Long lost brother

For all of you who say Face book is a waste of time.... i totally agree! But turns out it does have some benefits! While looking through my brother Dave's profile the other day, i noticed he had joined a group called "I went to Kapati College" which was the college i went to for a year before i moved to Brisbane. I decided to join this group too, purely becuase i was courious to see if i knew any of the people. Turns out i did! I found my step brother Brad, who i haven't seen in 5 years!

After Brad accepted me as his 'friend' on face book, he sent me a message saying he would be in Brisbane for a short stay that Friday and so we agreeded to meet up for a drink. Brad works for the air line Emerites and is based in Dubai.

Alot happens in 5 years, so it took a bit of catching up on both our parts, but it was nice to share in some older memories of when we were kids! Seems like such a long time ago!

I look forward to the next time he is in town - Chey didn't get to see him this time and the only time she has met him was when she was almost 2yrs old!!

Only 5 Sleeps to go!

The count down is on! Only 5 sleeps till Jen and Tony tie the knot!! It seems like it has been a long time coming, but April 19 is almost on our doorstep! I personally am getting very excited!

Two weekends ago on the 5th April we had Jen's hen's party - rather than doing the usual hen's style party, we decided to dress up and go to High Tea @ Joseph Alexanders in Milton.

After a few "get to know Jen" party games and more than one champaign, those that were keen moved on to the story bridge hotel where we continued the celebrations until much later that night.

Jen will kill me for blogging this photo - but i think it shows how much fun we were having :)

Here is Julia trying to act like a 'lady'.

All in all, we had a great afternoon/night. The high tea was a great opportunity for us to get to know each other and also for those who weren't able to "party" on, to enjoy in some of the fun. The rest of the night was lots of fun too.... we took the balloons you can see in the photo above with us to the story bridge and when asked if we were there for a party or hen's night, Jen promptly told them we all just got divorced and were out to celebrate :)

If we have half as much fun at the wedding as we had at the hen's party, it will be a great day!! Good luck Jen, i know you will be a beautiful bride and i am looking forward to sharing in your day, even if i am the nominated bridesmaid who get's to hold your dress up when you need a 'rest' stop :) Love you heaps!

2008

2008 has already proved to be an eventful year for us, Chey started grade 2 at the beginning of the year and quickly made some new friends, we have been enjoying getting to know some new familes and I have been making some nice friends with some of the mothers which is always nice.

Chey continues to make me a proud mother as she flies through school and continues to get excellent remarks from past and present teachers - of couse, this pleases Chey no end - she has always been the type of child who would much rather do the right thing than do anything that might land her in trouble - lets just pray this behaviour continues throughout her teenage years :) Of cousre, she is very strong willed and determined (don't know where she gets that from!!?) so it is often a battle of the wills in our house hold!

Work for me has been busy, we had our company conference in the Yarra Valley at the start of Feb. This was a great time for us to get to know some of the newer people in the company from the other states and of course a time to have a few drinks and let our hair down.... being in the Yarra Valley were were a little limited as to places to go, but we certainly had a blast.

The conference went for 2 days finishing on the Saturday afternoon so Carrie, Matt and I decided to take the opportunity to stay on in Melbourne and catch up with one of my good friends Vincie and also some of Matt's mates.

As luck would have it, one of Matt's good friends was having a "house leaving" party on the Sat night so we didn't have to look any further for things to do.

After the party, which was a lot of fun, we headed back to the hotel to get some much needed sleep (we didn't get alot at the conference) before waking to a beautiful day Sunday where Vince showed us a few of the sights in ST Kilda - in all the times i have been to Melbourne, i have never ventured out of the city so it was nice to see a bit more of Melbourne and relax on the beach.


The boys enjoying a hug from the "Summer Huggin" bus located on ST Kilda beach

WELCOME TO THE WORLD ALEXANDER JOHNSEN

Just over a month ago, my school friend Cath and her husband Grant welcomed into the world their second child, Alexander Johnsen. What a beautiful boy he is! Amelie his big sister just loves her new toy and i am sure they are going to grow up to be great friends.

Big sister Amelie and Chey enjoying a cuddle with Alex.

EMMA'S PREGNANT!

Another of my good school friends, Em, is pregnant. This is a photo of all of our school friends (minus Nikki, who is living in London) together for Em's baby shower, from left to right is Cath, me, Bek, Jen (holding baby Alex) Em and Lisa. We worked out this day that we have been friends for over ten years!

Check out these amazing cupcakes! Cheyenne's very talented aunty Kell Kell made these especially for the baby shower.

I have to admit, i am a little behind with my blogging as yesterday around 4.45pm Em gave birth to her beautiful daughter Ruby Miah, 3.48 kg, 54 cm! CONGRATULATIONS EMMA AND MATT

We look forward to meeting Ruby.