5 years ago today.....

We were married!! It is our wedding anniversary today and unfortunately I have spent it on the lounge not being able to walk very well, I have done something to my knee which has caused it to swell up and be very painful, Mark thinks its a bit suss as he has just started holidays and I end up on the lounge not being able to do anything!!! in all seriousness though I dont know what is wrong with it and am hoping I wont be out of action for very long (I am secretly hoping I will be back at the gym next week and not the 6 week time frame my Mum gave me today!)

Here are a couple of OTP things, the first is a Heidi Swapp mirror album which I covered a bit with rub ons, I titled the front with 'the boy, the girl capturing 5 years' I havn't finished this yet but I will add photos and journalling from the past 5 years, I used Jenni Bowlin journalling cards for it.

The next thing is a box I covered with (Jenni Bowlin again) paper, I lined the inside with some felt, I also used a Delish rub on.

Well I really got to get of the computer and put my knee back up and take another dose of painkillers and some chocolate!

Happy Easter!

Here are a couple of other things I have been doing lately, the box was a plain one I picked up from a discount store, I took the fittings of then painted it and covered it with paper which I can't remember who made it, I loved the boy and girl on it!

The next thing I have done is an accordian album in a box, a pre-made album which I covered, I used a thick felt black ribbon for the spine, this will be an ongoing album of random shots from 2009, titled everyday moments 2009,I added a quote on the inside from Macbeth
which I really like
'I wonder what I did for God today;
How many times did I once pause and pray?
But I must find and serve Him in these ways,
For life is made of ordinary days.

waiting for the holidays.....

We are all counting down to the holidays this week! both Mark and Jake start their holidays at Easter, it will be nice to have Mark home again!

More girl layouts here, this post and the previous post are all the recent layouts from the past few weeks, I have also done a a few 'off the page' stuff which I will photograph in the near future, anyway first up is of Bethany titled 'I'm not your average girl' a few nice shots of Bethany.

'lovely little girl' is of Ella, she is wearing her beanie - mindless of the fact it was a warm day!

'capture the joy' is of the girls and I, they weren't that interested for a nice photo!


here's another one of Ella titled 'Beauty, and using probably the only photoshop action I can figure out! (changing some of the photo to black and white).

Last one is of Bethany titled '& savor every moment'.

Be back soon!

'Memories' layout - this photo of the kiddies was taken a couple of days before Christmas, it is quite difficult to take a nice picture of 3 children together - I'm not sure why that is!

the next freaky photos are of Jacob, he recently had a scary school disco so Grandma took him shopping for a scary mask, which he enjoyed scaring his sisters with!

'A fine day' is a layout of myself with the kids, Mark and I took the kids to the Botanical Gardens on Adelaide Cup Day about a month ago, we all had an enjoyable afternoon out together.

'Picture perfect' is a layout of Bethany, the photo was taken about a year ago now but it is one of my favs, I have scrapped this photo before but I wanted to get rid of the paper and the scraps.

'I see you' is one of Ella, she was playing on her own with the sheets hanging on the line, so I got the camera out, which she wasn't to happy about!

back once again!

Back again after a couple of months which flew by rather quickly!
I have already posted a few more layouts in previous posts just now as I can only upload 5 photos at a time, and Im waiting for Mark to come home after a full day at the clipsal - yes its nearly midnight! Im sure the cars have been in bed for quite a while now!

Layouts, first is of Ella and myself 'sweet moments such as this' I love this photo of Ella she looks so sweet!

'she loves to do puzzles' is of Bethany and her love of puzzles, she spends half a day putting a puzzle together only to take it apart and start all over again! I finally got to use my K&CO puzzle pieces with this layout!

'ellas rose' is of Ella and her rose which she received from her Daddy for Valentines Day! Bethany received one aswell but she was too shy for a photo! (Mummy received a bunch of Lillies!)

'love, merry and joy' is a Christmas layout I completed a couple of months after Christmas,


last up is 'moments I adore' another cute one of Bethany and Ella.

first layout is of Ellas 2nd birthday - which was back in September last year,

'Holiday' is of our first family holiday together as a family of 5, the photos were taken a couple of years ago,

'that aint no kissy face' is of Ella, she has a blue mouth from eating a blue candycane!

'Time flies' is of another old photo of Ella - makes me clucky looking at baby photos!

and yet another old photo! 'time flies' a photo of Bethany, Jacob and tiny baby Ella!

these layouts here were created a while ago (sometime within the last couple of months!)
'beautiful' is yet another layout of Ella - the only willing person in this family to pose for a picture!

'Bethanys teddy' is a layout about (surprisingly enough) Bethanys beloved teddy, she loves her teddy!

'follow your bliss' is of Jacob, the photos were taken of him last Christmas,

'love your life is of Bethany, one of my fav layouts I have done for a while,

last up is another one of Bethany 'little miss serious' and its the opposite of my previous layout - one of my not so fav!! I tried to do a couple of things which didnt turn out very well!

first layout up is 'sweet' cute pictures of the girls showing some sisterly love with each other!

next up is of Ella titled 'the world always looks brighter from behind a smile.

'just smile' is a layout of Ella and myself, and yes that is a couple of paper doilies I have used!

last one is of Jacob and I taken a few days before Christmas 2008 titled 'friends forever my boy and I.

girl layouts

Here are a few more girly layouts I have completed over the past month or so, first up is of Bethany and I titled 'thats no fairy face', Bethany has started pulling faces now whenever her photo is being taken, and in this photo she was wearing her fairy costume.

Next is of Ella titled 'a snapshot' just a lovely photo I took of Ella.

Another one of Ella titled 'smile', shes the opposite of Bethany when her photo is being taken, she quite happily smiles!

Next up is of Bethany and Ella titled 'forever my little girls' I love this photo of them both!

Last one is another of Ella titled 'look at your face' just a photo of her with chocolate on her face - not that exciting!

I have become very addicted to a nintendo wii game that Mark gave me for Christmas - Animal Crossing, I visit my town at least a couple of times during the day and spend my time fishing and going into the city, I will soon be able to pay off my mortgage and hope to upgrade my house, it does also make me feel young to still be able to play the nintendo!!

I really should update more often....

I have alot to catch up on since the last time I wrote (1.12.08) so here are a few things that have happened.

Christmas was a fantastic day again albeit an early start with Jake trying to get up at 3.45 am!!

Ella is now in a big bed, she calls it her Upsy Daisy bed - she loves In the Night Garden!!

Mark painted our bedroom and ripped up the carpet and layed a floating floor down, with help from Andy, they did a very good job!

We had a New Years party here with a couple of other families, 7 kids were here and they all stayed up till midnight! including our girls! when everyone went home Bethany cried for about 5mins upset that the party was over and everyone had gone home!! they were very, very tired!!

Mark and I also had our birthdays on the 14th and 15th of Dec, we didnt do much as we had his Christmas work dinner on that weekend.

I finished off my December daily journal, I will post again with some pictures soon - before this year is out!

retreat layouts

here are some of my layouts that I completed at the retreat - which will soon be one month ago - time has flown!

First up is 'me & you' a picture of Ella and I taken earlier on in the year,

Next 'its funny to be a bit silly sometimes' (the title is very similiar to a previous one of Jacob and I but I was stuck for a title!)

'Its your birthday today' is of Bethany taken on her third birthday back in July,

'you make my heart sing' is of Bethany again, I love this photo of her taken when we were away in October,


last one is simply titled 'I love her' Ella is quite challenging at times but theres no denying that I simply love her!

The Christmas tree went up yesterday and Mark totally surprised me by going of to buy some lights to hang up outside! I have been asking each year if he could put up some Christmas lights, and this year he finally gave in - they look really nice dangling from the roof gutters!

I am doing the December Daily journal that Ali Edwards is doing I finished of the finishing touches to mine last night, and I am really looking forward to completing this over the coming month, I will post some pictures of it soon.