SPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH!!

Yesterday, we were able to have Chloe's 13th

birthday party at the town pool.

It was an all girls pool party with some

friends from youth group.

She was able to have all her sisters there

too and we all had a great time.

Amazingly, I survived being climbed all

over and hung onto constantly.

There was 18 of us all together,

and I can't remember the amount of times

I counted to 18 to check we hadn't

drowned any!!

Here's a short video of some of the action!

Well, that's the last 13th birthday party for me,

until the grandkids come along I suppose!!

500 000 kms!!!

Yes, on a trip to Darwin

on Tuesday, our trusty old girl

(no, that is not me),

ticked over 500 000kms!!

And guess what?

She didn't fall apart straight

after that:)

We have had her for almost

18 years now and she's

still going!

Dave and I are just about

to add a whole lot more kms

onto her with a trip down to

Mt Gambier and back the

round about way:)

The bus is up to 708 000 kms

and still ticking.

The Lord is good!

That's all I can say!!

And just in case you're

wondering.......

CHLOE IS A TEENAGER!!!

Yes, it's true! Our baby is now 13!

So that makes 5 teenage daughters now,

for 1 month, until Lauren turns 20!

And an added blessing of having Lauren

and Cam arriving last night so

we can have the 5 teenagers in the house at once!

This year is a big one for us.

I turned 40

Lauren turns 20

Abbi will turn 18

Emilee 16

and Chloe turned 13

Maddie turns 15 in August

and Dave just turned 41!!

So, 5 of those birthdays are pretty big.

Welcome to old age,

when you're the parents of 5 teenagers!!

Oh, well, bring it on!!

THE BIG 40!!

They say that Inside every old person,

is a younger person wondering

what in the world happened!!!

And so, now that I am now at the

ripe old age of 40, as of yesterday,

that about sums it up!

But Hey.

So my thoughts on being 40?

It stinks! Seriously.

I'm am in denial about getting old,

but my body doesn't always let

me stay that way unfortunately.

Every time I think about exercise,

I lie down til the thought goes away.

I realise that the

"I just woke up" face of

my 30's, is the "all day long"

face of my 40's.

And that Forty isn't that old...

if you're a tree!!

And of course in regard to

body shape and weight:

Eat right, Stay Fit,

Die Anyway!

And did you know,

Old age comes on suddenly,
not gradually, as I thought? 

A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.'

The doctor says, 'It's old age.'

The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.'

The doctor says: 'Okay, you're ugly as well.'

So, as you can see, I'm not really

that excited about turning 40.

I never thought I'd really mind,

but now it's here, well,

man! I feel old!!

But hey, I can still turn a cartwheel (I think),

 I can still run up the stairs,

I can still somersault into the water,

I can still ride a skateboard,

I can still play dodgeball at youth group,

I can still play a mean ragtime on the piano,

so I do have a lot to be grateful for really.

And to all you 'young ones',

Respect old people.

They graduated school without

Google or Wikipedia.

Being 40 means I've had lots of

experience and you know what experience is...

Experience is what you get when

you didn't get what you wanted:)

And on that note, to anyone who is

approaching my age, I'll leave you

with this encouraging thought...

Brain cells come,

and brain cells go,

but FAT cells live forever!!