves her soooo much! we can see that..

All things for the wedding running smoothly flowers, hair, food, guests, venue, all we pray for Lord is for pleasant weather and that every one arrives safe and sound!! AMEN!

Bride and Groom fly out to New Zealand for two weeks then on to Fiji ... May they enjoy their future a head!! Jesus be in there lives!!

THANKS FOR DROPPING BY!!!!!

:)

Thrift shop finds!!

A rather cold start to a glorious blue clear day.. YES!! you heard correctly, I am enjoying WINTER!! shhhh!! Please! don't spreed this around..lol

I would love to share with you this lovely tub chair that I found at a near local op shop. $20 was the price tag~ I looked, I hovered, I pondered then pounced..

Clearly conscious of every dollar being spent I thought I would go or do without some other thing or sell an other item to pay for this, then I was concerned as to whether my DH would even like it since it was going into our bedroom.... To my delight, Dh never blinked an eye and even commented how much HE liked it... Phewww!!

NOTE to self "don't do this too often"

Well !! our daughter's wedding is fastly approaching us, things a little tence.... to say the least.. Thoes final loose ends seem to be "the staw that broke the camels back" as the saying goes... Tears,tantrums, hair pulling and that's just me lol!!

No, really all things are going along beautifully, just praying now for a wonderful day, everyone arrives safely, that they too have a great time and that the weather is gracious too, being that it's Winter...

The one concern we do have, IS, the brides sister my other daughter is due to deliver her first child on the 5th July and the wedding is on the 11th July.. So if bubby doesn't come then and goes over and wants to wedding crash, where does Mother/Mimi (grandmother) go??? Hospital or Ceremony/Reception?

Humm!!!

In the Lord we trust!

I bid you all a goodnight and will be back again soon with photo's of baby and wedding or wedding and baby!!

Never to be forgotten!!

While we mourn the loss

of our friend(or sister),

others are rejoicing to meet her

behind the veil...

John Taylar

Since the last time I posted a lot has happened, emotions running on over drive...and still running on overdrive...

My beloved older sister past away 6 days after her birthday, 2 days after committing her life unto the Lord Jesus...

I can hear the angels rejoicing.....

The funeral went well, currently tying up her estate at the moment, boy did I underestimate the requirement accepting this wish..... So much to do, many to keep happy...

I am very bless to think my sister wanted this, NO felt that her wishes woulld be upheld by asking me to do this...

~I'm deeply honoured ~

I do pray that I serve right by her wishes...

Going through a loved one personal things can be funny~ finding what one treasured (hoards..hehehe!!)over many years, then in a twinkle turning times of laughter into overwhelming tears of loss and reflection...

I do look forward to finishing up, as I am emotionally exhausted....

Fay Lorraine Jones

pass away

11 April 2008

May she be at rest with Jesus!!

I beg of anyone out in blog land to PLEASE give up smoking, think not of yourself but of the loved ones who, watch you suffer a slow yet short suffocating death...

I'm sure you would be thinking differently ~ while struggling to take that next precious breath, that you WOULD rather be sitting around at the table LAUGHING with family, then too look up at seeing their tears of sadness and helplessness....
Please spare a thought for your loved ones the next time you choose to light that next cigarette, the life you miss out on, the loved ones you miss out on meeting......
It is all by choice, you can get help.... I can speak of experience as a reformed smoker myself..... Clean for 24 years.... Praise be to Jesus!

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,

love leaves a memory no and can steal

~Unknown author~

This is in memory of me dearly loved niece (my sisters daughter) who lost a two year battle against breast cancer..

A beautiful young lady who left before her years, leaving a partner in life, 5 beautiful children the youngest not yet three... A family trying to come to terms with a loss soooo close to one five weeks before....A community struggling the loss of such a dedicated, giving, joyful, positive, energetic person.

Meagan Faye Jones

died on the 20 May 2008

May she rest with Jesus!!