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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

And you thought it would be another two months...

I know, I know two blog entries in one week.
It's overload!
I just wanted to post these photos of Andrew. He has been inducted...
Andrew loved his first AFL game at the MCG on Sunday. We didn't come away with a win but we did come home with a very excited boy.
Nana is so proud!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Sharon

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Central Australia

It's been so long that it took me 10 minutes to work out my username and password combination, but here I am back in my little corner of the world.

We have been holidaying!
Earlier this month We met up with Mum amd Dad in Alice Springs and took a trip to Uluru as well. It was an amazing place to visit and one that we will go back to again. There is so much to see and learn there. It is the first place I have ever been to that I have come away wanting to know more.
So here are a few snaps from the trip...
Andrew and Ali getting familiar with the wildlife.



Ben free of the stroller.



All the gang.



Andrew and I on top of Uluru!!!! I can't believe how much I look like my sister Jenny in this photo.


Us at Uluru

This photo comes with a cute story. Right outside the door of the first place we stayed was a wallaby feeding area. The kids got bags of food from the offices and spend ages feeding the cute little critters.
All of a sudden Ali yells out. "It's got a baby! It's having a baby."

I'll be honest and say that I didn't really believe her but I went over to have a look anyway. After another minute or two a little joey appears in the mother wallaby's pouch. It was so cute. The wallabies are so small to begin with but the joeys are tiny. We saw a couple more with joeys too.



Last of all Mum and Dad looked after the kids while Mark and I had a day out. We went quad bike riding out on a cattle property. It was so much fun. I was a bit unco to start with but got the hang of it and had a great ride.


This is just a small part of the property we were on.

That'll do for now.
Have a great week.
Sharon

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Vista - Good Riddence

Last week we got rid of Vista and went back to Windows XP. So far so good. Those little bits and pieces that weren't working seem to be all fine. Hopefully it will allow me to blog better too.
First of all is this little video. It's for MUM and it's late but I can finally do it now. (Did I mention that I don't like Vista?)

video
And now some layouts. Long story short...I had heaps of layouts waiting to be finished and I put my mind to it last night and got 10 finished. Only 6 more to go. I'll just share a few...






Andrew and Ali have both just had their birthdays. My babies are now 6 and 4! I'll post a couple of photos next time.
Ben is talking up a storm. Andrew and Ali (and Mark and I) have great fun getting him to repeat lots of words back to us. He calls us all by name now and it is gorgeous when he goes and stands by the bench where the fruit bowl is, stretches his hand up and says "abble". He also says water, ta, ball, uh-oh, door and a few others.
Well that will do for now. I'm going to put my feet up.
Have a great week.
Sharon

Friday, March 13, 2009

For Nana & Pop

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sharon has returned!!


Well the past couple of months have passed by in the blink of an eye. We spent most of January in the pool at Emerald Lake and the rest of the time shopping for the perfect lunch box.
January 30th was THE BIG DAY!
Yes Andrew is a school boy and loving it!!
Andrew's favourite thing at school is Icy Pole Day. He also loves the computer lab and now wants to be a SECRET SPY when he grows up.
Ali Pops has started kinder. Finally it is her kinder and she let me know it the other day.
She had been in the toilet at kinder and when she came out I asked her if she had flushed. She put her hands on her hips and said, "It's my Kinder Mum. Don't tell me what to do." She is so feisty and so funny at the same time...


The Bopper (aka Ben) is getting more gorgeous every day. He gives the best cuddles too. He also sings. There are a few songs that we sing a lot and he will sing along to them or just start up on his own. The best is, Somewhere over the rainbow. He is not singing the actual words but he is singing his version and sings it note for note. It's devine. This song is also perfect in the middle of the night. It puts him staright back to sleep on those rare occasions when he does wake up. Just last week work up in the middle of the night. I was just about to go in and settle him when he stopped crying and started singing. He got through 2 verses before he drifed off to sleep again. It was beautiful to listen to as I stood outside his door.
He now knows how to let us know what he wants. He will walk up to it. Throw his hand up in the air in a very dramatic way and "uuuahhh" until he gets our attention. You should see the tanty when he doesn't get it though. Talk about dramatic!
Ben FINALLY decided that walking was worth the effort...


Mark and I enjoyed a short holiday up in Queensland back in December. Nana and Pop were wonderful and took the kids on a little holiday of their own.
This is my favourite photo...
I was proud of myself. I said I would go on all the scarey rides at Movie World. AND I DID!
I only have one layout to share...

On last count I have 12 layouts just waiting for journalling. (The story of my life). The good news is that that means I have been getting lots of scrapping done.

And just to finish off is a little photo board I put together of the kiddos. The actual photos are on the wall in 9 frames. I also made this version to print for scrapping...

Well there you go. A little update. I'll try and be better.

Take care.

Sharon

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Just a Quickie!

The Kiddos went to visit Santa. Ben wasn't very impressed, not even with a chocolate in his hand. Thankfully they had a little stocking stool that he could sit on. He had fun sliding off it too. Finally we got this one...


Ali chose her own clothes. Her red spotty dress, maroon pants and pink shoes! Beautiful!!!

From our family to yours


WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND A HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR!!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Some Happy Snaps!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!!

Well Ben has decided that he is so good at standing up that he doesn't need to walk! He is a very groovy dancer though.

Here is a photo from his first birthday...
And he is loving his swimming lessons. That smile is never too far away!

A couple of weekends ago Ali & Andrew took part in the Fun Run With Thomas. They were fantastic...



And finally we were at a BBQ on the weekend. Andrew was spending quite a bit of time at the food table and then came over with this...


Can you guess who it is?

I had a fantastic weekend scrapping a couple of weekends ago. I got heaps done but nothing finished so I will have to get on to those. For now I will just share one more Scrapsidaisy layout.


That's it for now. I'll be back soon with some fun photos. I'm counting down the days to something exciting!
Take care.
Scrap Ya Later
Sharon