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Posted on January 22, 2016 by Are We There Yet?

Just a short post today to share a little bit of exciting news!  I can officially announce that this year I am going to be working with the team at ‘Country to Canberra’ as their new Blogger Team Director – wahooo! This is a volunteer position, but I am thrilled to be working with the very inspiring Hannah Wandel (Hannah’s just a little bit of a super star!  She was on the Financial Review Westpac ‘100 Women of Influence’ list for 2015, she was also an ACT Young Woman of the Year 2015 finalist, a 2015 Layne Beachley Aim for the Stars Foundation Scholarship winner and a 2014 Great Ydeas winner), along with a team of talented teenage girl bloggers!

The mission of Country to Canberra is “To empower rural girls to reach their leadership potential”.  There is heaps more information on the Country to Canberra website but here’s a basic outline of what Country to Canberra is trying to do; Continue reading →

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Books to Read in 2016

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Are We There Yet?

So, another one of my ‘lists’ for 2016, was a reading list.  My step-sister in-law (phew – what a mouthful – hehehe – hi Liz!) very kindly added me to her ‘Booklovers’ Facebook group at the end of last year and it has re-ignited my love of reading again.

Growing up we didn’t have a TV in our house so we all read a lot and I love, love nothing better than to get lost in a good book, especially if it is cold and raining outside and even better if there is a fireplace involved! However, since kids came along – there hasn’t been a lot of time or energy for reading and I’ll have to admit that I have been suckered into watching TV series like Nashville and Friday Night Lights instead spending my down time reading.

Things are changing in 2016 and reading is back!!!   Continue reading →

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Tropical North QLD Must Do’s in 2016

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Are We There Yet?

I don’t have my normal New Year’s Resolution Post to share this year, but I did like this one if you need a bit of help.  I just don’t seem to have my ‘organisation’ mode kicking in just yet, but I do have a few lists (you all know I love a good list) happening so I’d thought I’d share those on the blog for now.  First though, here’s a collage of our #2015bestnine photos from our adventures last year which we shared over on our instagram account – it was interesting to see a good mix of our family life make the top nine photos!

If you want to see your or even someone else’s #2015bestnine just head to http://2015bestnine.com/ and pop in the instagram username – too easy and a bit of fun!  Oh and you can search the hashtag #2015bestnine to see a heap of terrific photo collages from 2015!IMG_1122

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Christmas 2015

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Are We There Yet?

IMG_0958A Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everyone!!  I hope 2016 has started off well for you all!!  I don’t have a 2015 wrap up post for you this year as it was a little light on in terms of blogging posts published on here, but I do have a photo heavy Christmas/New Year post to kick 2016 off right! Continue reading →

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Family Life via 9 years of Birthday Cakes

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

Happy-Birthday-8Next week Jack – our eldest son – turns 10.  I don’t know if it’s all the Facebook posts floating around about kids finishing school today, or just something in the air at this time of year, but I’ve been feeling all nostalgic which had me spending a good hour or so this morning just floating through our iPhoto albums on the computer and looking back on all of Jack’s past birthday’s.  I’ve written about a few of them here and here.

As I flicked from year to year, I had to giggle a little about how his birthday cakes are a bit of a reflection of our family journey to date and so I thought I’d write a short post to share today, just because that’s the kind of mood I’m in!  If anybody out there has a somebody finishing high school today – CONGRATULATIONS!  It is such an exciting time for all involved – so much adventure, learning and life ahead!

Anyway – I hope you’ll forgive this little self-indulgent trip down memory lane – it’s just that I feel like in the blink of an eye my baby who is nearly 10 will be finishing school and leaving home – how fast, fast time does fly! Continue reading →

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Hello Again!

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

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Hi Everybody!  We’re still here, still alive and kicking!  Sorry about the radio silence, life has just got in the way and to be honest, I wasn’t sure how to keep blogging anymore – so many ethical questions around how much of our family life to share, whether we should be sharing photos of our kids, whether I had the time and energy to blog or should be better using my time elsewhere etc, etc, etc.  However, I’m back now because I missed blabbing away on here so much, and most of all, I missed not having a record of our family adventures to look back over in the years to come, so I’ve decided to forget the rest!   We’ve probably lost most of our followers by now, but if anybody is still out there and reading – a big HELLO!  We’ve missed you xoxoxo! Continue reading →

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A One Year Old in the House!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

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There is so much to catch up on here on the blog, I really don’t know where to start!  I should do a quick update post for you all, but I just don’t ‘feel like’ doing that, so I’m going to do a little reminiscing about how fast 12 months has flown by in the life of our Baby No 4, Master Kipp!  Kipp turned one at the end of April and a few weeks ago he starting walking, so ‘officially’ that is the baby years over for the Fealy Family!  I feel sad and glad about that!  I love babies, the tiny clothes, the breastfeeding, the snuggling, the first smiles, first giggles, watching the sitting up, crawling, learning to walk progression.  These have been lots of fun for all of us with Kipp – the big brothers and sister have been so involved and loving of this little man!  But, we are getting tired! Babies are hard work.  Little sleep, little time for Matt and I on our own, and little time for me to get done what I want to/need to!  It feels nice to know we are moving on a little now.  Time for the next phase! Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day 2015

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

Happy belated International Women’s Day for yesterday everyone!  I think I say it to everyone – or do I just say it to the female population?  I don’t really know!

Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 and all around the world.

“International Women’s Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.” (per the IWD website)

Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for International Women’s Day.

I wasn’t going to write a post about International Women’s Day because I wasn’t really sure what I could say.

I tried to think about who I thought were women that inspired me – I found this really tricky!  Not because there aren’t stacks and stacks of amazing women out in the world doing great things, but just because I couldn’t focus on someone I could really relate to, who I really felt I could ‘connect with’.  In the end I settled on the following women as ladies I aspire to be like and whose achievements are worth celebrating (warning – they are a little bit random); Continue reading →

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Sunday Snapshot – Music

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

IMG_7511I know, it’s a pretty ordinary photo to be the ‘Sunday Snapshot’ this week, but it was a great little family moment today that is worth preserving on the blog.

Jack has just started learning the Trombone as his first year in the school instrumental music program.  Matt decided that it would be a good way to encourage Jack to practice if he pulled out his trumpet and practiced with him.  Matt has not played his trumpet since our much younger days, when he would often come home late/early morning from a night out and decide that 3am was a great time to blast out a song! Continue reading →

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Sunday Snapshot – Blue Sky Beau

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Are We There Yet?

IMG_7430The first of March already?  How on earth did that happen – is the year flying for everybody else too?  We’ve had a busy week, so just a quick Sunday Snapshot tonight as we’ve chuffed the kids off to bed early and Matt and I are going to see if we can stay awake to watch a movie.

This is just a photo I took of Blue Sky Beau today.  March is his birthday month – he will be 1 year old in a few days!  So he gets the honour of kicking off Sunday Snapshot for this month.  He is obsessed with the clothes line, sits under it until I come out to hang the washing on it, or heads down to the backpackers clothes line and waits for them to spin it for him! Continue reading →

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