I've been scrapbooking..

How hot was it yesterday??... it hit over 40 at my abode, I ended taking the kids and a few friends to the local pool for a while and then came home to the airconditioning to finish this.....
it was taken during the olympics last year....
(it's not really as wonky as it looks... the heat warped the paper a bit ?!?..



this one I did a while ago .... it's the most gorgeous photos or Aaron with all his guns and swords saving the flowers from Shane and his cultivator in the vegi patch...


these are the month by month of the kids for 08 ... done in the first month of 09 ... very impressed with myself.. useing stuff from pip prossers kit again..





and just a couple of cards using the left over "stuff" from the surfing LO of Regan....





how cute is this guy... there seems to be heaps of them around at the moment and I couldn't resist taking a shot.....

Till later....

I just love........

that these two love to play footsies when they're having brecky...

We've had a busy week or two..... I was called back to work on Wed because they were getting so busy .... i wasn't impressed but the kids took it quite well ... I think they enjoyed spending the last few days with dad.... on Tue a log truck came speeding around the corner in front of the shop blasting its horn and within seconds the whole thing had rolled over and there were logs everywhere... we rushed out and thank God it was early and there weren't many cars or people about. .. somehow the driver managed to get out ( a bit worse for wear) and had only damaged one car ..... we all spent the morning in a very hyped up state......

The Moodys came down from Armidale last weekend for a very relaxing and enjoyable stay ... definantly our turn to head up there next time... Aarons had parties, Regans had visits and sleepovers and unfortunantly come monday Shane has to return to work as well... the kids will spend the next week and (something) with Nan.



Couldn't resist this shot ...Aaron is very taken with his new priate ship...

Regan, Danielle and I made Pancakes for brecky on Sat morning which they decided would be much better blue.....that was great to start with.....





but I don't think Regan was really keen...

and finally I am slowly but surely catching up on my scrapping - I think this photo is from June...... and no Mum I havn't forgoten about your cards.... they're still in the pipeline.

Welcome to the New Year

We spent the new year swimming and riding and eating and drinking at Aunty Karens farm... what a beautiful place...check out the scenery ... Regan managed to come off her bike by riding between the shed and cattle yards and falling over just before heading down the bank to the river .... "but I had nowhere to go" she said .???... can you see anything but open spaces..... we'll have to replace the brake lever this week....

Apart from that we've just been hanging at home, the beach, the familys place and enjoying the time off ... I know it will be over way too soon...
I've even managed to do some scrapbooking..



This one is using the gear I got from Pip Prossers site... how perfect was all that surfing paper....I pretty much copied her layout...it just seemed to fit really well..

... and finally the kids school photos for their school albums...





The kids are looking a bit scruffy this year... we were away at Royal Far West when the photos were taken ... -I was most upset that Aaron wasn't in his kindi class shot- ... so the individual photos were a fluke as the photographer was there to take the sports team photos and I grabed him in the office... never the less, scruffy or not it's them as they really are on any given day..

Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.....

Just a quickie to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the following year..... for those that usually get a card I am very sorry but I just didn't get there this year .... I promise to be a better friend next year....

We've had a fantastic day .... Regan woke Aaron at 5:30 and the day began ... the kids were very pleased with all they received (except Aaron and his towel - not overly impressed by that one)...... My brother-in-law proposed to his girlfriend (she accepted).... lunch was at Karens place where the kids spent the whole day in the pool.... and we have arrived home with a rather inebriated dad who is now sound asleep ....the kids and I are finishing off the day watching Ever After - I love this movie.....

PS: Dad - I'm up to page 41 in our book and am learning all sorts of stuff.... will be a pro in no time.















The kids got a bike this year.. - Aaron will ride it tomorrow- .... he's not sure about the fact that it has two wheels .... Regan on the other hand has taken to it like everything else she touches lately and suprised me again by tearing around the backyard within a few minutes of getting on it..... when did she grow up so much??




Merry Christmas
Leah

My little surfer chick

Regan had her first surfing lesson on sunday and blew me away with how quickly she picked it up... she had a ball and after two hours I had to tell her to come in because the instructor was getting tired.... She loved it and I can't wait to see how she progresses over the holidays ... looks like we'll have lots of days at the beach this summer.

We had the shed/garage/scraproom/spareroom wired up last weekend and shane told me that he had to dig a hole and track the old power so it can be moved for the pool we are hoping to put in this winter .....



to me, this is not a hole...... as Shane was dissapearing in his 'trench' with a shovel he exclaimed that I have no idea what he does at work..... he could be right.



The kids are pretty happy about the holidays....



This is India, Aarons buddy this year... at the end of year presentations all the yr 6's gave their buddies a tree to plant at home... so sweet I thought, now if only we can talk him into planting it in the garden and not outside his window.

and this is the calandar Aaron gave to his teacher for Chrissy this year.... and absolutely loving the paper.

What the?????

Aaron was playing with the tree the other night and knocked off this little angel ... we heard something break but couldn't find the missing piece ... and honestly couldn't work out what on earth it could be....the kids had no idea why we were laughing so much .... and of course when we found the missing piece it was quite obvious to Regan that the appendage was the angels arms.



Movember is finally over ... Yeah..... and my gorgeous hubby has returned to me ... he's gone from this...



to this ....



much better in my view...

I've started the chrissy cards now however these are all for the mother in law to send .... mine are looking like being a bit late this year ... time is just disapearing on me ... how I miss being a stay at home mum....



I even failed to get the yearly kids chrissy photos on the weekend.... Aaron was just not receptive to the idea ... this one of Regan is one of my favourites ..



and to finish off just a couple of pics of the kids for Grandma and Grandpop ( Aaron has just informed me that you get capitals because you are important).




Till next time ...

Somethings not quite right

One of our chooks is having a few problems in the egg laying department ... she spent a night away from home not long ago and came back a different girl.... shes looking a bit better now but obviously the trauma is still evident in some areas...

It's chrissy season in the Yea household and the kiddies are busy writing cards ... Aaron had written his 5 best friends out without even asking for help with the spelling.... I'm so proud of him and his achievements this year ..... this photo is of his first few but overall he wrote 34 cards over two nights.





On the subject of Aaron ... here he is doing his 'Super Hero Work' impersonation .... Shane gave him his old diary on the weekend and Aaron fashioned an outfit to match .... pretty good copy I reckon ...





Movember is going along quite nicely but unfortunately Shane has decided not to have a haircut this month either..... looking a little to much like a 80's porn star for my liking...


Here are the photos of the camp at Tara I promised .... the weather wasn't great... I'm so glad we got a cabin instead of camping ...... but the weekend went really well and all the girls had a ball ...... Regan tried lots of things she hadn't done before and stayed up way past the adults telling all sorts of spooky stories with the older girls.... the drive was well worth it but I'm glad it's only once a year...





... and last but not least I've even managed to scrap a page ......



off to Sydney again this weekend to see John Cougar.... or is it John Mellencamp .... anyway off to a concert in Sydney ... will catch up later.

Well so much for that idea

I know it's been 5 days and nothing .... I, however, have an excuse ... I've been away on camp in Sydney with the Girl Guides and have come back to a home computer with no internet... when I get it sorted out I'll post some photos....

Busy week what with life and stuff. The kids Fete was last weekend and they had a ball, I was so proud of Regan she stayed all day with her friends ... I hardly even saw her..... Nov 2nd was funny hat day hence those pictures and lastly my Aug in review.... I've got to stop leaving it so long between posts ... as I seem to loose track of what I want to say... I am going to try harder to blog at least twice a week otherwise I end up with photos from ages ago and stuff that is irrelevant..... so..... I suppose you should check back in 3 or four days and see how I'm tracking. Oh yeah we did archery at girl guides last week... check out the strain on her face... all the girls managed to get somewhere close to the target but I was the only one that managed to bruise my arm by not holding it right!!...