Elder Keaton Visit

We had a Elder Keaton serve in our ward a while back and he rang about a month ago saying that he was about to finish his mission and that his Mum, Dad and sister were coming down and that he wanted to come over so we could meet with them. Of course we said yes and yesterday that dropped around. They are such a lovely family and we can see why Elder Keaton was sucha a great missionary. His mum Jean is known for some wonderful art that she does and we were even lucky enough to have Elder Keaton to send us some of her special pictures. To see some more of her art check out her her site keaton prints.

Santa has come early!

I recently purchased this cute little Christmas toy from Avon and they kids LOVE it, so much so that I have not been able to put it away as they love to play with him. He sings a song and has a message in the front that writes up Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and it is really cleaver as it is a little fan tyoe thing that runs it.

Make it Perfect Giveaway

To all who read this check out a blog Make it Perfect it a blog by Toni who is a great designer. She has just launched a new pattern titled Play School. To see more about the pattern just check out the site and if you go and leave a comment before Monday the 12th of October you could even win a FREE pattern!!!!!

A Day at the Footy

Well today was the annual Stake footy match between Launceston combined East and West and teh Devenport, Deloraine and Burnie team. The weather really showed it's best today as it was a great sun shine, however a little cool when the wind blew. The game was held in Deloraine and the boys had a great time. Many will be feeling a bit sore tonight I am sure and I wouldn't be suprised if the main smell at church tomorrow is not a wafting of deep heat from some very sore muscles! The final score was 77 to 64 Launceston's favour!

It was a great time for the ladies to catch up and for the kids to have a play together. I know that Amelia and Will enjoyed seeing many people they knew and had fun kicking the footy during he quarters.

Lovely Weather and a chance to bounce

It has been so great to have some nice weather for a change. It is even nicer that the kids can get outside and play, something that they have not been able to do much of over the past few months. Amelia and Will have enjoyed being able to get outside onto the trampoline and even though I get really stressed when they are on it together, Amelia being so much bigger than Will could bounce him off, I love these photos of them actually playing so well together. I just wish they could be like this ALL the time! I know it is whishful thinking.

As the weather has been so great I even took Will to the park the other day to have a good run around, and run around he did! Sometimes I just wish that the enegry he has at the playground could be the the same energy he would use when we walk Amelia to school or home again he just takes so long!!!!!!

Suzie and Phil

On Wednesday Will and I went to watch a performance at Charlotte's school. Amelia was their also as her school was invited to attend. It was Suzie and Phil Splitter We have known about Suzie and Phil since Amelia was in grade 3 at Trevallyn as one of the music teachers is good friends with them. We have listened to their Move It CD for a few years and it comes out often for Family Home Evening. One song we like in particular is Action Leader which is a song where the kids take it in turn showing an action that everyone can copy. I have even used some of the cd when I was on my kinder prac a few years back. The girls had a great time although Will was not as excited as I thought he might be. I am sure that the Wiggles will be a different story! Amelia got down and did her groovy dances with Mr Peck, the Assistant principle at St Gorges, and Charlotte got to play the thunder drum! The kids on a whole loved it and it was good to see that they were able to get up and just dance and sing and that they were all having a good time.

Amelia getting groovy on the dance floor with Mr Peck!

Fuzzy the Clown was a big hit, it was great that they even had some clown collars for the kids to put on and let them pretend to be fuzzy the clown.

Grand Final Day!

Well what a day it was on Saturday! As a family we decided to have our own little grand final footy party. We had the pie and sauce, the hot dogs and the can of coke, or for the kids a can of lift! It was a great day and I must say I sat and watched as it was such a close game. I hope the neighbours dont complain with the yelling coming from our lounge room but it was such a stressful game to watch. As a Saints supporter it was a close game BUT they did miss so many good opportunities to get in front and win the game. However by saying that I reckon they wil come back next year and will be a team not to mess with, now that they have had the taste hey will want to win it next year, bring on Grandfianls 2010 as it will be the Saints all the way!

The kids loved the streamers and ran around with them all afternoon!

Feeling a bit stressed! I also scored myself a new t'shirt for the game, the Saints one of course!

Some of the food delights on offer!

Ryan had been working on his ute just before the game so he was rather hungry. Also notice that I hung out my beach towel with the Saints on it.

I couldn't beleive that the kids actyually watched a fair bit of the game, I was sure that they were going to have a wally as they would want to watch a video but they were really good.