July update

Right so what happened in July.. Well Declan had a great time at a birthday party for a couple of his Kindy friends.. I love this photo I got of him there...

They also had an 'Indian Pow Wow' Show at Kindy.. the kids had a great time learning about American Indians.. playing instruments and dancing around the teepee..lol

This month I also had bad news.. One of my gorgeous friends Tanya finally got her move to Brisbane.. We had a Kazzazz Scrapping Party as a kinda farewell. Had a great time. You can tell Amanda was happy that I was taking her photo..lol

I got this pic of the boys on Michael's last night at Soccer training.. Connor is really missing him..

and I loove this photo of Declan and Talissa.. they are nagging at us already to go down and visit them..

I managed to get this pic on their last afternoon at school..

And all the girls..

I am so happy that Tanya and Chris got their wish and are now well settled and happy in Brissie.. but we all miss them terribly!!!!

ok.. that'll do for this post.. it is getting late.. will catch up some more very soon.. I promise..I hope you are all well

xx

Latest Creations

ok.. I am determined to update what I can tonight.. been too long since I have blogged.. Thought I would start with the little scrapbooking I have done.

Greg and I at the NAB ball back in 1997.. oh what a long time ago that was.

And I finally got Mum's b'day and Mother's Day pressie to her..lol. only about 5 mths late.. oh well.. I did get there.. eventually.. Did a lo she could put up on the wall... With all our family etc.. using the gorgeous photos the wonderful Rach took for me.

and had a great time beating up the frame with a hammer.. great for the stress levels..lol..

ok.. one update done.. only about 3 mths to go.. lol.. hope you made a coffee..lol

Welcome Zoe Marie

We have a new Niece! .. Matt (Greg's Bro) and his wife Jo welcomed their second little girl on Thursday 9th July.. How cute is she!!! Unfortunately they live in WA so we have to wait for a cuddle..

What a proud big sister Sienna is!

Congratulations Matt and Jo.. she is just beautiful.. and we so can't wait to meet her.

Some scrappin Layouts..

Yep.. I have actually done some scrappin.. not much... but some..lol... So I thought I would share..

This is Brodie's class pic for Daycare..

And his individual Pics.. I used Moi's Sketch off the Boxx. As you can see Brodes does not like to smile for the photographer.. I don't know why.. He was so excited when I took him..lol.. Oh well.

This is a layout I did using one of Sheree's Intermediate classes on the Boxx.. I decided to do one with Dad and I.. one of the few nice pics I have of us.. When I feel up to I want to write how I saw him so the boys will have some idea how I felt when they get older.. left space to slip the journallin under the scalloped paper..


Finally finished the layout I started when I went to the Boxx retreat.. This is our Niece Katie.. a few years ago..lol.. I used the gorgeous Janine's Sketch and flowers off the Boxx.. Love it Janine..

And I also got this layout finished from the Boxx retreat.. finally did a layout with a wedding pic..lol..

Well that is it for now.. I hope you like them.. Hopefully I will some more soon.... Just gotta get scrappin!

Ok so what's been happening....

Well...life is hectic as usual.. And yep it is the school hols...Woohoo.. they go back next week.. lol.. Does that make me a bad mum..lol. Bit of excitement in the family at the moment.. Greg's Brother Matt and his wife Jo have had a little baby girl today.. Zoe Marie.. So can't wait to meet her. And yep .. that means we still have the only male grandchildren on both sides..lol.

We are getting back to normal kinda after losing Dad.. the boys still get a bit upset lately but Brodie is the big surprise.. I really didn't think he understood it at all.. but he got really upset for the first time one night a week ago and kept crying for Poppy at bedtime... and the other day he asked Daddy where he was going.. When Greg said to work he replied.. 'no Daddy you going to heaven to see Poppy..' We could not convince him that Greg was going to work..lol.. It is amazing what goes through their little minds.. It is sad..but I am glad in a way that he is missing Poppy.. Being so young I was worried Poppy would be no more than a blip on the radar.. But we talk to them all the time about him so hopefully we can keep the memories alive.

We got Connor's first report card at the end of term 2. He did quite well but we need to work on his effort... surprise surprise.. he is too easily distracted..lol. Luckily he is smart so is still quite well advanced academically.

Declan is doing well at Kindy.. and his kindy teacher tells me he is quite smart.. again he also needs to work on his social skills..All her comments bring memories of Connor in Kindy crashing back..lol.. We have been babysitting the Kindy chickens over the school holidays.. Unfortunately the boys have not treated them very well.. so it has been quite a learning curve for them.. they need to understand that what they do affects animals as well..

It has been very busy over the holidays. I had Tanya's Tupperware Baby shower at the beginning of the hols.. she only has a couple of weeks to go.. so excited I am going to have another bubba to play with..lol.. and that night we had our Mum's night out for Playgroup. It is so nice to get out with just the girls and relax

We have made some lovely new friends through Playgroup. Dylan and Carien have moved here from South Africa and have 2 gorgeous little boys. They came over for Dinner and Movie night and we had a great time.. after we got the kids to crash.. and crash they did..lol.. we had lots of fun playing the Wii..

After having lunch with Gil and Annette, we took the kids to see the armed forces display they put on in town.. They do it every year when the Americans etc come to town for a training operation. The boys loved it they got to pretend to drive big trucks.. see a Caribou fly over.. See camels and cavalry horses.. get their faces painted and ask a million and one questions of the soldiers. Rach, Adrian and the kids and Dylan, Carien and the boys came too.. It was a great arvo. And It was Sam's first birthday as well.. He is getting sooo big.. and soo cute!

Tom then came over for a sleepover.. the boys loved it.. and Rach and I got to play around with my slide scanner that arvo.. yeah it works..lol.. got some slides of Dad's I need to do.

We have been to the parks both last week and this week with playgroup which the boys enjoyed..

And the girls came over on Wed and I actually scrapped..woohoo.. Will upload pics another day.. I have got another person hooked..lol.. Carien is now going to start coming over every Wednesday to scrap with me.. and on a sad note I am losing a wonderful friend to the big smoke soon. Tanya, Chris, Michael and Talissa will be moving to Brisbane in a few weeks. I am soo gonna miss them..

Anyway.. I think I have caught up.. It is late and I am getting tired. so I am gonna sign off now. I hope you are all well.. and haven't fallen asleep after another of my looong updates.lol...

Love to all xx

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The Boys trip to Dalby..

Well on the June Long weekend Greg took the boys to Marnie and Pa's in Dalby.. and I had the fun job of staying home and cleaning the house..lol.. But at least I finally got the pantry, bathroom cupboard and linen cupboard cleared out..lol

Swearing at Dad the whole time I did the pantry... thanking him for all the junk he has put in there over the years.. and I know he was up there saying.. 'Don't chuck it out.. it is only 4 years out of date..it's still fine.!!' pmsl.

The girls also came over for a girls night on the Sunday night.. Had an absolute ball.. Tanya brought Lasagna and Salad.. Annette a beautiful dessert and Amanda some nibbles.. we were stuffed by the end of it all.. and sore from laughing.. thanks girls.. I really needed it..

Anyway.. Greg got to Dalby and Pa had fixed the Nifty 50 he and his brothers used to ride.. the boys thought it was fantastic!

Connor was a little unsure about riding it on his own so Pa put training wheels on it.. that was all he needed to get his confidence up.. He rode around on it then without the training wheels touching the ground..lol..

Declan and Brodie had great fun riding around with Pa and Greg..lol.. Not sure what is funnier..the kids or the sight of 2 grown men on a nifty 50..lmao.

Anyway the pics aren't the greatest but here they are having a ball..

Well at least i have caught up with some of my blogging..lol.. will catch up some more soon.. I will get up to date.. I promise..pmsl.. Hope you are all well..

xxx