Jury Cousins

Its not very often when all the cousins can get together. Its been about a year since the last time. But when they do get together they have so much fun. However trying to get a nice group shot of this many kids for Grandma is next to impossible with too many cameras going at once and lots of kids that just cant sit still without pulling a face, a baby crying or someone with their eyes closed :)

Growing So Fast ( 3 post below)

My gorgeous Little Man . He loves to be outside and to crawl around on the grass.

Easter Weekend

(Little Mia Margaret Richardson)

Our Easter weekend has been quite a busy weekend. We had a lovely BBQ lunch at our place on Good friday with the Jury family. It was the first time in months ( probably since christmas) since we had got together, and it was also great because Kelly and the kids had come down from Melbourne. Kelly being down meant that I have been able to meet my newest niece little Mia.
Easter morning was an early one with the boys wanting to rush outside to see if easter bunny had left any eggs outside. after making sure that they had warm clothes on they were off checking every where to find where the eggs were hidden. Before we knew it it was time to get ready for church. Church for me ended after the first hour with Zack just suffering badly from his teeth coming in and lack of sleep. So I took him home ( screaming) to put to sleep. That evening was Dinner with the Docking side which was a welcome home dinner for Brett.( Scott came home a few days later) Zack pretty much cried the whole time so no photos were taken.
Thankfully by monday Zack seemed to be feeling better and with matt home for a few dayswe spent some time with the kids.

TURNING ONE

On Easter Saturday my little baby turned 1. I can't believe it has been a whole year. It has gone way too fast. We had a fairly low key day. Being that his birthday fell over easter I wasnt able to get my usual saturday morning shift off at work since everyone got in before me...So we just had a nice quiet day at home which was much more relaxing then trying to stress over a party. Zack ( not understanding birthdays) was more then happy to comply with this. He spent most of the day in bed sleeping and when he was up he was pretty miserable due to a few teeth coming in. But despite him not feeling well he enjoyed his presents and enjoyed eating his birthday cake....this boy really loves his sugar! It was a lovely queit day with some visitors in the afternoon, including his uncle Brett who he met for the first time on Saturday( he returned from his mission that morning) and spent a lot of time watching him from a distance making sure that Brett was ok! All kids were in bed by 7pm and then it was time to start getting ready for the easter bunny.

10 YEARS

This week marks Matt and my 10 year wedding anniversary. I can still remember when we first got married and would talk about things we would do on our 10 year anniversary and how far away it seemed, and now here it is. Infact looking back to when we first got married and those "early years" feels like another life time ago. Its cool to look back and see where we started as poor newlyweds with matt at uni and living in a rat infested unit to now where we have 3 kids, great incomes and buying a home.
In all the reflecting in recent weeks over our marriage I have come to realise a few things over the last 10 years :
1. Matt and I have not had any time away together just the 2 of us since our honeymoon
2. All our family holidays have been to visit family. We havent had a big family holiday just for us( other then weekend local trips)
3. We have moved 6 times, 3 have been interstate, been members of 4 different wards and have had 5 cars.
4. Within our family we have had 4 weddings and a funeral ( isnt that a movie??)
5. apart from the first 2 months of marriage we have surivied with only one car for 10 years.
and
6. Matt hasnt worn a wedding ring for 9 years and 9 months ( he lost it after only 3 months!)

I have decided that this year during our 10th year Matt and I are going to get away just the 2 of us even if only for a weekend and even if it is only to melbourne.(and try to do that at least once a year) I look forward to some non kid time....and we need to take a nice family holiday (probably next year).



(I was trying to find wedding photos however my scanner does not work so i just took a few photos!)

First Happy bath ever

Last night was the first time since he was born that he didnt cry. He actually loved the bath. He spent time splashing and touching bubbles.It was so good to see and such a relief that bath time is now going to be much easier

Morning at Richmond

This Morning I took the kids to Richmond. They have been stuck t home a lot of the holidays so i thought a morning out would help with their cabin fever. WE went to a few fav shops. I mean you can't go to richmond without heading to the lolly shop. There is SO much to chose from the kids took ages! Then off we went to the bakery ( which I think is one of the best bakerys around) and they kids had lamingtons and biscuits. After which we walked down to the river and walked along the track. The boys still love seeing the ducks..especially the baby ducks. We forgot to take bread so they just had fun watching some random cat chase them. Zack also got to experience grass for the first time and wasnt real sure about it.! I didnt get too many smiles from him while he was on it.! With lots of racing each other on the grass they are thankfully warn out and have said this is the BEST day of their holidays