Camping Weekend Away

this past weekend, a long weekend for us, we went to seal rocks for the weekend. took our camper trailer. and it was a HOT weekend. thankfully as evening set in so did quite a cold wind and we could still snuggle in bed.

Friday afternoon after we set up, we haded for boat beach, and the water was like ICE. the kids played around heaps.. digging holes, and burying each other. Benjamin just ate the sand LMAO

Saturday, we took a picnic lunch to foster, and after lunch we went to the beach there where there is a cement pool. the kids loved it. and I was pretty much the only one that got burnt Sigh

Sunday we went back to boat beach in the morning where Im sure the water was colder than the previous time. came back to our site for lunch then headed to swan bay.. was lovely there. We stayed there for hours and all the kids had a great time playing in the water. It was shallow enough for Kaitlyn and Rachel, and Benjamin played in the shallows as well.. and the big girls could also go out deeper (where we couldn't touch)

we came home and showered, cleaned up for the night, and vegged out.

the 3 little ones slept well most nights. and we were thankful for that.

we packed up on Monday at came home (check out was at 1oam) got home around lunch time, packed everything up and washed.. I think i had a bit of sun stroke? as i felt so yuc that night. Glenn went off to work monday night, and we are getting ready for school now, and back into the normal routine..

thats about it from me

take care

xoxox

My Blue Smurf

Don't ya just love it... Rach decided to put blue eyeshadow (of mel's) all over his face LOLOk so other than our son turning blue, its holidays.. and Mel & Nat have been having a heap of fun.. Yesterday we went to the movies and saw Happy Feet... such a good movie. we also got everything we need for Kaitlyn & Rachel to start preschool (next wednesday) so they have a bag, and lunch boxes... they are excited.. So i think that day we will take the big girls out, just with Benjamin.. will be good :)

Catch ya

xoxoxo

Xmas Pic

here is our family xmas pic.. normally g & I aren't in it but well kaitlyn & Rachel wouldn't sit..

the other pic we got was a better one of me, but well.. the others look better in this one.

Went and saw santa at the shops yesterday, and well, Benjamin pulled his beard (i warned them) and.. K & R screamed... it really is a chore getting 5 kids happy for the pic LOL

We only have a little bit of shopping left to do and we are finished YAY

I will be up loading a heap of pics to our site soon :)

have a great day

C

PROUD PARENTS

we are proud parents .. last night was the schools speech night, and I got a call from one of the teachers saying we had to go..

Natalie was awarded with the"Citizenship Award" for year 2 and Melanie got the "academic consistency & effort" award.. not just a piece of paper but an actual trophy..

So we are very proud of the girls.

PARTY TIME!!!!!

Today was our Benjamin's 1st birthday party. we had a fun time with family and friends over.
he had a lightning Mcqueen cake, lots of pressies, but im not sure who had more fun LOL him or the bigger girls.
we rode the quad bike, and all the bubs had a go... and there was a water fight.. kids played in the pool, and had heaps of fun.

Mr. Benjamin crashed tonight. And so did half the others :)
in saying that I think i will too LOL

xoxoxox
HERE are the pics

11mo TODAY!!

Ahhhhhhh Today Benjamin is 11mo.. Only one month and counting til he is ONE YEAR!

He is standing up and cruising the furniture.

As for the others... Melanie is doing really well in school.. Not long til they finish for the year..
Nat is also doing really well.. won a math game against the whole class last week.. SO proud.
Kaitlyn & Rachel are Potty trained during the day, which saves us heaps of money.
Not too much else happening. really Looking forward to xmas. Can't wait to get into it this year :)

Im off to feed kids lunch and hit the housework :)

xoxoxoxox

November already

Awww Look at my baby. We found him sound asleep in bed like this.. lol... sitting up snoring

We have had a normal week. Full of ups and downs. Kaitlyn & Rachel have been a struggle for me. Into heaps of stuff.. every day something new.. and most days I end up in tears thinking what next.
Like now for instance.. mid typing.. they got brown paint on the walls.. where they got the paint from we don't know.

I had all intentions on typing a fair bit about us recently.. but have lost it now, As I am most likely in trouble for not doing something.. this or that its always my fault..

c u later

HE'S CRAWLING!!!

Our Benjamin is finally crawling.. but when he did it, there was no stopping. Yesterday afternoon, he crawled to ME! and that was it.. he's chasing me around the house LOL chases his sisters.. everything :)

Thank Goodness its not yesterday...

First to start... A cute pic of Benjamin... He just cut his 3rd tooth on the bottom.. so he now has 5.

He loves to put his head on his arm to rest while he's rolling around :) its tooo cute!!!

Now to the happenings of yesterday..

I was in the laundry and came back in to find Kaitlyn & Rachel repainting the house.. they hallway had purple swirls all down the hallway, including paint on the carpet. Sigh... thankfully it was kids craft paint and easily came off. although there is still a bit to get off the carpet.
So with cleaning up that, kids missed the bus, then had to go to playgroup, where Katya was grumpy to come, but soon settled in, including the standard fight over me.. My year as co ordinator is coming to an end YAY
Girls had their first session back to gymnastics, and loved it. I did groceries while they were there.

Anyway, best get back to housework while Benjamin is asleep

have a great day
C
xoxoxoxox

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Today is my dad's 60th birthday.. Happy Birthday Dad!!!!

We had a surprise birthday party last night for him, which he was an hour late for LOL
Was a nice late night..

Kids had heaps of fun.. I made dad a canvas of pics & gave him his fav Choc Ginger..

Have to get girls now.

byeeeee

xoxoxoxox

10months old already!!!!

wow time does fly.. Our baby is just growing tooo fast, and is 10mo already.. he is moving all around the place. rolling, and turning.. he so wants to crawl, but hasn't quite got it..
no more teeth this month.. but he's had a little cold the last couple of days.

Its hot here, and he LOVES the pool.

I have to get dinner so i will post more pics later

xoxoxoxox

Quiet Weekend..

Such a quiet weekend here. We are missing the 2 big girls. Melanie is at my parents house. and Natalie is at a friends house. Im sure neither of them want to come home. But Melanie has to as she has a party to go to tomorrow.
I found 2 houses on the internet that are up for rent, one is a 5bedroom house, and the other a 7bedroom.. we are going to try for both of them.. I hope we get the 7.. it would be great! even a spare room for an office/scrapping space :)
Speaking of scrapping. I have done 4LO tonight. so i achieved what i wanted to get done.. here they are:



ah its getting late..
hope everyones well
Take care
Chandelle
xoxoxoxoxo

Busy couple of days

School holidays have hit and we have been busy busy busy..
yesterday we spent awhile with good friends at mingara swim center.. wore us out just slightly. Rach had a ball showing off her new swim skills, benjamin kicked back and loved it.. Kaitlyn well... she wasn't impressed.. wore her self out crying.. then settled down a bit. Mel & Nat had an awesome time :)
today we went up to Oakvale farm with a mum's group.. after a morning shower.. it turned out nice. Not too hot, and they had heaps of fun.. as you can tell by the pics. We patted heaps of animals, fed the lambs, goats, cows, kangaroo's heaps more.. Kaitlyn & Amy milked the cow, Daisy, Benjamin LOVED the goats and sheep eating off the front of his pram lol and wouldn't let go of the goats head..
they patted Koala's too..
Now everyone is tired and half of them are asleep LOL

C

Update..

tomorrow is last day of school for 2 wks.. yay sleep ins..
Its also Nat's athletics carnival.. so i will go get some pictures too.. well hopefully i can find her.. they all look the same under their hats in their uniforms LOL

Benjamin has been a little grumpy and i think he's not 100% but he too will be fine soon enough. He has started clapping his hands :D:D:D

today was beautiful weather wise, and this afternoon the girls went outside to play.. here is B & K together on the little quad bike..

Ok there are some of my cuties...

I be off to bed now as im exhausted ...

take care all
BIG HUGS
C

Papa Panov Concert

Last night Mel had her school concert.. they did the story of Papa Panov..
she is in the middle in the black shirt.. and did a wonderful job.. we are very proud of her :)

Nice Family Weekend :o)

it was a beautiful weekend, spent as a family. Saturday we had lunch with my parents. And then went to the park for a little while. kids had a ball.. And it wore them out YAY
today we spent the day at home. The kids tidied their room and i did the same to ours. Glenn mowed the lawns, and we did some cooking with the girls.
Rachel is using the potty really well.. Kaitlyn did a backslide after being in hospital.. thankfully it has been nearly a week since we left, and no signs of going back yet.

anyway, I added some more pics to our site some real cute ones of kaitlyn & Rachel..

take care
C

9 Months old already

Can you believe it? My baby is 9mo!!!!

He is still as cute as ever..

alot has been happening..

Well what a week!!

Thursday was our 9 yr anniversary.. Yep we have been married 9yrs WOW.. We didn't do too much. just spent the day together, and g went to work as usual..
Friday, Mel woke up and felt blah, so i let her stay home. At lunch, we went as usual to eat with G. K started feeling a little warm, and g was asked to work on sunday night. that was fine. We came home. Kaitlyn & Rachel had a sleep and I made a brownie for dinner at our friends house. Unfortunately Miss K got worse. her temps were hitting 40+. So we came home and packed a bag for me to take Miss K back into the hospital..
There we sat for quite awhile. she had nurofen & Panadol while waiting, but still didn't bring her temp down. eventually we went in.. Only after we watched someone come in who had overdosed on drugs. so she was spasming everywhere.. And my brother (AJ) came in to keep me company while we waited..
she was monitored again. her temp got to nearly 41. A bit of riggors. we tried to get a wee sample. and she got a canula put in again. But this time it wasn't as good and she cried.. As did I.. that was simply heart wrenching. As much as you want to rescue them, you can't or they won't get better.
Anyway, we got up to the ward at 6am.. so we got her settled a bit more. she had iv fluids & antibiotics. about 730am i had a nap.. it was a dragged out time. with lots of missed sleep. But we came home now. more tests and they came out clear. so we are thankful.

more pics to come later..

Chandelle

Stressful few days..

Anyway.. To kinda fill you all in... Miss K started having feversLast Friday. She would seem to get better, but then it would hitAgain. I kept her fluids up and she didn't have any visible signs ofAn infection. So I procrastinated on the Dr. Yesterday I got in to a GP and she looked over K really well.. And said.. I think this isQuite serious. You need to go into the hospital she is ceptic (bloodInfection) which is closely linked with meningitis. So I trotted offHome. Rang g as I was leaving to organise his mum to babysit. AndRang my parents to let them know what was happening too.We got to the hospital. Waited for ages. So many kids with gastro..We waited and waited, all the while, while trying to get miss k toHave fluids. They needed a urine sample. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!Then ended up catherterizing her for a uring sample, B4 theyInserted the canula for IV fluids & antibioticsLong story short. I got to the ward with her at 4am.. She hadAnother lot of AB and I got an hour of sleep b4 sunlight & peopleWaking.. Yawn... LolHer temps are lessoning . She has a severe bladder infection.Which hopefully hasn't damaged her kidneys, but they will be testedIn a couple of months.

We are home now and she is getting back to her normal self.

Sad News..

Poor Little Rani, lost the fight and passed away on Friday afternoon. Please keep the Miller Family in your thoughts and prayers. as it will be tough on them.. Sleep well Princess Rani oxoxoxo