Liz and kids

Liz and the children look to be having a cuddly time in the pool, there seems to be a lot of love floating around in this layout.

Meldrum Park 2007

I have only just rediscovered these photographs taken by Yvette with her mobile phone camera. They are such good quality for a phone camera that I just had to make a LO with them !!

2009 Soccer Picnic

What a lovely show of affection this Dad has for his son, which is a refreshing change from the typical Aussie Dad.

And another lovely LO made possible by the fantastic work of Sue from Numbbumm.blogspot.com, also a freebie, so click the link and get yours NOW !!!

2009 Soccer Picnic

A pair of very happy parents that belong to Zach's new soccer team, what a great picnic day, the parents had fun and the children had fun. It was held in Centenary Park, one of our favourite places to go for a good time.

Zach my Male Model

Mother's Day was coming and I had to take a few photo's of Zach for a special project (I had a notebook made for Yvette with Zach's photo on the cover) these photo's are some of the rejects from the project, but good photo's none-the-less.
I also downloaded the weekly freebie from atomiccupcake.com which is an action that turns you photo's or elements into a cross stitch, so I tried using it, a very interesting result I believe !!

2008 Presentation Night

At the end of each year the school holds a presentation evening for students, parents and friends to attend. It finalises the years study for the children, and those that have exceeded are presented with Merit Certificates or Book Prizes. Zach is shown in the centre with his Headmaster, School Teacher and some of his friends.

ROAD TO RECOVERY

My operation is done and I am on the road to recovery, I am doing much better than I had anticipated, obviously all those prayers on my behalf have worked a treat. I am walking with crutches, and I am feeling no pain at all, oh !!! the peace of no pain, how wonderful it feels.
Soon I will be back to scrapping I'm sure, but then again, I might be too busy walking around to sit on the computer working, who knows ? We'll see eh ? !!

Debbie Malone's Book Launch

My niece has just written a book (Never Alone - A Medium's Journey) and it was lauched at the Capitol Theatre on 2nd June 2009. I was unable to attend (naturally, I'm not walking that good yet !) so my daughter went instead. This is a photo taken of Debbie's proud parents, my brother and sister-in-law.

Another magnificent kit by Numbbumm.blogspot.com !! (freebie as well, get yours by clicking the link !!)

Scout Hike to Reid's Flats

Zach and his Dad along with the Scout Troop went for a Sunday Hike to Reid's Flats when they arrived they had a sausage sizzle and Malcolm took some of the scouts down to the river to teach them to fish. They all had a great day !!

Flo - Our Girly Girl Cat

Our darling cat Flo was being all girly and cute on the lounge chair, my daughter could not resist taking her photo. With a gorgeous kit made by Sue at Numbbumm.blogspot.com I was able to create this lovely page !!

MY IMPENDING OPERATION

All being well I will be having my operation on 29th April. If everything goes according to Hoyle I will be in the Surgical Hospital for 5 days then a Rehabilitation Hospital for 10 days, I would presume that it will be a few more weeks after that before I will be able to sit for any length of time on my computer desk. So I will be missing in action for a few weeks. I look forward to a speedy recovery and getting back to normal after that. Thank you so much to all the people that have sent me greetings, I really am grateful to you all, it makes me feel good to read them over when I start to feel down.Until my return I bid you "adieu" !!!

Counting down now..... only 6 more days till op. day !

Michelle

Michelle is one of Yvette's work mates. Yvette took such a lovely photo of Michelle I just HAD to scrap it, she really is a beautiful girl !!

Taronga Park Zoo

Yvette took Zach to Taronga Park Zoo in 2008, she couldn't resist taking a photo of the Giraffe overlooking our glorious Sydney Harbour, what a lucky giraffe !!! the animals there get a million dollar view.

The second LO is of garden scenes around the zoo, I found these photos very interesting, Zach and Yvette are getting to be such good photographers, seeing beauty in everything, I almost feel that my job is done !!

Scouting Activities

These LOs are a mixed bag, the first is when the group volunteered to man a water station for the 2008 City to Surf Fun Run, the kids had a blasthanding out plastic cups of water and Powerade on the day.

The second LO is from a Scout Camp that Zach went on in 2009 to Gunamatta (by the sea) and again they all had tremendous fun for the weekend.

Sue at Numbbumm designed the kit that I used to create these two LO's, you can pick the kit up as a freebie by clicking on the link HERE

Scenes of Paris

These are some of Elizabeth's photographs around the city of Paris, aren't they beautiful ?

Paris in the Winter

Yvette's friend Elizabeth (in the blue cap) had time out with another of her girlfriends, in "Paris" of all places. Liz really needed the holiday and she assures us she had a wonderful time there, even though it was freezing cold.

Easter Sunday at Cronulla 2009

Zach loves the beach, but then Zach loves all things outdoorsy !! This LO was made with Numbbumm's Freebie Mega Kit, which has been named in my honour (what a wonderful thing to have) Sue specifically made the kite for my darling Zach, and I just "happened to have" the appropriate photograph to use it on, how lucky was that !! I think Sue has done a brilliant job on this kit and you can get it here, this kit has something for everyone, you can't go wrong downloading it, there are unlimited possibilities with the papers, elements and alphabet. The name of the kit is "Good Luck Witchypoo".

Zach's friends came for another sleep over, they stayed Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. On Sunday they all went to Cronulla beach to play and have fun at the fair. I'm sure they really enjoyed themselves. So I've done more LO's of the kids at the beach. Jess and Tom don't get to go to the beach very often so they really had a good time ! On Monday they all went to the movies and saw Monsters versus Aliens they loved it !!

I Want My "DINNER" !!

Now here is the Queen of the Manor showing her Miss Bossy Boots side LOL !!!

Our Darling Cat "Flo"

Flo is as white as snow, she never leaves the house, because we are frightened that if she gets exposed to too much sun she will get skin cancer. She is the Queen of the Manor, in more ways than one.