dressing up

MONDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2008

This was our first Halloween party that our family has been to and the kids were really excited about going.Our friends Michelle,Craig and kids hosted this wonderful event.

There was apple bobbing and searching inside the pumpkin for money which consisted of cooked spaghetti,pumpkin seeds and the children loved these events. Natalie made some ginger snaps which were scrumptious and i loved Michelle's Mummy hot dogs which were very clever. At the party were ghosts,witches,grim reapers,skeleton bride,Raggedy Ann,chef,etc

Thanks for a great night guys.

pumpkin picking

Chanelles ABC pre kindy teacher decided to take the class pumpkin picking.

The kids watched a witch show and then they were given a drink of milk and a cookie and then it was time to go pick our pumpkins . Chanelle and myself enjoyed this as it was a first time for us.

All the kids played on the playground and then it was time for the bus ride back to pre kindy.

botanical gardens/ lanterns

SUNDAY 26th OCTOBER 2008

Our family went with some friends to the chinese lantern show at the Botanical Gardens.

Before the night had barely started our son bradley decide he was going to do a stupid trick and was trying to jump up high forgetting he was wearing wheelie shoes slips and falls flat on his back on the cement so he could hardly walk for a while.

once feeling better we carried on and the lanterns we saw were magnificent as this is something we have never seen before. The decorated pumpkins were fantastic and Chanelle thought the lady that was dressed as the witch was okay.Overall it turned out to be a fairly good night except for the accident, but he is getting better.

my husband

I met Andrew when i was 21 and on october the 3rd 2008 was our 16th wedding Anniversary.

Andrew and myself are not the lovey dovey type of couple in public but we do have a very strong bond and we know that we both love each other very much

Andrew is a wonderful husband and father and he has always looked after and supported us.

He has made sure that we have had a lovely house and any time i have wanted to do things he has always agreed to it, he is a very easygoing man and most of the time we have never had to really go without anything even when we got the opportunity to move to canada he said if i didnt want to move that was fine. He has always put us first so it was about time we thought about him and this was one way of showing him how much i love him and putting him first for a change and that is why we are living in canada for a while. They say that love grows stronger day by day and i truly do believe this.

Parents

October 24th 2008

Here i am sitting and thinking about my mum and dad who i miss very much.

If someone had of said to me a couple of years ago that i would be living in another country i would of said no way i could never leave my family.

Well we are in another country which is Canada, a lot of the time i do find it very hard as i miss my family terribly . I cant find the right words to express how much i love my parents.

My mum is a very loving and caring lady who has tried to give her children a better life than she had as a child. I miss our shopping trips, going for walks, just sitting around their house talking,and most of all knowing that she is only around the corner.

Mum the best thing you gave me was being my mum and i wouldnt give that up for a million years.

My dad is a man who says what he thinks and as a child i always remember him coming home from work and playing games with us and calling him frosty. I know he loves me and we do also have a close relationship and whenever i needed help to do something or to put something together he would offer to help, he really is a softie at heart and i wouldnt want any other dad

So at times i do find myself wanting the next two years to hurry up so i can go back home to be

with my family again.

bonfire and toasted marshmallows

The kids loved toasting marshmallows in the bonfire.

I had to take one photo of the fire and i loved this one

more photos

thanksgiving weekend

Thanks to our lovely friends Craig and Michelle and family we spent a relaxing and wonderful weekend at their cabin . we had bonfires and toasted marshmallows and the kids just loved running around the bushes and playing army soldiers.

On Sunday the 12Th October we went to lake Placid and had a look in all the beautiful shops and the scenery , on the drive home it was so spectacular with all the Autumn foliage on the trees and the mountains were fantastic which is something i have not seen before, especially all the different colours of the trees.

On Monday we went to Santa's village near white face mountain which our youngest thoroughly enjoyed especially seeing Santa.,then we went into plattsburgh to do a bit of shopping.

The drive home wasn't as exciting as it took us 3 hours to get through the border as there were so many cars all trying to cross as well.

I would just like to say thank you very much again for letting us stay and your cabin is absolutely gorgeous.

at the hairdresser

Hi to All my friends in Australia and Montreal

I thought i would give yous all a laugh

Bike Riding

On Sunday we went to Canadian tyre and brought a bike seat for chanelle our youngest to go on Andrews bike. Bradley and Brookes bikes were shipped over from Australia and i also brought a bike as well so now the whole family can go bike riding. Our first ride will hopefully be soon.

chanelle just loved going in her seat especially knowing that she is sitting in front of her daddy.

Autumn Time

It is Autumn time and my children and their friend have wanted to do is to gather a huge amount of leaves and put into a big pile and jump into it, they collected leaves from everywhere and brought them home and made their pile and then it was time for fun. I'm not sure if the pile was inside or out .

With all the different colors of leaves it looked so pretty watching them throwing them up into the air.

wedding anniversary

Friday 3rd October 2008

today my husband and i have been married for 16 years .

In this time we have had three houses, been on holidays to Queensland, Melbourne,made lots of friends, we have three children, have had two dogs and two cats, been to lots of parties and functions , did a lot of home renovations ourselves, been to children's sports activities, now have two more cats, we have a fantastic family, have moved to Canada, made more new friends, been to Disneyland, Toronto, Niagara falls, old Quebec city, my husband has also travelled to China, Germany, Italy and America so lets hope the next 16 years will be interesting.

My husband also gave me a lovely bunch of red roses, so i have been spoilt with flowers this week.

Birthday wishes

Thursday 2ND October was my birthday

On Friday the 3rd of October i invited my special friends that i have met here in Montreal over for brunch and we had quiche, chicken and salad and of course don't forget cakes .

I had a wonderful time with them all .

I also receive some lovely presents from them.

My family and friends from Australia sent their wishes as well and i did miss also being able to spend this time with them, i still do miss you guys very much. My husband came home from work with a bunch of flowers for me.

Isn't it lovely to receive fresh flowers?

Bradleys Birthday

On wednesday the 1st of october

Bradley is 12 today my time goes fast, it is his first birthday here in montreal .

We had a birthday party after school for him and all our ner wonderful friends and their children came over and they all had a great time.

Dont you just love birthday partie?

half a tooth

We had some lollies sent to us from Australia for the kids to eat, so i decide i would sneak one of them and to my suprise when i took a bite there was something hard in my mouth and i thought okay whats in this lolly

suprise whent i spat it out it was half of my tooth, so now its the decision whether to get it fixed here or to wait untill i go back home at christmas.

thats what i get for eating the kids lollies