A New Challenge

Had a bit of rain this week - about 38mm all up - and a blessed relief it's been too! Millie had fun running through the puddles on the driveway, and Toby enjoyed just watching her antics. Have a new challenge starting up in the new year which will need all of your support as voters of a favourite photo - stay tuned and I'll post up more info in a week. But for now - which one of these is your favourite??? Thanks for stopping by, x Me I Wonder...

"What's up your bum Gypsie?"

"Howdy folk!"

"Hmm, Cookie should we be out here?"

My Little Man

This photo was taken by the lovely Kirsty last night in the glow of the setting sun - nice eh!

Luv Me x

It's Beginning...

Hi everyone - well finally we have our tree up! I had to buy a new tree this year - a much smaller one that would fit on top of our meat safe so that it was safely out of reach of tiny hands which love to grab shiny lights! So here's a peep at our little but lovely tree. I'm looking forward to the day when it will actually look as though it's been dressed by little people as well. I think at the moment it looks too ordered and neat!

I've only ever had one cold Christmas in the USA - Pensylvania, but every year I miss the cool and Christmas smells and lights that the Americans do so well! The past week has delivered daily temperatures between 38 and 42, so it's a far cry from a northern hemisphere Christmas! I often wonder why we Aussies still have pictures and ornaments of snow-clad children on sleighs, Father Christmas in his big red suit and all these winter wonderland decorations - it's such a tease. And how many Aussies even have a pine tree growing in their yard?

Anyway - I have some news for those of you would be interested... Mac has just gotten a new job and we're moving back to WA!!! Yes, you heard right - to the beautiful Geraldton, which is about 500km north of Perth and ON THE COAST - Yeeha! He'll be working with the WA Dept of Agriculture as a Biosecurity Officer - project manager for all things biosecurity ie ferral foxes, pigs, goats, weeds pests and diseases. Not that disimilar to the work he was doing with AQIS whilst in Broome. He starts on Feb 4th, so the clock is ticking and I'll probably fly over with the kidlets around mid Jan, which is only a month away!

Looking forward to living in the same town as my Bro and his gorgeous family, being near the beach, and having lots of great activities to do with Millie and Toby such as swimming, museums, theatres, galleries, playgounds, and even footpaths (believe it or not they dont have any in Longreach) so we can get back to walking with the pram. I'll even get to put my bike trailor into action and pull the kidlets around town whilst getting some long-awaited exercise.

But obviously the main drawcard for us is that we will now have extended family living nearby for us all to enjoy - with the rest only a half -day's drive away. I'll really miss my beautiful homestead here, and all our wonderful space (it's been a life long dream to have it). We'll be going back into suburbia, on a tiny block - but I know it will be worth the move. I certainly wont miss this heat though! Here's a few snaps of my home - if she was a person I'm sure she'd be a kindred spirit...

Thanks for stopping by, luv Me x

Too Rushed

The latest - done in about 10 minutes, and it looks like it too... So bummed as these new Pop Culture papers are sooo nice, and I feel I missed the mark here 'coz I was rushing - because as usual I have a small window of opportunity when the kidlets are asleep... Anyway - here 'tis... Luv Me x

Two More from Me...

Ok - so this first one took me just 10 minutes - as you can tell - I had to hand draw the title - it's soooo much quicker that way!!! And the one below I really like - except that when I did the title - it faded over the shiny paint - so a little disappointed with that. Oh well - just happy to be scrappin'. But I am sooo behind on the Emily Falconbridge challenge - and absolutely want to finish it off. Have a few photos to post tonight of our tree - just to get you in to the festive season. AND - a BIG challenge soon to be posted which will need all of you to contribute! Stay tuned and watch this space! Thanks for stopping by, luv Me x

Using My New Stash

Well finally I've been able to get creative again, after about a three week void, and it feels nice to be back in my own little bubble creating memories for the mob to enjoy - hopefully! These are the result of some of my spending up inPerth at Scraptivate - great shop btw. Sorry about the dodgy photos taken on the back verandah floor! But it was sooo windy today - nowhere else was calm enough. I actually departed from my normally freestyle style and bought a few pre-made embellies - just coz the whole two kid thing usually means I actually don't have time to do anything at all - so I think it's better to have something rather than nothing, even if it's a quick layout. The dragonfly one took about - 10 minutes, tops! Thanks for stopping by, luv Me x
Oh - and happy 100th post to me!!!!

Holiday Snaps!

Hello! I've finally managed to get a small collection of all the people and happenings from our recent trip west to Perth and sunny Gero. As you can see we had a great time, and my new camera got a big workout! The program which made these collages unfortunately cut off quite a bit of each photo - but you get the idea! Next job - to scrap! Thanks for stopping by, luv Me x
Above: Swimming in Pop's pool, my god-daughter Rhiannon and her sister Caitlin, Kirra, Jess, Our great friend Clifton and his son (Millie's boyfriend) Jett and my sister and I.

Above: Millie's second birthday cake - my attempt at a train - her favourite thing atm, with Qwayne on the beach at Geraldton, hugging the chook, with Lilybirthday party shots including bashing the unbashable pinata, and Nana with Toby.

Above: Millie and the oh so happy Toby! Our little fella! I just love the first shot of Millie - it was one of the very first shots taken on my new camera, I just turned around in my seat in the car and took it of her in the back seat - what a rippa!

Above: Kaz and Nellie, Kale Jordan and Toby, Me and the sistas, Nana and Toby, visiting our dear friends Trev and Sue, meeting up with the lovely Poppy and Melissa, and another Happy Jack shot!

Above: We stopped by Canberra on the way over to meet up with the Jensens there - Sofia (with the flower) and little Olivia, Kate and Rod and some shots with Nana Norma on her way through Perth at the airport.