Happy Snaps

I bought a voucher for a canvas print months ago through catch of the day and realised weekend before last that it was due to expire, so out we all went during the breaks in the rain for a family photo shoot. All my photos in the house are black and white so I thought a change was due and I picked the most colourful background I could find. The guys at Fabness were excellent... I sent the pic to them on Monday and the canvas was on my doorstep on Thursday. Looks kind of cute I recon....





Shane spent the last two weekends ripping up the turf and clearing the area for the pool..... The kids followed behind him picking up the worms and grubs to give to the chooks and I helped out for about 1/2 hour before I realised it was way to much like hard work and used the excuse of 'getting dinner ready' to get back inside....
My hamstrings were killing me the next morning but I didn't dare let Shane know....

And ever since then it has rained... and rained.... and rained so our rather expensive rain gauge is sitting on the other side of the shed patiently waiting.....



In unrelated news I caught these pics of Regan during her last game.... go that intercept...pity about the laces





and she had a double sleepover during the long weekend.. Abby was here Friday night (2am bedtime) then they both went to Abbys Sat night (4am bedtime) and back home for Sunday (she was sound asleep by 7pm...)



And as for scrapping.... I completed these two which I started at the last Tuncurry Crop day... the colours are all wrong in this photo but I don't suppose it matters.... The wording says 'when you get going there is no stopping you but oh that start'





Now for some random pics..... the dogs are as friendly as ever



and how does this even happen??



Till Later

May the force be with us....

Just like you I've seen those little stick figure familys all over the place and kind of liked the idea but thought it has been way overdone.... until of course I came across this family on etsy... perfect for our little stormtrooper fan.

And the force did seem to be with us on Fri morning while Shane was trying to get tickets to

the sat concert sold out before Shanes 8 minutes on ticketek ran out... but luckily we got 4 tickets to the Sun show... I booked a Hotel in Surry Hills so we can walk to the concert as well as to the city however their carpark is only 1.8m high and our car is 1.9.... as are most 4wds????.... Luckily Karen and Darren are happy to take their car down on the Sat morning and make a weekend of it..

so what did I do last mon???? I was working mondays, then the boss decided to get her sister in instead, then realised it was too busy and asked me to work them again, then decided it wasn't busy enough soooo I had last mon off and was faced with this....

I know that not everyone is as anal as me about ironing but I just cant wear anything that hasn't been ironed so after a few hours catching up on Revenge I had managed this....

Aaron had a pretty dud game of hockey last weekend and was quite disapointed but definantly made up for it this week, his team lost but played really well and Aaron was on the whole game....

he followed the game with a birthday party at the Aquatic centre then a sleep over with 5 other boys at a friends place.... he was having such a great weekeend until we picked him up and told him we were going to Forster to do some shopping....

and while we were there buying the kids some new winter clothes we also managed to upgrade some of the gear in the van including an ensuit that Shane can actually stand up in, a fold away table that is big enough for us all to eat at and new chairs for Shane and I that are soooo comfy (our last ones cost us $8 from Bunnings)...Oz trail is my new favourite brand but don't pay much attention to the RRP on the web these guys were $129 on the site but we only paid $85 each, very happy..

Till later

Riding at Kylies Beach.....

We blew off kids sport this weekend and spent a fantastic couple of days at Kylies beach - about an hour up the highway ... and the highlight of the whole weekend was Aaron finally riding his bike. I know he seems a little old but with his balance issues and low muscle tone it has taken him many hours of trying and many promises to his physio before this moment... We couldn't be more proud. Guess whos getting a new bike for Chrissy!!

The beach and the weather was great, we (well actually they) even managed a swim on Sat....

other activities included a few games on UNO which Aaron took very seriously....

a walk to a writers hut, watching the kite gliders jumping off the mountains, a bit of night cricket....

and a lot of eating, apple pie and icecream for dinner (oh how spoilt we are in the van)

and smoores for brecky (cooked marshmellows squashed between two choc wheaten bickies)

this little bugger swooped down on us a brecky, he came under the awning, landed on the table and took my whole bacon and egg sandwich off my plate while the kids were sitting at the table... not impressed.

In other news.... there has been a whole lot of sleeping hapening at our place but none where it should be....

caught these two napping after they told us they were having 'boy movie' time...

Koda is determined to sleep on the big bed and Talos isn't smart enough yet to realise he is three times as big and can kick him off at any time....

and this is Regan at 11:30 in the morning after I picked her up from a sleep over.... obviously no sleeping was involved...

The kids have had their school photos and being in year 6 all the girls decided to wear their hair out (a no no at their catholic school) and Regan needed a few pics at home to make sure she had her smile right....

Check it out... i even scraped a pic of Aarons b'day back in Feb...

Well that is way too much for now, hope I didn't bore you
Till next time...

Nearly Over..

and haven't the holidays gone way too quick!!

Our darling Regan came home last night after 7 days in Canberra on a Girl Guide Jamboree... an experience she will never forget...

Aaron wrote a welcome home message on the door..... he missed her terribly...

She sent us this after the first couple of days.... (its nice that the guides can take the micky out of themselves)
She took heaps of photos so I'll go through them and post the goodies later..

We haven't done much while she was away.... it rained most of the time but Shane did manage to take out the side of his shed and put in a roller door..... the caravan had always been a very tight fit but after adjusting the axel we realised that it was no longer able to get out of the shed.... after debating the benifits of camping in our own shed we decided that it might be better to install another opening.... Taa Daa

On easter Sunday .... after a very early start and Aaron completely overdosing on chocolate we headed down to Sydney for a few days staying in Newport right on Pitwater .... very nice...

We didn't tell the kids but on Mon morning we got up and headed to the Royal Easter Show.... they were soooooo excited and we had a ball. Aaron did really well as we walked around for eight hours..... it is so big, I couldn't get over it.

and on the Tue the kids and I went to see Mirror Mirror while Shane went in for a few more hours of torture...

Even since taking these pictures the colours have really brightened up.... don't really know if it was worth all the pain but god damn it look good..

Well thats about it .... High Five from Mac....