Busy Little Bee's

Our family has been very busy the last couple of weeks. We are slogging along with our renovations, we just have the roof painted (Black) and we got a new front door and a floor to ceiling window in Jorja's room. On Staurday the renderers are coming to do the whole house. Then once the house is perfect, we will rent it out. We will be very pickie with the tenants, this house is our baby. We really need at least 5 acres of land so my horse (and a new one) can be in the back yard, and Benns wants a hill to make a jump track on for his bike riding. The space will be good for the kids too. I want this to be achived before Christmas....this year!

Jesse is competing in Brisbane today for high jump and sprinting, so he had to be at school by 6.30, and then I got home to find he had left his lunch box behind. I called the school and organised teachers to buy him lunch, poor muffin!

Jorja spent the morning singing, with headphones in (you know how you sound when you can't hear your own voice...) Although a little tone deaf, I was surprised to hear that she knew most of the words to the songs...thats my girl.

Hollie is hanging out with me today, and other then going out the horse to have a play, we dont have much planned.....It is pouring with rain so we will just have a lazy day. Then off to pick up Jorja and her friend Jasmine from school, to take them to gymnastics, than all the kids get picked up at 4.30 and its home to organise dinner.

About three weeks ago I brought home 2 little ducklings after going to the EKKA in Brisbane. Much to Benn's disgust!!! The ducks (Emo and Fernanand) have become part of the family and love chasing the kids around the yard in duck file. Next post I will put up a photo of them with the kids, my camera is playing up at the moment.

Mum is on holidays at the moment so she is relaxed and just starting to enjoy the house and gardens a bit. Her and PawPaw are going walking in the mornings and she is getting fit. Go Mumma!! She got a great new digital camera the other day (after my kids told her that hers was from the olden days) so as soon as she is on line she will be unstoppable.

Gogo lost a dear friend of her's last week, so has been a little bit down, as you can imagine. She really is an inspiration to me, what a wonderful strong and independant woman.

Sorry about rambling, just had to do the catch up thing...

Love to you all
Amie

School photos

Just looking at the school photos of the kids for the past couple of years. The first one is of when Jorja was in Prep, so she would have been 4, turning 5, and Jesse would have been 9 in grade 4. Look at how much their little faces have developed, it is like they have become wiser with knowledge. (I really cant remember letting Jesse go to school with that 'do' in grade 5!!!)I cant wait till I have all three of them in school photos, but I will have to wait another 2 years for that.

Not much has been going on in the kirkie household. We are very busy working in the shop, and trying to finish off the renovations on our home. We are also looking for some land to build a new home on, when will sell our current one. We really need about 5 to 10 acres for my horse, and to let the children run free!!! We don't want to move too far away, just out to Landsborough or Mooloolah.

Benn and Jesse are still mad keen on their mountain bikes, and are off to conquer a mountain this weekend, Jorja is going to see the Nutcracker on Ice with Sherry and Gwen on Saturday, and Hollie and I will try to stay out of mischief. A friend and I were going to try and organise a night out in Brisbane on Saturday, at the cattlemans bar at the Ekka Show. It apparently is a great night, but it takes a bit of organising so I will keep you posted on that one.

Jesse is at a School dance right now, and Benn and I are about to pig out on chocolate with Jorja (Hollie is in bed)so I will write again soon...Sorry about the extended delay between posts!!!

Love and 80s music (Do they still play that at school dances???)