Back to School

Well we are back in the school routine, Jacob was more than happy to be back at school, hes in a year 4/5 class this year, it doesnt seem that long ago when I had to run out the classroom while his teacher held him because he was so upset at me leaving him! and Bethany is excited as she knows that playgroup starts up again on Friday.

Here are some layouts I completed a week ago before I had a few days of a big slump! I had been doing so well with my scrapping that I knew it was only a matter of time before I would hit a wall! lol!
I have done a 11 x 8.5 layout 'enough with the photos mum' is of Bethany and I, she was getting fed up with me taking shots of us both!

'Real Beauty' is a layout of Ella,

'Love U' is of Mark and I taken on Christmas Day,

'me & daddy loungin around' is of Ella and Mark,


and the last one 'my big baby' is another photo taken on Christmas with Ella - whos not really a baby anymore!

now that my scrap urge has returned, I will return at a later date with more of my stuff!

more layouts!

Back with some more layouts, I have been neglecting the computer a bit lately and have spent my extra time scrapping! lol!

my first layout 'we adore you' is one of my favorite ones of Ella as a tiny baby,

next one 'devoted' is of my devoted husband of mine, I used a few of the Basic Grey Christmas line paper with that one,

another favorite photo of mine is of Jacob holding Ella titled 'he loves her this picture says it all', when I showed it to Jacob he wasnt impressed that I used pink on the layout!

this bright one of Bethany titled 'your deep blue eyes' is a close up of her pointing to the camera, which is why half her face looks distorted, I love how blue her eyes look,

and last one is of Ella title 'sweet, not always', such a sweet looking photo of her but I journalled about her mood swings, I used My Minds Eye paper with this one- beautiful paper!

Well better go do some housework, Mark has been back at work this week, trying to get back into a routine, we are back to getting out of bed at 7.30 and after a few weeks of sleeping in Im feeling rather tired at this time of the afternoon!

layouts!

Thought Id update with some layouts I have done over the past week or so, I have been able to do heaps of scrapping lately with Mark still on holidays, the kids unwell and with the weather we have just been hanging out at home lately, hes back to work next week so it will be back to getting out of bed at 7ish (this morning we got up at 9am!!! even with 2 toddlers!!) and back to a routine of housework, shopping and cooking! Mark is a bad influence at tea time lol, I cant count how many times he has said in the afternoon 'do you just feel like getting takeaway for tea tonight?' - what a very dear man! lol!

Anyway the layout 'Cool' is of Ella, she likes to wear Marks sunnies and hat,

'family' is of us taken at Christmas time, I used Autumn Leaves paper for that one - gorgeous range that line,

'1 empty box, heaps of fun' is of the girls playing in the box that our new washing machine came in, a very simple layout,

'The sweet things in life' is a photo of Ella with my mum, a photo of them both taken at Christmas, trying to take a photo of my mum is as hard as taking one of Mark!

last one 'Charmer' is of Jacob, the photos of him were taken back in April when it was his birthday - and he really is a charmer!!

Well thats all for now, I still have a few more layouts to upload so hopefully will do that over the next few days!

scrapjack entry

Heres my entry for Aussie Scrapjacked, a sketch from Kim Archer, I love these photos of Ella taken last week, the main one she is poking her tongue out, I managed to capture some cute shots of her!

Christmas Catch up

A New Year has begun, the celebrations that occur in December have all been celebrated, so now we are all in relaxation mode!!

Mark is still on holidays till the 14th Jan, it is nice to have him home, and we have been spoilt with sleep ins, usual get out of bed time at the moment is 8.30am! although I wont mention I have had a few sleepless nights with the girls, Im hoping it was the heat and them both going through one of those stages!

Our birthdays were good, that was a few weeks ago now! mine was on the Saturday of Marks Christmas work function, so we stayed in a hotel in the city, we managed to have a wander down Rundle Mall and spent too much money in Haighs! - anyone from SA who loves chocolate would know all about Haighs! (not to mention how expensive it is, but well worth the money, lol!)

We had a beautiful day for Christmas weather wise, and our lunch was enjoyed by everyone, the photos here are all from Christmas, Jacob is in one opening up one of his Doctor Who toys, I could here him around 5am, going through his stocking which I filled with lollies, and at 6.30am he was so happy it was time we could all get up, I did have to tell Mark a few times to get out of bed lol! and I had to wake both the girls up, which explains why Beth and Ella both look bleary eyed!

The other shots is our family photo, and one of Ella and I, wish I had taken more of Jacob and the girls.

Well thats an overview of my life over the last week, I have begun to scrap again after a bit of a break, not to my doing, but the business of life! lol!

I wont mention our New Year celebrations, not after Mark got out the shower with a few minutes to the countdown and told me he was going to bed cos he was tired!!!!! needless to say I wasnt very happy with him, and as Ella had awoken beforehand and was up (it was VERY hot still) and Jacob wanted to stay up for midnight, I took them out the back to hear all the cheers and see if we could see some fireworks, but it was very quiet and we didnt see anything, so Jacob said it was the most boring New year ever!!!!