Happy Birthday James!

Wow, 13 years ago today a beautiful boy was born into our special family. We had challenges from the start. James was a fighter from the first day he was born. James spent 6 days in PMH for Respitory Distress on pure oxygen and on high doses of antibiotics. He came back to Kalamunda Hospital on Day 6 and we went home after 5 days there. We enjoyed James and his playful antics for many years. He really entertained us, made us laugh, his cheeky grin was always around. He always challenged everything and everyone. Gave everything a go no matter how hard it looked. James would also look at the bright side of life and tackle things head on. If you were with James he would always ensure that you were ok. James did not like it when anyone fell behind, he would always help them up and on there way. James loved his tee ball. Even when he started to get his first signs of cancer he would still try to go onto the field and do his best, even if he was seeing two balls coming towards him at great speed. It frustrated him when he had to give up tee ball and sit on the side lines and watch. But not a sad face did we see, he encouraged his teams mates and congratulated them when they made a home run. He always asked how his brother had gone in his games and always wanted to watch him play.

James was truely an inspiration to us all, no matter what he did, he did with great pride and always with a smile on his face.

We hope you have a fantastic 13th Birthday James. Hit a home run!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Boy!

We all love you and miss you.

Mum, Dad, Brent and Liam.

Away on Holiday

We have been very lucky and been away on holiday in Busselton. It has been very relaxing and great to all be together. We have been staying in our camper trailer and have so far survived without too much trouble. It has been wonderful to jump of the busy life bus and just sit back and relax and watch the world go by. It is lovely and relaxing to just sit on the beach and watch the birds fly over head, read a book or play cards and see who can win the most times. We have been fishing and actually caught some fish. We had Brent's girlfriend Lidija with us for the first four nights as well as Shane's brother Chris and his wife Taew and her mum, Mama for two nights. We had lots of fun all together in the trailer! Chris, Taew, Mama and Lidija all went home on Monday safely. We will go home tomorrow and settle back into the every day life. It has been a lovely time to reconnect and become closer as a family.

The boys also went and did archery, which was alot of fun. Liam as did the bungy run afterwards which was soooo funny. He was exhausted when he had finished. We have had lots of fun times and laughter, which is just what we needed.