First Family Camp in SA

the last weekend off the school holidays we had our first SA family Camp and we had a wonderful time,
2 weeks of school holidays the girls had many adventures as well, first week we had scans and echo-cardiogram done for her appointment with the oncologist {school holidays were from the 27th sep to the 15th oct as the school had a pupil free day on the Monday :) }
we went to see Turbo at the movies that week as well, Robyn missed Sibs Club with CCA though due to her having croup :( and we didn't want to share if it was contagious ♥
the second week they had a long weekend with Daddy, then Tuesday they went to the big Rocking horse, toy factory and chocolate factory with vac care, Wednesday they went to the Monarto Zoo with Vac care and Friday the movies with Vac care Friday was a big day as my friends car broke down too so lucky I had my car to take kids in ♥
Friday afternoon we headed to Normanville for our Family Camp.
this weekend was full on like every family camp, many fun things to do and heaps to eat etc, we had games beach fun and adventure park at the end, girls made black boards a herb pot and kites that did very well flying, we went swimming on Saturday at the Normanville beach I did get some photos but as I had my phone in a zip lock bag they look like they are done with filters due to the condensation lol very ethereal
Sunday was green-hills adventure park at Victor harbor so we also got to see the grandparents and Uncle before heading home

the only not good thing this weekend away had was that Daddy was on call with work so he missed out on all the fun but had a  nice quiet weekend home alone, with just the furballs keeping him busy lol

Monday the 14th we also had the Oncologist appointment and we got the good news that all is still stable, she is doing well ( except a few small issues like mood swings and feet issues) we have not graduated to 6 monthly scans so another major step forward and we also see 4 years off treatment at the end of November
Bring it on ♥
on way home we stopped at a small park and had a small play to relax and take hold of the good news we had been given

ponds at local park

playground at a local park

feeding the ducks at the park

moon bikes at greenhills Adventure park victor harbor

slide at greenhills

mini golf at greenhills

kids room at normanville

crab on post at beach

Normanville Beach, SA.

flying kites we made :)

beach side caravan park at normanville, SA.

enjoying life as we move forward cancer does not rule us but it has changed us,
make every moment special as no one knows what the future holds this is our journey and we are lucky to be still together  Love my Family and the time we spend together is special

Happy Birthday Camp Quality

last weekend we got to go to Camp Quality's 30th Birthday Party and girls got faces painted and had fun,

                             

Photos of My Kids and the cake from the party


Camp Quality do so much for many families and keep us all smiling

you can still donate to everyday hero page on side for the City to Bay and all goes to Camp Quality

City to Bay 2013

yesterday we walked with a good Family Friend the 3km in Adelaide's "City to Bay"
we walked with Giggles and the kids had a Ball even though tired,
giggles met some new friends on the way with the lion from Heart Kids and Ronald MacDonald as well as many little people wanting a wave or high five ♥

ready for the City to Bay 2013

making new friends

even girls making friends

and more new friends

girls too

and giggles handy work as he shaved my hair to no.3 

so far raised $244.10 and open til october for anyone wanting to support a great cause

Mazz & Family city to bay


we also got to go to the Adelaide show this year was not on our to do list but Camp Quality gave us the tickets for a wonderful family day out, the girls had a ball

miniture horse 

;)

girls being silly 

snakes

Miss R holding snake

Miss R holding blue tongue 

Miss A with the dragon

horror house Miss A said No Way

fun house Miss A having fun :)

giggles head taking up back seat lol on way home

Dutch tall ships & school excursion

29th august, that afternoon we had a great afternoon and got to have a look through 2 of the 3 dutch tall ships that are in Adelaide for the tall ship Festival of maritime trade, and this is the first time in 100 years these ships have been to Australia 
http://maritime.historysa.com.au/events/2013/tall-ships-visit-adelaide
http://www.dutchtallships.com/
oosterschielde is one of the 2 we got to have a private tour over, these ships and almost 100 years old and restored to former glory, but with some modern added luxuries,
this day was thanks to Childhood Cancer Association...
we also shared our story with the local paper and they took our photo, alex was scared but she did well in the end 
the story was slightly wrong though as it said all children were still going through treatment but they were all 2+ years off treatment!

Port messenger story

photo from story

on Monday 2nd September,  I got to go with both girls with their school excursion, it was also part of my studies to finish cert 3 educational support, no job prospects as most is volunteer work but a start :)

we went by train then to the university of SA and the planetarium was a great day but very long,

now I can relax as finished my studies and can look at other things with my beautiful Family

Remember to wear GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness this month ♥

Remember we are doing the 3km walk in the City to Bay this weekend (15th September) for Camp Quality and will be walking with mr Giggles himself (hubby).

we have raised a little ($91. ) but its a start and even that is something towards a great cause :)

City to Bay here we come

today we as a family signed up to walk the 3km and we also had hubby volunteer to wear Giggles costume for the walk so please share our link and help us raise funds for Camp Quality and awareness about our beautiful warriors out there

Thomas Family's Fundraising page

this is in September this year

below is a link to Camp Quality so you can see what they do to help families but also read posts on this blog as we have had many days of laughter with Camp Quality
Camp Quality

Birthdays

Miss A  turned 9 this week and we did go out for lunch with her god mother and the family,
she got 4 monster high dolls she has been upset this last 6 months as every girl in her class as well as her own sister all had a monster high doll so I had been told she wanted that for her birthday
we are doing a Birthday parts soon for here but as school only went back today I have not sorted it out yet and will be in a couple of weeks

she will have a proper cake at the party too