Remembrance

So as if we didn't have enough coming to terms with losing our mum, nana, great-grandmother. We had another loss. We called him dad, bob, pops, koro, grandad he was very special to us. After 18 years of battling cancer, diabetes and double amputee, we hope that he is with his lovee (mum) our shining star and he is our moon. Watchin us and walkin with us every day, just as he did though our lives.

He was there for everything for me, in 31 years with my mum I could not have asked for a better person to love and care about us and call a dad. He did not moan about paying for all our school things and the tons of clothes that three girls can go through He just wanted the best for us and we loved him for that. Whenever he saw his grandkids or heard their voices he would lite up.

I hope that he is happy back with his lovee (what he called mum) after a short separation.

It has taking us all so long to realise how much you really meant to us now you are gone but never forgotten. We love you both and wish you plenty of rest.

RIP Elizabeth Glynn Mamaeroa Cleverly 15-07-1946 to 23-01-2009 and Robert James France 02-09-1944 to 03-03-2009 that is a awesome photo with Keshia her fiancee Dougie and there two girls Andora and Christine.

With everything that has happened Vince and I thought let sleeping dogs lie so to say and went to visit the kids only surviving great grannie in the fifteen years we have been together I have meet her four times. Needless to say everyone had a great day to remember.

Blaze and Darryl are right into swimming rain or shine also studying well which I am glad, I am so proud of them no matter what they do it is all about learning. And lastly our latest addition is doing wonderful she is 16 pound now, who smiles and coos at everyone. they grow so fast and not something to be missed.

What Life Hands Us

Well it has been a really hard couple of months.

Heavily pregnant and being told that my mum is on her last six to twelve weeks. What am I suppose to do she is needed by all of us forever. I guess someone needed a Angel and she is the best. Then there is the birth of our third child a little girl who I have to admit the pregnancy was easier this time round but going to surgery afterwards scared us all. I didn't know how bad it was until a few weeks ago.

Then spend ing so much time travelling up and down the country to spend as much time with my mum as possible and so her grandchildren can remember as much of her as their little minds can.

The last xmas and holding her latest grandchild for the first of the very few times was a beautiful sight but also one of the saddest in my life. How is Rylee suppose to know how much her nana had to offer.

then having my birthday which I so did not feel like celebrating at all. More travel watching my mum get so sick so quick. Life can be so unfair at times.

On 20 January 2009 Vince's grandmother past away so this is where I starting to stress and lose lots of sleep. Love you heaps gran and great gran to many.

On 23 January 2009 the greatest person to me and my family past away quitely. She wanted a big family reunion and she got it, we just wished she was with us not the reason we were together.

There is not one day that I don't think of her and miss her terribly. But I know she is watching.

Luv you lots Mum 15.07.1946 to 23.01.2009 RIP in our hearts forever, just like a tattoo to the skin

Now as for our latest addition she is growing so fast I want her to stop. She is 12 weeks old now and smiles, coos at us all (makes yoru heart melt) and is 14 pound.

Luv to all my angels Blaze Darryl and Rylee

Two Weeks Already

Today Rylee is two weeks old, I already feel that it is going to fast. Weighed in today at 8pd 6oz, my gosh I must be supplying the right stuff, but slow down Miss Rylee you going to be a beach ball at this rate.

She is sleeping so well. Blaze and Darryl can't go too long without a cuddle, kiss or just checking her. Darryl is already saying that he will protect his big and little sister from smelly boys when they are all older. Thank you son that is great news.

We are heading down to visit all of the family for xmas and introduce Miss Rylee to everyone. Hopefully my mum will remember her and get some quality time with her before she gets much sicker. Everyone needs to spend as much time with their family as possible because you nevr know when sickness is going to take them away too soon and it is too late to say that "I / We should have...."

My mum has always been a big role model in my life and I wish I could keep her around to watch over me and my family for a lot longer. To watch her grandkids all grow in to beautiful adults. all my family just hope that this sickness is not going to give her too much pain for too long.

Back to my beautiful babies (because i get too sad otherwise), Blaze and Darryl have prizegiving at school tomorrow then it is the holidays. They havve had a great year they have both shown such achievements with their school work. I have all the certificates in their scrapbooks. Sometimes they say way do you do that mum, Because I am soo proud of you I tell them and they go Don't be so sappy!!! Out of the mouths of babes.

Well better go check on the cake that Vince and Blaze helped me make before..

Til next time

Welcome to Rylee Bobbi Keyte-Cleverly

Well she is here as of 03/12/2008 at 2325hrs weighing in at 3560grams (7pd13oz). She is perfect is everyway. Big Sister and Brother love her to pieces and she must of had 3000 photos before the end of the first 24hrs.

She made a rush trip into the world and we are so glad that she arrived safely. i am feelin a little more normal today. It has been a different week, and this whole pregnancy. We are finally home from hospital. Vince and the kids did such a great job looking after Rylee while I was rushed off to theatre, not knowing what was happening to me, and I love them for that.

Oh well off back to enjoyin life with our three kids and restin heaps on docs orders.

I'm Back

Hey hey I have finally got time to sit and catch up on things.

Well it has been months literally!!!! since I got on her to update. I have been ringing people and email (when I can) but here goes nothing.

Calving is finally over til next June. Now we are in the last week of Artifical Breeding Programme (fun fun fun) six weeks of this is so time consuming, so that we can have more calves next season. Some days I think what is the point to this. Then the bulls go with the cows.

Kids have been soo helpful on the farm it is hard to believe sometimes that they are only 7 and 8 (oops she turned 9 last friday). They go off and change gates for the different herds and help set up the shed with me, because I getting slower now that pregnancy has taken over.

We brought them some new mountain bikes in the last school holidays, with 18 gears, so they ride all over the farm now. Getting really dirty you wouldn't think the bikes were only three weeks old. I will post some pictures with the kids tomorrow.

Well pregnancy has been really good, we have seven weeks to go, and starting to really feel like its time to slow down. Kids are marking days off on the calendar. Try to explain to them what if bubba is early, they say no this is when bubba is going to arrive. So Big sister and brother are already laying down the rules. Had a little high blood pressure last week made the midwife and Vince panic, i just making sure that they are prepared, (ha ha you guys). This pregnancy has been so much better then the other two ever where. Least I not on complete bed rest or in hospital and on crutches. That gives a person nightmares about being pregnant.

Blaze turned 9 on Friday, was down with a tummy bug at the same time so it was a long wet and spewy weekend in the Keyte-Cleverly house. Well that is enough I think, other stuff happened but hey you get the idea it been BUSY.

Where Have We Been

Well it has nearly been a month since last post.

Mummy brain must be kicking in. Well it has been yet another busy month with travelling to Hamilton a couple of times, the truck needing a new drift shaft, going to pregnancy tests and appointments, everyone in the house getting the dreaded bug.

So yeah that is us belly is going (14 weeks gone now, whoa!!!), kids are nearly finished another term of school this year is going soo fast. Visited the family in the south, they all okay getting older more ailments to deal with. Some more scary then others, but thats another thing.

Great news is that as of 17 June 2008 at 11.38am there is a new great neice in the family she weighed in at 5pd 8 oz only tiny. Had low blood sugar levels so was incubated for two days and now has jaudice. But she is beautiful and her name is Te Paea Christine Turner-Cleverly. Big sister Andora jr loves her to pieces and is already trying to share her lunch with her new addition.

Well that me for now. A bit lame but all good.

Hey Hey

Hi guys sorry it been soo long since I posted anything but life is soo busy. We have been doing soo much taking kids to the zoo, moving my mother-in-law around country. Drying off cows. Crashing motorbikes, getting pregnant. Darryl's birthday. But we are all doing great.

Life is slowing a bit now it might be that I am off work at the moment because I crashed my four wheeler and have hurt my knee. Talk about clumsy, boss said if I needed a break it wouldd have been easier to ask. I love spending tijme with the kids but feel stink that vince is doing all the work himself.

Well better get these two off to school so here is some pictures of them at the zoo and Darryl with his cake he made. Love ya