Looking forward...

Tickets to Westlife, Birthdays and Anniversaries in the air!

As mentioned in the last entry, I was hoping to see Westlife in concert. Well on Thursday, I manged to grab myself a ticket to the only Brisbane concert on Friday, 22nd September, 2006 to the floor area in row 5. So incredibly close to the actual stage! :) Very excited about being able to go, and although I bought my ticket on my own, I have a number of friends from the message boards who I met in Sydney who are going too.

That particular weekend in September should be alot of fun; as I'm hoping to head to Caloundra on the following Sunday & Monday to watch the National Clubs championships which double as the World Gymnastics Championships trials for the Australian team.

We've had a busy last few days, John's parents came back to Brisbane on Wednesday so we were able to spend some quality time with them before taking them back to the airport this morning. They've headed back to Rockhampton where they'll be working for 2 months and then we'll get them back for 6 weeks following that particular job stint. Maddy really enjoyed her time with her grandparents and I know they enjoyed spending time with her.

On Friday night, John & I spent the evening a big fun park called Dreamworld, located on the Gold Coast. Every so often they open the park on for about 4 hours on a Friday evening and label it 'Screamworld'. This involves turning the lights off on all of the rides to enhance the thrills! *L* It was the longest stretch that we'd been away from our Madeline, however she apparently had a ball with her Grandma Chris and Papa Ian. We returned home just in time for a feed and plenty of cuddles before she went down for her 'big' sleep.

Yesterday (Saturday), we made the trek up to Toowoomba to see John's brother & sister-in-law and their two children. Young Hunter is now a bundle of energy and moved on from his 'Lord of the Dance/Michael Flately' obsession to loving the 'Dukes of Hazzard'. At 2 1/2, he has an amazing grasp of vocabulary and a very impressive ability to recite entire parts of books. His baby sister, Portia; is about 7 weeks younger then our Maddy and is just beautiful. Was great to see them all again and the girls had a great time beating each other up! :) Was very glad however, to get back to Brisbane in one piece as we got hit by a tremendous storm on the way home.

So what's up for the next week? On Tuesday, Maddy has her 6 month immunisations a few hours after I wake up to watch the Aussie Soccer team (The Socceroos) play Italy in the 2006 World Cup 2nd round. Friday night is date-night, so Maddy will be spending a few hours with her Aunty Leah so Daddy & Mummy can spend some quiet time together. Saturday we are catching up with my friends to have a joint birthday picnic at New Farm Park. Mary's birthday is this Friday, Erin's is Saturday and then in mid-July we have Melissa, Ambah, John (Daddy) and Zoe all in a row. In the middle of all of that, is our 4th wedding anniversary on the 13th.

Well, it's been a very long post and I'm going to sign off for the day. :)

Bec

P.S - A big shout out to my Nanna (Anne) who turns a very impressive 93 years of age today! Love you Nanna, and hope we can make it down to Newcastle soon to visit you and the rest of the family!