Perth {Home}

We are here again!

J is helping out a builder he used to work for by doing a job and well given it is school holidays it made more sense to 'hide out' in Perth.

We arrived on the Friday and spent the night with Jamie, Peta & little Sadie.  It was a great night, even if Sadie decided to have no sleep all day and a lot of the night {that is why they make babies cute},  Saturday we pottered around for the morning and then headed to Applecross for a picnic lunch, was a beautiful day.

 

Next stop was Mum & Dad's place, where we took our standard spot on the 'lawn'.

Time flew by the first few days as we caught up with a few people and Thursday I decided to take the kids to the Dinosaur Exhibition at the Museum of Western Australia.  We ended up with their cousins joining us.  I must have been crazy, four kids, just me on a train, during holidays to the city!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all survived and the kids all loved it.

The weekend saw Easter, which meant more catching up with people we had yet to see {and trust me we still missed seeing loads of people we would have love to have caught up with}.  Easter Monday I came down with the dreaded lurgy which threw out a lot of plans for the week.

Wednesday we headed back to Bunbury as Kyla needed to go to the Dentist again, stupidly I got the appointment time wrong so we drove all that way for nothing.  Well not really nothing, we had a lovely evening at Aunty Di's place {she even cooked, with her still broken foot} and then a morning tea with Nana Pat & Pop before trekking back to Perth.

The kids had a sleep over at Alison's with the girls that same night, which they LOVED.  Friday I bummed around the house while the smalls and J where out.  And we spent ANZAC Day dinner at the Parkerville with the family.  It was hard all of us getting together for a meal and Mum not being there with us, we all felt it.

We blinked and the weekend had passed us by again, I really did feel like nothing was really achieved!

Monday Alison's girls had a pupil free day, so we decided to head to Kings Park.  Even though the weather wasn't the best {and most of us forgot jumpers} the kids all had a wonderful time.  It was nice to just hangout for the day before we all headed in our own directions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday we ran around and finalised everything we needed to do.  Including packing somethings into our newly purchased sea container {yes that means we are now the proud owners of two 20ft containers,

Then it was time to say goodbye, this time for a larger distance and an undetermined amount of time.

Goodbye Perth {Home}

It's finally time to leave Perth.

After more than two months here, it is more than time to find out next destination and time for us all to find out new normal.  It has been a very long few months, testing both emotionally and physically but also filled with new memories and experiences.

We managed to catch up with some of our friends & family while in Perth.  Had a great New Year's Eve {all be a very early one} down by the foreshore in Applecross and a great meal the day before we left.

After one of the longest pack downs we have ever had, we managed to get everything back where it came from and hooked up to the car.  Then it was time to say goodbye to Dad and hit the road {at almost lunch time}

December & 2013 have passed us by {Home}

December is gone and we have all but said goodbye to 2013. It started as a wonderful year but didn't end anywhere near as well.

December has pasted so slowly but at the same time it has flown by.

The kids have finished school and we have everything ready to start the new year with SIDE again. The camper has been pulled apart, door repaired and put back together. We've had a wedding, a birthday or two, a night away here and there and of course Christmas.

I've tried daily to find something positive in everything we've done. Some days this is harder than others but I'm thankful for my family, both immediate and extended.

We've had many firsts without Mum here, some much harder than others and 2014 will see many more of these. I try hard to remind myself that where ever she is, she is watching down on us all and is there with us in spirit.

I look forward to our next adventure and all that 2014 holds for us {all}.

Hanging out after a big day at our new school

 

Visits to parks with Aunty Peta & Uncle Jaime

Upmarket with Alison & her girls
  

 

 Swimming in the pool

 

 

 A wedding

 Some sewing

 Carols by Candlelight

 

Of Course Christmas

28 Days {Home}

It really does feel like only yesterday, but it isn't it has been 28 days since Mum passed away. 

28 days we have been back in Perth trying to find a new 'normal'.

Not much has really happened over the last month other than trying to get through everyday and watching/listening/loving my Dad to help him with this new 'normal'.

The smalls have been in school since we arrived in Perth and thankfully have settled well into yet another school, along with everything else that has happened. They have found a new routine, are enjoying going to school with their cousins, they have had invitations to birthday parties and soon a a school excursion.  All firsts for my two homeschooled small people. I have even remembered to re enroll them both for SIDE next year.

We as a family have managed to catch up with people we haven't seen in ages, to get newborn snuggles with fresh babies, to give belly rubs to those that are pregnant and to celebrate birthdays with those close to us. They have all be nice and welcomed distractions.

Perth will be 'home' until just before Christmas when we all {my whole family} are heading south for our Christmas.  A place away from where we would normally celebrate Christmas, somewhere to remember but to make new memories and hopefully find some 'fun' for the small people.  After that the plan is sometime in the southwest with friends and family and then come the end February we are off to Lombok for a week 'away from it all'.

That is about as far as our plans go for the minute but it is nice to know that at the beginning 2014 we will be here for some important events that are coming up for family & close friends.


One day at a time, trying to find some positives within each day.