The Royal Wedding

So we have a new princess or Duchess. She looked stunning. I am so pleased for her.

Wasn't this a lovely dress?  At first I was disappointed but it grew on me.

I love that Will told her she looked beautiful straight away and that he joked with her father that he had expected just a small family affair.

Beautiful Service. The choir was lovely. I loved the song This is the Day. Very very much.

So it is over.  Or it is just beginning.  Charli and I snuggled up on the couch together and oohed and ahhed and groaned over the hats. Some were gorgeous and some were...... questionable.  Julia Gillard our PM looked lovely. I just hope that she didn't talk to anyone as her accent is atrocious. It was all so organised. The Royal Family know how to do things. 
I hope for Kate that she is treated well by The Firm.  That her and Will have a long happy marriage.  May they not turn out like Charles and Diana.

When I grow up.........................

Charli and I are so impressed with this that we are practising our own act. I will be standing on Charli's head. Please pray for Charli.

we are the reason (Avalon)

What an amazing woman.

Below is a story about an Amazing woman. I often marvel at these people and wonder if faced with the same conditions if I could do what they did. 

Irena Sendler 1910-2008
A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won- for a slide show on Global Warming.

Family fun on my birthday

My family happened to be around when it was my birthday last year in December. I had to work so I didn't think I was going to have a lot of fun.  I was wrong.  There were 11 kids (under 18) in the house and 5 adults.  We had takeway. Cake. Drinks. And lots and lots of laughs. It was so much fun, seeing all my neices and nephews, being amazed at how much they had grown up and what great great people they are. We loved meeting Maggie, she fit right in. Lots of cuddles and kisses and photos. At times I felt like Princess Diana LOL. I am sure I instigated most of it. It was such a fun fun night.

Christmas Camping