Well I had the coolest weekend just this weekend past, Celebrating Mama. Saturday was 8 years since she passed away so I decided that I wanted to be at the temple where I could feel closest to her. I loved the year that Stan & I got to have going down to the temple with Mum & Dad so I always picture us there together every time I go.
The other cool thing about the trip down that day was that I got to have Dad come along as my chauffeur :) Stan & the boys decided not to come since the weather was pretty shocking, so it was really special to be able to have quality time with my Dadda all the way down & back! Of course we had to make the compulsory stops at Pokeno & Mama's Donuts so they made the trip even sweeter too ;)
Then on Sunday afternoon we carried on the weekend with dinner & our 2nd 'No empty chairs' FHE (See our 1st one back in 2012 here). Love being with my fam bam & there's nothing I want more than to be with them for all eternity! Here's all the pics....
All the kids were taking turns trying out the Heke's new exercycle :)
All the kids were taking turns trying out the Heke's new exercycle :)
Funny how this boisterous & larger than life 4 year old gets so shy & coy when she's put in the spotlight x
She wanted me to take a photo of her beautiful french braid that Mummy had done for her for church :)
Precious Pod xoxo
Our family definitely wouldn't be as cool without her in it!
Can this cutie boy even see outta those super smiley eyes??!!
If Uncle Stanie's chair was empty we'd have no-one to do the thumbs up in all our photos lol
There was 26 chairs in all for the fam
Everyone cracked up when we realised Uncle Pete was sitting in the high chair lol
Disclaimer: Grandie WAS at this dinner, but he wouldn't allow any photos to be taken so that's why there's none of his handsome face this time round....
Click here to watch Pod's gorgeous talk. I just spent the last half an hour trying to load the youtube clip but it didn't wanna cooperate, so here's the link instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06btnrD-BWI (Make sure you go there - she's so cute!)
After FHE Ella wanted to me to come & see their pretty new duvet covers :) I would love the same cover for my own bed - such a cool colour!
Mac & his dessert bowl - Reeses slice (Stan's 1st attempt), Lemon cheesecake & boysenberry icecream. Yum!
I forgot to take a photo of our mains, but we had yummy chicken & rice, the chicken salad that everybody loves - but without the chicken lol, rolls & garlic bread. I'm sure Mum would've been more than happy with the delicious spread :)
And then after Grandie had left, it was out to do a few fireworks. (It had to be after he'd left cause otherwise he probably would've reported us to noise control haha)
The Heke kids getting their groove on to the dancing fireworks (there was one that they thought sounded like you should dance to it - what did you guys call that one Mell? I can't remember?)
This little big man loves fireworks these days, but still likes to keep a real distance - unlike his cuzzy, Seffy "no fear" Heke who wanted to be right up in there lighting them all by himself!!
Just a few more sparkler pics. I was hoping to be able to do some words with all us adults there, but the box only had 6 sparklers in it so they had to go to the kids :)
Mell did do a pretty cool heart for me though....
Can't believe it's been a whole 8 years since Mum passed away already. Hate the distance that keeps growing since I saw her last, but so grateful to know that when I see her next, we'll never ever have to be separated again :D Love you forever my precious Mumma xoxo
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