Edging closer to christmas!

Hi everyone...

gee the time has flown...the last couple of months has seen us celebrate and reflect on what would have been Eli's 7th birthday...as always, we wonder what he would have been like as a little man, and how we would have been as a family...it was a very reflective day, again with tears and beautiful sunshine. Very low key day which usually just unfolds for us...nothing specific is ever planned, it just 'comes' as is. The lead up, we took archie to the melbourne show and then the aquarium - he had an absolute ball, but we continually miss our son and archie definitely misses his 'big' baby brother eli...
eli certainly had the brightest star in the sky that night.

We are continuing to be booked steadily. We have a couple of families coming through at the end of october and had a family through the holidays which was terrific...we are looking forward to the summer months - and i know archie is keen to play with our next 'visitors'.

The cottage works are slowly coming along...very dependent on this spring weather, but looking forward to having it all completed by christmas!

There is really not much other news from us...just busy with every day life doing 'stuff!'...

we have done a couple of presentations and just gearing up for christmas now which will be on us before we all know it...

our next big 'day' is melon's anniversary of the day he died...i remember as if it was yesterday. 12.55pm on Sunday 16th November...it will forever be a day in our memories...

take care everyone and have a terrific couple of weeks!

lots of love and sunshine
the simpsons
xoxoxox