Saturday, September 29, 2012

she's walking!!!

a few weeks ago (right around 14 months...) our little girl took a few hestitant steps on her own, shuffling forward from her daddy's hands to mine. since then, she's had a few more tries and now is getting the hang of it - so it's time for you all to see. it's so freaking adorable. i love watching her taking those baby steps - it's so exciting.
she'll be running before we know it.
in other news... tooth number 7 also made an appearance.
yikes - this kid will be going to school before i know it.
some one make time stop please! she's growing up way too fast!! :)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

for the money??

 
it's true. it's not for the money. not for a minute.
it's because we care for the families, or we wouldn't be here.
i love my job and wouldn't change it for the world

Sunday, September 23, 2012

there is sunshine in my soul today...


which is most likely assisted by these gorgeous butter yellow plates i scored this morning at st. vinnies! at 50c a piece i couldn't resist. so so cute!

Friday, September 14, 2012

hot laps!

 
for dad's 60th birthday, us four kids went in together to buy him some hot laps at barbagallo raceway in a v8 supercar. i have to admit, he did look a little horrified, but excited at the prospect. so the day finally arrived almost a year later that he was booked in and ready to go... and off he went.

isn't he cute!?
 
upon hearing of his adventure, my first question was, of course, how fast did you go? his answer was 145km/ph. hilarious. i've gone faster than that on the freeway. oops. that is a long straight though, and the raceway doesn't really allow for that kind of thing, unless of course you are a professional. ehrm, not yet.

dad in action!

Monday, September 10, 2012

new camera!!!

 
mine mine mine mine mine mine!!!! i am so excited! after wanting a new "good" camera for quite some time, i went to jbhifi and bought this canon d3100 twin lens kit last weekend! cannot wait to give it a try. :) there is so much fun to be had!!!!
 

chicken soup

 
so - my house has just been thrashed by the flu.
bad.
i was so sick that i had no voice for nearly the entire week and work was just a disaster because i am meant to be on the phone all freaking day. doug has been barking away with a terrible cough, and even poor maddie has had a runny nose and a little cough. ugh. disease has taken over at the kendalls. i have always heard that chicken soup is meant to help when you're sick so i thought i would give it a whack. i found this recipe on pinterest: http://www.thefitcook.net/1/post/2011/04/chicken-soup-for-the-sick-soul.html and got it brewing, just changing a few little things, basically due to lack of the correct ingredients in my kitchen...
 
recipe said/ i did
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast/ 2 chicken breasts
1/2 cup matchstick carrots/ 1 & 1/2 carrots
1 small yellow onion, sliced/ 1 small brown onion
1/2 cup frozen corn kernels/ 1 can corn kernels
2 garlic cloves, crushed/ 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
2 oz whole wheat pasta/ 1 pkt mi goreng noodles haha!
1 tbsp olive oil/ dash olive oil
salt + pepper/ teaspoon chicken salt + cracked pepper
1 tsp garlic powder/ 1 tsp onion powder
the juice of 1 lime/ all the mi goreng sachets except the soy sauce
4 cups water/ 8 cups water

 
whack everything in the pot, and allow to simmer away for 30-40 mins, to ensure that cut up chicken is cooked through... easy as!
 
it was very good, and hopefully helped, but i must admit that i added a lot more water and some chicken stock to make it go further! give it a go, i am honestly convinced that there's not a great of deal of talent involved in making soup, as long as there's water and ingredients, you can't really go wrong! 

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

doug's birthday

 
it was doug's birthday yesterday! we had a nice low key celebration at home, cause we are all full of the flu... booooo. it was nice though, nando's for dinner, mudcake and icecream for dessert and presents!
 
 
mads had a great old time with the wrapping...
 
happy birthday babe! x