Whats been going on around here

The days and weeks all just seem to be rolling along so fast and before we know it another month has been and gone.
It has been alot more relaxed around here lately, lots of family time and catching up with things that we never have time to do during footy season.

Be warned this is a photo heavy post.

A trip down the coast to spend some time with Jen and Matt is always enjoyed, dont get to see them anywhere as much as we would like. A cuppa and chat with Jen (with John doing some odd jobs for her) and the boys hanging out doing what boys do lol



Christines surprise 40th was a great night, she had no idea and desspite a slight hiccup in her arriving everyone enjoyed themselves.



We all finally had enough of the darn possum who seems to have made its home (with babies) in our roof. John and Dan set to fixing the guttering and roof so it could no longer get back in. It worked, goodbye parties on the roof at 3am!



Was proud of Dan, he overcome his fear of heights (we live in a highset house) and was able to climb up and down the ladder to help Dad. Well done Dan!!



Next came the back steps and landing, it all needed to be replaced as it had become unsafe to use. Dan did actually help not just lie on the kitchen floor and watch lol.



Cobras AGM came and went with John becomming the new President for the Juniors, going to be another hectic year next year im thinking.

Jess and Nica spend some time with us, lots of fun was had by both boys and girls.
A waterfight using recycled water (gotta love green kids).



Some tree climbing (I dont watch usually they get so high up in that tree)



Simple things and imaginations are just a wonderful thing.



Chatting with the little boy over the back fence.



I have to say im proud of how well my boys play with and treat their little cousins, they are always so patient with them.

A jigsaw is a great way to relax and chill out when its wet and rainy, didnt help much with Jays patience levels though lol



Well thats all for now, have a great weekend.

Cheers Lis :)

November What's Ad About

This gorgeous Ad is the inspiration for Novembers What's Ad About challenge. Take your inspiration from the colours, design or whatever takes your fancy, have it uploaded to the blog and be in the running for this months prize.



This is my example, masking was the technique for this month, and ohhh boy i struggled with it, but am alright with the final outcome.



To find out more about the challenge and see the other girls layouts head on over to the blog.

Cheers Lis :)

Buzz 'n' Bloom inspiration

Time to catch up on all the goodness comming out of the Buzz n Bloom blog in the last few weeks. Firstly there is the Awesome tabbed books, if you havent seen these then you really should, they come in quite a few different themes and are the perfect size for a little mini, mine shown below documents Josh's building of his computer desk.



Next up we have ways to alter chipboard. There are just tons and tons of different ideas for altering chipboard, here ive shown 3 different ones. You can check out many more on the Buzz blog.



The last one I have to share is all about interactive pages, making those layouts fun for little hands (and big ones).
I used a slider to add extra photos of the Jay and his mate having a fun home made water slide. Check out more from the other girls on the blog.



Thanks for visiting, will be back with a family update soon.

Cheers Lis :)

Fashionista

So I did this post a few days ago and then lost it before I could upload it...such a pain.
Are you ready to strut your stuff down the Fashion Catwalk, and become our first Princess Fashionista??

Each week for 6 weeks we will set a new challenge, and you will have to design your catwalk creation using the criteria we set.

This is the question that got asked back at the begining of September.

Here are my layouts from the first lot of challenges.












A top 5 was picked from those challenges and I was one of the lucky ones to be picked. We then had to do 3 more challenges, here are mine.







Voting is underway now, so keep your fingers crossed for me!!

Cheers Lis :)

Action packed

Following on from the post a few days ago, September began and even though our normal footy season has finished and the rushed hassle of weekends has gone, doesnt mean the Taxi gets a holiday. Both Josh and Daniel signed up to umpire the IPS footy competition, a nice way to earn some extra cash for them both, but it also meant mum driving them back and forth to the games, sometimes rushing to get them from school and to get to different grounds at the same time lol multi tasking and all that haha
So begins the last week of term 3, a simple week in the lead up to holidays ? ha! I wish.
Josh had an interview for school based traineeship to go to on the Tuesday in some tiny little street in the city hidden away, we did make it and interview went well.
Thursday was the start of the State basketball titles for Josh and the Sting team. 2 games Thursday at metro, 2 games Friday at the Arena....


That brings us to Saturday, an 8am game at the Arena, John then had to head of to the footy club to prepare for the Youth presentations, Josh and I headed home for some food and a much needed shower by him lol to be back at the Arena for a 12 noon game.
No sooner had that game finished and we were in the car racing back to the footy club where they were holding of on the under 16's presentations till we got there, made it just in time.
Daniel received the under 16 encouragement award given out by the seniors, he was stoked.







After that it was home for food, shower and rest and then to Insports for game #3.
Home for dinner and bed.



Sunday wasnt much better with another 8am game, and then up to the footy club for the under 16 footy break up...a fun life be in it day.
We didnt get to stay for all of it, we had to rush of back to basketball for the last game.
9 games of basketball in 4 days for my boy who has only been playing for a year, was amazed and proud of him!
I have also come to the conclusion that it is much easier to get photos of them playing footy than it is of them playing basketball lol, they move so fast.
Needless to say Sunday night saw some very sore and tired bodies heading to bed early.
Thank god for school holidays for the next 2 weeks...

Cheers Lis

Whats Ad About

This months Ad comes to us from the Anthropologie website with this gorgeous advert to inspire and delight you!



This is my example, I borrowed the concept of the grid and multiple photos and was inspired by the gorgeous greens and neutrals.



Wicked Princesses are offering a couple of prizes this month.

1st prize - Vintage "Springtime" Kit (valued at $26.50). Chosen by the CT.
2nd prize - small Shimmerz/Spritz pack (valued at $15.00). Random draw.


You have until October 25th to get your entries in, head on over to the website to drool over the rest of the CT's projects!

Cheers Lis :)

A month come and gone.

Well so much for my good intentions of blogging more often during September, all I managed was my DT assignments for Buzz n Bloom.
August always end with Dan's birthday and sadly for him for the last few years has fallen right in the middle of football finals (told them if they didnt make finals we could do birthdays lol).
We did manage a family dinner complete with mudcake on his actual birthday.
Happy 14th Birthday Dan!


Celebration time finally came with a bbq in the park a simple sausage sizzle with the regulation lollies and chips and a fabulous cake made by Jason, was so yummy!



The day we chose for the birthday bbq just happened tobe fathers day as well, so it doubled as a celebration for our dads that attended.
These two (John and Jim) so oblivious to the fact that I managed to get about 10 photos of them before they realised I was taking them..Ha!



Some other random shots from the day.




Jess is such a little miss, I simply adore her!


daddy and daughter, so beautiful!




So that was the first week of September, it got hectic after that and I will be back soon (promise) with more of what we got up to plus some of my scrapping from the month.

Cheers Lis :)