2007 Christmas Photoshoot!!

After our Santa hats being packed with the rest of our house contents... and not being able to find ANY decent Santa hats in Queensland a few days before Christmas... I decided to use tinsel and a Christmas reef... (my great chrissy bargin... $2.00 at Woolies!!) I organised the boys and the Puppy for our 2007 Christmas photoshoot....
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It was almost a disaster... Amazingly the 1st and almost the only photo I got with Ella in festive garb was just perfect... after this photo Aidan attempted to sit with her... but as you can see she made a very quick getaway and from then on... the New Puppy was missing in action so I never got any photos with her and the boys!!!!

And the photos of the boys... they are blurred but full of smiles and laughter.... and I love them!

So I am happy, as despite the mayhem and the perfect Christmas photos turning out NOT SO PERFECT... they are a true representation of the boys... and our new wild puppy at the end of 2007!!!!

Welcome Ella

Justin and I went up to Toowoomba yesterday to pick up our new baby... after spending the night in Toowoomba we picked her up this morning and drove home to two very excited little boys and Mum's very inqusitive male labrador... Boss.
She is a really happy puppy and just gorgeous... and did not cry or whine once the entire 4 hour drive... which impressed Justin alot!!! She has settled in extremely fast and is getting cheekier by the hour.... I am sure that she will liven our lives up ALOT!!!

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......