It's Moments Like These - Fathers Day

Fathers Day - it started out like most fathers days. Not having any of our children living at home anymore and the fact that Colin is not my father it was all pretty low key. Wished Colin a happy fathers day and thanked him for being a great dad to our 4 grown up children.
I got ready for Church. Today was a special day because baby Harrison was being blessed. This meant that all our children and their children would be coming to Springvale to our meeting. This was soo hillarious. Can you imagine 10 little cousins all sitting next to or very close to eachother and trying to keep them quiet.
Harrisons blessing was beautiful. As most blessings usually are.
The next part of the day was to all organise our assigned food and meet again at Carolina's (daughter-in-law) dads home for a lovely relaxing lunch.
So, our house was a bit of a central meeting point for 1/2 of our family. The kids were all ratty and irritating eachother so it was with relief that we made our way to Raul's home.
The food was yummy. Colin finally got his fathers day presents. Which I had had to keep secret because everyone contributed. We gave him the 4 seasons of '24'. He hasn't seen any of them so that will keep him quiet for a few months. He also got some aftershave's as well. So he did pretty good.
Whilst we are all enjoying eachothers company we could hear a child crying and in comes Monty with blood pouring from his nose and from his eye!!!!! OMgosh! One of Carolina's brothers boys (who is 12yrs old) threw a stick like a spear and it hit Monty right in the eye!! Good one! We put a clean teatowel to his eye straight away. However poor Sara (mum) lost it! She was frantic and panicking and getting Monty to the car to get him to a doctor. She wouldn't let us remove the teatowel to check where the blood was coming from. Carolina decided it best to call an ambulance which she did. After waiting about 15mts they arrived and took Monty and Sara to Dandenong Hospital.
So, I drove Sara's car there and Colin followed in my car.
By the time I got there Monty was already being seen. Fortunately his actual eye appears undamaged. He had a deep gash right in the corner of his eyelid which had to be glued and another under his eye. Poor little boy! The swelling and bruising was coming out and he looks a mess. Fortunately, again, he was able to go home!
He's OK! But he doesn't want to look at it because he gets frightened.
One thing I learned from this day was that I don't want Sara around if I ever have an emergency!!!!
By the time we got back to Rauls home everyone but Dan and Carolina and the kids had left. Poor Joshie, he had not stopped crying for Monty. He was pretty shaken by all the blood and seeing his cousin go off in an ambulance was too much for him. His little brother Riley said to me, "Joshie is crying for Monty" I asked him if he, Riley was sad for Monty and he just said 'No!'
That's a 3 yr old for you.
Now we still had a dinner engagement for the evening as well. So we went home for a brief hour. Much too brief! Met our friends at the appointed time and place only to find out that HE had forgotten to book. And it's fathers day!!! So, we got pizza's at Michelangelo in Aspendale and ate them at our house.
It was nice though. We relaxed and now they've gone home. The dishes are in the dishwasher and I am on the computer, about to go to bed.
Till next time. Adieu

Ali Edwards

I love this photo that I took of Ali Edwards as she was teaching one of her classes.
I did post a new blog last week but my computer froze half way through so I didn't have any luck getting it onto my blog.
Never mind.
Actually it was very important because I had found the dog food on special again this week. So that was very exciting.
I've been helping Andrea (daughter) quite a bit this week as she has been approved for a rental property and is moving out of Jethro's (estranged husband) house.
Fortunately we get lots of boxes at work so she has a hallway full of packed goodies already to go in a week and a bit.
It will be a relief for all of us when she is out of the house. He will not be able to just barge in whenever he pleases. And he may actually leave her alone.
Work has been good. I havn't worked as many hours this week which is OK. Although I do need money so I can start saving for a new camera. One day!!!
That's it. I'm off to bed and as this blog is very uninspired it's best to just stop now.
Nice to read your comment on my blog Lynne. Thanks!!