The Wrightee Bunch

The Mum Challenge

2012-02-12T15:51:00.004+13:00

I recently read a book called 'You Sexy Mother' (I know! I think it was written by a Mormon too!) anyway it was great, it's all about how to make being a stay at home Mum a more enjoyable and fulfilling exerience. It's great. She has a ten day challenge at the end of the book and I am currently on day one. Day one requires you to sit down by yourself, no distractions and write down a list of things you aren't happy with and needs changing, for example, Marriage, Body, Housework etc. Then next to the heading you have to come up with a positive statement that you would like to BECOME true for that heading, for example next to my heading 'Body' I have written - I have given birth twice but my wedding dress still fits. This is not true but this is what I would like to BECOME true so this is what I have written down. They then say to get together an inspiration board full of photos, pictures and quotes that are going to help inspire you to make these statements, true statements, but who has time for that? I am just using my pinterest. I just logged on to check it out and maybe rearrange or create a few new boards to match my headings and I found this challenge. Once a week she will give us a new challenge to do with our kids to help improve our relationships. This fits in nicely with my heading for 'Kids', my statement to go with this and which I want to become true is - I make a mess and don't stress because we have fun, I schedule them in, plan activities and invest time in THEM because that is why I am a stay at home Mum.

I find that with everyday life at the moment I am just going with the flow I am just keeping my house clean, and my kids fed and happy I don't really have any type of weekly plan to help them learn before I send them off to school and I would like that to change.

So I have decided that I can kill two birds with one stone, blog once a week AND invest more time in my children. If you want to follow along and do this on your blogs feel free, every Monday I will post the new challenge for the week and update on the previous challenge. I am one week behind but I will do two in one week, last weeks challenge was to eat together as a family for one whole week with no interruptions (it actually says at least three times this week but I think we can do everyday) and this weeks challenge is to Slow Down.

So stay tuned and I will let you know how it goes.............

Joshua's Birth

2012-02-09T13:20:00.005+13:00

My new years resolution is to post once a week LOL and seeing as we live in NZ I would say the year doesn't start till february with school holidays etc, but that still makes me a week behind. I couldn't decide what to blog about, Haydn has been blogging all the important stuff and I didn't want to just make something up. Then I remembered I haven't recorded down Joshua's Birth experience yet, I have to get it down for posterity so if you don't want to read I don't care, but I for one LOVE hearing about other women's labours, like LOOOOOVVVVEEEE it. Probably because my births are the biggest 2 events in my life and I don't want to forget them, I don't want to experience them again I just don't want to forget them, soI love hearing how other women find it. (Did I post Gracie's Birth? I may have to do that one next week)

OK it all started Thursday morning (and yes he was born on a Monday) I had a bit of a show (sorry boys) which at the time I thought was heaps but was nothing compared to what I was getting from that moment on until labour. Then I got all excited, but had decided earlier on in the pregnancy that I wouldn't say anything to anybody until I was having contractions 5 mins apart. I had about 4 contractions every hour that day and they weren't bad but they were kind of regular so I told my two besties and my Mum and my husband and my midwife LOL. I Know I know, I can't hold off telling anybody anything to save my life. But in my defense both my Mum and midwife had told me that there was no way this second labour would take as long as Gracie's, so once they were regular I was excited and expected to be holding Joshua in my arms by the next morning but NOOOOOOOOOOO they carried on all night at 15 mins apart, I dozed on and off. By 6am they were totally gone and I went through the whole of Friday with NOTHING! I decided to forget about it and pretend that nothing was going on that way I wouldn't feel like it was dragging on forever, though in the back of my mind I was stressing out big time. The reason I was so stressed is I had everyone on standby, I had different options for Babysitters for Gracie and I was trying to warn them it might be soon, but then again I was telling my brain that nothing was happening. I tried to get things going myself as I was NOT going to get a stretch and sweep this time, I was going to let my body do what it wanted to do when it wanted to, so I walked, and walked, and walked, and walked. Friday night 11pm they got going again, a little stronger but still every 15 mins until 6am then they stopped again, this also happened Saturday night after a day of walking, and walking, and walking. I hadn't really slept so I stayed in bed Sunday morning after my contractions went away AGAIN, whilst Haydn went to church with Gracie, I told my midwife what was going on and being the impatient woman that I am, asked her to come and give me a stretch and sweep, she came over and examined me and said if I was only one or two cm's dilated she wouldn't give me one but if I was 3 or more she would and she would make sure we had the baby in the next 24 hours. I was DONE I was so annoyed that everyone was telling me how much quicker second labours were and Joshua's was actually LONGER (but less painful). She examined me and I was 4-5 cms!!! I wasn't even in labour (EXACTLY like Gracie) so she gave me a stretch and sweep (HORRIBLE on both the pain and embarrassment scale) then I went to Mums for dinner. The contractions started up again while I was there, still only 15mins apart but more painful and I went home knowing that tonight was the night, they continued to get stronger but only got to about 9 mins apart, at one point the contraction was so horrendously painful I cried and told Haydn I couldn't do it. I was sobbing. I was so upset because I still wasn't in established labour and so I knew this baby was AGES away and the weird thing was the contractions were just as painful as the ones at the end (you know the ones, the 'I wanna die' ones) so I didn't know what to do because I couldn't do this much longer. I was on my fourth night of next to no sleep. So I called my mum (who is a midwife and seeing as it was 4am I didn't want to call my ACTUAL midwife because i wasn't ACTUALLY in labour) she told me to get up, put on a movie, stay standing up and eat something, if I had a contraction i was to lean against the wall. By 7am they STILL hadn't gotten any closer together and were STILL very painful, Haydn was up and he was helping by pushing his fist into my lower back (HEAVEN) he wanted to know whether he should go to work or not as technically nothing was happening and I started to get really stressed. I didn't want to waste Haydn's only two days off work on false labour, and it was the last week of school so Haydn had lots of exciting days planned and he kept letting me know (thanks babe) which days he didn't want to miss and which days he was happy for me to have the baby (LIKE I COULD TIME IT). I didn't want to ask anyone to babysit Gracie and go into hospital if they were just going to send me home and THEN they STOPPED AGAIN!!!! ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH it was obviously ALL in my head, my body just wasn't letting go because I was too stressed out. I texted my midwife and she told us to come into hospital and she would sort me out LOL. I started crying again because I didn't want to go in, as I knew they would send me home because I wasn't having any contractions. Then again I knew we had to do something, so I told Haydn to call work, I called Jackie and packed Gracie's bag and I announced that today we were HAVING THE BABY (because lets face it, if it were to go on another night I would have had a melt down......oh wait I already had one)

So we got to the hospital and Matty (Midwife) sent us walking up and down the stairs, I STILL wasn't getting contractions after about an hour and every time I would try and THINK myself into a contraction somebody would walk into the stairwell and it would die away (I know, I know I have mental problems) So I walked back up to Matty and I knew I was going to be sent home. She said she wanted to examine me, she wanted to break my waters, but because I was only a week over due I had to be in established labour before she was allowed. She also said that she tought it was all in my head (told you) and I wasn't letting go because I knew the pain that was about the come and the embarrassment of it all. When she examined me I was 6CM'S!! She looked at me and said 'Jess you are 6 cms, that's far enough along for me to be able to break your waters, WE ARE HAVING THIS BABY, do you want me to break them?' I freaked out this was IT! Half of me wanted to go home and try and get some sleep before the worst part started but half of me just wanted it done. She broke my waters while my Mum held my hand (this definitely was it because now everyone had seen everything and to make it worse I wasn't even on any Gas while I was on display :( ) Anyway, she sent me for another walk and I just kept praying and praying that this was it and it would be over quickly, I started having contractions pretty quickly, I had 3 all ten minutes apart and then old Haydn I wanted to go to our room because people were watching me, one woman even stopped in the stairwell with a very concerned face and bent down to ask me if I was ok IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CONTRACTION! It's just a contraction, but no I am not ok! Get out of my face lady!

We got up to the labour wards corridor and i had three in 15 mins YAAAAHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO established labour!! and then the next three were only three minutes apart, then I realized I had better ask for pain relief before they denied me of it like last time, but whilst walking the 20 meters to my room they were back to back!! OH NO!

NO EPIDURAL!!! KILL ME NOW!!!! It hadn't even been an hour since they broke my waters and I knew he was close, I asked for some gas and sucked it for dear life and then 30 seconds later I screamed 'Oh CRAP I have to push!' WORST MOMENT OF MY LIFE SO FAR. They all got excited, (I HATE HATE HATE it when they do that) and they ripped my leggings and undies off (so undignified) I asked to get onto my back to push and started I was TERRIFIED I could feel him coming but the pain from my contractions wasn't really dying down like it did with Gracie, so I had pushing pain and contraction pain. Mum was telling Haydn to take the gas off of me because I wasn't concentrating. WHAT???!!!! I had only had it for 3 good puffs and now you want to take it away!!! NOT HAPPENING, so of course because I had the least control in the room they took it from me. I was SCREAMING! 'Pull him out of me' 'Get a knife and cut him out' 'I am going to die' I couldn't do it, I ACTUALLY couldn't do it, I wasn't pushing as well as I did with Gracie and he just wasn't coming out, Mum was telling me off telling me to stop grunting (Yup SHAMO) and put all the pressure into my bum (trust me, it sounds funny but as soon as I shut up and pushed into my bum he was almost out). At one point I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head and as Haydn's and my Mum's faces came towards me telling me not to give up, everything started going black, I tried to tell them 'I told you I was going to die and now I am dead' but then I started to come around again and I was so upset that I wasn't dead, like seriously I thought it was over and I was so excited.

When they finally told me the head was crowning I got a new energy and pushed his head out, it hurt like hell but I knew it was over, but then Mum and Matty started shouting and yelling 'you have to push again NOW' I was a little annoyed because once the head is out usually the rest just falls out but Joshies chord was round his neck and he was purple. So after one final PAINFUL push they pulled him out and placed him on my chest.

If you haven't had a baby NOBODY can explain to you the Joy, Relief and Happiness of that moment, NO more Contractions NO more pushing it is OVER and you have a BEAUTIFUL (even if he was a little purple) baby in your arms! I was crying, Mum was crying Haydn was crying and I was just so proud of myself.

My mind was officially blown! Just two hours before I was preparing for the 'you are going to have to go home and wait till these contractions really get going' speech and then BAM there's a baby.

I told Matty that next baby, I was coming in as soon as I have had a night of 15 minute apart contractions, she can burst my waters and then there will be an anesthetist waiting at the door ready to give me an epidural (which I have wanted for both babies but ne

ver got) what a perfect labour that will be. She said no, and that I can do it naturally no problems. NO PROBLEMS? yeah right, I thought I was dead, anyway, we will see who wins next labour. Probably her :(.

Well anyway at least Joshie's recovery made up for a horrible labour. NO stitches and I didn't need any panadol, I took it for a few hours because I was SURE pain was coming, but it didn't, within 2 days I was normal (down there) and because they put me on a drip for four hours due to heavy bleeding the bleeding after that only lasted 2 or so weeks, it was great!

I love Joshua and I love Gracie and even though I had nasty labours (according to me, I am sure women have had worse I just have a low pain threshold) I just adore them and would go through it again if that's what I had to do (is it wrong that I totally hesitated before I typed that last bit?) I know I should be happy that I get to have natural labours with no pain relief, because so many women have to get c-sections, but you know what in all honesty until I actually get a c-section and know what it is like I totally don't feel sorry for you guys LOL I am just being honest have a go at me if you want. The women I TRULY feel sorry for are the ones who do it all, contractions, pushing THE LOT and then get told they have to be rushed down for a c-section, now THAT would suck.

Anyway for women just about to do it, I have some advice. As SOON as you get to contractions five minutes apart and you don't think you can handle it, it gets WAY worse so ask for an epidural, because if you wait until breaking point they will try and put it off for a little while and then it will be too late!! Take Arnica post birth, I didn't with Gracie and then I did with Josh and it made a HUGE difference recovery wise (the no stitches thing helped too though) and take your own toilet paper to hospital, the stuff they have there is a cross between crepe paper and tracing paper, NOT nice!

Hopefully by next baby I will have it all sussed and contractions pushing AND recovery will be great.

Did I just say NEXT baby? Obviously the 'forget labour' hormones just kicked in.

p.s. I know this all sounds a bit grim but I wouldn't EVER tell a woman to not have a baby. I am EXTREMELY proud of myself for what I have now done twice and being a mother to my two beautiful children more than makes up for the pain, anxiety, tears, blood shed and embarrassment of labour.

Plus I am sure this won't put you off anyway because nobody can explain to you the true pain of labour, you have to go through it yourself.

ok can everybody else now please blog their own labour experiences so you can blow mine out of the water, because as much as I hate to admit it and as horrible as I made mine sound, it was actually (in my mother's words) totally normal! *sigh*

Joshua's Blessing

2012-02-07T20:34:00.001+13:00

Joshua was Blessed in the first Sunday in February. It was a great day and in the sacrament meeting there were in total 1 confirmation and 4 Baby blessings, so we really only had time for about 6-8 testimonies. We had family over and it was a real good dinner. There are always moments in time that need to be remembered and this day was one of them. We love our Joshie, he is so happy and is a fantastic child to have.

Christchurch

2012-01-23T08:36:00.001+13:00

Our Summer Holiday was great. It was nice to get away and enjoy time away from Auckland. It was difficult at time with a young family but we were still able to see and enjoy a lot of things. Christchurch did look like a bomb site. A whole area of town was red zoned and houses were boarded up and it was just shattered. There was a quake when we were down there but slept right through it. For me it was going back to farm life that I loved. I just couldn't get enough of the outdoors. So here are some pictures and a short movie of our memories down in Christchurch.

Willowbank

2012-01-16T09:03:00.000+13:00

While we were down in Christchurch this was one of the activities we did. It was a lot of fun and Gracie really enjoyed it. I think feeding the animals was the way to go. Gracie was fearless. Well I hope you enjoy the short movie.

Thought I would give it a try

2011-12-29T14:28:00.001+13:00

Well this is a trailer of Christmas day and a little more footage. We had a really good time and went to church for a hour, then opened up presents were Gracie showed some excitement. But we did learn not to open up food gifts first cos it was way hard to get her to open up anymore pressies. We had a real nice brunch that Jessie made and then headed over to Jessie parents house. There we opened up a few more gifts and really enjoyed spending time with them. With this new movie trailer possibility I might have to start taking more video footage, cos I think I like it.

The end of the tradition...

2011-12-26T17:38:00.001+13:00

So after all the hard work this is how the end of the Snowman turned out. Though I would make a movie of it. Hope you enjoy.

Possibly the new Christmas tradition.

2011-12-24T09:34:00.004+13:00

As Jessie and I embarked on this journey, I found joy and satisfaction in working as a team. These words are not expressed everyday but when we watched the amazing race some competitors were us to a T, if ya know what I mean. However, this couldn't have worked out any better. As I created the Paper Mache and glued it all together Jessie made the finishing touches which I couldn't do to a standard like hers. Like seriously who would of thought of making a scarf like that or even that top hat? Anyways looking it him now the 5 days was worth it. Will we make it into a tradition? I don't know. But this much I do know, this snowman is flaming amazing. I have been playing around with Picasa a lot hence why the 3 versions. Please vote for your favourite. I hope the kids enjoy smashing him up as much as Jessie and I found making it.

In the beginning...

2011-12-23T08:17:00.000+13:00

With your child there is normally 'first' that you pay a lot more attention too. For example, The first time you see them, maybe the first bath, you could even be excited to see that first Vegemite poo. What ever excites you I have a collection here for you to enjoy.

Just a few more

2011-12-22T09:23:00.002+13:00

What do you do in your spare time?

2011-12-20T09:04:00.001+13:00

Well Jessie got something in the mail and was like "Here Haydn make this with Gracie". So I am like 'ummm ok'. Turns out she wasn't really serious at all, but the thought had been planted. So I started on it and I started to realise this isn't something you do with Gracie, only because she was braking it at every opportunity. However, the obsession couldn't be stopped and I was oblivious to the world around me. I even got jabs like 'what the heck are you doing your a weirdo', but in my head I was like 'can a weirdo make this!!!' Haha Anyways It was made I felt accomplished somewhat because there was little to no instructions. Who knows where is it now I think Jessie has the last laugh there, but it was quite fun. I don't support caltex an in way, I can't even remember the last time I went there. It took me a good solid hour and thought I better take a picture to remember the construction of a Gracie's first petrol station

As Promised...

2011-12-18T18:34:00.001+13:00

School's out for Summer

2011-12-16T09:18:00.002+13:00

Well I made it through my first year of teaching. It has been fun and testing at times but I love it. It brings satisfaction. I wake up and really want to go to work. I must admit sometimes they drive me nuts but its worth it. I am teaching at the same school next year so I am stoked just a different year level. I have had an amazing class. I seriously think that I had the best class in the whole school. It was sorta stink that I couldn't be with some of them next year but it has been great to be able to teach them this year. We did really well at touch and beat some Y8 classes. We went hard in volleyball and took no prisoners. We even thrashed a class at Ghostball and came back from 2-1 down to win. I hope that I have some what influenced them for the better and motivated them to do well in the future. Coming up the the holidays I have been thinking what the heck am I gonna do with all this time. But then I realised that I had my head in the sand and that Joshua, Gracie & Jessie are my holidays. Super excited to spend time with them. I thought I would blog just to record my achievement this year and just to say I did it.

Joshua (who knows) Wright

2011-12-12T20:20:00.003+13:00

Joshua (undecided) Wright, born 12/12/11 at 1pm. 8 pounds 4, 54cm long. Healthy and feeding well. Mum and Baby are well. So excited aye. More Photos to come...

3 years Crickey

2011-11-21T22:08:00.000+13:00

Now you must be thinking some what along the lines of “2 blogs posts in 2 days this is just mayhem” but I will try and be to the point. It was our 3 year anniversary the other day. Jessie commented on facebook along the lines of “Happy 3rd Anniversary Haydn Wright three years today and 18 months of that I have been pregnant and moody, I don't know how you put up with me! I love you!!!! Xx”. I thought to myself “Shucks that’s awesome!” So let me tell you about the day.

We went out for dinner at Nandos. Now just for those people that love spicy but haven’t had it in a while, don’t try and be hard and have hot nandos chicken (I was sweating like a madman and it was quite unpleasant at stages). After that we thought we would go and get some ice cream. I think it has been a tradition of ours to get Movenpick ice cream so we did. As you can most likely tell these first 2 events are just minor details in the awesome story that is about to follow.

We got this cheap deal where it was $14 for a game of bowling each and 10 tokens for Video Games. Now the bowling was over quite quickly mainly because of my excitement to play some video games. We played a basketball game where you got tokens at the end of it. We got 8 for making 42 baskets in minute. We thought we were we choice. We went to look what we could get for 8 tokens and all we could get was 1 lollie. I thought “boy talk about getting your hopes up”. We ventured on and played a ‘Deal or No Deal’ where you could get 100 tokens. I was just doing straight No deal for everything. There where 2 cases left 2 tokens or 70 tokens. The bank offered us 36 tokens. Jessie said “Lets take the deal”. I quickly slammed down No Deal, and next thing 70 tokens were coming out.

We started to look and see what we could get and things started to get more interesting. There were fluffy toys for 200, games for 100. We eyed out a Kung Fu Panda toy for 200 tokens. Now for those that don’t already know I have a talent with those claw machines. I know when it’s the right time to go for it. Weeks previous I took Gracie out for the day and came back with a fluffy toy, which amazed Jessie. So our money tokens were getting thin. There was a machine that you could win 100 tokens if you picked up the cup. Sure enough first try, picked up the cup 100 tokens were ours. We ended up getting the last few token all so we could get Gracie a Cuddly Kung Fu Panda Toy.

Point was it was a fantastic night. I think I even got the comment “Best Anniversary ever!). I could be wrong but to my memory the last 2 were either not planned or really budget Lol. Even though I drive Jessie nuts I do love her. She is like the best Mum I know, she is kind and caring, loves Gracie to bits, and does things, which makes me happy. Love you heaps babe and can’t wait to grow old with you.

He's my father's, brother's, uncle's cousin's, Mum's Step Sister

2011-11-20T19:49:00.000+13:00

So I thought to myself 'Well it's a Sunday lets have a look at the new.familysearch.org website. I knew My mum had done a lot but when I was finished with it all I couldn't believe it. I just had to keep on going so...

It starts of with my Family. Mum and Dad, grandparents and great grandparents.

As this picture shows it just didn't stop it kept going and going. Sorta like an energizer battery, or if you can remember its like eating a pixi caramel. Jessie said it looks like a sword. It would of been massive but I got sick of clicking the next arrow on everyone, so I just wanted to see how far it would go. On the far left its me and to the far right it gets interesting.

As I kept going I saw Noah, Enoch but this was the icing in the cake. When I got to Adam and saw the next arrow I got excited. To see it right in front of you is pretty choice. I thought I better count it too. I am 83 generation descendant of Heavenly Father, that makes Gracie 84 (the year I was born). I know I am a child of God but this is just straight up awesome.

Hope this motivates you somewhat. Enjoy

More For Your Viewing Pleasure

2011-11-07T22:38:00.001+13:00

Classic Text book rugby Tackle

Wrap the legs up

Finish it off

The look of "Yeah Boi thats right"

Marrieds Vs Single

2011-10-30T14:18:00.001+13:00

Last year my brother in-law set up a tradition that all the men in the stake would have a rugby game. He made it YSA VS Married. Now last year we got a bit of a scare at the start but comfortably won in the end and these pictures were from that game. However yesterday was not the same story. The YSA came out firing and scored the first points. We knew they meant business. We were winning at one stage 17-19 but that YSA just kept firing. The were up at one stage by 10 points with 10mins. I used my motivation from the relentless cleaning that I had done that week and put it in my playing ability. We were about 5 meters from the try line they ball starts to be passed my way. One person receives it and draws in a man then passes to me. I weigh up my options and print for the corner. After doing a spectacular dive I put the ball down that brings us 5 points down. I called it the 'motivational try', because it gave everyone the belief we could win it. So by this time the time is winding down, we are exhausted and we are about 20m away from the try line, and we make a break and score the winning try and make it a draw, it was all up to the final kick. We gave the responsibility to our bishop who was leaving to kick the winning goal, we knew time was up and before he kicked it we wanted us all to start cheering. As we started the chant he boots it right between the posts and wins us the game. We put the win down to our mental toughness because of the experience marriage brings and also to our wives for giving us our pass for the afternoon. It was a game to be remembered.

Rugby World Cup Champions!

2011-10-24T20:37:00.001+13:00

Well, that was one of the most intense games I have seen in awhile. It was an awesome moment watching them grind it out for the last 5mins to beat the french. I don't want to say much but it was a proud moment of mine. Proud to be a New Zealand and proud of the boys who won the cup. Here are some pictures of the Parade.

No your Dad is a clown!

2011-10-16T23:48:00.000+13:00

Let me tell you a story. As a family we decided to go down and see all the RWC activities down at the water front in Auckland City. We came across a balloon maker and Jessie insisted I lined up to get one for Gracie. I waited patiently until it was my turn and asked the girl "So did you have to go to school to learn this or watch youtube?" She said "a DVD actually". I responded "Was it hard?" She replied "nah quite easy". I thought to myself "hold up a second, I have the potential to be the coolest Dad on the block?" So I did it. Mum got me Balloons and off I went. Now Gracie got a flower so I thought I would start there. Then I thought to myself "Ohhh a Sword would be cool". Then I got the comment "Oh you will never be a real Balloonist until you can make a dog". I said to myself "I'll show you a Balloonist!" So there ya have it. I am really happy with myself to be honest. I can hear the stories now "So what does you daddy do Gracie?" "He can create anything you want out a Balloon" "Wow can I be your friend cos your Daddy is the coolest Dad I know". Even when its her Birthday I'll be making Balloons like there is no tomorrow.

The New Zealand Warriors

2011-09-27T15:00:00.000+13:00

Ever since the NZ Warriors entered the NRL comp, I ditched my beloved Brisbane Broncos and became a fan. They made it into the finals in 2002 only to be beaten by the Sydney Roosters. This year has been a ripper. To set the scene I had tickets to the All Blacks vs France game. I knew the warriors were playing that night too. As we were packing into the bus like a can of sardines I heard someone say "12-6 Warriors". I has like "seriously" and rubbed my hands together quickly like you would if you were warming them up on a cold winters day. Then I heard "12 all" and the nerves got the better of me. Now this was a must win game, loose and its a 'better luck next year'. The last I heard on the Bus was "14-12 warriors, half time". I go home and turn it on and my heart was racing. It was so intense I thought I was going to put myself into cardiac arrest. With 3 mins to go the Warriors pull off an amazing try and seal the Victory. Now you are probably thinking 'Crickey I wanna watch this game!' So here is the link. Watch it and enjoy. Grand Final this week baby!!! Go the Warriors!

Warriors Vs Storm

World Famous on One News

2011-09-14T18:22:00.002+12:00

Well, the good thing it if you miss a TV program you can watch it on demand. I was told I was on "One News" so I searched it up and found it. When I looked back at this I thought what was I thinking. The funny thing was is that I showed my kids at school and jessie at home. They had that same response "bursting out laughing". You be the judge I am pretty happy about it.

Click on here for Video

Glitch in the Matrix

2011-08-27T17:41:00.000+12:00

So, Mum and I are looking at our professional photos and there is nothing new a few 'ohhh thats nice' and a few 'oooohhhhh'. I then one comment was 'look how big her boobs are' I'm like 'ayeeeeee?' Turns out apple in their photos do a little reflection at the bottom of the picture and this one is perfect. We had a good laugh then I showed jessie and she laughed, and I got approval to blog it so here ya go lol. Love you babe

Pro Family shots

2011-08-24T17:38:00.000+12:00

No real need for words just look and enjoy.

Can you please fill out this survey?

2011-08-05T17:52:00.000+12:00

Now everyone gets those annoying "please fill out this survey and you could win...". I'm under the philosophy "ya gotta be in it to win it". So sure enough I fill out the survey and don't think about it again. I just this email saying "$500 survey winner". I keep reading and I'm like "are you Fairdinkum". I suss it out and make sure it's not a Nigerian trying to steal my back account number and I find a number and call it. I go to the guy "just making sure this is legit" and he is like "sure is mate well done, I'll wire it in and it will go into tonight". Mate I cannot believe it,,,, way stoked, and sure enough 500 buckaroos richer today. Even tho it might go on bills or other things things its still pretty choice.

Samoa beats Aussie

2011-07-23T19:49:00.000+12:00

Now you could be wondering with the title "What could Samoa beat Aussie in?" Well its not indoor bowls i'll tell ya that much. This is the first time ever Samoa has beaten Aussie in Rugby ever, and not only did they win, that smashed em bro. So this is the only program I am aloud to watch on a Friday and It always feels good watching people get smashed lol. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, cheeeeeeeehoooooooo.

Take Two Baby

2011-07-23T19:42:00.000+12:00

Well I flick on my Ipod and check who is playing rugby today. Sure enough southland was, but honestly they lost their first two games so I was like "meehhh". They were playing however and were being beaten so I Gave up hope. Two hours later I turn on the TV and breaking news "Southland Wins the Shield Again" and that's where the fist pumps started lol. Man so stoked aye, turns out this kid I went to school with kick the winning drop kick. Good times, and worthy of a blog post I reckon.

'The Not So Happy Meal'

2011-06-22T14:43:00.004+12:00

I went into work today to say goodbye and drop off my access keys etc, and we got a little bummed out, nobody was really around and if they were they were all busy. I was feeling a bit blah, Gracie was just being so good and quiet, and I didn't really want to go home and look at the same four walls again for the rest of the afternoon, so I decided we would go and find a MacDonalds with a playhouse and have a bit of a Mummy Daughter date.

Gracie had her first proper Happy Meal and only ate the chips (backfire lol) we were sitting right in the sun and Gracie was looking a little tired, she choked on a chip and I was helping her then BAM here it ALLLLLL comes, she had set the gagging reflex in motion. She emptied her entire stomach contents on her, my legs, the floor and the chair next to her. She hadn't been acting unwell so I just put it down to her being so hot in the sun (Me and my Brother throw up when we oevr heat) The thing I don't understand is, why it is that Mum's first reaction is to try and catch it with their hands, I mean seriously, are we really gonna catch it all by cupping our hands?

So I am sitting there in a daze with hands full of puke and I just have NO idea what to do, Gracie doesn't seem phased AT ALL and nobody seems to have noticed yet. I try and pour it all into one hand and I run over and get as many serviettes as I can. The cleaning lady was so nice and noticed I was struggling so came and helped me, I kept telling her I had it sorted and I didn't expect her to clean up my child's spew but she kept going and I was so grateful to her. I took all Gracie's clothes off, wiped her down with baby wipes and plonked her on the bench seat and me and the lady kept going. It all got cleaned up eventually (although not so hygienically I wanted to try and find the spray and wipe after and clean it up properly, maybe this kind of thing happens all the time and they don't really care, let's just say I don't really trust MacDonalds anymore) and when I turned round Gracie was standing there in her Nappy and nothing else dipping my chips into the sweet and sour sauce and loving life. That's when everybody started staring, I wanted to gesture with my hands that she had thrown up and that's why she was half naked but I thought that might put people off their food so I just got out the spare clothes and ignored them.

So much for a nice relaxing lunch with Gracie, I had promised her (not that she understands) that I would take her to the playground, so after she finished my chips off we went. She couldn't play on ANYTHING it was all way too old for her and we had to leave, BAD PLAN MUMMY so all in all I'm not really feeling much better about this day. Poor Gracie. Poor Mummy.

Gracie's 1st Birthday!

2011-06-09T14:13:00.008+12:00

Ok so being pregnant and sick makes blogging a not so pleasant experience, hence why I am blogging about this three months late. I couldn't WAIT for Gracie to turn 1 I

was so excited to get all her presents set up for her, like my Mum used to on our birthdays. Deep down I KNEW she wouldn't have a clue what was going on and Haydn was being a bit of a pooh and wouldn't get excited with me, he didn't even come and watch her open her presents! Pppppfffffttttttt his loss, she LOVED it, maybe because I put all the presents INSIDE the new tent, kids always get excited for new things, so thankfully I wasn't disappointed.Here are some photos of her on her actual birthday.

These were all her gifts from us, her favourite was the alphabet puzzle

Her cousin Syke turned 4 the day before so here is them blowing out their candles

(don't the cake, I SUCK at cakes and didn't think this one through)

Mum got them both a pinata to hit open

Happy as Larry

Her favourite present

She was happy cos I was happy, she had no idea what was going on

We had her party one week before her birthday, it was a 'Tea Party' so I made cupcakes and finger food, her cake was a giant cupcake! (the food and cake were a bit of a failure actually, I'm hoping I get better) I put up a photo board of all our favourite photos from the last year and we had music, drawing, playing and trampolining. The only person who couldn't come was one of Gracie's best buddies Ashton, his Mummy had to be polkadot Carly for the day for a birthday party in Remuera :(

It went well and things were starting to wrap up and people were getting ready to leave when HELLO who comes running down the drive?............ The POLKADOTS!!!! woooo hooooooo turns out they had a little lunch break after rehearsals before heading down to the party and decided to drop in to have a little cake. They performed a few songs and sang Gracie Happy Birthday. What a COOL surprise, I think I got a little over excited and me and my other wannabe polkadot friend Melissa got to perform ' Activate' with them. It was so much fun, thanks Polkadots coming to see Gracie and thanks wealthy people in Remuera who got them all dressed up and in the party mood in the first place!

Her are some photos of party day.

Grace went and found a little quiet spot in the Garden while Mummy ran around like a headless chicken inside

The cake tasted good, even though it was half the size it was meant to be

Gracie and the Polkadots

Gracie, the Polkadots and all her party guests

Gracie opening her gifts with her friend Laela

Gracie's favourite PINK Polkadot Dionne

Grease lightning Go Grease lightning !!!

2011-06-07T20:49:00.002+12:00

Our school disco was coming up and I was pretty excited. I'm sure the kids were excited too, but its cool to see the kids outside the classroom. Anywho a fellow mate goes "So all the guys are going as grease lightning" I was thinking thanks mate, the disco is 4 hours away. So he said "Just muster something up" so muster I did. I thought I looked cool. I did have a thought they other day that scared me though "are my clothes to hip for me and people will think I'm trying to be a hip old guy?" Like when do your clothes start to become "Dad clothes" ya know. OK point of the blog was the photos... Enjoy

My Claim to Fame!!!

2011-05-26T17:39:00.001+12:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcvN0zxYuIM

Normally you go to church come home and get on with your week and there isn't really any celebrity status, not and 'wow I'm sure I have seen you somewhere before' or Can I have your autograph? I think this is it for me If its on 'youtube' I gotta be famous ya know. So check it out 1m 35 seconds on top of the scaffolding. Yeaaaaaaaaah, man I was so stoked. All I need to do now is wait for those autograph lines and paparazzi. Hahahaha ya gotta love it.

First time ever in my life!!! and...

2011-05-15T14:35:00.000+12:00

So I went to church today as ya do and went to go and sit down at and easy escape area just in case gracie decided to scream randomly. While I was about to sit down I noticed the ground was wet so I went to the other side of the chapel. Sacrament was as normal as possible and before the closing prayer the person presiding said "just stay behind we have an announcement". I didn't think anything of it and waited afterwards. The announcement was "sorry there has been a leak in the plumbing the water has been turned off and you can all go home and enjoy time with your family" I was like "what the... is this a trick?" When I think of it I was quite happy because I left gracie's drink bottle at home and no water for 3 hours wouldn't of went down well. Other people were gutted because they spent all of sacrament preparing a lesson only to be told "ya can go home" hahahaha classic.

So thats my story, also while changing the blog around I have put up a few extra gadgets. One being the top 5 most popular blog posts we have done. And what do ya know Jessie's number one and two. I was gutted I think I need to focus on some quality posts, or get more friends to comment lol either or, don't forget to vote (another one of my gadgets) on the question I a posed.

Graduation Baby!

2011-05-08T16:24:00.001+12:00

There are a few things in a man's life where he feels accomplished. Being married, having a child and for me graduating comes in the top 5. Besides being number 500 on the list of people receiving their capping and certificate, it was a awesome occasion. You felt not in a bad way a class above the common people. You were praised for your achievements and felt highly of yourself. I went through uni with some original friends and we stayed together for the 3 years and some helped me a great deal. The day was fantastic because they were a part of it and had been through it with you. It was a day to remember and glad my family was there to celebrate it with me. Kia ora Koutou.

Give me an apple!!!

2011-04-22T12:22:00.002+12:00

Now I loved windows (key word loved) I was a die hard fan. I thought to myself when I used apple "ohhh this is frustrating and not as good as windows". As you can see where I am going I folded like origami. I was forced into using it last year for my placement as school and thats where is began. First I received An apple laptop for my school work. Then they offered an Ipod Touch I was like "sure I'll have one". Then about 2 weeks ago we brought an Imac desktop. Every single item is awesome but I must admit the ipod is just a toy and I just use it for games and church stuff which can be really handy. So it is convenient but not a must have item. I found myself playing less games (windows is made for games) because all they have is chess. Well I thought it was about time I posted something and this is a worthy post of mentioning. My advice is how can you hate something you have only seen or played on once? I don't see myself going back to window but I have been known crumble like the aussie netball team at the commonwealth games lol so for now apple it is.

Goood girl Gracie

2011-03-01T07:35:00.000+13:00

Well this is our little cutie gracie. Now I know that she doesn't really know what she is saying but its still pretty cool.
P.s Man I love Mac's

Wooooo hold ya horse's

2011-02-19T10:30:00.000+13:00

Annnnnnnnd, she’s off. Boy it was so quick 1 week just standing up next week she is walking all over the show. She is about 50/50 (walking/crawling) now so I guess this is where it begins. We love her so much and look forward to the good times ahead. I know everyone talks about how awesome it is having kids and now we are right in the middle of it and are experiencing the good times for ourselves. Love ya Gracie

It's a good day in the Wright household....

2011-02-10T21:01:00.004+13:00

I had a few bad days leading up to this proud moment. Included in those bad days was a Pavlova fail moment, apparently if the egg whites get anything in it they wont whip, and so I discovered after 40mins of whipping and a electronic hand whisk that was about to blow up in my hand that something must have gotten in with the egg whites. (Side note - What did women do back in the day without electronic whisks? it would have taken forever. Mum, can you enlighten us? Jokes man jokes, she isn't that old)
After a FAB date with my hubby last night, today I was feeling pretty positive and Voila, Second attempt brought me sweet success.
Whoop whoop. Thing is I am not even a big Pavlova eater so I might not even do this again, I just needed to try it so I can claim to be able to bake a kiwi classic, and start my goal for 2011 with a bang, and that is to be more adventurous in the kitchen.
Check out the photos, I wanted to get a photo of me holding the bowl upside down, Mum taught me that you know it is whipped when you can turn it upside down and have it stay put, but being home alone made that almost impossible.

Niiiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeee

Gracie thought I was taking photos of her and was laughing in the background

Perfect!

Ferrari Red Scooter Ohhhhh yeah

2011-01-25T17:59:00.000+13:00

eeeeeeheeeeee (the sound you make when someone zooms past you in a car) hahaha ohhhh yeah that's the sound I'll be making from now on. Jessie and I weighed up our options another car or a scooter. Per year the scooter was about $3000 cheaper to run, so we went for the scooter. I'm way stoked cos this gives Jessie full access to the car during the day so she will be loving it. The top speed is 60 but down a hill I got it off the radar so about 90km max lol, But its mad slow uphill lol. Anyways super excited about it aye. eeeeeeheeeeee lol

4 Red 3's and some Red Canastas

2011-01-23T14:24:00.000+13:00

No those that know me know I'm hard out into games. Some of you might be wondering "canasta, I think my grandma plays it with her buddies at the retirement village". You could be right but I love it. So I introduced milz to the online game version. Milz was mad panicking, but loving it at the same time. So the first game milz played we were partners. Now the people we were playing were winning the whole game, even got the 4 red 3's at one stage. By then end it was about 4535 to about 3460. Knowing this was our last game it had to be all or nothing. Now if I were them I would be feeling quite confident that they would win, but the luck was on our side. With getting the 4 red 3's and 3 black canasta's we cruised past them to win by 90 points. We were mad loving it lol, they left the game straight after and there goes me and milz loving the win. If you don't play canasta then I'm sorry you wasted you time reading this but, it was a good start to the online masters of canasta Milz and Hayhay lol

42" Babee

2011-01-19T14:14:00.000+13:00

For those that are die hard fans would know that on the screen is wolverine, for those that are hardcore would know that my chest hair grows in the shape of and X, but that's beside the point hahahah. We have a New T.V ohhhh yeah. We wanted a TV that would tick all our boxes. Box 1: no small than 42" -tick- Box 2: Full HD - tick- Box 3: LED TV -tick- Box 4: Not brought from the warehouse -tick - lol. Anyways we are super happy with it and ill we need now is a blue-ray player to enjoy it to the fullest. I would say a Play station 3 would be to the fullest but I promised myself not to get one.

First Time Swimming

2011-01-03T11:05:00.000+13:00

Now I think I'm slightly getting addicted to blogging but this was pretty crack up. We went down to Tok and Sarah was like yeah come swimming, little did we know the water was arctic temperature so Gracie hated it. The second time around was in her paddling pool with her mate, which turned out a lot better lol.

"Yeah Roger that whisky tango"

2011-01-02T14:14:00.000+13:00

So we were lucky enough to be down in tok when pete was flying, so jessie went up in the plane with him and loved it. SO here goes some pictures of the event.

Wooooow check out how happy Jessie is, flying in the plane thinking she is way cool lol

And here are some pictures of what Gracie was doing while mum was up in the plane, she was loving it too, as you can tell from the top middle picture lol

The Cozy Coupe

2011-01-01T12:25:00.000+13:00

So Sharon (Jessie's Mum) brought this for Gracie. I thought to my self "what is the point to this if you can't race it down a hill". So I Pushed grace down the hill hahahah. Now the first one is the best
now this second one listen for the little horn at the end. Its Gracie's head hitting it when I tried to stop her hahahaha, ya gotta love it

Gracie's First Christmas!

2010-12-25T13:19:00.000+13:00

Merry Christmas From Gracie the Christmas Fairy!

For the First time in 7 years (since I moved to New Zealand) I felt Christmassy, having a child definitely brings back the magic of Christmas, even if she had no clue what was going on. Just seeing the look on her face when she saw her gifts was enough for me I didn't need anything else!
She was spoiled! I always said I wouldn't spoil my children but I just couldn't help it!

Beautiful New Zealand

2010-11-20T11:16:00.000+13:00

I often wonder to myself, is NZ really that nice. I see calendars and I’m like surely that isn’t in NZ. So I have some evidence of my own. This is a walk we did one new years near putaruru. This water/river is where 'Pump' the water is taken from. It was seriously amazing. The reason why I’m blogging this is cos I really love NZ. I served my mission in aussie and thought i was converted to the aussie way. Don’t get my wrong I love Australia but there is something about NZ. I stay in the USA with my sister and loved it with a passion, but did it top NZ? I don’t know if its that everything is 2hours away eg. Snow one way, bush the other and beach that way, or that nothing can kill you over here (poisonous stuff) but I just love it. Point is Aotearoa/New Zealand is pretty choice and it’s a great place to be.

Picasa

2010-11-10T12:53:00.000+13:00

So Milz goes try this out and im like nah, and she is like do it egg, and im like ok. I think its preety sweet only cos of gracies photos and what you can do with them....I love it

I have a degree!!!

2010-11-05T11:45:00.000+13:00

Three years ago I decided to move to Auckland and go to university. I know I wanted to do teaching and thought I would be good at it. I typed into Google Auckland Uni and clicked on the first one that came up and applied. I was telling everyone that yeah I’m going to the uni down the road only to realise that it was the one 20mins away that I signed up for hahahahah. I went through year one making some really cool friends and where married in that year also. Failed a few assignments but that made me bounce back. The second year was good cos I was still with the same bunch of people; this was also the year Jessie got pregnant. The 3rd year Jessie gave birth to Gracie and I had my last lecture yesterday. I also have given two presentations to all of the 2nd and 1st year uni students. I never in my wildest dreams would ever think of getting an A+ and I did. My grades started to get better as my education went on. I know have a job lined up for next year and feel really good about being able to provide for my wonderful family. Jessie has never complaining about being poor, or me getting my education, and she has raised our child through it also. I do plan on continuing my education later, if I had the money I could honestly see myself becoming Dr. Wright lol. Anyways I'm proud that I stuck in there and I believe not studying on Sunday had a great impact on my results. Where the heck did these ice blocks go they where my fav?

What a joyous occasion!

2010-10-29T11:04:00.000+13:00

So we have moved into our new place and the internet might as well be dial up. The new place is fab though i love it. More to the point Gracie is doing well and is so cool to be around. We love her to bits. Enjoy these pictures I think they are priceless to how she actually is in real life.

Jolly jumper fun time

2010-09-17T16:32:00.000+12:00

This is Gracie to start of she wasnt taking a bar of it. But now she is loving it

Talking hard out Lately

2010-08-07T13:35:00.000+12:00

So I thought I would bust her in the act.

Tribute to our baby !!!

2010-07-28T17:34:00.000+12:00

Now i got home today and Jessie had all her friends over and i just knew that there would be new photos of Gracie. As i looked at the camera i couldn't believe how cute she was. I first thought yeah of Gracie is cuteeeee but when i saw these i was like crikey how did she get even cuter. I love my daughter and i think its time to start sharing my love around my other 11 kids who are on their way some time soon. Love you Gracie

Spot the Baby!

2010-07-19T21:04:00.000+12:00

This morning when Garcie woke up I went into the lounge put her on her down to play she was on that screwed up pink swaddle in the bottom right hand corner, then I went to make my bed. When I came back this is what I found! I actually freaked out for a few seconds cos I couldn't find her LOL she learnt to roll both ways so now there is no stopping her, I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on her!

A video just for YOU!!!

2010-07-07T14:59:00.000+12:00

A Mothers love...

2010-07-02T22:06:00.001+12:00

There are a few things in life that people say cannot be imagined until you experience them yourself, and most of the time I experience them and think 'was that it?!' BUT 2 things I absolutely could not have imagined or prepared for are No.1 LABOUR!!!! (I will blog about that next) and No.2 The love of a Mother!
Oh my goodness.......... it baffles me, and I have already started crying.
I don't care who reads this post I just need to record this for the sake of my kids.
It will get soppy so be warned.
From the age of about 7 I have been in to babies in a big way, I loved holding them, I even loved changing their nappies cos it would mean I would get to hold them. I used to wish somebody would let me look after their baby over night so I could pretend to be their Mum LOL kids just made me so happy and I couldn't imagine having a baby of my own feeling any cooler than that.
Then Gracie came along and EVERY SINGLE new thing she does just MELTS me. When she smiles I smile back until my eyes water, when she talks and gurgles I talk and gurgle back until my eyes water, when she rolls over I get down with her and clap and she gets so excited and proud it's so cute my eyes water LOL.
I think to myself every day..............I wonder what Gracie was thinking when she chose ME to be her Mother.
I understand my Mother a lot better since she delivered my baby! I guess every child doubts that their parents love them when they are teenaged and hormonal, but since having my own I KNOW my Mother loves me and I KNOW that everything she does whether I like it or not is because she wants me to have the best in life. A mothers love for a child is UNCONDITIONAL.
My favourite time of the day is when she wakes up from a nap, I walk in and put my head in her bassinet and when she sees me she startles, her eyes get MASSIVE then she registers and gives me the HUGEST smile ever IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
When I am moody with Haydn (sorry babe it's just the hormones) and I am upset I look down and Gracie and she will look up at me go OOH OOH and then smile at me and I can't help but smile back (I just have to hide that bit from Haydn) like she has no idea what is going on, and she still loves me even if I am being an unreasonable physcopath.
When I have to get some housework done I sit her down and she follows me around the room with her eyes and when I catch her staring I give her a smile she gives me the cheekiest grin with dimples and I just want to squeeze her LOL
I am reading this all back and this post doesn't even do justice to how IN LOVE I am with this child and nobody else can love her like I do, so it's my job to protect her and make sure nobody hurts her or breaks her heart cos mine would break too.
I can't watch TV shows if children get hurt in them anymore, it's too hard to comprehend that ever happening to my child. I see all those starving children and I just wish I was rich so I could feed them all, cos even Gracie going half an hour late for a feed sends me into panic mode, can you imagine how hard it is for the mothers of those children to watch them starve and be completely HELPLESS!
My prayers are 90% thanks since Gracie has been born, just for that fact that I have a healthy child, I have a home and I have food in my fridge when so many people don't.

She slept through the night from 5 weeks, when she cries I can always give her what she needs and she stops, I don't have to play the guessing game for long.
Maybe my next child will challenge me a little more, I truly don't know what I did to deserve this child, the only thing I can think is that maybe she is my reward for such a HORRIFIC labour.
Point is I don't know how I could explain to any woman not yet a mother what it feels like to be one. All I can say is 'have one NOW and see for yourself'
Everyone told me to wait before I had a baby and some people thought I got pregnant too quick, but I don't regret it for a second, I cannot imagine my life without my new little family and I will never discourage anyone from having a baby. Sure they are expensive and sure they are tiring and they poop EVERYWHERE and when they hurt you hurt worse and when they cry you want to cry too, but it is by far the most rewarding and joyful experience of my life.
So I encourage everyone to DO IT (literally), GET married and GET going! xxx

Craft Misson Complete!!!!

2010-07-02T21:44:00.000+12:00

Me and my friends have been having regular playdates recently and we always seem to find something fun and productive to do. Melissa spotted Carly's Mums photoboards and decided she wanted to make one, so we made it a project. Now I am one of those people who starts something and then leaves it sitting around in a cupboard, half finished, taking up space. I AM USELESS!
So we met at spotlight and got our materials and I was thinking, GREAT I am going to get this stuff and waste all this money I should just give up now.
I got to Carly's and used the power tools (wahhoooo) to cut out mine and Jackie's boards then we used the staple gun and covered the boards with our material, then it was home time and I thought 'here is where it ends Jessie, don't kid yoursefl you won't touch this when you get home' BUT after I got Grace in bed last night, I DID IT!!!! ..........................ALL OF IT!!!
Snaps for Jessie!
Here is my finished product......it is for Gracies room and it will match the blanket that I..................half finished (surprie surprise) and left with my sister in law in the states to finish............thank goodness for Milz. xx
Jackie and Melissa were slightly skeptical about my choice of ribbon colour haha, but as much as I love them I am glad I ignored them cos I really like they way it turned out.LOL
We had enough board for another smaller board and so I am going to use that one to put all of Gracie's hair ribbons on cos they are too pretty to keep in a box (Craft queen Milz also made those)
Now we just have to keep taking super cute photos of Gracie and her friends to fill the board, shouldn't be too hard!

Fool Proof naughty Chair

2010-06-12T17:42:00.000+12:00

Well i dont know where we got this from but man i was cracking up when gracie was in it. She cant do nothing she is stuck and just sits there going la de da de da. its good though she is way more active and enjoying her play time a lot more. Enjoy

Ayuri's Baptism

2010-06-12T17:26:00.000+12:00

Well i thought i better make mention of this cos its a awesome part of your life. I remember mine i was baptised by my dad in white stubbies and the water was nice and warm and because Invercargill was so freezing i remember my dad saying "we should of stayed in there longer". Ayuri's was straight up family we had the service in the baptismal area and it was short and sweet. Bevin conferred the holy ghost upon her. I spoke on faith, lou on baptism and holy ghost. I think was what really nice was ayuri said a few words and said the she knows she will always have her dads love. I found that really nice having a daughter of my own i cant wait for gracie to melt my heart with words like that. Here is a few pictures from the day

Elder Wright the III

2010-06-12T12:36:00.000+12:00

Well Bevin is in the MTC and is probably overwhelmed with being a missionary. It was a good last 5 days with him. We went to the temple twice, Ayuri got baptised, Bevin was set apart as a missionary and we played so much Zarahemla I'm satisfied if i don't play if for a while (unless you wanna play it then ill carve you like a chainsaw on a Christmas turkey). Anyways awesome experience. He seemed a lot more prepared than I was when I went out. His setting apart as an elder was really good and specific. I was surprised at how the whole ward was behind him and was excited for to see him go also. I know he will make a great missionary and look forward to hearing his stories and experience that will change his life forever.

You're so Vain!

2010-06-06T21:22:00.000+12:00

Gracie never really liked tummy time, she could do it she just didn't find it fun and always used to face plant into the floor after a couple of minutes, even when I was right in front of her, singing, dancing, shaking toys......NOTHING would get her to look up, her Mummy just didn't do it for her.
She was getting a little better but it was still frustrating me, so on my playdate at Carlys house this week I remembered that she puts Ashton (her little guy)in front of a mirror for tummy time so I tried it and Voila! Gracie...........you're so vain! It was instant, she didn't flop once, I was on the sideline cheering and smiling and talking and she didn't even acknowledge I was there! She went for about half an hour staring at herself, talking to herself, smiling, dribbling! It used to be over in 2 minutes when she would start licking the carpet.
And this one is for you Milz, after I did this to Yuki I swore I would never let it happen again and LOOK! I think me and you are way too obsessed with headbands! But she didn't even squirm so I won't stop her wearing them, who knows how long it was in her face! Oops, oh well, you know what they say, Pain is Beauty, you're just going to have to deal with it Gracie! x

Blazing it up

2010-05-23T21:07:00.001+12:00

Well this is Gracie's first bon fire and she was loving it. It look ages to start to burn but Jakes determination got us there in the end. Everyone was mocking me cos i was in my gumboots but i was loving it. Apparently there are 3 things with hypnotize you 1. a running river, 2. a blazing fire, and 3 that ice skating machine that makes the ice smooth as afterward i think its called a wombozzi or something like that. Anyways Enjoy

Bath time

2010-04-30T11:48:00.000+12:00

Gracie loves bath time, is doesnt matter if she is crying or hungry the second she is in the water she is loving it. she is pretty cute aye, the only problem is taking her out cos she goes crazy lol

cute pics

2010-04-30T11:46:00.000+12:00

These are just some random pics that have been taken. Grace is sleeping thru the night now so we are wayyyyy stoked, hope your all doing well

WASJIG Mayhem

2010-04-23T12:41:00.001+12:00

Well jessie decided to do a puzzle, i thought i would jump on the band wagon too so we hunted down one to do. Now im not a puzzle expert but i thought that a 1000 piece would take maybe a few hours. More like a few weeks!! This bad boy took ages. There are a few things that i learnt during it though 1. You have to have a lot of time spare 2. Be patient and never give up and 3. im never doing on again lol. It was good finishing it, felt a sense of satisfaction, procrastinated in other areas of my life, and it felt pretty good smashing it afterwards too.

All sorts

2010-04-09T12:02:00.001+12:00

We have had a heap of visitors and this is some of the people who have visited, uncle george, rita, leah and jorga. Also the Hulmes it was god to see them both

Easters

2010-04-09T11:49:00.001+12:00

This was gracies first easter so we decided to dress her up. I think she looks really cute. We had a really good break and it was nice not to have anything planned and just bum around. There is also a photo of her easter church outfit thats like super cute too.

Proud Moments

2010-03-25T12:11:00.001+13:00

It is always a nice moment when grace is waking up, or getting her ready for church, or just having cuddles. It feels really nice and she is awesome to have around. She is starting to little smiles, fart heaps, and she even pooed on my last week, but life is good. Hear are some photo's that i thought were really nice and, so far grace is going great. She is going to sleep at 11 waking up around 230 then waking up again around 630 so its great. Well enjoy!!

A weekend with the cuzzies

2010-03-14T18:14:00.000+13:00

My Mum came up yesterday and it was the first time she saw grace. It was great because Cora and Ayuri came up also and it was all the oldest girls in the Wright family. It was nice to have them up and enjoy their company. Today we are having a family dinner at Jessie's parents and all the cuzzies are here too. We took some photo's. Biggest is Harrison, then Caleb and little Gracie in the middle. The other photo is of her an skye. Hope you enjoy them

For those in a distant land

2010-03-10T11:54:00.000+13:00

Here are a few videos for those people who are far away. Pictures are great but videos make it that much better. Enjoy !!!

Awww she is so cute !!!

2010-03-09T11:10:00.001+13:00

I just wanted grace at the top cos she is so cuteeee

Sentimental or Semi-mental?

2010-03-09T10:56:00.000+13:00

Well i keep everything and its got to a point where Jessie doesn't like it. She came up with the idea just take photos of it and put it on the blog then we don't have to keep this crap. So that's what I'm doing. 1st picture is from a school i used to work at before my mission 2nd picture is a mission t-shirt when i was serving in Brisbane. 3rd picture is a top i got from my mate Clive, he kept me active when i lived in Aussie and i was a groomsman at his wedding. 4th If anyone lives in the Waikato and plays sport you will know how you always wanna smash Hamilton boys at rugby. And we did, and beat them on their home turf and in front of all their supporters. That was a fantastic moment. 5th a t-shirt made for Nerang, possibly my favourite area to serve on my mission. And lastly it was promised that the Australia Brisbane mission could baptise 60 people in a month and we did 63 and it was amazing. If its in a funny order take a guess and figure it out lol

Pictures for All

2010-03-09T08:23:00.000+13:00

Enjoy, we have limited time so here ya go

Grace Evelyn Wright

2010-03-07T13:58:00.000+13:00

Baby Wright was born on 6th March 2010 at 9:09am Weighing 3.280kg about 7lb 3

Labour was pretty crazy, jessie convinced me she was going to die and the next thing we knew it was time to push. She looks like me (Haydn) I think all she has of jessie is her gender but I guess we will find out soon what she takes from her mother. The name we have decided is Grace Evelyn Wright, awww it sound so pretty. I was trying to convince jessie that Shelby Wright is s good name but Grace was too good to pass by lol. Enjoy the 1 photo we have more but forgot the cable. Jessie is doing better, I was surprised how much her countenance changed once Grace was born. But jessie is recovering well. Well till next time.

Love Jessie and Haydn xxx haydn

I bet your wondering?

2010-03-01T12:14:00.001+13:00

Well baby has not come yet and I just noticed baby wright timer has timed out and flashing 00:00:00. That's a pretty sweet feeling, But i think she is coming Thursday at 11:37am and will be 8 pounds 8. I'm willing to take guesses. Closes person moves up a notch on my friend scale. At the moment you are all on 1 lol. Be quick because she could come today !!!

Its all on like Donkey Kong

2010-02-21T09:53:00.000+13:00

I have finished my placement at Takapuna Normal Intermediate and i absolutely loved it. It was such a great school that focused more on learning than it did behaviour and I feel thats how it should be. My biggest fear about this placement is that baby would of came during it and i would of be a zombie for most of it but she hasn't came yet so I'm stoked. This up coming week is what i did want to write about though just to put into perspective and have a record of just before out daughters arrival. Firstly tomorrow is my birthday, But i noticed after about or 14th birthday no-one really puts in the effort and its just another day (also my sister got married on this day). So on monday we are moving into our new place, and i also gotta go to Uni. Its all exciting getting our new place but this would of been the 3rd move in 3 months and with jessie pregnant it limits what she can do so. We are getting out new couches delivered on the tuesday, which I'm really excited for. On Thursday Lou and Bev are coming up to stay the night to go to a concert the next day. Friday i work and saturday our baby is due !!! This week is going to be awesome, when is baby gonna come??? I'm willing to take some guesses on this. I hope on my birthday but its not gonna happen. Once this week is over its back to Uni full time and back to the routine called life.

Where there is 1 dede there is always a 2nd

2010-02-14T11:07:00.000+13:00

One of Masaru's favourite sayings while he was in New Zealand was "where Dede"? There were a few others like Bedtime Masaru, "Bed sooooon" hahahahaha but the point today is of Dede (kiwi). Where he came from i dont know but dede has been a life saver. He helped masaru go to sleep, he brought comfort to him when he needed it and it seems like he even went to war for Masaru. While our baby has been inside, people having be giving us gifts. There have been a few toys that I've been like hmmmm yeaaaaah, nahhhh just cos cuddly toys need some meaning behind it. So we found Dede a parter called Deedee lol. Apparently Jessie got it from somewhere but i was so excited when she showed it to me. I was so stoked cos Masaru loves Dede and now we have found him a long lost friend. I'm excited for out baby to arrive and excited to see if Deedee lives up to the standard that Dede did.

Young Mens - Not for the faint hearted

2010-01-31T10:00:00.000+13:00

Well, we decided we needed to have a young mens activity before they all go back to school in February. So sure enough we decided to have an xbox night and then a beach day. I had work and decided to go a little bit later and see how everyone was doing and when I went there it was like entering a sauna, with a bit of toe jams mixed in lol, nah the smell wasn't that bad, but someone kept complaining that someone had toe jams lol. But what I noticed is that there was a lot of contention and fights just about breaking out. There were about 10 kids there and 2 xbox's so that's 8 controllers. I'm not too sure if ill have another one because of that reason. Like there was some trash talking which is all good, but then there was personal attacks lol. Apparently the boys couldn't get past that I wasn't staying the night. I told them I had a pregnant wife to go home too but they didn't understand. I was like mate you will understand when you have a wife that you wanna be home with at night So I came back in the morning and they had asked me to come back at 10am cos they wouldn't be up at 9, I told them I'll come at 9 and cook breakfast. Sure enough when I came they were all playing xbox and glued to the screen. We played a little bit then headed off to the beach. A youth explained to us that high tide was always around 12noon every day hahahahah so we got there and what was it............ low tide, which meant we couldn't jump off the wharf which was the plan. So we played a little big of cricket and rugby in the water and that's where the injuries began. 1 dived onto a rock and got smashed and I smashed my chin on a boys head. His head got sliced and my chin got this chunk out. Both of us were fine but blood was coming out like crazy so we called it a day. Now when Jessie saw this she thought I was nuts and needed to go to the hospital straight away and get stitches (it was bleeding a LOT) I thought that i would be ok. All is well now but there are always a few things you learn in these experiences. 1. too many youth plus games equals rumbles and 2. I'm going to help all my children when they have cuts or bleeding cos Jessie wasn't handling it too well. But that's ok gives me time with them and I look forward to that.

Everything is Falling into place

2010-01-25T18:17:00.001+13:00

You know the game tetris and you build up all the blocks and all your waiting for it that one piece to get you like triple bonus points. That's pretty much where we are at the moment, just waiting for those final pieces then booyaa its all into place. Point is we needed a new car, our old car was a 2 door so we needed a 4 door to make things more convenient. We brought a new car for 3,700 on Thursday, put our car on trade me Friday and it was sold the Saturday for 3,600, we were pretty stoked. We just recently got a new place to live too and we move in in about a month a week before Jessie is due (yes i know we are nuts), but if we are i wanna be a pistachio. We have no couches or dinner table yet, so that's another piece of the puzzle that hopefully falls down right. We are relying a lot on baby coming on time but i heard that's like hoping to get a pay rise at McDonalds highly unlikely. But we are just about there. I'm sure things will work out and if they don't it will be the mean story to tell over and over again to our baby and the beginnings of her life.

10 Silver stars if you can guess

2010-01-24T08:47:00.001+13:00

Well i was walking down the street and bumped into this person. And he said "you wanna see something cool?" im like " sure why not" so he sends this file to my email. He told me what it was and i was like, "ok you have been smoking the wacky backy and need serious help" hahahahaha. Nah i love this picture i love the imagination of children and my nephew did this and we had to try and guess what it was and what the letters where. Its a tough one but one its revealed it all makes sense lol,,, love ya milz its all the same colours too

Shaving 101

2010-01-10T09:59:00.000+13:00

Well this is my beard at 3 weeks and i was really proud of it and would of kept it for ages longer, but i have a calling and there were some smart/truthful remarks last Sunday about it.(your wondering you shouldn't care about that Haydn, but sometimes i do :( Anyways i would of kept it for way longer cos it was comfortable looked nice and i enjoyed it so here it is now i know your thinking "man he looks like a drongo no wonder everyone was dissing him" but seriously it looked good. This second shot is sort of a lost look , But this next one is my wolverine pose.Now this one is a little more clean shaven if you look closely i was going for one of the village people and started singing "its fun to stay at the Y AM I GAY" hahahahahah i mean YMCA. I like this one, cos its easy to pick, the mean handle bars This is the dirty moe look, crikey moes are bad, but it sorta looks like Freddie mercury lol Now this last one, i don't support Hitler in anyways i think he is a bad man but seriously what the heck was he thinking. I think this comes down and the dirty moe of them all In conclusion if i was to look at these pictures i would think they are pretty crack up but some are gay, my money is on the YMCA and Freddie mercury ones being gay. But after all is said an done my Sunday shave is complete and now i can go to church and not be mocked, but it might turn to compliments who knows.

Christmas Eve, Day, and some Boxing

2010-01-03T16:42:00.000+13:00

Well our christmas eve started of with me (Haydn) working. It wasn't to bad because i finished at 330 so we had the whole night to do something. We decided to go around to our friends place and play some games and enjoy each others company. Thats where this picture comes from and sets the tone perfectly. It was the first cracker we opened, Not only did we get this cool hat but we also rolled a 6 on the dice that came out, whether that means we will have six kids but next christmas i don't know, but it was pretty awesome. As you can see i was going to go to sleep with it but decided just to wear it on christmas for a while. Anyways christmas day was good, it was joff's birthday aswell (Jessies dad). We had some really good meals and pretty much played band hero allllll day, i was loving it. Jessie brought me a guitar and i got her a massage so we were both happy. We travelled down to tok that night and it was one of the best visits down there everyone seem to be happy and being with my family was really nice. Jessie was looking a lot bigger but looks fantastic so it was good for us to be down there with my family. We had a nice lunch at Sarah's house and then the next day a really good dinner at Llewellyns house it was the best. I don't know where Ava is looking off too but this was the best picture of them all. Christmas was great this year and i guess I'm just recording this for my own memory of it. Jessie and i have been blessed and we have sure felt it over this Christmas season.

Its a goodie

2009-12-21T17:28:00.001+13:00

Well Saturday we decided to go to the movies because we had 3 free passes to use in 2 weeks, but turns out we could only use 1 per visit which i thought was straight up crap but that's another story. So Jessie wanted to watch the time travelers wife. I was thinking to myself "hmmm yeah all good". I had just finished a 6 day week and thought man this could be the first movie that i fall asleep in cos i was wasted and it was a chick flick. Boy was i proven wrong, the second he started time traveling i was loving it. It was a move that made you appreciate your life but not in a holy moly i better stop telling my wife she is a silly billy but more in a way were you want to make her feel special. Point is i loved it, like really liked it and would recommend it hard out. So milz even tho i ignore all your must read books, you gotta watch this when it comes on dvd aye. I would even go to the point of its in my top 5 of the year, i know its pretty extreme but ......(looking all shady) yeah i got nothing, just go see it.

The Most Disgusting Thing You Ever Did See

2009-11-29T15:59:00.000+13:00

So me and Haydn have been trying to spend some more quality time together, mainly because we JUST got the internet at our place and Haydn never gets off it. (Milz I know it's for a good cause but I'm pregnant and vunerable)
So we start making some cookies, which is fast becoming a tradition on our Sunday afternoons and Haydn is just finding it a little too hard to concentrate. I have to think of something to keep him focused on and anything BUT the internet PRONTO!
He walks into our computer room and the internet is STILL on and he sees a mate online that he hasn't talked to in like maybe a week (booohooo) and I tell him to turn it off or he doesn't get to feel my preggy belly for 24 hours. Since he just can't bear to be away from the technology he decides it might be a good idea to clean our keyboard which was starting to look pretty grim. I love cleaning so I decide it could be fun............until I see whats underneath the keys, Dun Dun DUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN...................check it out
Is that not THE most disgusting thing you have ever seen? I almost threw up.
So this is the keyboard with all the keys off. Now to save myself from the embarrassment that has already consumed me, in my defence this keyboard was bought with our new computer 7 years ago when we still lived in England. Dad just got a new Mac and gave us this computer and I am pretty sure we have never cleaned it. So what I'm trying to say is that is 7 years of dirt right there, no wonder it is so hideous (not sure how I thought that would save me any embarrassment actually, but just thought I needed to let you know).
Once all the keys were off I left Haydn with the empty keyboard which he vaccumed and disinfected with Cotton Buds and I scrubbed away at the kitchen sink with all the keys, now that's a lot of keys right there, it took quite a while, and I was a bit over it......
....... BUT after the keys dried we had heaps of fun putting them all back in the right spot (I was the clever one and decided we took a photo before we took them all off LUCKY) and then I couldn't WAIT to get on the net and blog about my amazingly clean and disinfected keyboard.
Thanks Haydn this experience has truly helped us bond! (I told you cleaning can be fun!) Love you xxx

This blog was brought to you by the cleanest keyboard you ever did see and a happy pregnant wife ;)

THE BUMP!!!

2009-11-23T22:18:00.000+13:00

24 weeks and 1 day

26 weeks and 2 days

So Kristin wanted some baby bump photos and I thought it was good idea to journal some of these.
I hope you enjoy them, because that bump right there is the cause of my almost constant heartburn the last week or so. BLLLLUUUUUUURRRRRGGGGHHHHHH
Pretty huge aye?
It's funny how when I first got pregnant I could not WAIT to get a bump, then I am surrounded by these tiny pregnant women in their third trimesters (well not surrounded just my 2 sisters in law) who have neat compact cute little bumps, and I hate it.
I love being pregnant though, and I can't wait to meet my little girl in February!

True Underdog Story

2009-11-22T19:16:00.000+13:00

So in the youth program the have a shield up for grabs at every competition there is. For example, kart racing, boat sailing, etc. For my boys all of this was to much effort and time so we would always get smoked or not have anything at all. (this was previous to me being in the calling). So a challenge came up i was sure we were going to win cos of our Polynesian influence it was Volleyball. Comes to the day and all our stars are pulling out left right and center. I discussed with my councilor weather we still have it or attend. We decide to ring around as many boys as we can and get 5 together. Now these 5 are not the athletic type but if all else failed we still go a feed lol. So to start off the day we win our first 2 and like many things pride comes before the fall, because we loose our next 6 lol. There is always rival wards and ours is takapuna. In the round Robbins they beat us twice and in the last game we didn't even score a point. So they call it a day and get into the championship rounds. So we are in the bottom championship, but a championship nonetheless and who is in it none else but takapuna, and high biscus ward. To its taka vs high biscus taka smashes them 2-0 (best out of 3). We were up now we had a tactic we put our best two servers next to each other because if they didn't win us the game it was all over. So the first game we got smoked and the boys spirits were down. But our tactic worked in the second game and we came back from 6-1 down to win 6-8. The buzzer went and breakfast was ready. i go to the boys do you want a draw or you want to go away champions. They all agreed to play on. Taka was up 5-1 and our 2nd best server won us a point then lost us a point so it was 6-2 with no good servers left so we thought. The out of nowhere comes Fredricko who did these serves that were like sky rockets Taka had no reply and the come back began 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7 this was turning into the come back from narrm. This was match point Fredricko serves another sky rocket taka hits it once hits it twice and on the 3rd hit butches it and the crowd went wild Aeroview had done it they made the comeback and were champions. Man i was loving it i was going around giving high fives to everyone the boys were parting like it was 1999. Taka went of all bummed and we were champs. It had to be one of the most successful times in the young mens program and one i will never forget. I was so proud of them and they did our youth proud.

1st Anniversary

2009-11-21T13:31:00.000+13:00

Once we realized that out wedding anniversary was on a Sunday we decided that we needed to do something on the Saturday. The only problem is that we were moving Saturday, but we made some time to go out and enjoy ourselves. We went to lone star and I'm not a fan of expensive restaurants but heyyy it was our anniversary. Boy was it good, the meals were massive and filling. It was a good choice, shot jessie. Then we went to movenpick and there had some ice cream. There is something special about the place its at mission bay, where we had out first date and were i proposed. We revisited the chair we had out first date on and the area we got engaged and it was really nice. There was no stress and it was nice to be around jessie. The first year has been great we have been heavily blessed from the lord, which jessie being pregnant and us both having jobs. Im lucky to have jessie and look forward to the years to come.

Forest Gump

2009-11-21T13:03:00.000+13:00

So in the movie Forest Gumps shoes are wasted and he said you can tell a lot by a person from there shoes so hear goes. So i have had these shoes for 8 years and Jessie said i have to throw them out so I'm going to blog about them. I got these in my last year of school which was 2001 from a Nike factory for $110. I was pretty stoked at the time, and they have lasted and i think they still have a few more years left. They lasted on the mission and sports and everything really, they gave me the mean toe jams too but don't now (shifty eyes). But the time has come where they really need to go. Apparently i need to blog about all my sentimental cloths so they can be biffed too lol

The Mighty Stags

2009-10-23T12:26:00.000+13:00

To put this into prospective on the excitement I’m feeling here goes. Southland is where I was born and raised till about 12, Most of my family but 2 were born there. Its rugby has never been strong but you always keep loyal to your hometown, unless you’re a traitor then we diss-own you. So teams are Southland for Air New Zealand Cup and Otago highlanders for super 14. Anyways in the Air New Zealand Cup there is a Ranfurly Shield which has been around since as longs as rugby has been around and you can only win it by beating the team who has it in their home ground. So it’s that last game of the season and Canterbury has it (they have won it several times and championships also, and are top of the table). So Southland goes up to Canterbury and beats them 9-3. When I found this news not only did I win a block of chocolate but I was celebrating like a mad man in the warehouse smoko room. I text my brother and when he found out he was another excited mad man. It’s a proud moment to be a southlander and there haven’t been too many moments to be proud of, but this is one for sure. So they are also into the semis and will have the shield till next year. Man I’m soooooo stoked I even might go buy a new Southland rugby top (key word maybe cos I’m tight like a tiger). I’m wearing my old one today with pride and loving being born in Southland.

Bad connection

2009-10-12T12:12:00.000+13:00

Well i really like skype. Its easy to use and i get to talk to friends around the world, mostly milz tho, but i was talking to my mate at the time. We had a bad connection and this is the picture that he was left with lol. Poor Jessie got busted hard lol she is now 20 weeks and deserves it anyways hahahaha. She is the best tho i love seeing her belly grow. I think my daughter kicked me in the ear yesterday, it was pretty exciting. Well when we saw this picture we actually laughed out loud it was pretty crack up.

Are you for real? (Part 2)

2009-08-12T15:35:00.000+12:00

Well I get a text from Bevin going have you heard Elise is in hospital. I’m like nah what’s going down and he says they think she has leukaemia. So I’m like what the heck,,, I’m at work so I’m just lost really then Jessie texts and says I just got off the phone with your mum and Elise is in hospital. Then I call just Chad and ask what is going down and he tells me that is pretty much is leukaemia. I’m like what the heck....so Sarah calls me in the morning and is crying and man I don’t know what to do aye. I went and saw them all last night and brought gifts for all but this is was it was like for me. I was in and Elise wasn’t herself she has needles in her arm and wasn’t looking the greatest. It’s like the life was sucked out of her but she was calm as. (I’m use to seeing Elise being hard out) She had bruises over her body and red dots on her legs. I just felt sorry for her, like it’s real sad. She is having chemo at the moment and more harsh things but it’s what has to be done. Point is I love my family and its sad when these things happen. I just want to be able to support, care for and show my family that in the time of need I will be there for them. Elise is way cute and it will be a day to day thing. I really don’t know how to end this blog but i love this picture and when I think of Elise I think of this picture.

Aussie Aussie Aussie

2009-08-07T14:04:00.000+12:00

While I'm in the mood and have time if you didn't know we went to Aussie for a holiday with Jessie's family. So we were sharing an apartment with them and were there for about a week. Movie world was the biggest let down of my life but wet n wild made the come back tour from narm to redeem the theme parks. Overall is was an awesome holiday. I had no excuse not to go for walks on the beach with Jessie and she was happy as cos she could go shopping. It was a win win holiday i got to relax and Jessie was happy. Now if you have the chance go to the outback spectacular (make sure you get a discount cos i would pay 75 like i did but 95 get out of town). It was awesome, what made it even better i was part of the show, like pretty much the main even really. So what happened is that they asked me to run a race carrying a boat with 3 other guys and i was like yeah sweet as. So they ask us to come out (now picture this it is an arena like the rodeo or derby something like that) so i got down into the middle and the crowd is going wild and i do i few finger gun shots to jessie and she's loving it. They ask our names and we get on with the race. The ground was red sand but i was running like a mad man out of a mental institution trying not to get caught. Halfway through the race i look over and see them slightly winning (the other team we were racing) so i put on the after burners and turns out we put in the hard yards and won the race. Man i was loving it. Beside my claim to fame the food and entertainment were fantastic. Overall i would love to go away each year cos it was a time to do nothing and relax. I saw delwyn and Anita which was great and loved my time in Aussie. would i move back? i don't know. Do i love it over there? yeah. Do i wove Jessie? you betcha

Are you for real?

2009-08-07T09:20:00.000+12:00

So yesterday I'm having a shower at the gym and my phone is going crazy and its in my bag. So I'm hustling like mad to find it. I pick it up and it Jessie she explains to me that she just got to work and i was like "yeah ok" "cos i fainted on the bus" i was like "what the..." So this is the story. She is on the bus and feels she is going to faint first she cant feel her legs, then her hearing goes and finally her sight. With the final hope of anyone helping as she is about to collapses she says "I'm passing out". Next thing ya know she wakes up and is outside the bus on the concrete with a jacket over her and one under her head. When she said that it spun me out and i thought about how trippy that would of been and started cracking up. But she was fine. Someone caught her and looked after her big time. Now it sorta makes me think a little. She said they were all very helping and that's comforting to know that people these days still generally care for other people and are willing to help, which i thought was nice. There is nothing wrong with Jessie at all. They rang an ambulance and that dropped her off at work. The crack up thing about the ambulance is picture it just casually no sirens on and someone just hopping out the back and going to work, it would of been made crack up to see lol. But yeah that's the story of the hour. Moral of the story people still care in society and 2nd i need to start believing her more when she says she is gonna faint lol cos it does happen. If you wondering why such a comment i was raised tough and there was no room to be a woosy pants in front of siblings. The common phrase was "harden up" so i did but I'm starting to see its not the same with a wife lol.

6 Months Tomorrow

2009-05-14T11:24:00.000+12:00

Well i have been married to jessie wessie for 6 months tomorrow so i thought i would write i little something as i dont normally write anything. Its been awesome come to think ok it. Our house has turned into not only a home but in igloo cos its so dang freezing but im a hot sleeper so recently she has been geeting more cuddles cos im really cold. Like last night i warmed up her side of the bed and then she told me to move over but it was really cold so we just had cuddles on her side hahahahahahahaha. Point is i wove her a lot. Its been fantatsic. I can honeslty say i have done more dishes in my first 6months of marriage then in my whole life. But it makes me feel like im contributing to the relationship in my own little way. I cant wait to have a family with her she will be the best mum ever. We are going to the temple this weekend so that will be nice and hope to do something nice to remember our wonderful day. Oh and we got our wedding video back its flippin awesome. Anyways its been great

p.s the picture has nothing to do with what i have written but the movie was so good. Bring on transformers 2

Jessie wessie is sick :(

2009-03-15T16:51:00.000+13:00

Well jessie went on got her tonsils out and a nose job. She walked into one door happy as larry and next thing ya know she is on a bed out like a light. Honestly tho it was the worst feeling ever. I now know what old people must feel like when they see their loved one on a bed helpless. It was shocking i was like awww jessie but there was meaning behind it this time. so anyways she has ice block and ice cream and really nice food and some she couldn't eat so i wanted to munch it back hard but i wasn't allowed too. But yeah i managed to get a sandwich so i was way stoked. Now she didnt acually get a nose job but she got somthing cut up there and it hurt like crazy. So all this week i have been nurse haydn and crickey stuff doing that full time. But i guess it shows her that i care. Ok thats about it but yeah her tonsils where as big as ice cubes

My Birthday

2009-03-13T15:35:00.001+13:00

Well i turned 25 and what i day it was. Quarter of a century now that's flipping old. Jessie made me feel awesome with singing me songs in the morning and buying be Dr.pepper so straight away i was stoked. I got a card from milz a phone call from mum and dinner from Sarah. Jessie made my fave dinner which is mince stew, mash potatoes and corn, seriously i love it. So i had a really good birthday. I have come to the conclusion that there is a lot of things that a better being married and birthdays is definitely it and Christmas's' cos crikey i have had some shockers. But yeah point is I'm 25 and loving it

New Years

2009-01-03T19:33:00.001+13:00

Well what an awesome year it has been. jessie and I met and are now happily married. We both passed our uni papers and had a really successful year. Besides that our 09 goals look promising too and im pumped for the new year. the only thing i dont know where my sister is she disapeared after christmas so i hope someone finds her soon. Other than that Christmas was awesome, best i have had in ages. It was my father in laws 50th birthday as well so it was fantatsic....well thats it really, Jessie is feeling under the weather but we are enjoying the summer as much as we can. Hope everyone is well

Haydn

Home.....Where our story begins <3

2008-12-10T19:01:00.000+13:00

So you all wanted to see photos of our little flat and the fact that it's little means it gets messy real quick so that's why it's taken me a while to get these up. PLUS we don't have a computer so I am bludging Mum and Dad's Internet.

That one up the top is the shelf you see as soon as you walk in if you look through the kitchen, Haydn CANNOT TOUCH this shelf it is MINE and only the things which I think look good can go on it because it's what our guests will be looking at the second they walk in the door. He is getting better but occasionally I will come home and he has put his wallet or paper work or files on it, it lasts about 5 seconds then I give him an earful and it goes on the shelf opposite (which you will see in a second......Not so pretty)

Here is the one of our couches (pretty shelf to your left....just for your mind image creation) oh.......Haydn insisted being in every one of these photos so we will play spot the Haydn..........and no there will be no prizes, unless your kids are playing.

Can you see our cool white board so we can write notes to eachother? YUS!

This is our bathroom which pretty much sold it for me, we were really lucky cos it's really big (should have taken a better picture) and it's brand new AND there are 3 big drawers which are ALL mine.....Haydn has a basket on top, I'm not that mean.

This is the rest of the Lounge and the dump shelf (pretty shelf to your left) Haydn can dump anything on that on cos you can't see it when you walk in.

This is our kitchen, I am standing right on the front door so I couldn't get all of it in.......not that there is much more all that's missing is the sink which is down on your right. Kitchen also brand new BIG BONUS!!

And last but not least it's our Bedroom 265cm by 206cm to be precise (well actually I am just recalling that from memory) it fits our bed a chest of drawers and a metres wide walkway from the door to the chest of drawers and the crossing from our bed to the wardrobe. Oh well I love it cos we have a seperate lounge and we don't have to have all our books and music and toilettries in with us (Like when we lived at home) we can spread out and study, eat, sleep, read, straighten our hair WHEREVER WHENEVER AND HOWEVER WE LIKE!! We love it.

I hope you guys like it too.........let me know anything you think is missing our out of place to help make our place really feel like home. We don't have much storage space so any handy decorative/storage tips you have i.e. that aren't plastic and hideous....let us know! xxxxx

The Ring

2008-12-01T15:35:00.000+13:00

Well after a few saturdays with jessie wanting to kill me cos i couldnt make up my mind I found a ring. Now when i saw it i was like i think thats it. But the lady behind the counter or jessie didnt even suggest it. I tried it and on love it. Previous to this we spent about 2hours 37mins and about 24 seconds trying to find one and there ya have it. Man im stoked aye cos i love it. So now i feel like a married man. Weird how that works, well yeah that about it aye

Honeymoon.............

2008-11-29T18:34:00.000+13:00

Ok here it is.......Our honeymoon. Now it's not gonna mean anywhere near as much to you guys as it does to us but here got the Pictures anyway. We went to Cairns Australia (North of Brisbane) and we managed to take a trip out the the Great Barrier Reef for the day! This was on my wish list so I was pretty stoked.

I won't explain every photo....just the ones that need a story.

This is Port Douglas

This is the car Haydn's Old MTC mate lent us to get up to Port Douglas (Yeah I know......who does that!)

All you can eat Seafood. Ooooohhhh Yeeeeaaaahhhh

Apparently the Australians need to know what will happen to them before they decide to look right

These last few were from the day of our reef trip.....The underwater photos were taken in a glass bottomed boat so they weren't very clear....stay tuned for our underwater camera which we are developing monday and hopefully the pictures will be a lot better.

This last one I will explain......The purple thing is a sea anenome (Nemo's House) closed up! Which apparently only happens about 3 times a year so we were pretty lucky....however the tour guide was a LOT more excited than us haha.

So there you have it, our romantic getaway.

We had a great time and we are so glad we got to live some of our dreams (i.e. the reef and driving a ford territory) Hopefully one day we can go back.

I will blog tomorrow about our flat and my new haircut!

xox

Wedding Brief

2008-11-25T14:39:00.000+13:00

Well this is of the Wedding day. Due to milz being hasselled from apparently a million people I needed to write a blog about the day. But due to lack of time this is all your getting. There is tonnes I need to do today but the highlight was being sealed to my wife for eternity. Nothng will beat that sweet moment as I looked into her eyes and showed my commentment to her infront of my love ones and Heavenly Father. It was a special day... Well ill update this in more detail when I have time. Im out

Moving In to the new house!!!

2008-11-09T11:16:00.000+13:00

Ok so yesturday we moved into our new place. Well pretty much got everything over there and the freakin book shelf got scratched. Like where the heck does that come from? and then we go to move in the T.V cabinet and it doesnt flipping fit in the door by like 2mm,,, thats right 2 mm what the heck i say. But yeah im pretty excited aye like its starting to like feel real. Like new place, new wife, new kids, new ward, and new toothbrush. Anyways it was awesome well not really cos of the furniture stuffed up but hey im gonna be with jessie so it will be all good in the hood and pretty sweet on the street and ill be just chillin like i villian. Anyways thats all i got.....1 week baby....

p.s O.k the picture has nothing to do with the story but look at jessie go!, yeah you go girl. And me keeping it under control, or is it (shify eyes, Haydn fades slowly into background)....woooooooow