Birthdays

Happy birthday to me. I turn 34 today, believe it or not! I sometimes wonder how that happened, I don't feel like I'm mid-thirties, & yet sometimes I do feel it. 

Haha, I have 5 children of course I feel old sometimes! 

Today's celebrations have consisted of buying myself an ice coffee & donut, my husband making me lunch, getting an awesome parcel in the mail, buying Chinese food for dinner & sitting down with a special drink tonight. No big party, no cake, just some simple pleasures. And sometimes that how I like it. 

Never a dull moment

With 5 children, I guess it's understandable that life would always seem busy! But this week has been especially busy! 

Our local Medieval Faire was on Saturday & then it was Mothers Day on Sunday, both of those were tiring but enjoyable. Then came Monday & one of the biggest, windiest storms our state has seen in years! Some places had wind speeds of over 100km & many coastal areas were flooded. 

We have a beautiful ancient gumtree in our backyard, with several branches that need maintenance. I fully expected them to fall in the storm! But God is good & spared us this time. The tree lost quite a few leaves & twigs but nothing large. Many others were not so lucky.