Reilly's 3rd Birthday

I love these pics of Reilly on his third birthday- It was a close family affair and I am proud to see he is taking after his godmother in the chocolate stakes!! The cake was so impressive, all ice-cream with coloured sorbet balls on top with a wrap of chocolate that Reilly ate the whole lot of!! Deb really does go all out for the kids so as to make sure they have a special memory of special times even if she is dog-tired!!!

Paul's 40th

The whole family got together to celebrate my eldest brother Paul's 40th birthday- how amazing it must be for my parent's to see their firstborn celebrate such a milestone, let alone my grandparents, who are in their late eighties see their grandson turn 40!!!

We had dinner at club Macquarie out at the lake and Leanda really went all out with the cake which had a photo of Paul in Thailand hugging a tiger-NO THANKS!!

A Wee Bit of Supper

Tara and I have a lovely fortnight gourmet feast, we each take it in turns. This week was my turn and we had a bit of a scottish affair with chicken thigh fillets stuffed with sauseage meat, pistachios and herbs then wrapped in proscuitto and poached in boiling water for 20 mins then pan fried with marsala- we really go all out !! Whoever doesn't cook gets to bring the beveridge and this night saw us partaking in a full bodied red!! The chicken was served on a bed of broad bean and pea risotto. Bon Appetite!!

To make it a bit more fun, this time we had to dress up in our best tartan- Tara decided to do a rendition of Bay City Rollers complete with fishnet stockings...

Kikki Calendar

I found this really cool calendar at kikki ki's in bondi. I love to use white gel pen on black cardstock so it was the perfect way to show off my fav. photos!!!

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Rainy Saturday Evening

It was sooo hot today, another scorcher at 36 degrees- humidity in Newcastle was 90%- we are only now at 10.30pm getting lashings of rain trying to cool us all down!!! I can hardly believe daylight savings ends tonight. I know some people hate it but I love it. I love the fact that when you've finished work you still have hours to go for a walk, a dip in the ocean orjust laze around outdoors. Now it will be getting dark by 6.00, the days seem shorter and colder .... but I guess that does mean I can light my open fire read by the flames with a cup of hot chocolate and slouch around in my PJ's all day if I like- there's always a silver lining.....

Back in the Zone

Well after a week or 2 of no creativity I was certainly scrapping this evening!! I decided to put together this little file folder, so pretty, I just love anything vintage or shabby chic...pink and green is such a great colour scheme as well. I just had to visit my local store and pick up a few supplies so stay tuned...

Rels from NZ

What a lovely week we have had. Grant, Maria and the kids came over for a week's holiday. We all relaxed and ate very very well- I have put on weight!!It was so nice to be able to spend time with them, the kids loved Jessie, even left her their favourite cuddly toys... Stu and Grant got time to indulge and maria and I shopped till we dropped. It would be so nice to live closer to them but I guess that's what makes the time seem even more special when we are all together. Really looking forward to going to NZ for Christmas at the end of the year...