Pictures

I finally downloaded the pictures of my new lounge room off of my camera so here they are.

I would have never thought of putting the tv in this position, but it actually turned out really good. I'm still not too sure what to do with the dead spot in the corner though. That white table isn't staying there but I don't know what it put there. Any ideas? I'm open.

We have put a shelf behind the couch which is what those photo frames are sitting on. They aren't just floating in mid-air. We are also going to put on along the arm of the chair.

Look at all of this space. It is so open and uncluttered.

Here is my most favourite place in my whole house! It's comfy, relaxing and I can just hang out and read or play on my computer all while I'm still in the lounge room and keeping an eye on the rugrats. I know that it's white, which isn't the best colour when you have kids but it is completely washable. (Gotta love that IKEA)

Clean up and Change

This last week has been extremely busy with lots of cleaning sorting and rearranging.  Coming up in April it will have been four years since we first moved into this house. We have always kind of had the lounge room set up in the same way, not because we wanted it that way, but because we could never work out a better way for everything to fit. Well just recently I decided to fully convert over to the laptop so that we would no longer need a computer desk in the lounge room. I also decided to put the buffet in the shed for now because it only fits in a couple of places in our house and as much as I love it it just wasn't working for us right now.

So last Monday Buzz and I headed to IKEA ( I love that place) to get some ideas and possibly some new furniture! We found heaps of good ideas and as soon as we got home we started moving things around. I've had to find new homes for things and get rid of lots of other things too. It hasn't just stopped in the lounge room though. I have gone through nearly every room in our house, just a couple left. We have got a lot of stuff to take to goodwill, stuff that needs to be returned to people and lots of rubbish. 

It has been a lot of hard work but I love the results. There is still lots to do but we are getting there. I've taken some pictures of the lounge room and will post them soon.  Hopefully I will also be able to get back to some baking soon and then i will start posting some yummy recipes!!!

Chase Granger

After a week of off and on labour Chase Paul Granger was born just before 7pm on Thrusday 12th March 2009 (His due date!!)  Jessie went into hospital at about 4:30am and by 9am she was 5cm and they decided to break her waters. Mum called me about 10am to let me know and I passed the news on to the rest of the family. Throughout the day I had several phone calls and text messages asking if I had heard anything yet.  I got the call just after 7pm. I was happy to hear that all had went well and that they were both doing fine.

We didn't get to visit until Friday afternoon. The kids were excited all day to go and see the baby.

Amie and Chase

Quad Biking

So here it is. My first step into the world of blogging. I love looking at blogs and follow quite a few of them so I though that it was worth giving it a try myself. I don't really know how to start but lets just jump in a start with Monday!

Being a public holiday it was decided that we should go quad biking. Of course, it all depended on if Jessie had had her baby yet! The day started off nice and early at 6am. We finished packing the car and woke the kids up and set off. Mum and Dad were in their car, Buzz took Casey and Lachlan in his van and I had Jessie and the girls. Before we even got out onto Port Wakefield road the girls were getting bored and hungry! We stopped in Port Wakefield for some yummy breakfast from the Yummy Bakery before continuing our journey to Port Victoria.

As soon as Lachlan's quad bike was unloaded and ready to go he was off. He loves quad biking so much! Amie was also excited to get going but she isn't ready to be riding one by herself yet. Once Poppy was ready she was off with him. Caitlyn is usually happy to have one ride every time we go and then will just play happily but this time she just kept going and going. We would come back to our chairs and she wouldn't get off! She just wanted to keep going. Lachlan kept getting himself stuck but he hardly stopped all day.

(The picture was taken in our backgarden when he first got his quad bike)

I had a go at Buzz's quad bike, again, but I'm not very good at it. It has a clutch and I'm just not very good at it. I stalled it about 4 times before I actually got it going! (I know because everyone was counting!) I also had a go on Dad's, which I like better because it has no clutch!

Later in the afternoon Jessie was starting to get uncomfortable and having contractions so we thought that we had better head back to town. By the time we got to our house she was extremely uncomfortable and we thought for sure that she would have the baby that night, but we are still waiting. Things just keep stopping all the time. I'm sure though that it won't be long and she will be holding her tiny little baby!