8 yr old son's lo

Kendall put together this lo by himself (and a little help from my stash) on Sunday afternoon. He even inked the chipboard by himself and matted the photo. the rubons are a bit hard to see but they pertain to the dog (Fluffly). Fluffy belongs to my brother and sister-in-law and she has a broken leg which is healing nicely. Love the photos I took of the kids and Fluffy.

Another Xmas Snap

Just another share from Xmas. It seems so long ago now as the New Year approaches. Not sure what we will do New Year's eve as we are both working, however will work it out later.

Satisfying a daughter

Dana checked out my blog yesterday and was totally indignant that Kendall had a Xmas shot on here but not her. So to keep the peace (it is still the Festive season right!!) I have a photo of her still in her nightie unwrapping Santa presents. The twins are eight and still believe (we have told them as soon as they do not believe Santa will not come). So if she checks out the web today she should be a happy chappy. Back to work this morning. No rest for the wicked!

Online Class

After having thoroughly cleaned the house and put away Xmas presents etc this morning I rewarded myself by completing two los from an online class with Nic Howard from Tarisota.

The classes were really well instructed (although I did have to substitute one piece of diecut paper as it did not arrive in my pack.) The los only took about 3/4 of an hour each and I am really happy with the way the suited the photographs I was scrapping. I am off to work soon so thought I would share these with you first.

Shopping Shopping

Today was big sale day in Mackay, although some of the bargains weren't that great. We set off early and picked up the MIL and were at the shopping centre before the outside doors even opened. Anyway to cut a long story short, this picture is of our boot before we unloaded it this afternoon. We did have to buy quite a few new clothes for Wade, (darling husband DH) as he as really lost a lot of work lately. The bargains for him were massive and now he at least has clothes to wear. (Sad part about it was I was hoping we did not have to go to a funeral as he had no good clothes that fitted). Anyway we had a great day and we normally don't shop like this. Even got some scrapbooking bargains at Spotlight this afternoon. Hope you all had a great Xmas.

Over for another year

well!!! It's a lot of preparations and forethought for one day but it is all worth it. Have just seen off the last of the family, bathed the kids and will soon be retiring after a very busy but happy day.

The dining table was simple this year. I had to move the flowers when we ate as we could not see over them. Thank goodness for A/c especially when you do the full roast dinner. We had a great time sitting in the a/c eating to our hearts content. Kendall received so much leggo that he will be building for a long time. He was particularly proud of the Coast Guard helicopter which he built after lunch. Well I wish you all a very happy boxing day. We start again tomorrow with my Mum's birthday celebrations. Got to love the festive season.

Winner

I have just been visiting my favourite sites and lo and behold I find my name on the Fiskars craft site. I have won a fiskars pack from commenting on a Christmas tradition in our family. I have never won anything before and this is really great. I know I'm rambling but I just had to share the news with someone even if it is 6.00 o'oclock in the morning......

Photos from a friend

One of Kendall's dance buddies, mother, dropped in these two photos from the concert to me on Friday. It is great to have other peoples's angles from concerts, eisteddfods etc as you generally are rushing around getting kids ready. They both looked like little stars in the shots so I couldn't resist using this star paper. I have cut a few out and mounted transparency underneath so I could remount them on the page in 3D. The chipboard word is also 3D mounted. Only four more sleeps......Merry Christmas

Just got home from sorting mail. What chaos there has been this year. The mail centre has had all sorts of problems; hopefully they will be ironed out on the weekend. People may refer to snail mail but there is a hell of a lot of snails posting big parcels this year. Yesterday at work we packaged huge things. Obviously people did not think about what they were buying and having to post away. Anyway, have not had much sleep this week. The kids are at Nanna's for the week so at least I'm not getting cranky with them. Can't wait til 5.00 p.m. Wednesday; think my next job might have nothing to do with Christmas lol. Received the Christmas card this morning in mail, seems even the elves are running behind this year.

Double Layout

A double lo which I completed yesterday. Still unsure whether I like it but it does represent a special day for Kendall.

Quick Post

Just a quick post to let you know that a slight storm has broken the heat. We should now have beautiful green grass for Christmas. When everything is green around you it feels cooler even when it is 32 degrees outside.

Have a great week

December Challenge-Scrapbooking Premiere

Sandra has put out the challenge again this month. I finished this lo last night and checked it over so many times to see if I had included all the elements required. I am quite happy with the result and thought I would share it with you all. Did I mention that it is really hot and humid today.....Oh blissful summer!!!!

Finally scrapping again

It was soooo hot here on the weekend, I put on the aircon in the office on Sunday and decided to scrap the school portraits of the kids. It was so nice to concentrate and feel comfortable, mind you on going outside the humidity nearly killed you. Finally we had a storm this afternoon so maybe it will be a little cooler tomorrow, (we live in hope!!!)

Award Day

Friday saw the school award parade. We were quite proud as Kendall received the Grade 3 HPE award. The photo of him is not so good as he was more interested in getting back to his class mates, but I have included the medal photos.
Christmas stuff is hotting up and we never seem to be home lately, dance break ups, concerts, carols, dinners out and work seem to be filling our days. Hope you had a good weekend!!