Australia Day

Cheezy smiles!!

 Fun on the slide!

On the 26th of January every year Australia celebrates it's National Holiday so this year we did a very Aussie tradition of the beach and bbq. We went to the Rockingham foreshore and it was packed but still managed to find a nice spot under a tree and close to a playground. Our lunch was more breakfast like with bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomato and some good ol Aussie lamb chops (YUM). The girls loved the beach and Amelia got her face painted to raise money for the Queensland flood victims.

Face painting and fun on the beach

Amelia's 4th Birthday

 Opening presents

Playing pass the parcel

Jayda's big sister Amelia turned four on the 16th of January. This year Amelia wanted a party and a princess cake. As it was school holidays it was hard to invite her friends from daycare so it was just the family. We played musical chairs, pass the parcel and danced to Amelia's new CD.

Birthday girls blowing out the candles

Christmas Part1 and 2

Opening presents at Nanna and Pops house WA

 

 

As we were going to be on holidays for Christmas we celebrated with Tiff's family the week before. We went for lunch and thankfully it was not too hot. Amelia and Jayda got a Dora play kitchen, play guitars, Barbie dolls and lots lots more. Christmas day was celebrated in Queensland with Matt's family. Again the girls got spoilt as did Mum and Dad (haha). Matt's Dad cooked a traditional hot Christmas lunch soo much food. Both days were fantastic and most importantly it was a time to spend with family.

Opening presents at Grandads house Qld

 

Holidays in Queensland

At Australia Zoo

At Warner Bros Movieworld

For Christmas 2010 we all flew over to Queensland where Matt is from.This was the first time that Matt's family (apart from his Dad) had seen the kids.We stayed at Matt's Dad's house in Deception Bay which is about 30mins from Brisbane. During our stay the weather was not the usual sunny Qld weather, it rained alot of the time but we still managed to get some fine days in which we made the most of. We visited AUSTRALIA ZOO, home of the crocidle hunter Steve Irwin R.I.P and went to Warner Bros MOVIEWORLD. We also went to Bribie Island to swim in the sea and visited lots of family. The day we left Qld to head home was the start of what the world came to know as the terrible Qld floods.

On the beach at Bribie Island

At the Lagoon

Presents from America!

Although we have only met one other PHACE family we are in regular contact with many others through the PHACE Syndrome Community website.In particular the Olson family.One day we had seen a photo of little Sophia wearing a onesie with a beautiful design stating "IT'S A BIRTHMARK" on it.It had been airbrushed by Trish's Dad, Mikana.We commented on how cool it looked and Trish said that he would be happy to do one for Jayda.The first we got was a onesie which we loved.Just before the 2010 PHACEing the Future Conference we sent Trish some Reminderbands and a purple top for some airbrushing.When we recieved a package from the U.S. we were greeted with these wonderfull tops,two more which were airbrushed and a shirt from the conference.Jayda loves wearing them as if she knows that they are special.

Kade's 12th Birthday party

Jayda's half brother Kade had his 12th Birthday party recently.We decided to do a Hawaiian pool party with blow up palm trees, grass skirts, tropical fish pinata and other bits and pieces. Kade wanted Tiff to make a motorcross cake and she did a fantastic job. The kids played limbo, Twister,water bomb fights and swam in the pool. It was a good day,but also a very tiring one with eleven 12 years old running a muck.

Summer Fun

 

As  the weather warms up we have been taking advantage of the sunshine by being outside more. Amelia gets scared of the pool now so we set up the shell pool to get both girls ready for the big pool, they loved it. Something strange happened with Jayda with her hands and feet turning purple and on her left arm from the elbow down was blue, it was even more unusual because it was a warm day and she didn't feel cold.This is something we have not seen since Jayda was on Propranolol. The girls have also been down to the park to feed the ducks and just enjoying the sunshine.