evie is two!

today we went to sweet evie's second birthday party. evie's mum alex and i have been friends since i was 4 and it makes me so happy to see our little girls running around together like we did once upon a time. 

alex did a pink and gold dot theme and it looked awesome, especially the word banner she had made and strung up on the wall. i was so impressed with it... she's a legend!

the sweet and serious birthday girl

and the cake was the cutest! i am a long time smartie lover and i totally loved it, alex is bringing smarties back!

and the coolest bit... it was a pinata cake! when it was cut into and opened, all the insides (more smarties of course) fell out and spilled all over the table. so awesome... i seriously want to copy it for madeline's birthday, hopefully alex won't be too mad haha.

i love this family to pieces... and am so glad to count them as my friends.

happy birthday sweet evie!

clackers and baby jacob

mum and dad got home from the uk wednesday night and needed a ride back to clackline, so i threw my hand in the air and quickly snuck off to visit jen and baby jacob once i had them home and safe.

he spent most of the time i was there sleeping, but that's okay... you can still cuddle a sleeping baby. i got my fix.

and today we went to york, played at the park and got a haul from the salvos... everything you see for $20. this is why we love york. 

i am so glad mum and dad are home and safe. it always makes me feel good when they get back.

and i love clackline. you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl. all these years later and i still feel at home driving those long roads and getting out to the farm in the bush. i love that place and it will always feel like home.

baby jacob is here!

he's finally here! my best friend jen had her baby on friday!! 

baby jacob mathew macqueen 

born may 22nd 2015 at 6:20pm

3920g (8lb 60z) 52cm long

madeline and i finally got to visit tonight and he is adorable! the sweetest little face, so sweet and snuggly and so much hair! i am in love with him already. she certainly made one cute baby.

i mean seriously. look at that face!

and look how excited madeline was! she was so stoked to have a baby to hold... she is such a little mummy and loved every second of it. 

i am so excited and can't wait for more cuddles ♥

baby blessings in mandurah

what's the only thing better than one new baby? two! cousins that were born just weeks apart and will undoubtedly be best friends when they grow up.

baby lincoln (on the left) and baby samuel who were blessed today at mandurah ward and they are just the cutest little men. :)

♥

my friend kelly is baby sam's mum and  was quite happy to let me snap a billion pictures of him which made my day, he is an absolute little darling.

i mean seriously. look at that face.

it was a gorgeous day, full of family and love

and cake! yum

and just for good measure, here is my friend aeronny (kellys husbands aunt and the reason i know kelly! i go waaaaaaaay back with this family... haha) cuddling her two new great nephews! i am loving this photo!

10 years of funerals

it's a week of anniversaries! 10 years ago today i started as a funeral directors assistant with chipper funerals. 10 years ago. i can hardly believe it. married with two kids later (and on my second bout of maternity leave) i'm still at my first even full time job. i have literally learned how to do every single thing that was on offer other than embalming and driving a limousine and i am so proud that i have made it all that way. 

i am amazingly grateful to the then general manager who took a huge chance on a 21 year old and let me prove that i was worth it. i have loved every single moment over the years and can't even imagine a different path. 

i just wish i could find a picture of me with a hearse... but this is the only one i could find :(

10 year engageversary

ten years ago today, doug got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife... to spend his life and what comes next - by his side. 

who would have known on our first date (which i just so happen to have photos from, conveniently because we were going to our stake ysa ball) that we'd end up here all these years later.

i mean seriously, these photos are 12 years old! haha.

marriage is hard, but loving doug makes it a little easier ♥

j is 15 months!

another joseph update? sure thing:

he has popped yet another molar and grizzled non stop, then for good measure popped the tooth above it and the one next to it. 12 teeth now.

he is always happy in the morning and babbles away to me while i get him some breakfast

he listens to us and sometimes even does as we ask.

he loves to move around to music

his favourite song is "if you're happy and you know it" and when we start to sing, he automatically claps his hands

he loves to lay on the floor and put his head in my lap when i am sitting cross legged

he is always walking, never crawling

he has had to be supervised in the shower as everytime we leave the room for a second, he quickly runs out of the bathroom and we find him in the hall, the kitchen, the bedroom... what a monkey!

we love him and love to watch him grow!