A little scrapping & a publication!

I've just had my second L/O published this month in Scrapbooking Memories Vol9 No6 which was a bit of a buzz! I was very excited to see my page in the Summer gallery as well as on the contents page!!! They must have really liked it. Lily of course was thrilled to bits as it was a L/O of her again.

Hooray!! I've scrapped a couple of pages for the Word Inspiration competition running at Scrapworld. Haven't done my Week 3 page yet but got my photos ready. The word for this week is "remember". The words for Weeks 1 & 2 were "bright" & "new" respectively. Having fun with this comp & at least I'm getting to scrap a page a week with everything that's going on in the lead up to Christmas, birthdays etc.

Other than that I've been busy again making Christmas cards to try & sell at the markets...really hope the weather improves for Sunday!

3 Angels Scrapping have their CC on this Saturday night, looking forward to the challenges & chatting the night away with my cyber buddies.

Also had my second L/O published this month in Scrapbooking Memories Vol9 No6 which was a bit of a buzz. I was very excited to see my page in the Summer gallery as well as on the contents page!!! They must have really liked it. Lily of course was thrilled to bits as it was a L/O of her again.

Just awaiting the next issue of For Keeps (61) as I had a L/O accepted for the Christmas gallery.......almost starting to regret subbing that one though as I sent it away ages ago & it's well & truly past the time period they estimate for the return of L/Os. I've been too afraid to call up & inquire as I'm really still hoping it'll turn up safely anytime & really am not prepared at this point to hear that my L/O has gotten lost in the mail.

Happy belated 6th Birthday to our gorgeous "BIG" girl Lily!

......no we didn't forget to celebrate with her, I just haven't updated my blog in a few weeks, so I thought I best start by wishing my big girl all the best for her birthday which was on Sunday 18th November.

It's hard to believe that I have been a mum now for 6 years....WOW! Have loved every minute of watching you grow up & am so proud of the wonderful, kind & caring girl you are becoming.

I know she had a great day as did we all. It was a fairly relaxing sort of a day, as we needed some rest after a day of excitement & lots of driving on Saturday when we went to Jamberoo to celebrate our god-daughter, Kate's, 7th birthday. The water photos above were taken in the wave pool. That was awesome fun. If you're ever out & about in the Wollongong area & need something to do Jamberoo is fantastic, there's so much for the whole family, even little kids can go on almost everything with adult supervision, which was so great as we got to enjoy the place together as a family, not just one of us with Lily & the other having to sit out & watch over Mackenzie. As a consequence though I really didn't get the opportunity to take all that many photos because as the Jamberoo slogan says- I was "controlling the action!"

Back to her birthday- after Lily opened her presents we took her out for breakfast at a cafe in Erina Fair, did a little shopping where Lil bought a scooter with some of her birthday money, came home & Craig assembled her bike (pressie from us). She was a bit afraid to ride it as it's larger than her little bike but after a couple of sessions in the wide open space at the park, she's cruising along nicely!

In the afternoon we went down to the beach for a twilight Nippers session which was great, then back home for a BBQ with her friend from school & her family.

Happy Birthday & love you always princess xx

How time flies......

We're definitely on the countdown toward Christmas now, this year seems to be just flying by. Only 11 more days & Lily turns 6 and boy is she excited! There's only 6 more weeks of school for 2007 as well, so hard to believe she won't be a little kindy kid anymore, she'll be moving up into Year 1 in 2008. It's been the most amazing year so far with lots of fun & celebrations still to come.

I'm so proud of Lily, she received another merit award from school at assembly today bringing her total to 7 for the year so far plus the extra special "Aussie of the Month" award she received in May. It's been a remarkable year for her & we really couldn't have asked of more from her & it's so special to have her be not only commended for her efforts & achievements but also be very highly spoken of & thought of within the school community.

Pity about the latest interest rate hike today though, that'll just make finances a lot tighter for many people just like ourselves I suspect. Frustrates me that we work so damn hard at doing the right things & you just can't seem to get ahead on one income with kids.