Noah is 13!

 The baby of the family is a teenager! We are really moving into the next stage of life with the boys and we are really enjoying all of these new changes and phases.

We had a great weekend celebrating Noah's birthday.  Go Karting, a city stay and a delicious dinner out.

Happy Birthday Noah! We love you xx

Noah is 12!

 Noah turned 12! All the cliches about time flying etc but it is so true!

The baby of the family is growing up. We celebrated with a busy weekend of balloons, cake, a party with friends and lots of fun.

Happy Birthday Noah, we love you! x

Finn is 21!

 Finn turned 21 this week! 

We had balloons, a banner, lunch at Mr Wong and a lunch & dinner with his friends this weekend. He is having a birthday week! 

Love you Finn, so proud of you xx

46

 Cake, balloons and beautiful flowers. 46 is looking lovely so far x

Jasper is 11!

 Our gorgeous Jasper is 16...

Happy birthday Jas, we love you! xx

Jasper is 15!

 Happy birthday to our gorgeous Jasper. Wow 15!! 

We love you sooo much xx

Noah turns 10!

 Our baby turned 10 today! Happy Birthday to our sweet Noah!

We had birthday balloons, presents, phone calls with the grandparents then off to school.

Birthday cake, bowling and dinner out with the family tonight with a party with friends to come on the weekend.

The years are flying by! xx

2 days in the Hunter Valley - my birthday 2019

This year I celebrated my birthday with 2 days in the Hunter Valley. 

Simon and I drove up on Sunday and arrived in time for lunch at Love Kitchen.

There were lots of amazing organic, vegan  + vegetarian options on the menu and I had the most delicious risotto for lunch. It was so lovely to sit and look out onto the vines enjoying the sunshine while we ate.

We then drove along stopping at a few wineries for a browse and a tasting here and there.

No visit to the Hunter Valley feels complete without a stop at The Smelly Cheese Shop so we popped in to grab a few bits n pieces to take back to our accommodation.

We stayed at The Woods again. We love the little cottage Blackwood. The fact that it is self contained, close to everything but still lots of space around makes it perfect for us. 

As it was quite a warm afternoon when we arrived we jumped into the heated pool for a soak as the sun set. Bliss! We decided to have a night in instead of going out for dinner. 

It was wine and nibbles instead.

The next day we had a sleep in and a leisurely breakfast at the cottage. Blackwood supplies delicious food for a hot or cold breakfast and it was lovely not to have to go out first thing.

 We walked around the grounds with lots of kangaroos watching on.

Around lunchtime we jumped in the car and drove around stopping at a few more wineries and breweries.We had lunch at the Matilda Bay brewery whilst tasting a few of their beers.

The weather was starting to turn with wild winds and rain so we headed back to Blackwood to light the fire and settle in for the afternoon. It was lovely to cosy up and watch the rain.

It was a lovely couple of days. So nice to take some time out of routine and recharge. 

I love a mini break to celebrate my birthday.

You can read about our last trip to the Hunter here

Happy Birthday Jasper - 12!

Our gorgeous Jasper turned 12 last week. 

He woke up to a room full of balloons. We had presents before school and then we packed up lots of chocolate cupcakes to take to school to share with his classmates. 

On the weekend he had a party with his friends, they went to sees the Avengers movie and had lunch afterwards.  Happy birthday Jasper, we love you! xx

Noah turns 7!

Our gorgeous Noah turned 7 on the weekend.

He had been counting down the days until his birthday and he was so excited to celebrate!

We had cake and presents with the family on Saturday and a party with his school friends on the Sunday. His birthday was well and truly celebrated!

Party bag preparation....

We outsourced his party again this year. It's been a long time since we have had a party at home and honestly I don't think we ever will again. It's so nice to have the kids entertained and leave the mess behind! As well as sitting back and watching the kids enjoy themselves instead of rushing about.

There were trampolines, party games, tug of war, races etc

They had the best time :)

For the cake for his friends I grabbed a chocolate Sara Lee slab cake and decorated it with smarties.

Too easy!

Happy birthday to our sweet Noah. We love you soooo much!

The photo below came up on my Facebook memories, it was from Noah's 2nd birthday.

I can't believe how much they have all grown up over the past 5 years. It really goes so fast.

How was your weekend?