Mid Camp with Camp Quality

Alex went of to Mids Camp on the 15th April and we drove her up to Belair Nunyara Conference center where they stayed :)
she was so excited and we were up at 4.30am due to one thing or another but also a very excited young lady
Robyn missed her that first day and she had an early night due to the early start ♥

all ready for the 1.2 hour drive and 5 days away from Home ♥

Alex got to play football (Aussie Rules) with the Adelaide Crows, they learnt hip hop and she danced the gun gland style dance and she recorded a song with her group, they played volleyball and she made some scrap book pages for her scrapbook she got from a great friend in Ipswich ♥
they went to the movies via Limo and had the red carpet treatment and she dressed up as Miss Granger from Harry Potter,
Photos are from Camp Quality page plus any she had taken while away :)

photos above from Camp Quality Facebook page and news site

News story

Crows Facebook Page

Poem ~~ Riding the Storm

Riding the Storm by Michael McHugh

The winds howled and the sky grew dark. 

The storm hit and we were the mark.

The winds blew with exceeding force.

The storm would set our lives off course.

I begged this storm to not strike us, please.

For this storm was truly a terrible disease.

It hits with sudden force and there is no protection.

It is not choosy in making its selection.

Once chosen by this storm, there is no going back.

Your life will continually follow the treatment track.

Treatment is a battle with more than one side-effect.

And there is no guarantee of which plan will be correct.

The storm will ravage psyches of kids and spouses.

And lives will forever be changed inside those houses.

Hospitals, doctors, and prescriptions become a way of life.

And you will need to learn to handle emotional strife.

As the storm passes, rays of hope will appear.

But the threat of ensuing storms remain with those that are dear.

The sun will shine and life will be good.

Yet, the fear of wind and rain is always understood.

Living with cancer is like riding the storm.

Fear of recurrence is ever the norm.

One feels blessed with each day of life.

Now truly knowing the importance of being a mother and a wife.

Only God knows if the skies will remain blue.

Faith in Him must always shine through.

Life must be lived with joy in mind.

And pray that your body's cells will always remain kind.

♥~ Welcoming our New Family Members ~♥

we adopted two cats this weekend
Phoebe a ginger girl and Ruby a tabby Fluffy girl, so far Ruby is settling in wel she has warmed up to me so far as girls annoy her all the time but in time she will be fine with them too, lots of love to share there,
Phoebe is hiding under the TV unit so hope she starts to come out soon ♥

ruby is the tabby Phoebe is the Ginger ♥

Ruby 

wanting me to pat her at midnight

Relay for Life Gawler 2013

this weekend we had the Gawler relay for Life and Alex lead the survivors walk with another young Survivor,
Gawler has been doing the relay for 5 years now and this year is the first with children walking so they made the kids feel special ♥

Alex did 2 stories in the papers and just before the weekend we got the local paper and the girls were on the front Page ♥

also on the Adelaide Now web site raising awareness about early detection


Alex's story on Adelaide now
this is also in the advertiser,

we did the survivors walk and also went back for the candle light ceremony with our own candle bags for all the RCH angels and my uncle, Cousin and the girls great grandparents who lost their battles against Cancer

ready for the 2013 relay in Gawler

all ready for the survivors walk

cutting the Ribbon to start the relay with another young survivor and the Lord Mayor

Balloon release

Survivors afternoon tea

we went back to the relay for the candle light ceremony at dusk and the girls candle bags were added to the oval for the walk in the dark in silence ♥
they did a power point and the start had the survivors on it then went onto all that lost their battle with this horrid disease ♥

decorating candle bags for candle light ceremony tonight

decorating candle bags for candle light ceremony tonight

bags for candle light ceremony tonight

bags for candle light ceremony tonight

was aa long day and moving being there for the candle light ceremony and solidarity walk, we are hoping to get a team up for next year and then we can stay the whole night and join in more.

I also got an email from an editor from Take 5 wanting to share alex's story and spread awareness so that is on the card s soon too

we are still waiting for our referal from QLD to see the oncologist here in Adelaide SA. and Alex gets her flu shot today she is worried but when super flu's are around better to cover her than hope she doesn't get sick ♥

Alex is also going on mids camp this year here in SA she is a little younger but they said she can go I was happy to wait for the right camp as then a night with Just me and Hubby as they would have been together,

she will be gone for the whole first week of school holidays,

Easter weekend

Good Friday we had Family for Dinner and  a lovely turkey in the Weber :)
Girls got a big Bunny from their aunt and I took a few photos of our weekend



Good Friday




Easter weekend

Girls had a visit by the Easter Bunny, they did an egg hunt for each other and we also got to catch up with their Aunty so a fun fulled weekend