EASTER CATCH-UP !!

I know it's been nearly a week since the Easter break but i'm still catching up ...

We had a lovely time ... took the van down to the Central Coast (well DH took the van down, he had to work for the weekend; so he set up for Blake & I and then came back and collected us on Monday afternoon).

... and YES the Easter Bunny finds you even when you are away caravanning (much to Blake's relief !!).





We had the weekend with friends ... lots of fun and very relaxing but not long enough!


The kids had a great time ... Blake spent the weekend with his little shadow (our little godson)!
Nic just adores Blake and vice versa!!






Whilst the weather was a little overcast and cool on Friday & Saturday, there was still heaps to do as the park we stayed at had planned activities all weekend ... craft, movies, Easter egg hunts, plaster painting [and the list goes on] ....
The kids on our little strip also entertained themselves for hours with a bucket of chalk displaying their talents on the pavement (as it rained each night, this cleaned the canvas for new creations everyday !!).

Sunday started with a 'chocolate smorgasbord' for breakfast and the sun came out which meant lots of fun in the pool!
The weather was also lovely on Monday which allowed for more water fun!






This little guy (our godson) is such a cutie ... he has just turned 3 and is very entertaining (maybe his parents don't think so at times but we found him quite funny). You forget the funny little things they say and do ... it's been a while since we had a little person in our house but it does jolt the memory !!



One of the things that entertained us all weekend was his infatuation with being Superman (he did have a day as Spiderman but Superman is his preferred identity) he he !!



This little caped crusader was in action all weekend.

My Blake was never into superhero's or dressing up; but this little guy assured us all weekend "i'm Superman" ... how cute!!
My girlfriend advised (that much to her dismay) the costume has to be coaxed off him and he usually only co-operates to change into Superman PJ's at night!!!

Isn't it funny how their little minds work ??!! ... but that's ok cause he is certainly our little Superman !!

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Keep smiling :O)

JULIE x

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

The last of the Birthdays for our little family this year ....
yesterday was DH's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK !



We had a fab day on the lake ... lots of friends, boats, bbqing, & fun.



The weather was magic and the water was beautiful!

We got back to the boat ramp just before dark ... to finish off a huge day this is how a few of the kids insisted on returning home ... all the way across Lake Macquarie being towed behind the boat to the boat ramp ... i'd love just half their energy !! LOL!



Hope you all had a great weekend too :O)

Lots to share ....

Wow time goes fast ... Middle of March already!

All the celebrations settled after Blake's birthday and now we get to do it all again this weekend for DH ... although ... he won't be quite as spoilt as Blake was ... it will be a little more 'low key'!!

Leading up to last weekend i vowed that i was going nowhere and i had planned to spend the weekend scrapbooking ... and that's exactly what i done (along with a little bit of housework but that's ok)!

I have to put in a shameless plug here and say that loads and loads of gorgeous, yummy WINTER CHA 2008 stuff has arrived and continues to arrive at SCRAPBOOKnBITS ... all the new DREAMSTREET, CHERRYARTE, PINK PAISLEE, COSMO CRICKET, all the yummy new THICKERS and the list goes on ... and have you heard about the new CORE'DINATIONS ... this stuff is awesome. Basically it is cardstock (but heaps cheaper than Bazzill) and each coloured cardstock has an inner core that is a slight varied shade of the main colour, which means if you sand it, scrunch it, distress it, etc, the core colour comes through! .... you've got to go and look, who could resist the temptation ... can you tell i'm a little bit excited!

So back to last weekend, here are some of my creations using some of my yummy new products:

This is my neice Jessica playing amongst flowers & pretending they were snow.



This is my nephew Jacob ... such a funny little guy!
The journalling reads: When Jessica and her friend decided to give each other a facial you wanted in on the action and asked for some face cream and cuFumber too!!



Karen & myself with Mum!



and a simple, quick LO of Blake and some friends when they were little playing on the fire engine that the next door neighbour bought home from work one weekend!



And for a bit of fun .... JOLENE (S'n'B DT Member) has a fun competition going on the Forum at the moment GUESS THE SNIPPETS ... pop in and have some fun with us ... you could win a S'n'B Ribbon Pack !!

I have a couple of other projects on the go but can't share cause they are for a workshop and one is for the S'n'B RETREAT in May (3 whole days/nights of un-interrupted scrapping ... wooohoo !!)

Last but not least ...

Each month i host a FREE ONLINE CROP over at SnB ... anyone can join in, it costs nothing and you can use your own stash -OR- if you want to use the exact same product as i have used and create the exact same project/s, an optional kit is available.




Next Wednesday we are creating 2 Rustic LO's ... all the details HERE

I do have some other interesting news to share ... but won't make this post any longer than it already is (aaaahh ... i love suspense) ....

Will chat again soon .... keep smiling :O)

JULIE x

WHERE DID 11 YEARS GO ??!!

Yesterday my baby turned 11 !



Whilst i am typing this Blake is over my shoulder protesting "Muuuum, i'm not a baby anymore" !!

This weekend was busy with celebrating Blake's birthday ... Sunday, he had a party at Timezone (at Tuggerah) .. what a fab place for a boy party.



13 boys madly hyped & excited playing video games etc for 1.5 hours, half hour in the party room for food, drink, presents & birthday cake ... and all over!! Really easy ... the perfect birthday party!! LOL !!

Yesterday i got up nice and early and baked a choc birthday cake to share with his classmates; and Mark & I attended morning assembly to watch him receive his last primary school birthday certificate (a sad thought). As a treat he only had a half day at school then we went out for tea last night and more birthday cake!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKE !!