a day in the dandenongs...

well it was supposed to be a day...

my brother went in for emergengy surgery and ended up in ICU...

so on wednesday, matt had the day off and i had an appiontment to make some last arrangments, confirm numbers etc... for the retreat. It was very exciting, means it's getting very close! There is also room for one more person to come, if you're interested let me know.

then afterwards we went to the tea rooms at grants park. I just love it there, it's so beautiful.

here are some piccies from the day...

no scrapping to show :(, but looking forward to getting back into it next week.

more piccies and some awards.

kreativ blogger award...

got a few of these from a few people, thanks girls ;)

I have to name 7 things love.

1. my husband. I love him soooo much, he is my rock and my strengh. My shoulder to cry on, the centre of my everything..

2.. My kidlets.. They make my woprld SHINE! all special in their own way, i love them all equally and more than they will ever know.

3. SCRAPPING!!!! My SANITY, release... my break from my crazy life HAHA!!!

4. My fantastic friends. The special ones you all know who you are, always there to listen to me whinge, chat and laugh with on msn almost daily ;)

5. shopping, whethre for scrapping supplies or clothes for Lacey, i love the feeling of a good purchase...

6. home. our house certainly isn't a castle, and certainly not sparkly clean, but i love it... it's our home with our dreams and our memories, it's where i feel safe and comfortable.

7... creamy mushroom cup a soup, yes weird i know, but mmmm so good on a cold day.

i'm sure all my fabulos friends already have this award, but i'm going to give it to my friends who by chance haven't already got it.

OK no scrapping to show... still working on the commission work for scrapbooking creations. Cant wait to finish it, it was to say the leave a little over ambitious.

here are some piccies from the past couple of days...

if you pop in make sure you say hello, i'd love to come and visit your blog if i haven't already :)

i know this next one is not a "stunning" shot, but i just love the expression on her face, little darling, she makes me smile without even trying.

i know the next one is a little blurry, but i still love it!

WOW it's been 2 months =)

OMG 2 whole months without blogging.....

I've been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!!!

SCRAPPING SECRET SQUIRREL BUSINESS!!!!

having fun at the park.....

look at this naughty little girl growing up much too quickly, wanting to only go UP the slide!

Cuddles with the princess...

catching up with family from AFAR-

It was so AWESOME to see my sister from QLD and my brother from NZ, the best suprise ever!

MORE SECRET SCRAPPING.....

partying...

happy 21st little brother :)

scrapping-

endless weekends of FOOTBALL-

more scrapping

and more partying...

happy first birthday little princess, i love you so much!

more than you will ever know.

more secret squirrel scrapping-

meeting AWESOME FRIENDS in real life again ;)

{hugs babe, i miss you}

bush walking...



just a cute one of the princess...

easter egg hunting...
more scrapping...

playing at the lake..

I'm sure theres loads more, i think thats enough for now ;)

phillip island- march 1st 2009

i'm so far behind...

time to catch up....

So.............................................

i'd been planning for the longest time to go to geelong, the family trip!!!

i finally set a date, and we got up early ready for the 2 hour drive. It was overcast but not raining so we set off.

then it started raining 10 mins into the drive!

Matt and i didn't really want to drive 2 hours to geelong to be in the rain so we took a detour to phillip island.

It was cold and windy and horrible, but it was a family day out, a rairity these days....

so here are some piccies!

we had fish and chips at the beach at cowes, it was FREEZING...

we didn't even head down to the water, after that we went to the nobbies.

you can just tell how wet and cold and windy it was by the photo of the water.

and heres some scrapping...

I've been feeling rather unmotivated lately...

and i just love this, my page i did very my very special friend sandie, miss you heaps babe!

wow, it's been a month...

how cute is this, i made matt take it the other day.

the angles totally wrong, but i still love it.------

and here a snippit of a page for an upcoming challenge at bons,

check out the cupcake pattie!!

bons cc is tonight.

head on over to bons scraps tonight.

at 7:30 the fun will begin, there will be 3 challenges, including a blind challenge.

there will also be bingo and lots of fun and chatter.

why not pop in and have a look.

here is a sneak of my colour challenge.

and here are a couple of shots with the new camera :)

another year older!

27, yep thats right..... 27...

and here is my new baby!

and here are a few shots i took yesterday, some are slightly blurry, and i have alot to learn, but not bad for my first day i don't think!