My journey...

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1st March, 2010

Chris went down to Sydney for training for his new job so we went to visit my parents in Toowoomba for a few nights. This is what our guest bed looked like when we arrived...

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28th February, 2010

...but not with a real razor.

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27th February, 2010

Jack was so tired, he fell asleep on the lounge room floor, snuggled up with his Daddy...

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26th February, 2010

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25th February, 2010

We took my Mum out for brekky on her birthday to a little coffee shop down at Labrador that we've been going to for our birthdays. It's so nice to go and see the water and watch the boats go past. Then we went around to Budds beach for a coffee. It was such a beautiful day...

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24th February, 2010

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23rd February, 2010

Laura designed these beautiful cards and got Chris to print them for me for Christmas. They are different bible verses and quotes printed on pale blue card with a little bird on the top. I love them. Thanks Laura... xx

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22nd February, 2010

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21st February, 2010

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20th February, 2010

Found my Dream Home...

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I went for a drive with my parents today to Cambooya (about 20kms south of Toowoomba) to have lunch at a pub. I had rib eye steak and mushroom gravy. And then shared a sticky date pudding with the kids...

On the way home we took a different road and came across this property. Dad pulled over so Laura could take photos for me. I was in love with it. It was so neat. Oh how I would love to live on a property like this... (just closer to town)

This was the entrance with a little cottage in front of the barn...

And this is the cute little house with a neat garden. They were probably inside making scones at the time...

Out to the left of the house is a verandah area where you can sit and look out over the paddocks...

Home Sweet Home....

Yep, sure could live here....

It's surrounded by farms...

Down the back were chook yards, pig pens, wind mill and lots of old interesting sheds...

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19th February, 2010

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18th February, 2010

Yes, we have matching nail polish. Love staying up at night when the boys are sleeping and talking and laughing with my girl... xx

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17th February, 2010

Loving spending time with Jack. The housework can wait... :)

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16th February, 2010

Love "In A Pickle" at Camp Hill...

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15th February, 2010

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14th February, 2010

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13th February, 2010

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12th February, 2010

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11th February, 2010

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10th February, 2010

Tuesday afternoons when my Dad comes to visit, we sit around the dining room table having a cuppa and surfing together... (what would the Ingalls think from "Little House on the Prarie")...

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9th February, 2010

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8th February, 2010

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7th February, 2010

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6th February, 2010

We had finished grocery shopping after a long day and as we walked past the bakery, we heard this donut calling out to us...

How could we say no, and ignore it. :)

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5th February, 2010

I love this watercolour that Laura painted as a gift for Brent and Renee's first wedding anniversary. She used a photo that she took of them on their wedding day, sitting at the beach. She is so creative and talented. I love the chocolate frame she chose from ikea. They loved their gift...

Happy Valentines Day...

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This is our 24th valentines day together. I love my hubby...

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4th February, 2010

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3rd February, 2010

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2nd February, 2010

We ended up with cornflakes all over the kitchen but we had lots of fun making cookies together...

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1st February, 2010

Laura is the most amazing cook.

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31st January, 2010

My beautiful family lead worship on Sunday. Chris played the guitar and lead, Laura played the piano and sang, and Jack, well he had his own microphone and guitar too... They were so amazing.

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30th January, 2010

We went to watch Lachie at the BMX races. Jack loved it. Lachie let him try on his helmet and sit on his bike...

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29th January, 2010

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28th January, 2010

And he got the job..... Yay!!!!!!!

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27th January, 2010

Had a great time vintage shopping and morning tea with Melissa and Ivy.

Jack was so excited to get his own lamington and flag...

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26th January, 2010

Can you tell we are related?

We had a great time with friends at Kingscliffe. It was such a hot day but we cooled down in the creek...

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25th January, 2010

Love pizza capers. This was Chris' pizza and we had scallop and chorizo pizza... yummo.

Loving the rain...

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The rain this week has been so beautiful. Jack had lots of fun cooling down and splashing in puddles...

Verse for the day...

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"The joy of the Lord is my strength..."

Nehemiah 8:10

Jack's trip to the barber...

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Before...

It's getting quite long at the back. He asked for a haircut that doesn't bounce when he's on the trampoline...

Cheeky little monkey...

No. 2 blade on the back and sides...

I thought it might be a bit longer on top but it looks really cute and Jack is so much cooler in this hot weather... And when he jumps on the trampoline, it doesn't bounce in his eyes anymore...

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24th January, 2010

He rides around on his push bike pretending to be Officer Ponch from CHiPs.

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23rd January, 2010

Milly (my sister's dog) wanted to play cricket with us at the beach.

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22nd January, 2010

Trying to keep cool on these very hot summer days...

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21st January, 2010

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20th January, 2010

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19th January, 2010

This gorgeous old jug only cost me 10 cents. Yep, 10 cents. I found it at a lifeline shop in Toowoomba. It's going to be my new gravy jug for the yummy homemade gravy that Laura makes us....

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18th January, 2010

We had a great day at Auntie Jill's house with Dan coming too. Laughed playing board games, drank coffees and ginger ale... I took sketch paper and we all did a self portrait... Lots of fun.

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17th January, 2010

My nephew Dan is staying with us this week and we are having fun playing board games...

p.s. I won rummy. :)

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16th January, 2010

Ran into Ikea to grab a present in the frame section. I forgot it was Saturday. Oh my.... Laura and I snuck in through the checkouts and had to swim upstream against the current of shoppers flowing towards us with overloaded trolleys and screaming kids....

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15th Janaury, 2010

Spinach and Bacon Soup...

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Here is a recipe I made up after tasting this amazing soup when we lived in Tassie. We were on one of our little country drives, exploring new places and found this little coffee shop up in a mountain. It was the 'soup of the day'. Very yummy...

Mel's Spinach and Bacon Soup

Ingredients:

1 - 2 bunches SPINACH, roughly chopped up

60g BUTTER

I ONION, sliced

2 Tlbs PLAIN FLOUR

2 1/2 cups CHICKEN STOCK

1 1/2 cups MILK

1/4 teas GROUND NUTMEG

SALT & PEPPER to taste

4 BACON RASHERS, roughly chopped up

Method:

Cook bacon in pan then remove.

Heat butter and add onion, cook till soft.

Add spinach leaves and cook until wilted.

Add flour and stir over heat until spinach lightly coated.

Remove mixture from heat, stir in stock and return to heat.

Stir until boils and thickens a bit.

Add milk, nutmeg and salt and pepper.

Cover and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes. (Mmmm... i don't always do this if I'm hungry)

Cool slightly and add in bacon.

Blend in blender or use stick blender in saucepan.

Heat again if needed.

Serve with croutons or sourdough.

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14th January, 2010

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13th January, 2010

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12th January, 2010

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11th January, 2010

I love it when Laura does Home Ec...

Brendan's 19th Birthday at Lonestar...

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I love getting together for family birthdays. We went to Lonestar at Springwood...

My nephew, Brendan and his Mum...

Me and my hubby...

My niece Katie and my beautiful daughter, Laura...

My sister Jill and my Mum...

Jack and my nephew Dan...

My Dad...

My sister Jill and her husband Andrew...

My sister Libbee and her fiancee Gary...

My nephew Steve, niece Katie and Laura...

My nephew Jethro...

Fresh Juice...

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My favourite juice is apple, carrot and ginger. I ordered this one down at Burleigh Heads while we were catching up with the Wallises. I've never seen this much effort in presentation...

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10th January, 2010

Please note, only Laura and Biggsie ate these. I couldn't stomach them...

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9th January, 2010

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8th January, 2010

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7th January, 2010

Photo taken just before our juicer blew a fuse...

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6th January, 2010

Jack had too much fun with Dad in the mud at the park...

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5th January, 2010

Trying to be creative with gluten free snacks for hubby...

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4th January, 2010

Laura got Jack a wet washer and tied the 4 corners to make a cool, refreshing hat for Jack. Thanks big sis...

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3rd January, 2010

I am so blessed to have a beautiful daughter that loves cooking. She makes the best roast dinners and homemade gravy...

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2nd January, 2010

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1st January, 2010

I spent the day in bed sick with temperatures and body aches. Jack made me this beautiful gift on a canvas he found in my craft cupboard. (with a little bit of help from Daddy) It's a family clothes line... :)

Family day with friends on the Condamine River...

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It was such a beautiful summers day. We went 4WDing out past Boonah across lots of creek crossings. The grass was so green out there and the creek crossings were just the right height for lots of fun...

Fasten your seat belts...

Matt was the leader for the day. (Well that's what we let him think...) He made a great 'tour guide Barbie'.

Stopping to look at the view...

My beautiful family. Jack didn't want his photo taken. He wanted to look at the cows...

I think this one wanted to come home with us...

Joey and my family cleared the track...

Beautiful wildflowers...

Gorgeous weather...

Picnic and a swim at a creek crossing...

Love the old sheds...

Red tractors... (This farmer waved to us)

My retirement house...

Matt showing us how his new car can balance on 2 wheels...

The hubbys help him out...

Doug to the rescue...

I love the country...

And the cattle yards...

Glad we didn't bring a rabbit home with us...

Something to think about...

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I found this on the net this morning...

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our mobile phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of an emergency?

This is something to make you go... hmm... where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing: Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill!

And no dropped calls!

Makes you stop and think, "where are my priorities?"

Have a blessed and wonderful day!

These are a few of my favourite things...

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Love the fresh white look...

Gorgeous side table...

Beautiful bathroom...

Love fresh flowers and glass bottles...

Love white lounges and pale blue walls...

Love this wallpaper...

Books beside my lounge chair...

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Gratitude for Ungrateful Days

From Every Day Deserves A Chance by Max Lucado

Excerpts from the diary of a dog:

8:00 a.m. Oh boy, dog food – my favorite.

9:30 a.m. Oh boy, a car ride – my favorite.

9:40 a.m. Oh boy, a walk – my favorite.

10:30 a.m. Oh boy, another car ride – my favorite.

11:30 a.m. Oh boy, more dog food – my favorite.

12:00 p.m. Oh boy, the kids – my favorite.

1:00 p.m. Oh boy, the yard – my favorite.

4:00 p.m. Oh boy, the kids again – my favorite.

5:00 p.m. Oh boy, dog food again – my favorite.

5:30 p.m. Oh boy, Mom – my favorite.

6:00 p.m. Oh boy, playing ball – my favorite.

8:30 p.m. Oh boy, sleeping in my master’s bed – my favorite.

Excerpts from the diary of a cat:

Day 283 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat while I’m forced to eat dry cereal. I’m sustained by the hope of escape and the mild satisfaction I derive from ruining a few pieces of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant. I attempted to kill my captors this morning by weaving through their walking feet. Nearly succeeded. Must try this strategy at the top of the stairs. Seeking to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair. Must try this on their bed. To display my diabolical disposition, I decapitated a mouse and deposited the headless body on their kitchen floor. They only cooed and condescended, patting my head and calling me a “strong little kitty.” Hmm – not working according to plan. During a gathering of their accomplices, they placed me in solitary confinement. I overheard that my confinement was due to my power of allergies. Must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced the other household captives are flunkies, perhaps snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems naively happy to return. He is, no doubt, a half-wit. The bird speaks with the humans regularly. Must be an informant. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal cage, his safety is assured, but I can wait. It is only a matter of time. ((Adapted from Rick Archley, “When We All Get to Heaven” (sermon, Richland Hills Church of Christ, North Richland Hills, TX, May 25, 2005). Original source unknown.)

The day of a dog. The day of a cat. One content, the other conniving. One at peace, the other at war. One grateful, the other grumpy. Same house. Same circumstances. Same master. Yet two entirely different attitudes.

Which diary reads more like yours? Were your private thoughts made public, how often would the phrase “Oh boy, my favorite” appear?

“Oh boy, sunup – my favorite.”

“Oh boy, breakfast – my favorite.”

“Oh boy, traffic jam – my favorite.”

“Oh boy, vacuuming – my favorite.”

“Oh boy, root canal – my favorite.”

Well, not even a dog would relish the root canal. But wouldn’t we like to relish more of our day? We can. Begin with God’s grace. As we accept his forgiveness, our day of gripes and groans becomes a day of gratitude.

Merry Christmas...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Come on ring those bells....

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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...

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

Alphabet posters...

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

Jack having fun on the roof...

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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...

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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...

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

Looks like a great book...

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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...

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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...

Playgroup memories...

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These photos were taken a few months ago at playgroup...

Jack loves going to playgroup and playing with Tess and his friends...

Jack and Tess painting together...

What a cute couple...

Stella and her beautiful smile...

The boys...

Enjoying a moment with Bella and Tess...

Laura giving her brother a little push on the swing... (maybe she's thinking of that RACQ ad on TV where the dad pushes the kid right around the branch) ;)

Jett having with fun the boys...

Laura and Eme having a chat and a cuddle...

Beautiful Jasi...

My little monkey...

Helen painting with the children...

It was such a beautiful day outside at Skye's...

Laura's 'eighties night' at youth...

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Laura went to an 'eighties night' at youth and it was fun watching her dress up in 'eighties'. Oh, the memories... I did her hair the same way I used to have mine when I was dating Biggsie. She even looks like me.

Love the fluro's, lego warmers, rubix cube necklace and bright bangles...

Laura won 'best dressed' on the night...

Laura and Beck looked great. Laura was so cute. When she came home, she said, "Mum, the room was decorated with CD's hanging from the ceiling." Ummm, actually Laura, they are records and they were played on a record player with a needle. I'm feeling old about now...

I had Amy Grant, Michael Jackson, Breakdance... but that's another story.

Speaking of Michael Jackson, here is Josh and Beck...

Home haircut...

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Jack wanted to have a go first... (These clippers were not turned on)

My Mum was teaching Laura how to cut Jack's hair. Jack thought it was so exciting to be the centre of attention and have Granny cut his hair...

It was so hard to get Jack to sit still so Laura had to hold him while Granny had the clippers on the back of his neck... (Mummy was too busy taking photos)

The interest soon wore off, as it does with most things this 4 year old does...

And then that was it... He'd had enough. C'mon Granny and Laura, cut faster... (and Mum, stop taking photos)

Casting crowns new album coming soon...

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I'm looking forward to 'Casting Crowns' new album coming out soon.

I got an email this morning with the picture of the new cover and it reminded me of someone...

My litle cutie sitting at the beach a few weeks ago...

Biggsies Birthday Lunch with his family...

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The birthday boy enjoyed another celebration with his family at a Redcliffe restaurant.

This cake was so yummy...

Father and son enjoying a cuddle...

Jack watched a movie on my 'iphone' to keep him quiet while we were waiting for lunch.

I had oysters kilpatrick. They are my favourite...

It was such a beautiful day walking along the beach. The sky was so blue and the weather was perfect. We watched sky divers land on the beach in front of the restaurant.

Jack had fun jumping and trying to land on my shadow...

He was such a good boy. He loves being outside...

We had lunch with Nana and Auntie Daph (Nana's best friend)...

This is Jacob (nephew) and Heather (Chris' sister)...

Heather and her husband Carmine...

Toowoomba Flower Festival...

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We went up to Toowoomba last weekend for the Flower Festival. The parks looked beautiful with all the flowers in bloom...

Laura took this beautiful photo of the poppy with a bee on it...

The poppies were so beautiful...

We had a bbq breakfast in the park for Laura's birthday. It was so beautiful...

More of my favourite poppies...

Cute little daisies...

Loved the white flowers too...

Beautiful pink flowers...

A train made out of a hedge...

This ball is made out of red buckets...

My two little 'petals'...

Biggsie turns 40...

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My hubby just turned 40. Hard to believe... I know...

I love this photo of him when he was little. He looks alot like Jack.

We had a party on the night before his birthday and invited some friends. We had just got back from New Zealand so we were a little over taking photos (that's why we don't have many of the party) Laura helped me decorate and made this amazing newspaper bunting that she hung up outside.

Biggsie and his birthday cake...

These are a few of my favourite things...

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How cute are these little bags. No, I didn't make them. I found them on one of the blogs I follow. I would like to make some though... one day...

Love this gorgeous little white kitchen...

And I will get back to more blogging soon. I miss it but I've been away overseas and then 2 birthdays in my family to celebrate...

Catching up with friends...

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We had a lovely time catching up with friends visiting from overseas.

Laura came with me and we had a lovely mummy, daughter date. We got out of bed while it was still dark and got ready early so we could slip in a few garage sales before we meet with all the other lovely ladies for a hot brekky and coffee. We had brekky at Riverbend at Bulimba and Laura and I were the first ones there so we got to browse in the bookshop first. I found this gorgeous blue and red paper with little kookaburras on it. It may not sound very exciting to you, but I've been looking for a paper for my office for weeks now and they are the colours of my office (and kookaburras are one of my favourite birds).

Anyway, back to Saturday morning... after catching up with our overseas friends and another round of coffees, Laura and I headed off for some shopping without the men in our family. It's much easier to go clothes shopping without a certain cute little 4 yr old with us. We love him very much but he had much more fun at home playing with daddy in the back yard, gardening, building a new door for the shed and filling the trailer for the dump.

My gorgeous 'project night' friends (Skye was away in Sydney but we missed her)

Beautiful 'Ivy Matilda'. (back up daughter-in-law if Tess ever says no to Jack)

Catching up with Bern who was visiting from Hong Kong.

And Caroline who is visiting from Cambodia. Miss you girls both very much...

These are a few of my favourite things...

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I would love a room like this with a VIEW like this. I'd have my morning cuppa here...

Love this white bedroom and vintage toys...

And this white bedroom with a cute blue cupboard...

Love baskets...

Love the cute windows in this bedroom...

Storm heading our way...

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Cool, there is a storm heading our way. We need the water for the veggie garden. :)

Date with Jack & Chris...

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I went on a date with my 2 favourite boys to a coffee shop at West End. Laura was at her pattern making course so we went for a drive and had afternoon tea.

I like visiting new places we haven't been before.

They had a cute little play area for kids. Jack loved it.

Here is my handsome hubby...

Here is my coffee and melting moment... I can't show you my face. It was 'bad hair day'...

There goes my melting moment... :)

Book beside my lounge chair...

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I just got this book from the Library. It's got so many cool ideas inside it.

Verse for the day...

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Psalm 121:1-2