Merry Christmas...

Wishing all my blog readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Here is a picture I found on the net. I love this room...

I love this vintage christmas picture. It reminds me of what I got for christmas this year..

My hubby and kids bought me a beautiful bracelet.

Photos to be posted soon but for now you can check out her website at www.lisaleonardonline.com

Here is a picture of the bracelet I got but mine is engraved with Chris & Melissa on one side and Laura & Jack on the other side.

Christmas photos coming soon...

Happy Blog Birthday to me...

Wow, it's been 2 years since I started blogging... The main reason I blog isn't to entertain my followers, not that I have any... but I want to keep it as a record that Laura and Jack can read in the future to remind them of things we did and places we went. Imagine if my Mum or Grandma had a record of that sort of thing. The photos would be amazing. Recipes that they used to make... Holidays they went on... Even their 'favourite things'... I would love to see something like that so that is what I am trying to record for my children.

Thank you to those that do drop in and have a look. I love to read your comments too...

More Christmas Inspiration...

I think this is a really cool idea. You can get lights at Big W for under $10 and they are battery operated. I bought the small star ones for Jack's room.

House 'for sale' at Bangalow...

No, we're not moving.... Just found a house for sale at Bangalow that I would love.

For more details, see www.realestate.com.au Property No. 106158842

Christmas Inspiration...

Come on ring those bells....

I love christmas time and I love family memories... This was one of my favourite albums when I was a kid. I found the album at a garage sale a few months ago. I was pretty excited when I saw it. It bought back so many memories...

Giving Thanks...

I love these glass hurricanes from Dayspring's website...

Alphabet posters...

How cute are these alphabet posters... I'd like the top one for our school room.

Jack having fun on the roof...

Chris was up on our roof the other day, cleaning out the gutters. Jack loves going up there with him. It's so hard to get a normal photo of Jack smiling these days so I just keep trying...

Family day at the beach...

It's been a rather busy couple of weeks so it was nice to have a day off and head to the beach with my family. One of my favourite things to do. We had breakfast at Labrador looking out over the broadwater.

Then we headed further down to Burleigh Heads for a swim and some vintage shopping. Chris and Jack went for a swim while Laura and I checked out 2 thrift stores and some cool new vintage shops. We made it back to the beach in time to watch a rain cloud pass by...

Then it cleared to a beautiful blue sky...

Laura enjoyed burying her brother in the sand...

I enjoyed being out of the house and not looking at my 'to do' list...

My beautiful girl...

And apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. The guy at the gelato shop gave Laura an extra large single scoop of ferro roche gelato. I didn't get that much peppermint choc-chip...

Jack was so excited to get his own...

Found a gorgeous shop called 'dragon fly' with kids clothes and toys. You can also relax there and have coffee and cake. I'll be going back there...

Jack loves it at the beach...

Illustration Friday...

I love Jack's drawings. He drew me a house with flowers beside the front door...

Looks like a great book...

They say you can't judge a book by it's cover, but if you could, this looks like a great book. I found it on the net so I'll get the library to order it in for me so I can check it out...

These are a few of my favourite things...

I'm going to make some chair covers for our chairs...

I would love to buy a bird poster for our office...

I love white ceramic things and found this camera on the net. It's so cool...

Hope whoever reads this has a lovely day today. It's such a beautiful time of the year...