The Hunt

Here are the children having fun with the hunt. Don't you love the ugg boots Ellen wore? So chic with the dress but serviceable! I love the fact that they still love to do this.

Relaxing

This is Princess chaunsee and Ellen relaxing in front of the TV early this morning. We got Austar just before Easter and so the TV has been on and so have the fights!!!! She is such a funny cat but is feeling a little put out by a new family member. Ding! I will introduce her soon.

I think she needed a little TLC but she must have been uncomfortable.

Holidays

I love holidays! I have been really pleased to be able to do some scrapping after such a long time! I am also aiming to use some older photos and old things from my stash! Thanks to Julie for the pattern for this Library Pocket. It was a lot of fun to make and I intend to do more as it helps to use up some of these types of photos and make them special.
Thank you to the ladies who have benn commenting I will try to get back to my Blog more regularly.

I know I need to update more often!

I promise I will try...it helps to have my password info back! This is another of my favourite photos..one from Christmas when we were all having a stir of the pudding and adding the money. Look how much Ben has grown..I suspect he might have been stretching a little but not much as he is the tallest in the family now..not that it would take much! Amanda isn't impressed being the oldest yet the shortest! LOL
OK update...Amanda actually just turned 20 at the end of March and is at Uni studying..wait for it...education(I told her not to), Ellen turned 17 September and hasn't got her licence yet..not even her learner's, just not ready..which is fine by me. Ben turns 16 this May and is in Year 11 and he thought he should have been given a driving licence at age 12 because he could drive! He has already pretty much learnt the Learner's manual so I think it will be a case of 16 1/2 and do the test! And Simon and I are just simply getting older...well just a little bit!

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a terrific Easter. Here we are on Easter Sunday morning. Lots of people get a shock to see how Ben has grown...I still do!
Simon and I are very fortunate to have such lovely children..we sometimes have to keep telling ourselves to believe it that but generally it is true...no it is! They love being together as a family and treasure our time as much as Simon and i do with them.

Look I Did It!

I have recovered my long lost Blog! I will try to catch up in the Easter holidays! More importantly I can add comments to the others I read..I have been reading just couldn't remember my sign in info! I know ..I am brain dead! LOL
A quick photo to show you ..this was a spider in our garden that Ben snapped and I think is a fabulous photo!

Oh No I've been tagged

Well I might have to do this later as I am a little busy. I am going into hospital tomorrow to have that blasted sinus operation..so will do it when I get back. Am so not looking forward to it but then again I hate the sinus too! LOL
Not sure when I will find out if I am a diabetic or not..perhaps tomorrow. but that's another story! Too boring to continue with!

Ellen is 17

I know I am a terrible Blooger but I am here now LOL. I love this photo of Ellen cutting here unusual cake!

It was an ice cream ake covered in sour worms and sour skittle! She loved it!

How grown up she looks and how beautiful too. The pink shawl thingy was a gift from big sister Amanda and she loved it. The earrings were too!

We went out for dinner with family members and had a lovely time.

Yuck!

I have been feeling so yuck for so long now that I am taking it out here! LOL No not really just venting a little! Also I don't update enough I know!
I took this photo of my scrapping buddy the other night..not that I was scrapping do you think she was trying to tell me something???? She must be uncomfortable but just loves it in here..Ellen saw the ribbon just hanging so helped to decorate Princess Chaunsee..this was some fun! Princess C wasn't so sure about the decorating though!

OMg an update!

Well here we are..not the best photo but at least it has us all! LOL As well as the games on top of the bookcase!!!! Bugger!
Ellen is really this pale at the moment as she hasn't ben well, first with a bad cold and asthma and now with a severe middle ear infection! This was the weekend betwwen both bad weekends!
These are Ben's new glasses which really are for reading but at least he likes them! I think it is the fact that they are Diesel ones...LOL
Amanda is well and had a loss of 2 kgs so was very happy!
And Simon...well he is fighting fiot and happy too! we are definitely going to have to practise the art of self timing photos and the use of the tripod! LOL
Not this weekend as I am still sick with this blasted sinus infection that won't go..onto my second type of antibiotic and now gettig over a stomach virus from today! now I suppose it will go through the rest of the house..oh boy I hate it when Simon gets it..being a diabetic it is the pits!
Hoping everyone else is fighting fit and having a fun weekend.

Here are the Godparents with Brigid and sweet little Angus. All family and very proud of this gorgeous little boy.

At Angus' Chritening

Here are my delightful girls outside our old church. It was a beautiful day last sunday and everything went off without a hitch.

JOyce Tagged me!

1. How old are you? 45 2. How many kids do you have if any? 3 3. Are you married? Married for more than 22 years! 4. What is your occupation? Apart from being a mum I am a full time Primary School Teacher 5. What are your passions? My family..my intense likes are scrapping, photography and doing wriiten puzzles. ( Now I bet you didn't know that one! LOL) !6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? Dreamer 7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? Yep 8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? As much as I can! 9. What do you want to do before you die? Travel anywhere and everywhere with my DH and take lots of photos of course! 10. What is your favorite food? Roasts and hey who am I kidding just about everythign! 11. What is the food you hate the most? Hate brussel sprouts and radishes! 12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? Having a body this size means lots of embarrassing things happen! 13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far? When I got married and had my three children, when my children do anything that makes them proud and happy..it doesn't have to be big! 14. Are you a neat freak? Or a dirty house cleaner? I hate housework but I also hate a dirty house...so I have a messy house at times !
I will let anyone who would like to do this go for it!

I had a play yesterday!

Well here are a few of my so called masterpieces! LOl had fun doing them..there are four more as well! However we did have a very rushed time and I was totalled exhausted by the end as we fit a two day seminar inot one day! Got lots of ideas and my head was spinning! The first pic is of Rex the cameleon..I didn't want him too camouflaged or you wouldn't see him! It was a little like making the background for serendipity squares! Next is my Happiness Creature which is supposed to be an island coming out of the water..could you tell? LOL Lastly is my horse! Yep I know not your average colour but hey that's what is so much fun with imagination..now which one do you think I might do with my class??????

Aha an update! Surprise!

Well I decided I need to get updated..but it really hasn't been very exciting here! LOL The really big news is that our lovely niece had a beautiful baby boy, Angus Samuel on July 1. wasn't she clever starting off the new financial year like this??? Here he is in Simon's arms..he really is gorgeous. It is so hard to give him back..none of us want to! Hehe.

This is an altered notebook I did for a prize. I was quite pleased with it..I hope the recipient does!!!!

This is the secret santa gift I made for Tess..who eventually put her glasses on and read the post label!!! It was such fun teasing with my clues ...mind you I thought my last clue gave it away..."This person is larger than life itself!"...LOL

This is for Chrissy's challenge..to upload your favourite LO from the Aussie daily challenges..so here is mine! My gorgeous DD Amanda.

Well I have my second Lo for my BOM..yuck! I hate photos of me and scrapping them seems like penance! LOL Oh well it is done and i have conquered another page..2 down lots to go! LOL

Mother's Day

This is what Ben and Ellen gave me for Mother's day..the words are gorgoeus in the lid. The thoughts behind the gifts were really special.
The stone in the box has Happiness etched in gold on it.
The scratchies and flowers were from amanda and Simon, amanda also bought me a Take 5 magazine as she knows I love the puzzles. I was a very lucky mother on Sunday.

Happy Birthday Benjamin

Today my gorgeous Ben turned 15! He made it!
I had organised with a friend of his to get a little party ready at school as a surprise. He had a chocolate mud cake and enjoyed it thoroughly.
This afternoon he was so happy to finally get a Palm Pilot! This made for one very happy 15 year old. The other things he got also brought big smiles..an Xbox game and 2 boxes of pellets for his air rifle. He quickly tucked away the cash he'd received and then helped himself to one of his favourite meals..Shepherd's Pie with Garlic Bread!
Here he is with his birthday cake tonight..a caramel mud cake from the Cheesecake shop..his favourite. So all in all he had lots of favourite things and managed to have a great day even though it was a school day.

OK Virginia tagged me..thanks a bunch!
What scrapbook products/lines do you like/ dislike?There are really too many that I like to list but I am a Chatterbox fan and also wonder what I'd do without MM!
What technique do you use more than anything else? It's called simple scrapbooking!
What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? Strips are fine sometimes if they are wide enough but I've given up saving little itty bits! I never use them!
Have you had any scrapping related injuries? Headaches from things not going right! LOL
Finish this sentence…'If I weren’t a scrapbooker/stamper I'd still be taking thousands of photos!
Give your best storage organisational tool My wooden 12 X 12 paperholders!
You just won a week long scrapping cruise for 5. I'd have a lotto comp to see who came! unlike Virginia I wouldn't throw anyone over board!
When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? Never been published so no one to tell! LOl It's a bit hard though when you don't submit!

Now I tag...Tassie Deb!