Enchanted's Cybercrop weekend

& Nan and Pop visit....


This past weekend we have been so busy... or did it just seem that way cause of the extra two people in this tiny house... it is amazing how this small house, when over full life seems so more exhausting. We had a great weekend... and the kids were stoked to see Nan and Poppy again.

And at Enchanted we had our May Cybercrop... which was great... the challenges were great, and the layouts that the scrapping girls submitted were fantastic. Here are mine...
Challenge 1 - Two different sized photos, 3 different types of flowers and green on the layout... and I used our Tweet Fairytale pack for this particular layout. Challenge 2: Everyone had to scraplift MY Regal Delight layout. Was a bit embarrassed as the photo ended up with an area that didn't have any ink on it... and Justin wasn't letting me reprint the photo so I had to cover it up... which wasn't part of my layouts plan... but it turned out cute.. and Mathew looks so gorgeous... this photo was taken just after Mathew started sitting up and his first time 'discovering' leafs, sticks and dirt!!

Blog Renovations...

Well I finally I have successfully downloaded and uploaded my new blog 'prettiness' from House of 3... I love how it turned out after a little bit of photoshopping.... and now that I know how to do this I can see these renovations occuring often!! LOL ...

My Footy Hero

This morning we went to Footy (Rugby League Footy) in dismal rain... but we have been told by Big Gun Coach Pat (Aidan plays for the Coogee Dolphin Big Guns!! LOL) that Footy players need to be tough and so do the parents... so with rain coats and umbrellas we headed off to Malabar to play Footy... thankfully as the morning went on the weather improved!

The boys in their new Coogee Dolphin jersey's

Aidan My Footy Hero!!

Jokingly we had stated the week before after Aidan's dismal game that we should have given him some Coke before we left home... well this week Justin gave Aidan a glass of Coke... and it did the trick... the sugar rush and the excitment of finally getting his Coogee Dolphins jersey combined to make one great little Footy player... he was totally into it... tackling, running and he even Scored a TRY... well done Aidan.. the enjoyment, excitement and happiness for the game multiplied by 100x and I think he is now well and trully hooked...

On the otherhand... the boy who's DNA is made up partly of Footy... was SOOO sad when he discovered he couldn't play...
(he misses out by 6 weeks... yep he is too young by 6 weeks.. and therefore cant register) he was gutted... and he even had a jersey given to him too by one of Aidan's school friends mum's ... so he completely didn't understand why he couldn't play.. my poor little precious... at least he got to train with the team before the match... I can see tears like this every Sunday hereafter.. until next year at least!!!
So despite the terrible start with the weather we ended up having a great little morning at Footy... Aidan raced home to phone Poppy and tell him about his TRY and we are REALLY looking forward to next Sunday now.

Some Scrapping... Finally!!!

Sometimes it seems like I have never Scrapped in my life... as it has been so long since I really had the time to do it. Last year, time and again I really WANTED to scrap but just couldn't... study commitments, teaching, pregnancy... then baby arrived and our big move from Darwin to Sydney all made it either impossible to scrap or just too hard...

So I really enjoyed our Cybercrop last weekend... ( I would have posted these layouts earlier but 'school holidays' has gotten in the way!!! LOL)

Challenge 2: Create an Easter themed layout, include paint and use 3 photos.

Challenge 3: (although it also contained all the criteria for Challenge 1) Layout to be inspired by our Enchanted Scrapbooking website banner.

I have loved scrapping our Fairy Fun Packs... and I am really happy with what I have come up with this month... I have used photos of Mathew Jolly Jumping for the first time in each layout...
I managed two layouts with the Whooo Loves Fairies pack... this was a great pack ...

And my favourite... Mathew in this layout looks just too gorgeous... I did this layout with the Splash of Colour pack... Now that I have scrapped these layouts I cant wait until next months packs as they are awesome. I am already looking forward to scrapping those. Cant wait!

Coogee Beach with cousins!!

5 minutes after we got back from Nelsons Bay Sydney recieved some torrential rain.... and all I could think about then ... was gosh this is going to be a LONG week...

However it has flown by and today my cousin Christen did the long drive from Camden to Coogee with her 4 kiddies and we went down to the beach for some Fish n Chips and a swim for the brave!!

Needless to say.. the kids were braver than Christen or I!! hahaha... It was fantastic to catch up again after not seeing each other for a couple of years, and the kids 'yes all of them' got along famously... it was a great afternoon.

Christen & I with our 5 year olds..

The brave swimming....

Easter 2009 - Nelsons Bay

This Easter we drove up to my brothers house at Nelsons Bay.. and celebrated the coming of the Easter Bunny with his kids...

Determined to NOT have another Voute driving holiday Detour Disaster.. we got the instructions of the NRMA website... and after a minor hiccup somewhere around Maitland/ Hexton/ Tomago... we made it... Our FIRST driving holiday in which we didn't take a detour (go the long way/wrong way)... YaY...

The boys and the dog (yes Ella went too) were excited to be going away for the weekend... and Aidan (the 5 yr old chocaholic)...was particuarly looking forward to his 'easter eggs'!!

The kids were all excited to see each other... and the Easter Bunny Did Come.. much to Aidans' delight... Josh was all excited... but just has I predicted he took bites of each egg and then handed the eggs to someone else to eat!!

Before leaving we managed to get a photo or two for Nanny Robertson of all her Grandboys... Aidan, Mathew, Joshua and Teddy...

A catch up ...

Cant beleive how quickly this year is flying by... and that is my excuse for my slack blogging... we have been a busy little family. A few weekends back the weather was simply gorgeous, it had all the signs of the last 'summery' day of autumn so we took the opportunity and got out and about (remembering that our NY's resolution was 'family outings') and went to the Clovelly HOtel for lunch and then down to the beach for a dip... What a fantastic little beach?? So suited to mummy Voute... NO WAVES!! The boys were quick to strip of and get wet... whilst Maty hammed it up for the camera...

Mathew been a little ham... all smiles and belly laughs (however they scared him everytime) and I just love some of these cheesy grins... he is just one little chubba bubba.. and so so gorgeous...

Just before school holidays Aidan attended his first school disco and Easter bonnet parade. We had a few disasters with the Easter bonnet... I kept making them too small for his head, so I quickly ran out of the glossy shinny cardboard and the top hat that I was conjuring up.. quickly became a little visor hat with feathers and chickens... He loved it... and I am sure that he is the first kids to have an American Indian inspired Easter Bonnet!!!! Needless to say ... We didnt' Win!!