aquaman

we managed to sneak in a date night on friday night. after getting dougs mum to come and watch the kids, we went off to see aquaman at the local cinemas. baby alex enjoyed his third time at the cinema on daddys lap... he obviously has no problems with his hearing as he jumped multiple times during explosions and loud scenes. it was cute as, but i did feel sorry for his little ears cause there was a lot of them!

so, the movie? it was good. not great, but good. lots of good one liners and amazing graphics. basically it was a superhero movie. some of them are amazing... some aren't as amazing. saying that, i did enjoy it and i'm glad we went.

the highlight came afterwards, when we stopped it at the new diner, (made to look old fashioned, like 1950s style, on great northern highway,) joey's diner. it's just inside the swan valley sports club and it's amazing. super friendly staff, old fashioned diner food and a cute outdoor area. we loved it so much and will definitely be back... a great end to a great night!

a great night out!

oh did we have some laughs tonight... a bunch of us from our ward got together and went to play pool in warwick, above the bowling alley. it was so much fun and i hope we can do more stuff together in the future!

highlight of my evening was definitely having one of the boys break and one of the balls flying off the table and smacking into the wall next to me, just a few inches away... i can only imagine how much fun that would be to explain on sunday if it had have gotten me, i would have had a black eye or a huge bruise for sure. moral of the story, when the boys take a shot, move away!

good times good times... for those who actually know how to play. i was called to take a shot a few times, but thankfully they gave up quickly - i really am terrible at all sports, pool very much included and i was more than happy to spectate.

elena did get a shot of me attempting to look like i knew what i was doing...
please note
1) i have literally no idea
2) my nice fresh locks
yeah lets just concentrate on my hair

see this bloke here knows what's up!

it was a great night! ♥

though storms may rage...

i love to go to the temple, it always feels like a place of refuge, somewhere safe from the outside world. as rosemary m. wixom said, "in the temple, all feelings of inadequacy and imperfection begin to fade."

tonight was an incredible experience, there was a storm absolutely raging outisde, so loudly in fact, that at certain parts of the session, we could hear the rain beating down on the roof above us. it was incredible, that the elements could do that, on a building that generally is soundproof. wow!

it just reminded me, that although storms may rage, peace will always be found within the walls of the temple. ♥

12 years down, eternity to go

on friday doug and i celebrated 12 years of marriage, at home on the couch... with a grumpy little boy who had been to the doctors for his needles that morning. sigh. i guess that's how life as a parent goes hey! but... saturday night, we got a babysitter (dougs sister, how convenient) and headed out to the mahogany creek inn, with our friends who live next door to dougs parents, and just happen to have their wedding anniversary the day after us! it was a great night, good food, good company (half her family showed up, she kept apologising, but it was great, they are good value!) and lots of fun.

we've been to the inn multiple times and would still highly recommend it to anyone. their service and food is excellent!

singin' in the rain

i received a wonderful birthday present from doug this year, that i got to cash in today, when we attended the stage production of singin' in the rain at the crown theatre. i have loved the movie for years and was absolutely chuffed when i opened my birthday gift...

he had even gone above and beyond and invited my parents to attend with us! it was such an awesome show and so much fun to watch, it even rained on stage!!!! there was a downpour at the end of the first and second acts and watching the cast dance and sing about in it as the first few rows got drenched with it flying around in the "splash zone" was hilarious. 

i loved it so much, if you are in perth and have a chance to get tickets, then go for sure!! 

straight outta nollamara

it was dougs birthday today... and it was also conveniently the australian release date of straight outta compton the movie about the nwa crew. he was dying to see it from the minute he heard about it, so it was the perfect birthday treat. 

i have to admit, although it wasn't eaxctly my thing, it was well done and certainly interesting... and i really quite enjoyed being educated about compton. haha. let's not get too carried away here.

we had an awesome time though, taking some mates along for the ride...

#squadgoals hahahahaha

madeline and joseph getting daddy's presents ready to unwrap.

happy birthday doug! the kids and i are so lucky to have you in our lives. thanks for all you do for us.

friday night picnic

can anyone say awesome??

last night doug and i hired death at a funeral
(the black version - sigh...)
and charlie st cloud (so cute!!)
and chowed on down the pictured feast.

'twas one lovely night :)
that could not have been better