Yacheting by Camp Quality

30th of September 2007

Hi all

We were lucky enough to get invited along to "A day on the swan" organised by Camp Quality. Very generous yacht owners volunteered their time and yacht's to show us the sites. We unfortunately got sand banked twice, though while doing that saw two dolphins..which was very cool. Imogen and Sally (the yacht helper) had great fun yelling when the boat swayed and eating the snakes that Sally had bought along. The owner of our yacht, Phil was lovely and funny and pointed things out to us along the way.

It was a very relaxing way to spend a morning on the swan.

Love to all

The Holmes Gang

Oh I just can't wait to go yachting maybe it will happen if I close my eyes
Our yacht Neutropenic ( or some thing like that...none of the kids in treatment wanted to go on it as no one wanted to be neutropenic)
Dad and Immie waiting for the yacht to be ready
Cheesy grins
Daddy and the cheesy girl
Cherrie, Dean, Blake and Kai on their boat
Teddy all buckled in, which happens to be a daffodil day bear which Imogen has fallen in love withxx
Immie...and her straight teeth
Jas busy on the boat
Yachts

Where is imogen,? Granma?
Just Teddy and Me
Hello Daddy
Sally (yacht helper) and Imogen
more smiles

I can do it...I am sailing

The owner of the yacht, Phil

Mummy & Immie

Baby Blake

Group Photos at the Yacheting Day

Immies support crew

Cherrie, Dean, Kai and Blake

Granma, Imogen and Granpa

Granma and Granpa
or
Mum and Dad
or
Julie and Alan

Kai and Imogen..very cute

Kody's pre birthday

29th of September 2007

Hi all

Our beautiful boy, Kody turned 9 on the 30th of September 2007, and we had pre birthday party on Saturday 29th of September, as he went to his dad's on his actual birthday. Just the family and us, Kody celebrated with a Surfs up cake in the shape of a nine and lots of presents -hurray!! Happy Birthday Kody!!

Love to all

The Holmes Gang

My almost 9 year old son
How you look after 9 years of parenting....mmmmm
Imogen and Kody
Opening the crocodile that lived in our sink in the bathroom for about a month
Opening presents
Daddy & Immie
Kody and Dad
Funny present....from Uncle Nigel
Mum

Daddy and Immie

The Holmes Gang

Dad and Nigel

Kody's CAKE!!!

29th of September 2007

day before Kody turns 9

Cake time!!
The cake for Kody's birthday
WOW!!! suprise Kody!!
Blowing out candles
Pulling funny faces???

Kody's a FRUIT BAT!!!

At school this term they have been doing rainforest's animals, and they did a talk and assignment on what ever animal they chose. Kody chose Fruit bats, he was very excited about his assignment and did a fantastic job with costume, speech and assignment. It was impressive, how into the assignments they got, they were very professional!!


Kody as a bat

The wings were made by Granma and Kody by painting rubber into a shape

Full wings

The car accident - argh!!!

25th of September 2007,

Rally Derby Fiona

The front of my poor car

The bonnet
My gear box ripped forward
The other car

Emailed 26th of September 2007

Hi all

Guess what...I have decided I have had not enough drama in my life of later and decided to now to....
WRITE OFF MY NEW CAR!!!
Last night Me, Kods and Immie were coming down Hepburn Ave and this young guy thought he could cross across my path on Hepburn Ave into Rangeview Rd before I got there...
well the answer to that question is in the photos attached. My poor car is now a write off...I was sad, but grateful we were all ok.Kody and Immie went to PMH in the ambulance with Jason, because Kody had whiplash and huge bruises across his chest and stomach and Immie was shaking like a leaf.
Not suprising as when we hit him, I slammed the brakes on and managed to spin the car so it was facing the way I had already come.Immies's name must have come up on the screen down stairs as the next thing you know nurse Jane from 3b was up in emergency checking on us..how nice.
Also Dr Paul was there to doing his 3 month stint in emergency, so it was very calming to see them both. Kody & Immie got checked out and we got home just before 10pm. Kody went of to school today with some incredible news and feeling a little sad for himself.

While Immie and I went back to PMH, for her second monthly appt and ultrasound, she is the incredible silver bullet ( thank god for the harness we use
with the booster and that they were both in the back). The ultrasound was super easy Immie just layed there, not fazed in the slightest. We will not hear any news from the ultrasound as it takes a week to write the report, though we were told if there was anything wrong they would have rang 3b straight away so that is reassuring.
Urine tests were all clear last month and bloods are good this month. The appt it's self was quick and easy, we had Dr Angela and she is lovely and funny. Great with kids.
Everyone was very excited about Immie hair and she was incredibly cute while she was there.
Then icecream and home. So now we wait another month, for our next appt and I guess we will be going car shopping again soon,

Love to all

The Holmes Gangxxxooo