Boys and their toys!!!

Hi everyone, hope you are all keeping warm with this cold Melbourne weather we are having at the moment. Over the school holidays Hubby and I decided it was time for an upgraded quad bike for Mr Jake as his knees were knocking on the handlebars! Anyway, I think he fits this one much better now!

I remember when my dad bought Jake his first bike I totally freaked out thinking how dangerous bikes can be but when you think about it, everything can be dangerous and if your child learns to respect the bike and drive safely they can have so much fun out in the open. My Dad is building a holiday house at the moment and it is situated on 20acres, I can just imagine Jake getting out on his bike and enjoying all the natural surroundings. Now Cane wants to buy a bigger bike for himself so they can go off together, not a bad idea really and its nice for the two of them to spend quality time together as father and son. My two boys have just gone off to the hobby shop to check out more remove control cars...like they don't have enough of them already??? Cars, helicopters, planes, boats...gee...when does it end? I'm not to sure which one of them is the bigger kid here? lol.

P.S. I have some photos to take of the new mosaic I have been working on but the sun is just so dull at the moment. I hope to share some pics this week.

Easter Morning

Happy Easter everyone!

Looks like the bunny was busy working all night...

He even hide some yummy eggs in Mummy's roses...

And on the chandelier???

Now this is what I love...seeing the eggcitement in the kiddy's eyes!!!

Each and every year Jake has used the very same basket from his first Easter egg hunt. This morning he woke up and the first thing he looked for was his tigger basket. How cute after all these years he still remembers his basket.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

Easter Wishes

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter! xo

A little prayer

This is a little prayer that has helped me through some hard times in the past. I have found it very comforting and wanted to share it with you all, especially a dear friend of mine...you know who you are! ;)

Jackson's Hill ~ On Display

Today being a lazy Sunday afternoon our family was going about our normal day with the TV watching us,when a TV show called 'On Display' (channel 9) which shows new upcoming estates and housing designs spoke of Jackson's Hill where our new house will be. They spoke on the city views and even showed our block...how exciting!!! The above photo is of an old bridge which will eventually greet us on the way into Jackson's Hill as they are constructing a road through it...not sure when it will be started but it is already in the Melways so it shouldn't be too far off.

A face for our new home!

We finally and I mean FINALLY have the facade of the house looking just as I wanted minus the roller door glass panel inserts hee hee! We are really happy with how it is all coming together! We have decided on white double hung windows and originally wanted timber but have since changed to aluminum as I think there will be less maintance in future years. There are a new range of aluminum windows that are much more thicker than the normal ones now so I think they will work perfectly! We are going to use either shingles or tiles to the top of the front bay window which will all depend on what we use on the roof...not sure if we should go terracotta tiles in the tortoiseshell color or color bond in grey? Hmm??? I originally wanted to use recycled clinker bricks but have since had a bit of a shock on their prices so we are now leaning towards the old reds which are still very nice. I have yet to sell this idea to my husband as he still wants to go for the old clinkers. The chimney was my designers idea, who grew up with my husband. The first thing I said when I saw the chimney was, "Now Santa has a chimney to come down." lol. When I said I wanted a fireplace to our front room I thought he would just add a flue system but he said it would have looked out of place from the front of the house especially with the look we are trying to achieve so a chimney it is although it will hit the pocket a bit harder than expected. Oh well, we are doing this once and once only so why not?

I hope to share more with you all soon.