About US


This is me, Tracy without an E
I am a full-time Mum
I LOVE scrapbooking and crafting
I am OBSESSED with the colour Orange
I am an ECE Teacher by trade
I am grieving the loss of my husband who was cruelly taken away from me in May 2010
People keep telling me I am brave and I am strong but I am just a Mum who is trying the best to survive and give my kids the life they deserve
I love this quote from the movie Castaway ...

"And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"

That's all I do everyday is keep breathing.



This is Riley Jay, my first born baby! He was born in March 2005. He is my challenging child, can throw the best tantrums and sulks. But he is the sweetest, cuddliest, loving little guy around.  This is my little man!
Riley is a carbon copy of his Daddy in looks!
Riley loves everything normal little boys love, cars, Lego, spaceships, robots etc.
Riley's favourite colour is yellow
Riley loves going to school and is an excellent reader, he LOVES reading everything!
Riley loves to play cricket, he plays for his school team.
This is also my Mr Fussy Pants who is one of the fussiest eaters I have come across! He has been a fussy eater since the day he was born!  I am really unsure where I went wrong there!






This is Abbey Nicole, my little Pink Princess. Abbey was born under extreme circumstances in July 2007. We are very lucky we didn't lose her.
But despite her rough start Abbey is a little fire cracker! She Loves everything pink and girly. She loves to run around in only her undies and she refuses to wear dresses.
Abbey goes to Kindergarten which she loves.
Everyone says Abbey looks like her Mummy (poor girl) but she has got the personality just like her Daddy. She has a very quirky sense of humour and is the cheekiest thing around.  When she is naughty (which is often) she does it in the cutest way it's hard to be cross with her! Just like her dad used to!
Abbey's favourite colour is Pink and her most favourite thing in the world is her Bear.







This is Jason.
He was my best friend, my love, my soul mate.
He was an AMAZING husband and father.
He LOVED his family above all else.
He was a US Marine, a bartender, a trades person, a waiter and lastly a Corrections Officer.
Jason was killed doing his job.  He died the way he would have always wanted to - 'In The Line of Duty'.  But Jason didn't want to die, sadly he had that choice taken away from him, from us.
Jason was the first NZ Corrections Officer to be killed on the job. For that he will be famous. For us he is famous because he will forever live in our hearts.
You can read about us losing Jason here: