My latest scrapbooking layouts.

Thought you might like to see some of the layouts I have completed for the EMMies at Every moment matters. I am not sure if I am breaking any rules by showing them here. I hope not. If I am I will take them down. I just reread the rules at EMM and I am not breaking them. PHEW!!!!!

This is me as a baby in December 72. With my mummy. I love the one of me lying on Mum like that. Charli lies on me like that now too. For this challenge we were given a sketch picture and had to make it. This is my effort. Bright colors huh?



For this layout I had to do some handjournaling around some doodling. This was my first attempt at doodling and I must say I really liked it. A lot. Others at the board are better but it was SO much fun.

This is Jims mothers family when they were younger and more recently. For this challenge we were given this pack and could only use the things in it to make the layout. I found this challenging but it was another lot of firsts for me. First time with chipboard, handsewing and my first tiny hesitant scared doodle. LOL.

For this challenge we had to do a baby photo of ourselves. This is my all time favourite photo and so I scrapped this one. Digitally.

If any of you ever get a chance you should go and check out the gallery at everymomentmatters.com.au
the ladies there are incredibly talented.

Oh yeah I also did an off the page project but won't share that yet. I have to send it to the person and I don't want to risk them seeing it. You never know.

Smiles for now.

Little Mumma

So we have moved house and I have many tales to tell but we need to finish cleaning the old house first. Should finish the final touches today. Woohoo. I am so over cleaning.

Photo catch up time

This is Cates third birthday cake that her Aunty Steph made for her. Its not the best angle for the cake but this cake was delicious. She did a great job and Cate LOVED IT.

Now this precious little bub is Baby Indiana Jade Armstrong, my dear friend Emma's little girl and little sister for big brother Beau - who is Caitlins best friend. She was born on the 8 March, after making us all wait excitedly all day. Perfect beautiful little girl. I am so excited for them all.



Now this photo was taken when Cate and I went to the hospital to see Indi. Now Cate was excited to see the baby but to be honest I think she was more taken with the hospital room itself. Lots of buttons to press, she even plunged Emma into darkness in the loo when she turned the light off on her. Not great for shock value when you have just had a C section I think. And when we left the hospital Cate said, that baby was nice but I really wanted to see Beau.

This photo was taken today of Cate just chilling out having a little bottle. She just looked so cute I wanted to share the photo. Plus I put matching bows in hers and Charlis hair and James didn't notice so I was very happy. Plus I put them in matching colors and similar but not the same clothes. Oooohhhh
This photo of Charli is just so cute and I wanted you all to see how big she is getting. She is just such a gorgeous girl. If I had to have another child she is the exact one I wanted. God is good.

This next photo is the house that we are moving out of. I thought again that I should take a photo of it to show all of you who live overseas or interstate what it was like before we go. That is also our Kia Carnival parked in the front.

This is a picture of the mailbox that Caitlin is obsessed with getting the mail from every day. We have the worlds largest colony of snails living in there. Cate has named all of them and knows all their mothers. Sadly Charli did eat one one day but Cate forgave Charli, the snails, they kept mating and now we have some new babies. Cate checks the driveway before we drive out to ensure snail safety is high. (in this photo she looks a bit amputated doesn't she?)

This is just a few snails that were in the mailbox at the time of taking the pictures. I must add that Charlotte did try and consume another but Cate was way too quick for her this time. Adds new meaning to the word Snail Mail hey? LOL. Oh I am too too funny. Plus look at the mess they have left on the bottom of the box and somedays if we aren't quick getting our mail they munch on it. How rude.

This is the above mentioned attack on the snails by our own killer Charli, but Cate was there to watch over them.

I hope you liked the photos and that it gives you more of a feel for where are. Even though this time next week we will be in the manse. LOL. I will have to take more photos and send our new house on.

How about how embarrassing is this? I drove mum past the manse this afternoon to show her where it was and Richard was out the front finishing some stuff off. (He is the minister that has just left). Well I put my foot to the pedal my sunnies on and tried to zoom past so he wouldn't notice us - even though he was looking right at us. But that was ok cos mum waved out the window at him and said hello. Good one mum.

Ooooh one more thing. This morning when creche finished we were cleaning up the mess and Luke Hill found a red back spider, right where all our beautiful babies had just been playing. That freaked me out so much. The elders are putting a spider bomb in there this week so hopefully they will die soon. In the most humane possible way. As long as they DIE. That was just too close for comfort for this mumma bear.

WHO?

Going in circles

I think this sums up exactly how I feel today. Totally overwhelmed. WE get the keys to the manse on Monday and the house - our house is just totaled. And I feel so stressed by it all. The more stressed I feel the more I avoid doing it and the bigger the job gets. Arrgggghhh. My friend Tina is going to come and help me next week and Mum might come tomorrow. That will be great. But I just need to pull my blinking finger out and start. Ok the first step is to get off here and DO IT.

Brainstorm 8 titles to your autobiography.

I found an imagination prompt site and thought I would take the plunge and see what I could come up with.

1. Can I have a panadeine please?
2. Daughter of the King.
3. What time can we eat?
4. It's all about ME ME ME!
5. ME ME ME ME ME
6. The Douglas Bunch
7. I came, I saw I conquered.
8. She certainly was loud.

I have also started getting interested in art journaling. Now I know I don't have a great deal of talent but it actually is a GREAT way to express myself and allow myself to vent. I am enjoying it at the moment. This is my first effort.

This is a layout I did for a challenge at a digital scrapbooking forum. I don't love it but it was fun working with circles and making my text go in a circle.

It is so hot here today. Jim has gone to the beach with the youth and the kids and I have stayed home. In our new house we will have air con. Woo hoo.

We went swimming at the Sydney Olympic pool yesterday and the kids loved it. Charli got a bit cold but the other three were in heaven. It has a whirlpool and the boys and cate thought it was divine. I liked it too but man my legs got a work out from all the running I was doing. LOL. Plus I didn't really enjoy the up close and personal bit that we had going with the 2000 other people that came in the whirlpool at the same time. It was SOOOOO packed there. I think my favourite place was the baby pool. I could sit and chill there while the girls splashed about. Ahhhh bliss. I think we will be going there again soon.