Simply Crafty

I so love the Sunday get togethers with my friends. It is such a great way to catch up with friends and an excuse to have a chat and eat...........

I was pretty happy with my efforts yesterday as I got to finish off 3 layouts that have been hanging around for ages (I have lots of these, don't you) and I also got to do up some cards for the Adventist School. They have a card club which the children send out cards to people in the community for birthdays, get wells etc. I think it is a great idea. So I was asked to help out with a few ideas. They are rather basic but as most would know schools don't have the resources they would like so I kept them rather simple. But I like them.

THREE - 3 - THREE

Well better late than never in getting the pictures up........ My little girl turned 3 at the end of last month. She was full of smiles all day as where ever she went there presents for her to open. How spoilt....... And so she should be....... We also had a birthday party for her which she was quite excited about. They are most certainly adorable at this age.

This is Makayla giving me one of her adorable smiles but also saying "Can I just open up my presents Mummy".

Makayla still smiling for me as I take the 100 photos of her opening up her presents. I wonder if they will ever say "Just put that camera AWAY"......

Makayla and Kirsty enjoying one of the presents that she got for her birthday. And can I say that it was worth every cent. They have not stopped playing with it. I think it is a Polly Pockets race track.

And I can't forget that my best friend Lorelle also shares her birthday with Makayla. So as you do I made Lorelle her very own Princess Cake. Long story but gee did she nearly wet herself when I turned up with it. Love you Lorelle. And of course there are photos......

Just in case you are wondering it is actually supposed to be a Princess Castle. It sort of looks like one?????????

Happy 28th Birthday Lorelle..............

For Me........

Now I'm not sure how this works but a HUGE Big Thank You to by Best Friend Lorelle for tagging me with the below Awards.

1st is the Creative Funky Friend award!

2nd is The Proximity Award!

These blogs believe and invest in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their awards.

Here's how it works:

1. Go to the section of your computer where you store all of your photos.

2. Select the 6th folder.

3. Select the 6th photo from that folder.

4. Post and explain about that picture.

5. Tag 6 other people.

This was very hard for me to actually find the 6th photo as I store my photos in folders and then in months and then in order of each event. But I am sure this might me the 6th photo. This was taken in April 2006 at a park just near us. This is my elderst daughter Kirsty and as you can see she is absolutely beautiful.

Now to pass on this Award to eight other friends. This is going to be hard. How can you pick only eight!!!!!!!

1. Kerrie

2. Helen C

3. Nicole F

4. Bonnie

5. Shana

6. Katie

7. Maree

8. Danielle

Now I know what you are saying but most of my friends don't have blogs so this was the best I could do. And if any one of these girls above had a blog they would most certainly deserve this award.

Love to all. XXXXX

As promised....

Well I promised I would post some photos. So grab a cuppa and sit back and relax. We have been back now for a week and boy has it gone fast. Kirsty is back at school on Tuesday. I can't believe she is in Year 5. They sure grow up too fast. And it just hit me this week that Makayla will be starting Pre-Prep next year. Oh my Goodness. I don't think I am ready for that. I think there will be more Mummy and Makayla time this year.

I hope you all had a great holiday with your children. I know I did. We are off to the movies on Monday to see Bedtime Stories. Kirsty and I went to see High School Musical 3 last week and I really enjoyed it. So we have the movie bug now. I'll let you know what it was like. I do think it will be funny. It has Adam Sandler in it. I am a big fan.

Ok, now for the photos. The following photos are of my mum's play room. She is heavily into sewing and patch working. As you can see she has a lot of fabric and this is nothing to what she actually has. (And I thought I was out of control with scrapbooking). Her room measures - wait for it - 6metres across and 11 metres long. Yes this is correct. Plus there is the room with the fabric in it which is extra. Yes the envy of all crafters.

Kirsty and Makayla have a VERY long play at Gympie on Monday on our trip home. I think we spent over an hour playing at the park. I needed the rest and I think the girls needed to use up some of their energy.

This would be Makayla's favourite toy. We bought it for her last year and if we are away for a day or two, when she gets out of the car her bike is the first thing she will visit.

Kirsty and Makayla holding baby Zacharry in hospital. He is the most beautiful little boy. And I think Danielle and Craig had to watch Makayla as I think she really wanted to take him home.

Now how cute is this precious Koala Bear of mine........ She just loves this dress that Grandma Lyn bought for her. She calls it her "Pretty Dress" Actually this is what she calls all of her dresses that she can spin in.

My mum has a few cats and this one (Zooky) is a cross with a Ragdoll. It is huge. I think mum said it weighs over 9kgs. I think this is heavy for a cat?????? My nick name for it is Puma Lion. Kirsty is struggling to hold him up. Not sure if you can tell how big he really is.

Christmas Day was so exciting for me as well as the Girls. I so love Christmas. Just check out Makayla's face when she opened up a Santa present.

We got the Girls a trampoline for Christmas, well actually it was a shared present from both Grandparents and us. While Kirsty was away with her father for Christmas we put it up. And as we do both Cameron and I had to try it out. And see just how high we could jump. Well I only have to jump 5cm off the mat and my stomach was in knots. But for Cameron he was getting rather close to jumping out of it.

This is some of the Lynch boys. We all got together on Christmas Day. Not a bad bunch if you ask me.

These are a few photos of our Caloundra holiday last year just before Christmas. It is the best time. Looking forward to the next big holiday.

100%

Well I truly don't believe it but I got 100% on my taxation exam. Yeah I know all that stress over nothing - well sort of nothing. I have been celebrating with my sister and brother.
So I will be sitting back and relaxing tomorrow.

Maybe I might make a start on Kirsty's patchwork quilt. Yes you read right, I am going to attempt another patchwork quilt. Patchworking is rather addictive. I would just love to have a room as big as my mum's. I shall post a picture of her room when I return to Bundaberg. She is the envy of all. On the mum front - Mum is still doing really well with her weight loss. I still can't believe she is a size 10. Way to go Mum..........

Have you got any??????

I am chasing about 12 huggies nappy boxes or even 12 baby love nappy boxes. I am trying to do a project and need this many boxes. So if you know of anyone that has little babies and uses these brands I would really appreciate if you could save them for me. If the project works out I will post it and let you all know.

I am just about packed and ready to go. We are off to Brisbane for a week. I am sitting my Taxation exam on Thursday. So I will be a little nervous and maybe no finger nails left by Thursday morning. If only I could dress Cameron up to look like me then I would be set. LOL.

Of course there is going to be a little bit of shopping and lots of sewing. I am planning on hopefully starting to organise Kirsty's bedroom. She is wanting to re-decorate her room. At the moment she is wanting Pink and Lime Green. I do think these colours will look great in her room.

I had a FANTASTIC time yesterday at the new look local scrapbooking club. If you are local and scrapbook or card making or just want to come and see what we do jump on Dilys and Linda's blog Simply Crafty to check out the dates.

Well best go as the girls are in the car ready to go and I still have to pack more things. I promise when I return I will post some pictures and also some pages I have been working on.

Happy New Year !!!!!!!

Welcome to 2009! I am looking forward to what is going to be a fabulous year. We spent the evening with friends but unfortunately left before midnight as we had two children that just needed to be home. But we did see out 2008 and welcomed in 2009.

Cameron has his new years resolutions already sorted and for me well I don't really know. I might just have to give that a little more thought. Maybe scrap more pages????? You would think one night a week with the girls would be enough to get some pages done but it really isn't... LOL

We had a fantastic Christmas with the girls this year (sorry last year). And Makayla is right into the present opening. Her face was priceless when opening up presents she got from Santa. And Kirsty was a very happy girl with all the presents she got. The girls got a trampoline for Christmas as well as LOTS of other presents. I don't know about you but I just LOVE seeing their faces light up with what they get. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas time.

I shall post some photos here in the next few days. Happy Happy New Year to all. And safe travels to those that are visiting their families and returning home soon.