Just the 2 of Us

I know....I know.... I am a terrible blogger! I honestly do try, but every time i think, right tonight i am going to post something, then i take a look at all you other great bloggers and my ideas don't seem so great anymore.....some people are just too creative :) but seriously I love reading about everyone elses lives.....they all seem so much more interesting!

2009 has been a busy year for us. Chey started back at Camp Hill School. This was a very exciting time for Chey as she has now moved up the ranks in school - Camp Hill is split into two sections - Infants (being prep to grade 2) and primary (being grade 3-7).

Cheyenne now gets to go to the 'big school' and we are officially allowed to do 'Stop, drop & go'!! Woohoo! We have been waiting 3 years for this day!! Until now, i have always had to walk Chey to her class room and wait until 8.50am before i could leave her in the class room.

While this is fantastic in the sense that you got to know all the other mums and dads in her class it also put alot of pressure on working mums and dads who had to get to work by 9am!! Impossible!

I have to say, it is a little sad though, I am missing the moring catch up with the mums and knowing who is who in the zoo.....also.....my baby is growing up - soon she will be making me drop her off down the street so i don't embarrass her:(

Here she is looking beautiful in her school uniform.

In January we caught up with my lovely school friends. It was the first time we had all been together in about 4 years since Nikki & Paul have been away travelling for that time. I think we had grown considerably in size with the addition of a few more small people.....

here we are enjoying a nice lunch at Cath & Grants beautiful new place.

Febuary saw us camping at a Big 4, Forest Glenn camping grounds up the coast with our good friends the Taylors & Austins. It was Miss Isabella's 7th birthday and what better way to celebrate turning the big 7 than camping in the great out doors....ok well it wasn't like we were in the bush or anything....but we certainly had our fair share of bugs to deal with!!

The children enjoying some lovely camp food (red rooster)

Hanging out in the tent Chey and I got for Christmas

The gorgeous Miss ScarlettMacey

A couple of weeks ago we said goodbye to my parents who embarked on the first part of their travels. Mum and Colin retired at the end of last year which was very exciting for them. They plan to spend the next few years travelling around Australia in a caravan. Before they head off around Australia though, they have gone home to NZ to travel down the south island and across to the north where they will spend the next couple of months catching up with family and friends.

This will be the longest we have been away from my mum ever, so we will miss them very much!

Chey continues to be a blessing to me. She is growing so much and i am so proud of her. Chey just loves school and has some lovely friends - i am constantly told what a delight she is to teach and parents often stop me in the play ground to tell me what a beautiful daughter i have....of course i have to agree with them!

I am working, with the help of my good friend Jen, to get my salon up and running from home. Chey and I will be going to Japan in May for a holiday (we are very excited about this!!) then when we get home, i plan to start taking clients....so stay tuned....