New Pages......

Just a few new layouts to share......

'Self Portrait'

Logan took this self portrait using the mirror in the car.

I didn't see it until we got home.

It instantly became my favourite photo.

'Summer Fun'

Finny, you had the great idea to put your chair

on top of the sprinkler & sit on it!.

And there you sat keeping nice & cool.

'Sweet Days of Summer'

We had such a great holiday at Wooli this year.  The weather was perfect & we basically had the beach & river to ourselves.  Not many fish were caught but we all gave it a go.  this was our most relaxing Summer holiday yet.......NO CAMPING!

Photos to share......

Well another weekend has come & gone, and they have been very productive for us lately.  We have been doing alot of work outside that we put off in Summer because it's just too damn hot to work in.  Our biggest achievement has been moving a heap of badly placed rocks from when we had the house pad escavated, and placing the giant ones in a new fire pit/bbq.  I shall show some photos of the fire pit next week, after our mid winter cook off.  The theme for this one is just simply hearty winter food.  You know heaps of meat, bread & potatoes!.  Adam is trying his hardest to get a suckling pig, which should be very interesting!.  I am unsure what to cook yet, am thinking maybe a goulash or lamb shanks, or maybe just doing a dessert this time. I have a great Jamie Oliver recipe for a two nut chocolate torte that I'm dying to try.  I also did my first bit of paving which I am pretty proud of, nothing major but it just neatened up out the front of the laundry, which will one day be the 'Parthenides Bungalow'!

Summer was sick again this weekend, bad cough has returned.  Poor Kid, she suffers well though & curled herself up & read a new book.  I think that's the best thing you can do when you're sick..........

Che' had a lot of homework to do........and I managed to get them to allow me to take some photos

of them since it has been so long............wasn't easy though, there was a lot of eye rolling going on!

Che's gonna kill me when she sees these here (he he he)!

Happiness is..........

Having my camera back !.  Yeah!  It has been out of action for 3 whole Months!!.  And I haven't wasted any time catching up. I have decided I am going to really start experimenting with all it's functions, I have previously been quite scared to start fiddling too much, because I really have no idea what I'm doing, and I'm the kind of person who prefers being shown what to do, rather than fearlessly stumbling around the unknown.  Which seems to be what kids do to learn, and they pick things up pretty quickly.  SO, no more fear with the camera!.  Well,  apart from the kids & I being sick on & off with the flu for the past month, things have been pretty busy. I managed to get in two days work pumpkin picking.  Love the job, you really know you're alive after tossing thousands of pumpkins around for a couple of days!.  I have been doing line dancing at the hall for a bit of fun & exercise, and I am learning to crochet, but not really getting anywhere & finding it very frustrating!. Che went on school retreat, and then went to her tafe work placement at the Lennox Head all girls Surf Competition.  Not a bad place to be for two days work!.  Logan & Shane have both been knocked out of the golf Championship, in the second round!.  Not very happy campers with those results!. We had a great Cricket Match for the Fletcher memorial cup, Shane & Greeny were the captains, and Shanes team won.  Logan was man of the match taking 5 out!.  Summer had a sleepover at Cleos, and for anyone who knows that story, it is big news.  Left me crying for a whole day after having Rachel call me for the first time in a long time.......Still not sure how to feel about it, but I'm getting there, especially seeing Summer so happy.  Finn is now saying two words together!.  What progress....still takes me a while to figure out what those two words are, but It's getting easier.  He has a bad cold at the moment and there are tissues strewn from one end of the house to the other.  Oh, and we have a new dog!.  Yep, I think I was in some delusional state of mind when I brought her home, but I love her despite the fact she has killed 2 of my free ranging guinea pigs!.  She is a corgie/collie cross and she's pretty cute.  She doesn't like Finn though,  as he's given her a pretty rough time.  But he loves to scream at the top of his voice, NO DAISY! when she's doing something naughty!.  Actually, they are two unmistakable words from his limited vocabulary.....NO DAISY!. Bless him.

                              

                                                               Isn't she cute.........

(This is the chair I re-covered Nits......)

This is Jen & Top Deck.  I had a lovely visit with Jen & Hayley,  sitting on their fabulous verandah & soaking up the winter sun!.