Bits'n'Pieces

Well congratulations to the Mighty Hawks! (I DON'T Barrack for them BTW) I was the only one going for them while we were watching the game. Love the underdog getting up! While we were watching the game Mark started to build my fireplace.

We are going to put a stacked brick wall with the gas log fire in the wall. It is going to look awesome.

Christie & Tom took the Littlies (Lach & Pat) to the show the other day. Such a nice thing for them to do.

They had a great time, going in on the train and they didn't tell the boys where they were going until they got to Spencer Street. I gave them $200 and I didn't get any change! Oh well they had a ball.

Christie is fancying herself as a bit of a photographer with these two pics

Can anyone tell me how these scrappers who churn out beautiful work time and time again AND run a family AND keep up to date with the washing AND ironing? I think I did 22 hours of folding and ironing (SOME things just NEED to be ironed!) yesterday. I have two LO on my dining room table begging me to finish them, but I just can't get in there!

Patrick is still unwell and I think he has passed it on to me! I feel like crap.

anyway gotta do some work :( the phone hasn't stopped ringing! must be the good weather!

hopefully some creativity next post.......

see ya:)

HAPPY 16th ADEN!!!

My baby is 16 today and he is celebrating by taking a morning cruise along the Katherine Gorge and then on to Kakadu National Park. I hope he has an awesome day. Miss him heaps.....(and so missing my camera ;(

Yesterday, because I couldn't go out to scrap as Patrick was really quite ill, I stayed at home and ignored the housework, laundry, dusting, ironing, cooking, unmade beds....get the picture! They are still here today.....so whats the point? Anyway I watched some movies on my laptop and scrapped away.

This is the photo Em took of Christie for her folio. I really love the naturalness of it. Scrapped it straight away (miracle!)

This is Lachlan's confirmation last year. This is for his Grade 6 book.
ANOTHER Basketball LO (lol)

I did another 3 a double page for Christie's VCE book and a 12 x 12 when she first rolled over. I did use ALOT of kindy klitz....I have to stick it all down and will show later. Hope it photographs well as the sparkle looks so pretty.

Well off to do the laundry.......then watch the GRANNY ! I am barracking for the HAWKS today.

see ya :)

Christie the model ;)

Christie's friend has to do something for her portfolio and we all know how much Christie loves the camera...........behind or in front.......doesn't matter. Anyway these are a few from the day. I really love the first one. Might use that for a LO.......

Little Paddy is very sick with a throat infection. He has gone down like a bag of you know what. He can't even lift his head off the pillow. I tried to get into the Dr's yesterday but like every clinic in this town, totally booked out. Anyway drugged him up to tide him over until this morning.

Can't even go scrapping, bugger, The kids should know NOT to get sick on a friday, that is my day :( well stuff the housework for the moment, I will churn out a few things this afternoon.

OMG!!!!!!! CHECK THIS OUT!!!!

My girlfriend emailed me this morning and as she was checking out THIS http://www.3angelsscrapping.com.au she saw my LO on their front page. How funny and exciting!! go check it out!! whoo hoo yee har!

really really missing my baby (the camera that is!!) oh Missing Aden too.........

What a weekend!

Well what a weekend! After the funeral on Friday. The biggest funeral I have ever seen. Cameron must have been well liked/loved as there were so many people paying their respects at his funeral. It was very sad, and I think I cried all day and most of the weekend. We will miss "The Cameroon."

I had to drive all the way to Albury (3.5 hrs) and I was knackered by the end of it and glad Lee had a cold champagne waiting for me!

The tournament was great, the kids had so much fun as did the adults! Patrick's U12 team won every game (quite convincingly) and won the grand final.

Lachlan filled in for another U14 team and had a ball. He actually looked like he had been playing with them all season. They made it to the Granny but fell short by 3 points :(

After getting up at 5.00am this morning, we drove straight home and to another funeral. It was a beautiful service and it was nice to catch up with friends, that we haven't seen for a while.

Aden messaged some great photos of Uluru and I think sunset? He is having a ball and we are missing him heaps!

Great that it is school holidays.....maybe I can get some creative juices flowing......

see ya :)

PS. SOOOOO MISSING MY CAMERA!!!!! :(

ADEN off to KAKADU! :(

Well the boy is off to KAKADU. I hope he has a ball. 41 of them left by bus this morning at 10.30.
I am really distraught!!! HE TOOK MY CAMERA!!! I feel so empty. I don't think I can cope without it. I feel as if I have lost a limb. Gonna have to buy another one.................that new digital SLR I have been wishing for!

stay tuned...

see ya :)

My 3rd BABY becomes a TEENAGER!

Lachlan has become a teenager! My gorgeous 2nd son had his 13th birthday today. He had his two friends Chris & Jayden stay over and I think they finally got to bed around three this morning. He decided the GOLD CLASS was the way to go and along with Galactic Arcade games and Laser wars, this was the perfect way to spend your birthday. I had tried to talk him into having a party, but he was adamant not to. I finally got out of him that he was worried that people would 'wreck the house' smear cake and throw lollies and he couldn't bear that. We went to this Galactic Circus and I gave them all $30 each and they had a ball! they won so many tickets they couldn't carry them all! when it come to cashing them in, for my $90 bucks they got 3 mini basketball rings and 3 bouncy balls. OMG I could have got that at the $2 shop for TWO DOLLARS. Oh well they had fun.

Like Paddy and his friends, Lach, Chris & Jayden LOVED ordering all the goodies at having them come at different times, popcorn, coke and maltesers! (Lach felt sick at the end) we saw the DARK KNIGHT and it was fantastic. HEATH LEDGER is brilliant as the joker, I don't doubt he will win an OSCAR for his role.

There was a 2 hour wait for the LASER TAG so we will do that in the holidays. After the grandparents and Auntie & cousins came around we had CHINESE for dinner (his choice) and did the cake. Poor kid is so tired he took himself off to bed at 9.30! Happy Birthday Lach!

Patrick played Volleyball yesterday for the interschool sports. I didn't think he could play, but he was quite good at it! His school won 2 out of three games and they had a ball. Unfortunately, they won't go any further as they had to win all their games.

Christie and I played in our basketball grand finals (this is the last Basketball talk for a while!!!!!) Christie played really well and WON! not bad for a team who finished 4th! I played in our grand final and we almost had to forfeit as everyone was either sick or had something broken! We didn't rate ourselves at all. Anyway, WE WON! by 3 points and I was given MVP for the game woo hoo!!

I finished my 3as LO. I have to get it done before I go away. It came together really fast! I think It took 90 minutes. I don't think I have ever had anything come together so quickly.

Anyway off to make sure Aden is packed for his Kakadu trip!

see ya :)