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I have finished my new blog! I will no longer be using either this one or the blog on my website. Instead, the Blog link on my website will direct you straight to my new one. Be sure to bookmark it and let me know what you think: www.kellytrowphotography.com/blog I am amalgamating my family photos with client photos, just so it is all in the one place.

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Just wanted to share a photo from today, I love sunflare :)

Well hello there...

Yeah, I am getting slack at keeping up with this. I actually want to try out a new blog site so I might work on that soon and hopefully have something new to show. But in the meantime, I'll update with pics here.

Angus had his 2nd birthday a few days ago. Oh, he is such a 2yo aswell! He is constantly on the go, never stops, and talks the whole time! As much as I love him, I also love 7.30pm when it all goes quiet, lol.

We didn't have a celebration for his birthday. We had cake and sang happy birthday, and nan & grandad flew up for a few days so we also got to sing happy birthday to grandad on the same day (they share a birthday). The following night we went to Hogs Breath for dinner with the cousins aswell. Really, that's all a 2yo needs for his birthday!

Oh, on the morning of his birthday I said to him, "Angus, it's your birthday today!" And he replies with "Nope." Me - "yeah, it's your birthday today". Him - "Nope." Me - "yes, you're 2 today!" Him - "Nope." See? He's a treasure, lol.

Some photos from the day:

Look at us up there!

In my new banner are just a couple of the photos that my lovely new friend Fiona did for us early this year. You can check out her work at http://www.fionacolvin.com/ She's very talented and just lovely to boot. Her and I are going on a girly weekend - I mean, business trip - at the end of May to Brisbane for a Photo Marketing Expo. Should be good, I'm looking forward to it!

You know, I did a huge post here last night and when I finished this blogger had a spac attack and froze up. I left it overnight hoping it would be ok in the morning but no such luck, and I lost my whole post :( To be honest, I can't really be bothered to type it all out again so maybe I'll just post some photos from over the last month and update more next time:

Slack? Me?

Terribly slack. But nevermind, here I am now!

School holidays were officially over today. Back to the crazy world of early mornings, school runs, sport trainings, after school play dates, sport games, parent helps, assembly mornings, and something new to add this year....homework!! eek!!! Yeah, I think I will miss school holidays.

But before I share some photos - including Ethan in his school uniform this morning *sniff* - let me update on the last couple of weeks of the hols.

We spent a week in Perth and caught up with my oldest buddy Jo (she's not old, we just go way back, lol) and her two little boys as we always do while we're down there. The two of us took our 5 boys to Joondalup Arena for a swim. Are we crazy? No actually, they were very very good. It was only when Angus (and who else would it be) started screaming the whole arena down (and I'm not exaggerating, the pool was packed and all eyes were on me and him) and refused to stop. Honestly, that child is going to break glass with his scream soon. We left shortly after that. But we did spend the rest of the day together until bed time as the boys were all playing so well together.

We also got to catch up with Aunty Cold (Nicole) and Uncle Paul - my sister and her hubby. They came over for an Australia Day bbq, and Nicole & mum & I started to make plans on a girlie weekend getaway that we have been talking about for the last 5 years. We have the dates set now we just need to set a venue!

We caught up with Nan &Grandad (Ash's parents) & Maureen and enjoyed a relaxing bbq with them.

We missed Hi-5 because a) Angus had been having screaming tantrums all day and I really wasn't looking forward to putting up with that in a crowd full of strangers b) Ethan refused point blank to go c)Dan put himself to bed and fell asleep not long before we would've left and d)besides all of the above, none of us were really all that excited about it. Bit sad really, but there you have it.

We also made a visit to Adventure World. Now this was unfortunately a waste of time. We had been there about 45 mins when Ash had to go down the road to Murdoch for his specialist appt for his foot. He ended up being gone for nearly 3 hours, only to have to go back again in another half hour to pick up x-rays and see the dr again. So we all left with him as even though the kids had been having a ball in the kids pools and waterslide the whole time we couldn't stay in the water all day and I couldn't take all 3 kids on any rides at the same time. Ash ended up being another 1.5 hours anyway with the dr.

Which leaves me to the last bit of info if anyone is interested. The specialist Ash saw (which was for a 2nd opinion) doesn't think his foot will get much better. He will operate for him at the end of this month and shave off some more bone to take away some of the pain but in general there's not a lot else he can do.

Oh, before I forget...it is Dan's first day of kindy tomorrow! He told our neighbour that he won't cry because he is a big boy now. The parents stay for the first morning, then he starts properly on Thursday. I think it's going to feel strange having him at school aswell. I must admit, when I took Ethan to school this morning it was a bit sad. I didn't think it would feel that way but seeing all the kids that he's been to kindy and pre-primary with, all in their school uniforms looking all smart and studious-like, it was kinda sad. It's not just "learn through play" anymore, it's the start of "real work". Wow.

Allright, so here is a photo of Ethan in his school uniform this morning. I'm soooo dreading having to iron these buggers!!! Please excuse all the black, I know it looks terrible but I was trying to get rid of the distractions in the background:

And here we go, the last of the daily photo challenge. It didn't get finished, as I suspected it wouldn't, but nevertheless I still did it as often as I could!

Day 21

Day 27

Day 28

Lastly, here are a couple of photos I took early last month. I have been wanting to capture sunflare, which can only happen at either sunrise or sunset. Seeing as I don't do sunrise, I took Dan out with me to try it out while the sun was low one evening. We went across to the bushes out the front of our area (on Gatacre Rd for the locals) where kids ride their dirt bikes and walked through to find a pond and a lovely grassy area where there once was a pond but it had dried up and some greenery had started to grow through. It was surrounded by big trees which filtered the sunlight through. It would be lovely to go out there as the sun is actually setting and you might get some of that pink sky but at the moment that is just too late in the evening to be taking the kids out there. Maybe when daylight savings ends. Anyway, these are two of my faves from here:

Day 15

Day 16

This is how I have to vacuum my floor. Angus has to stand on the front of the vacuum while I move it around!

Day 20

See...running out of things to photograph!

As you can see, enthusiasm is lacking already! I have missed out days 17, 18 & 19. I actually thought I only missed 2 days so it just goes to show how much attention I have been paying to this challenge. It's hard trying to find something different for each day.

We are off to Perth later this week. Got lots planned! Either Whiteman or Beatty Park (depending on weather), Hi-5, I'd love to get to Kings Park for the Aust Day afternoon and stay for the fireworks, Adventure World, as well as Dan's specialist appt for his ears, and some family photos have been scheduled with one of my online buddies!

Poor Dan's ears have been playing up again. I really think he has either lost a bit more hearing or they are just really blocked lately as he seems to be hearing less and less and I have been having to yell before he hears me. I hope it's not permanent. It looks like I may have to have his hearing test at the hospital (which I'm not really happy about there) rather than the lady that visits from Esperance as she can't get us in until April and I'd like to get it sooner than that.

School starts in two weeks! Gosh, it will be strange having Dan at school aswell. Ethan will be in year 1 - which I think will be exciting for him as he thrives on learning new things - and Dan will be at kindy for 3 mornings a week. I think life is going to go back to super busy soon once school starts again, with all the trips to and from school...and tee-ball starting again...

Must head off for now, need some sleep!

Day 11

A complete and utter "mummy shot". What can I say, he's so darn cute!

Day 12

And here he is, not so cute!

Day 13

Ok he's being cute here again.

Day 14

Hmm..I have taken photos 4 days straight of Angus. And strangely enough he's the one who doesn't sit still so makes it hard for me to take his photo.

Here are a couple of Ethan I also took today. Dan won't let me take his photo at the moment, so I usually get his back while he's running away.