July birthday Month

this is July our busy Birthday month in this house.
the 14th was My Birthday and 15th was Alexandria's big 8th birthday, we decided a party on the 22nd would be good with her friends and worked out well as most were busy on the 15th ♥ had everything sorted when one after another we dropped like flies with the flu, Daddy had it on and off for 4 plus weeks and then Robyn got it, High fever that would not break which went Croupy so she was home with us a couple of days, Alex didn't look like she was getting sick so she went to school the third day and then the fever hit her, and as she was vaccinated against the flu I hoped it would be mild but no she got it very bad, Fever, Vomiting, Vertigo and so on then after a few days the dr said they could go back to school, Alex got worse, she coughed up Blood, and it was from her lungs ( Pink and frothy ) so had to watch her but then she improved and finally went back to school but her party was postponed to the 29th so other some who were sick and others didn't get exposed,

Today Alex got to have her 8th Birthday Party at the local park with friends, it was a Very cold morning but the sun shone bright and warming so we had a wonderful day with everyone xx

looks like the flu is still hanging around and we could all get sick again but staying positive as its nearly August and we are going into the warmer side of winter so will be complaining about the heat soon enough haha

plus we have 4 months before we leave Sunny QLD and head back to South Australia and (HOME)  scary as need to find house and school etc, plus get to know new nurses etc at the new oncology department but this is our life and we follow Hubby (DADDY) where his Job sends him

A sick house for weekend

Will the last week has been full no, one after another have been hit by the flu, this has made us postpone Alex's birthday to next weekend
The flu has knocked both Alex and Robyn and they are slowly getting better after almost a week off school,

I also have it but staying strong to look after girls.
Today I also got the surprise gift of a late birthday present and am posting this from it ( IPad)

Let's hope the bugs go away so we can enjoy Alex's birthday

week two School Holidays

30th June:   well after 4 days of rain the girls are outside playing, its still chilly but good to get some fresh air. we also went to the Art Gallery in Ipswich to see the Wild things and did craft stuff :)
then a Wii night of games as the girls have been so good.

1st July:   Today is hard for me as I look back at 3 years ago, this day was the end of Alex's 4 weeks or Double radiation and we celebrated with a party and then went to the wonder factory for some crafts and fun, but on my way there I get the call I never wanted to get in those last 2 weeks  My dad had been found Dead ( drowned ) he was missing for 11 days and to hear those words and to know I will never speak to him again hit home hard, I walked into the Wonder factory and the staff who knew me well in the last 4 weeks asked what was wrong, they took the girls and called the social worker and I broke down.
must say I was glad when I had cleaned out our unit and was home again with hubby and the girls, but now i had even more things to do sorting out will ( never found it so Public trustee had to handle it) funeral ( I had the funeral fund that covered it all thankfully ) and family and friends calling again like they did when we found out Alex had Cancer...
OK revisit over we didn't do much today we just relaxed and tried to reflect on our year so far as
1. we are doing well ( hope this doesn't jinx us)
2. no major illness's ( only hiccups like me being admitted lol)
3. possible going home to Adelaide in December and getting a Family Christmas and the girls to see their grand parents aunt and uncle

2nd - 5th July: these days we stayed home as QLD had Cold nights -1 on the Tuesday morning ♥ good days to stay in side and stay warm
Monday we also spent the day in our PJ's  and I got the girls outside for a couple of photo's and a small picnic

Photo's  above From PJ day Monday the 2nd. brrr but the sunshine was so warming

6th July: today Hubby did his Tax and we had the photographers from the Local Rag stop by to get a photo or two for the Bridge to Brisbane story
7th July:
7th July:  Sea-world Tickets burnt a hole in our pocket so we decided to use them and go see Dinosaur island and sponge-bob
we had a great day and even with Rain forecast for both our area and the Gold coast we had blue skies

8th and 9th July: we just relaxed and got things back into Routine for school's return and also sorted some things out for Miss Alex's 8th Birthday next weekend

10th July:  School is back today term 3 we also have Alex's 8th Birthday next weekend

11th July: Today the paper had our story and Photo

" The Love of a Family is Life's Greatest Blessing" ♥