Heaven is a Place on Earth

My girls and I have just spent 5 glorious days with this view over Main Beach, on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland.

We flew up to meet and stay with some friends who were up there. It is the 3rd time we have been up there in the past 18 months. We absolutely love it. We had a wonderful time though we missed Daddy!

Our days went something like this;

Mornings
Wake up
Breakfast
Coffee on the balcony
Put togs on and lather up on the sunscreen
Head to the beach until lunch time
Mosy back to apartment for lunch

Afternoons
Rest
Relax
Movie
I-something
Putt putt
Pool
Or whatever took our fancy

We headed down to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary for a day.

We bought seafood and hot chips from the best fish market on the coast and ate it on the beach one night. With champagne, of course.

We had dinner with friends from Adelaide who were up there as well. Southport SLSC is a great place to eat out with kids.

I took this photo on the last night, it was so pretty!

It is always tough to finish a great holiday, but we were excited to get home to see Daddy and the dog. They missed us too!

We now have 2 weeks of holidays left. And then another school year will begin! Where does the time go?

We can learn alot from trees...

Australia Day

Hope you had as much fun as we did, celebrating this great nation!

Friends...

are the family you choose!

I am blessed to have so many really wonderful friends. Without their love and support, life would be duller and laughs would be fewer.

This is one special mate who I met when I was 11. Like all friendships we have had our ups and downs but we always come out on top and have shared so much over the past 25 years that I think I would truly be lost without her!



There are probably hundreds of these immature and silly photos through the years - we don't get away with them as much as when we were 12...but we try!!



Between us we have 4 special princesses who adore each other as well. It is so special that the friendship lives on in our next generation!



We have just spent a really fun time hanging out in Fiji all together, along with some more of her family and other friends.

The Kindness of Fellow Quilters...

A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my birthday. Over at EB Newbie Quilters, we have done an FQ swap for the past couple of years. In my haste to pack up in readiness for the renovation I totally forgot to take a photo of all the beautiful fabrics I received. Thanks ladies for the lovely FQ's, they will all be wonderful when I get back on track with my Dear Jane...bring on my sewing room, I say!!!

I was also sent some lovely extras, chokkies, hand made cards, pretty little pink scissors, gorgeous little "business type" cards which I guess are for scrap booking but I am going to use them as gift tags and for my art journal. The beautiful Nic sent these absolutely divine little dolls for my girls - they are already well loved, taken to bed each night and we have already have lots of fun playing with them. Thanks Nic for such a special gift, it is truly appreciated, and you are a very clever girl!

Fathers Day...

A celebration of my husband, my best friend and fantastic daddy to our 2 angels.

Such a sticky beak...

...and oh so handsome!

Things That Make Me happy...

So my poor little blog doesn't get too neglected, once a week I am going to post one thing that makes me happy. There are so many things in my life that give me a little kick and make me feel grateful that I could do this every day...but with the daily responsibilities of life this is not realisitic but on a weekly basis....very doable!!! I should be going for months!

On Friday night our dear friends Mel, Jon and Finn came for dinner. Mel knows my favourite flowers and gave me a lovely big bunch. I didn't take a photo of these beautiful friends (who make me happy) but here is a photo of one of my life's happy moments - the beautiful tiger lily, ah the sweet smell in my family room right now gives me a lift everytime I am in there!