Being a Grand ma....

Some times it is good to just stop and spend time with your Grand children or children..
Having Mason visit us on his own while his Mum was with her Netball team made this happen for us.

This child steals my heart when ever those big brown eyes look at me....
Harry came to stay as well boy did they have fun..

There was 4 wheeling fun and driving the tractor which Mas did not want to leave....Harry had fun showing his cousin the farm life.

Feeding the cows and sheep were a great hit with him.

It was double trouble
double noise
double mess
double laughter
double fun
I loved every minute of it.

2013

How they have grown since this photo was taken....

Have a great week...
Mandy

Mason....

We love to go for a week end drive, last week end we drove up to see a special little boy who turned 2 on the 18th..
It was a long drive up to Charters Towers 2am Friday morning we left and got there at 4:30pm.

But seeing this little face as he opened his presents was all worth it.

Lots of presents from his Aunties back home as well.
The balls for the trampoline were a real hit with Mason and Uncle Will.

I think Mason was geting sick of all the kisses but I had 4months worth to give him.

There was lots of swimming , this boy is a water baby and has no fear at all.

I think the cheaky photo of mason on the climbing Gym is my new favorite, look at that face.

Fun in the park was had by the big boys as well, I learnt something this week end...
EVERYTHING is a competition between brothers.....

All too soon it was time to leave this little family and go back home.

Being a long distance Grandma is hard, but every time we drive up the trip gets shorter and easier..So may be in a few more months we will go for another weekend drive.

Blessings to All
MAndy

A Love Story.......

HI.....

Remember me? Well I used to blog regularly once but things slipped there for a while and blogging was on the back burner,but I'm back......One of my dear blogging friends Deb asked me what my married name is now? Well.........It is still Storey...

O.K there's a story to this so go make a cuppa and I will tell you..

 

To make a long story short Bruce is Greg's brother......Yeah I married another Storey some story hahahaha...

Getting married again was not high on my to do list that is for sure and certainly not to one of my brother in laws....Bruce and I were often on the phone talking as he was always there to listen to my ramblings after Greg died, and I to his as he didn't have a very happy life at all.

One evening Bruce turned up on the door step and told me he had fallen in love with me and wanted to make my life happy again...To say I was shocked is a understatement, I looked at him and just laughed....really laughed. To Bruce's credit he didn't turn around and go...

After a week of tyring to convince me that it was a good idea for us to go out I decided to give it a go..

Boy did he have his work cut out, I found it all very strange at first. I mean he went from brother in law to boy friend that is some change...

Emotions were varied as you can imagine. The three youngest kids still living at home Will, Robbie and Cassie were all fine about it.( I think they were glad I had stopped crying) The older children didn't cope as well, but they were all living there own lives and they  had always had two loving parents while growing up to help them grow into the strong adults they are today.....The younger three needed that as well.  Greg and Bruce's family and friends, well some were happy others not as happy.

 One thing I did learn is people are selfish and don't like change....I found that me being happy made people angry at me.....At first I couldn't under stand why they weren't happy for me. Now I know that the were unable to move on and would rather I stay at home sad and miserable for the rest of my life as that is what good widows are supposed to do...This surprised me....I realized that it wouldn't matter who I went out with they would feel the some way.....

Being with Bruce I have learnt even more about my Greg. Listening to Bruce talk about the things that Greg got up to as a kid gives as all a good laugh....Greg was the eldest Brother in his family and Bruce was 8 yeas younger and the 2nd youngest brother...There was 6 in all...Greg and Bruce were also the only  Christians in there family...As Brothers in there adult years they were very close....One thing I find about being with Bruce is he understands when even now I still have days when the grief of loosing Greg still over whelms me....He to has sadness as he lost a brother and friend....

So together we are moving on...Bruce will always be Uncle to the kids and that's what they call him....William calls him Unky which is cute......We are a family now may be not your run of the mill family but we make it work, and I know that we are all so much happier than I thought possible.......

That is my story as to why I am still

Mandy Storey

Blessings to you all

Mandy