TSE blind scrapping challenge.......

was held over the weekend. Just love getting involved with the cyber crops at TSE, a fantastic bunch of girls and we have so much fun. The DT girls did an awesome job of running the games and challenge, thanks so much! I really did enjoy it and it made me get some scrapping done YAY! It was great to see everyones different take on the challenge, all the LO's were just gorgeous. I am lucky to hang out with such clever ladies! So, here is my offering

Emily wanted to share.............

her lastest creations. My beautiful baby girl (sorry Em, she hates to be called that now....its big girl) often writes us messages of love, these just happened to be in a card form, one for me and one for her Daddy.......very occasionally there will be one for her big brother. I keep all of these wonderful treasures.

What a difference a day makes.......

After a grey and showering Easter, today, Monday was a huge contrast! A bright, very warm and sunny day that saw my clothes line full to capacity and not a spare peg in sight! Even warm enough for a swim after a session of family backyard cricket.

Easter Sunday

Todd and I were rudely woken at 5:30 am by 2 very excited kids who were busting to see if the Easter bunny had been.........we shooed them back to bed, they came back in at 6:20 so up we got to see what chocolatey goodness had been left around the house and deck. With much excitement and delighted squeals, all the treasure was found........while the kids chowed down, Dad made an espresso and I went back to bed! Far too early for me lol It was a good day for sleeping, grey and drizzling again! Here is a pic of the kids with their stash....going to take a few weeks to work thru that lot I think!

Good Friday

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

A miserable, drizzly day.....Todd working in the office, me and the kids just hanging out. Decided to decorate a Kaisercraft storage box with lots of help from Emily. Ben was engrossed in the playstation, so it was nice for me and Emily to do something crafty. This was my first attempt.....pretty happy with it, although need to figure out the best way to stick the paper on. Kaiser girls......what do you use? Emily is most impressed and I am sure it will end up in her room sooner or later...oh well, good excuse to make another one! When we had finished the box I surprised Emily with the dvd of Hairspray, and we sat down and had the best time....its a great movie, lots of fun. I think she has watched it every day over the Easter break! Dinner was a lamb roast with all the trimmings. The kids and I set the formal dining room table with all the good crockery and cutlery, tablecloth and linen napkins......they just love it and behave so nicely when we eat in there. Em and I picked roses for the centre, Ben lit candles and got out wine glasses. It was a lovely evening. Best part, Todd cleaned up...YAY!

Something I made for Christmas.......

Todds parents spent a week with us way back in December 2004. They had lots of time to hang out and play with the kids and I had many opportunities to take some photos. I always meant to do something with those photos for Grandma and Grandpa and finally got round to it in time for Christmas last year. I used a BG mini album as well as BG Figgy Pudding papers and it became part of their Christmas present. I think they liked it! Sorry the pics are out of order, have yet to work out this blog stuff......all tips and hints welcomed!

Here we go...........

well, I finally succumbed to peer pressure from my friends at TSE and have taken the leap into blog land. Hopefully I can come up with something interesting and read worthy! LOL
First, let me introduce my kids, Ben and Emily. This was taken on the first day of school this year. Ben is in year 4 and Emily is in year 2. They both have awesome teachers and we are all looking forward to a great school year.

We are all settled into our school routine with after school activites on most days, makes for a very busy week! Its good to keep the kids busy, squeezing in homework is a bit tricky sometimes though.

Hopefully once I get his blog thing worked out, it will be a more interesting read.

Well, thats it for my first thrilling installment, LOL, bet your glad you stopped by!!!!