A Christmas Tree Erection!!!

Tonight we erected the Christmas Tree.... The kids had a great time decorating the tree... and after being told to not buy Christmas Lights... Justin and I did... The set had 260 globes and it took what seemed like forever to get them all wound around the tree...

After they were all wound around the kids furiously decorated the tree with all the old decorations that Todd and I use to put on the Christmas Tree when we were kids.

And the person who had the most fun of all...
Was POPPY Chook... he was in his element !!!!

Our Last Supper!!!

Before we left last night we had dinner with Tracey and Bronte & Melena and Andrew... I wanted Chicken Cambenert (however you spell that delicious cheese!) one last time... so we went up to the PK Tavern and spoiled ourselves... Aidan ate the biggest meal ever. I never thought he would eat it all but he ate SOOO much which is quite amazing for Aidan.... he probably wont be hungry for a week now!! hahaha

It was a nice evening... Then the legend Tracey drove us up to the Airport... Thanks Mate... you are great...

We will miss you all...



The plane ride to Brisbane was so turbulent... it was quite scary... we were getting blown all over the place on the tarmac so you can imagine what it was like in the air... especially if you have experience that wind I loved so much.

But we made it and as Aidan said upon waking on the plane (yes him and Joshie slept.. and Justin and I ... well we had numb bums!) "its a new day"

Cheers.

Enchanted Scrapbooking Design Team

We have announced our Design Team...

Congratulations... it was such a hard decision and I am glad that we dont have to select member too often... Tracey and I deliberated and deliberated... but we finally selected two and have invited all those who participated in the DT competition to come back as a guest designer for a month... We thought that was a nice compromise and a nice way to say thankyou to those who participated and created such great LO's....

Check out our blog website to see the talented scrappers who made it... http://enchantedscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Day Care Christmas Party

Today was the boys last day at Port Kennedy ABC .... Lucky for them it corresponded with the Christmas party and a visit from Santa... I managed to get photos of Aidan and his best mates together as well as Bronte looking so so cute in her Santa outfit....

NO Turning Back NOW!!

Well we have been SOOO busy this past week. Justin got home last weekend and since then we have been frantically organising everything: from the house rent/sale, to the removals (thankfully we didn't have to pack anything!!), to getting on the plane (thanks Tracey!!!!). Everything was packed up into two containers very tightly and I am so glad that we didn't have to do that... I could not believe how quickly they packed everything up... They were so efficent and fast... things were packed before you realised, and things that i wanted to bring with us are now on their way to Darwin... I was surprised at how draining it was to watch others pack up our house... so I can only imagine that those people go home very tired everyday.

The house looked massive after it was completely cleared of all our belongings... and once it was professionally cleaned (yes we cheated... but the Navy gave us money to it!!) the house looked great... and we wondered why we were moving out so keenly and why we had decided to sell the house... The pergola and backyard looked fantastic and so inviting and of course it wasn't windy!!! ... But those feeling apparantly overwhelm everyone... and I didn't cry or get emotional over the house... (I was more upset about the Territory getting picked up the week before????) so I am positive I must be ready to move on and have some new experiences......

Final Weekend in House

This weekend was our last in our house and we decided to have a small bbq with some close friends to say farewell... it was good. The weather was lovely, but the flies were horrid and out in force, especially once the bbq was finished cooking... but that is Australia in Summer for you!!!It was a good afternoon, thanks everyone for coming and we hope to see everyone soon....

Cheers jodi

Another PRICELESS Photo!!! Santa 2007

Yesterday we went shopping for some new sandals for the boys, and then the boys had their photo taken with Santa... Aidan was determined to NOT cry and you can see that determination on his face... Josh was determined TOO cry... and you can see the determination on his face... in the end Josh fought Santa SO much that he fell out of Santa's arms, rolled down his leg and belly flopped onto the ground!!! It was so funny.... Santa quickly made amends and gave him and Aidan a little teddy bear each... The RESULT: another PRICELESS PHOTO...