quote of the week....

Loving is not just looking at each other,

it's looking in the same direction.

- Antoine de Saint

blink...

Where did January go????

It seems that it was Christmas yesterday! This month has been full on, we have not sat still the whole time, but yet really accomplished nothing, lol.

So here's a quick recap of some of the things we did over January

And the scariest part of January going so quickly is that tomorrow my baby girl starts high school. I'm so nervous for her.....

Connor got a paint ball gun for Christmas and spent a lot of time firing paintballs at the garage door.

I held the first Scrap Girls Mother & Daughter retreat.

Both Shanice and mum came along too with 32 other girls and we had a fabulous time. Cant wait to do it all again next year.

It was mine and Anthony's 11th wedding anniversary on the 22nd.

Anthony had to go down the farm, which was fine and I got to finally have a few days to myself after having not 5 seconds without the kids for the entire holidays.

I spent some of the looking back at our wedding photos

Whats an Australia Day without Pavlova and lamingtons?

So I made them myself:)

And because of the crazy 42 degree heat we had a spontaneous water fight at Nic's place

quote of the week.....

The only way of finding the limits of the possible

is by going beyond them into the impossible.

~ Arthur C. Clarke

the quick version

In photos:)


11th December 2010
Anthony and I took Connor to his first concert to see Linkin Park.
They were awesome. I am so pleased that we got to go and see them this time round. Their new music is great but it doesn't beat the old skool stuff

12th Decemeber 2010

Was Hunter's 2nd birthday party. Mandy held it at Bicentennial Park at Homebush which was just lovely. We bought Hunter a very cute 6v Buzz and Woody quad bike, cause the aunty buys the best presents!

Hunter and Sarah

My gorgeous baby niece, Mackenzie

My spunky monkey, Connor

My gorgeous girl, Shanice

Blowing out the candles with a little help from mum and dad


13th December 2010

U2 at ANZ stadium with Karen and Sabrina. Was a great night and one to be remembered for a long, long time.

18-19th December 2010

We took mum and Hunter down the farm for the weekend. Shanice finally got to test out her dirt bike and Hunter got to have his first go on a real quad bike..... and loved every minute of it!

I do believe there will be more trips down the farm with Hunter

22nd December 2010

Our annual pre-Christmas lunch at Dals.

It was great to see all the girls again cause I had missed the past 2 dinners.

My kids, Dals and Ambers girls. Missing were Mandy's kids and Mel's girls cause they had already gone home and Tanya's 2 girls cause they had another lunch to go to.


23rd December 2010

Mandy had an appointment to go to so she needed 4 able babysitters for an hour. That required me, mum, shanice and connor to be on duty!

After several pictures of them all smiling nicely, Hunter had had enough and swack, lol

24th December 2010

Was the start of a busy day. Shanice and I had the job of decorating the gingerbread house - I iced, Shanice stuck all the lollies on and what a TOPS job she did.

Later that night me and the kids went with Joh and her girls to see the Christmas Lights at Girraween. We lost the boys on the motorbikes somewhere on the freeway, but met back with them at home.

Britney was the cheif photographer of all Xmas lights:)

25th December 2010

Christmas Day is finally here. Shanice and Connor woke at 6am to rip into their presents, which they loved. Connor got helmet, body armor and gloves for the quad bike and Shanice got the Sony boom box ipod doo dah she wanted. Of course then a stack of other little bits n' pieces.

Anthony's parents and sister came over for lunch which I totally stared at cooking if i do say so myself! Everything tasted YUM and cooked to perfection and all come out of the oven all at the same time. I'm not jinxing myself so I'm not going to do it again, lol.

Christmas night me and kids headed up to mums so we could have our Christmas the following morning. Mandy had already arrived, so it was just perfect with us all together that night.

26th December 2010

More present opening......... and more excited faces.

It was a little bit rainy and overcast but that doesn't put a dampen on our Christmas water fun and Nannies house.

quote of the week.....

When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.

~Alexander Graham Bell

HAPPY, HAPPY

This is what Hunter says to you when it's your birthday "Happy, Happy"

Today was Hunter's 2nd birthday:)

Because the kids are already on holidays we were able to jump in the car and head over to Mandy's for a birthday lunch.

Hunter had a great time opening presents and eating cake. I do believe we sang happy birthday about 5 times to him and blew out birthday candles about 30. He was having so much fun.

Mandy had invited her bestie, Natasha with her two cherubs - Sarah & Harry, mum & Dawn, and Mandy's neighbour from upstairs, Mary.

We are having a big birthday party on Sunday at Homebush and I cant wait to see Hunters face when he opens the present from us, all those years of noisy toys from my sister and it's finally pay back time, lol.

Playing with his new toys with Connor

Being the great mum she is, Mandy made Hunter a Thomas cake for his 2nd birthday, and it turns out this a little tradition. Mandy made the same Thomas cake for Connor's 2nd Birthday

As I'm standing on the chair taking a photo of the cake I found this little person climbing up me to see what I was doing:)

HOORAY!!!!! everyone clap for me

Blowing out the candles the first time

A picture with mum and Mackenzie

Shanice and Mackenzie

Beautiful bubba girl

Eating cake..... well wrapping it up in a baby wipe, unwrapping then eating..... too cute!

scrappin time

I have been scrapping a bit.... mainly my Tuesdays at Nic's.
Joh and I did head down to Scrapbooking Delights last weekend for a crop, which was great and we did a cute little Christmas layout using Bella and WOW goodies - I haven't added a piccie yet, but I'm waiting till this xmas to take one.
Joh and I also went to a class at Scraploot this week, but I havent had a chance to photograph that one yet (or add a picture or title, lol)

"Really" using new Basic Grey Curio.... love it!
Shanice was actually saying to me Really at the time I snapped it..... as in, mum do you really have to take another photo of me and I dont want to smile!


"HoHoHo" this is the layout class we did down at Scrapbooking Delights. I did change mine to a 8 1/2 X 11" though

"Crazy Eyes" using cute new Sass Count me in range.

The kids were soaked after going on the ride at Sea World, freezing too!

"Amazing just the way you are" using new Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934...... I love this range!

I know it's a sappy love song, but when I hear that part if the song I think of my beautiful girl