Merry Christmas!

Well it has been a while since I last blogged but honestly that seems
like the theme here of late.

We are heading off to Ballina for Christmas today so I won't around
until New Years!
I want to say Merry Christmas all! May you all be safe and happy
this festive season and enjoy your time with family or friends.
Eat, drink and be MERRY!

Before I head off I will leave you with the latest layouts I've done but
been too lazy to post.

Credits can be found here

Credits can be found here

Credits can be found here

Credits can be found here

Credits can be found here

Well until 2011,

Happy Birthday to Me!

Is what I should have been posting like two months ago.
My goodness I have become so incredibly slack at updating my blog and even slacker when it comes to doing any digital scrapbooking.
Yes that's right I celebrated my birthday in September, Spring sprung,Halloween flew on by and Christmas is almost upon us!


My last post I promised to stop neglecting my blog and what do I do?
Go and neglect even more than before!
So hopefully we can get some balance around here and I can get back into the swing of things with blogging and scrapping.

Well hopefully I will see you soon,

Oh How I Neglect Thee

My poor blog has been so neglected!

Since my last post so much has happened.
I finished my uni course passing the English portion and just passing Maths (which I will have to redo in Semester 3), attended the State of Origin and witnessed Queensland clench their 5 straight series win in a row, celebrated Rhyley's 8th birthday, attended Disney On Ice, we also went to Illuminate Winter Wonderland at Dreamworld and the Royal Brisbane Show (aka The Ekka) and celebrated Father's Day!

I really have to get along with this whole blog thing or otherwise it is going to end up even more neglected :(
I have hardly scraped and unfortunately doubt I will reach my goal of 365 layouts for the year so I am considering reducing it to 100 layouts for 2010 and expanding on that next year.

Anyway here are the few layouts I have managed to do since my last post:

This one for the Mixed Bag Monday Challenge #36 at Peppermint Creative

Credits can be found here

This one is of Rhyley celebrating his 8th birthday opening presents and blowing out his candles.

Credits can be found here

This one was of our Trip to Dreamworld and is photos of Rhyley playing in snow he had so much fun and even though it doesn't really snow in Queensland it is the closet Rhyley has come to the really thing :)

Credits: Collaboration Kit-Bundle Up
by Kate Hadfield and Shabby Miss Jenn

This is one of many baby photo's of Rhyley that I am determined to get scrapped before he's 21!

Credits can be found here

Last but not least is a layout from trip to this year's Ekka. This year we got to do things we normally wouldn't cause we would usually be there to visit Nanny & Poppy who would be working at the Ekka but this year they headed to the Northern Territory to do shows there instead. Even though we missed not seeing them we had a ball exploring this year's Ekka!

Credits can be found here

Anyway until next time,

Almost Done

Well I am almost finished doing the Tertiary Preparation Course!
I have exams over the next 2 weeks so lots of revision is needed.
I am so looking forward to it all being over and done with.
I got sick and sort of lost the motivation I had but I got through it.

Next week is going to be full on though with my first exam, going to State of Origin, Rhyley's 8th Birthday and finishing off with Disney On Ice!
It is going to be a huge week but so worth it!

So until then here are the last few layouts I have done:

Here are the credits

This one was the done for International Scrapbook Day challenge at Peppermint Creative!

The credits can be found here

After doing the Autumn layout above I decided to do a Winter layout using Rhyley's baby photos since he is a Winter baby afterall.

Credits can be found here

After going on a little (okay BIG) shopping spree at Peppermint Creative I really wanted to be able to use the Game On Papers and Elements Miss Mint had released and this photo of Rhyley screaming UNO! worked so well!

Credits can be found here

This layout was for a Mixed Bag Monday challenge at Peppermint Creative the theme was "What's In A Name"

Well that is all for now I will be back when things have calmed down a bit here hopefully it won't be too long and I will be able to get some pages done too between all the other things.

Until next time,

Hectic

Wow it has been so busy here since my last post.
I am still studying my uni course which I have exams for in 2 weeks *cringe* I am a little scared cause I haven't sat an exam since Grade 12 which was 13 years ago hopefully I don't get too nervous.

So other than studying we have been busy with school holidays, football, school and heaps more and I have even managed to scrap a bit as relaxation between assignments.
Here is what I've scrapped since last time:

Mixed Bag Monday Challenge- Extract It

Credits can be found here

This photo was taken when we went to see the Gold Coast Titans play the Melbourne Storm at Skilled Park during the Easter school holidays. We had a great time and the boys were stoked that the Titans won the game.

Credits can be found here

This layout was made using photos from Easter. We made Cascarones and before smashing them they were hidden around the yard for Rhyley to find then we all got to smash them on and over each others heads. These we so much fun we are doing it again next year!

Credits can be found here

This layout is using one of those photos you just cherish because they are so rare. Getting Jason to really smile is near impossible. And I was honoured when Miss Mint choose both this one and the one above for Mint-spirational Monday on her blog.

A Week In The Life Challenge involved creating a layout showing what you did each day for a week obviously. It was huge week filled with study, assignment results, school, Rhyley got an award for participating in the school Fun Run, a memorial service for Rhyley's school friend Steven and his brother Tim and mother Maggie Halliwell who were killed in a car accident, a trip to Ballina to visit Mum and Dad, fishing and Anzac Day.

Credits can be found here

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Credits can be found here

As you can see it has been hectic around here. I have a few more layouts to post but I will have to save them for the next post.

Until next time

Happy Easter

Just hopping by to say Happy Easter!

Hope you enjoy the time with your loved ones and eat lots of CHOCOLATE!

Until next time,

Study, study, study

Yep that's right I am studying this year!
I decided to do the Tertiary Preparation Program through the University of Southern Queensland.
So this semester I will be studying two subjects Studying to Succeed (which is basically English) and Maths, then next semester I will pick up General Science.
Then after passing these courses I should be able to gain a place in a Bachelor of Nursing with an extra year for a Bachelor of Midwifery.

Of course at the moment studying is taking up most of my free time which means I have very little time to scrap let alone blog about what I've scrapped.
So until the end of June layouts maybe few and far between but hopefully I will still be able to reach my goal of 365 layouts for the year. *fingers crossed*

Here is the latest layout I've done:

Credits can be found here

Well I better go and finish my assignment
Until next time

Just Call Me...

Busy Bee!

Wow it has been so long since I showed my blog some love!
Well we went to Sydney to see AC/DC Black Ice Concert.
We left home on the 19th February and drove down to Mum and Dad's where we stayed the night.
On the Saturday we got up at the ungodly hour of 2:30am and got ready to head off to Maitland to pick up my Dad then continue on to Sydney!
This would have been fine if Rhyley hadn't mucked around being silly and refusing to go to sleep until I had him in the bed with us patting him to sleep, so needless to say I got very little sleep about 2 hours if that!

Luckily I got to have a nap in the car before we swapped over so Jason could rest. We finally arrived in Maitland and got to spend some time with Mum before heading off to Sydney.
Rhyley decided he wanted to drive the rest of the way with Poppy so we followed them.
We finally arrived in Sydney and at our hotel at about 4pm!
We checked in and got changed then we caught a taxi to the train station and caught two trains to Olympic Park!

There were thousands of people there it was amazing!
We grabbed some dinner and sat down and ate after that Jason took Rhyley over to the Olympic Cauldron from the 2000 games, and is now a water feature and took some photos!
Then we headed in to ANZ Stadium the concert was AWESOME!!!! and I am by no means an AC/DC fan but it was well worth it!

Credits can be found here and here

After the concert we headed back to the hotel and Dad headed back to Maitland because he had to work the next day.
The next day we drove to Bondi Beach, Rhyley had been looking forward to going there for weeks before our trip away and we all had great fun!
Rhyley and Daddy went swimming then played in the sand building sand castles.
Rhyley was upset when he was told it was time to leave.

Credits can be found here

We headed home on the Monday and had an enjoyable less rushed trip back not having to worry about what time we got back to much because Rhyley was having the next off school to recover and catch up on any lost sleep.

Anyway I really must get to bed I will write tomorrow about my new University course I have started but until then I will leave you with another two pages I have done since I last posted.

Credits can be found here

Credits can be found here

Until next time,

Titans Visit!

Well on Monday some players from the Gold Coast Titans came to Rhyley's school to talk about the Eat Well, Play Well, Stay Well program!

Jordan Atkins, Marshall Chalk, Bodene Thompson and Clint Toopi discussed how important eating a healthy diet and play for at least 30 minutes a day is to stay well.
They also mentioned that they would be down at West End Junior Rugby League Club at 4pm that day for training session with the kids!

So after school Rhyley really wanted to go down to the club. Rhyley had a great time passing the ball to the players and charging the tackling bags!
After the training session the players signed autographs for the kids there. Rhyley got his Titans football and Daddy's Titan number plate signed plus he got photos with them all including assistant coach and football legend Trevor Gillmeister!

After the training session we headed home and Rhyley eagerly awaited Daddy's arrival home so he could telling him all about it!

So here are a couple of pages I did:

Credits can be found here and here

Until next time,

Ummm....

Wow the first week of school has already finished granted it was only a three day week but still it flew by and we are already nearing the end of Week 2!
So since school has gone back I haven't time to scrap much partly because I have been trying to go to bed early which means I'm not up 'til all hours scraping away!

Anyway today while Rhyley's was at school I had some spare time and decided to open up Photoshop Elements and get to scraping and here's the page I did.

Credits can be found here

Well until next time,

Goodbye January

Wow where did the last month go?!
Maybe it's just me but January seemed to fly by and tomorrow is February!

Well we have lots on in February. We have Rhyley's paediatrician appointment, my father in-law's birthday, my childhood best friend's 30th birthday, my brother in-law's birthday, Valentine's Day, my mum's birthday, our trip to Sydney, AC/DC concert and me finalising my University course registration!
It is going to be a full on month, February!

So today was all about chilling with Jason and Rhyley and scraping while I am not swamped with things to do.

Well here is today's layout:

Credits can be found here

Until next time,

Happy Weekend!

Yeah it is the weekend!
Wow this week went so quickly guess having a public holiday on Tuesday and school going back helps to speed the week up.
So tonight I check the calendar to work out how we are sitting budget wise for our trip to Sydney next month and I nearly died when I realised that it is only 3 weeks away!

Back in December when I got the tickets for the AC/DC Concert I thought it was so far away but now it seems so close!
Where did it go?
After pondering this I decided to get stuck in to some more scraping and scraped our Australia Day photos.

So here is today's layout:

Credits can be found here

Well until next time,

Look Out Grade 3....

Here Rhyley comes!

Yes today was the first day back at school for 2010 and this year Rhyley is in Grade 3!
I can't believe that he is almost half way finished with primary school.
It's a little sad really that he is growing up so fast :(

Jason had organised to start late so he could also be there to see Rhyley off on his first day.
So we got up this morning and got ready for school with very little drama.
The drama only started when I told Rhyley I wanted to take photos of him before we could leave for school. After a little whining he agreed if I was quick because he wanted to get to school.
So I quickly snapped some photos.

We arrived at school and went up to his classroom and meet his lovely teacher Mrs Hayes we spoke to her a little about Rhyley's occupational therapy needs and she said she's have a chat with Miss Delley - Rhyley's Grade 2 teacher.

That afternoon I picked Rhyley up and as we walked home he told me all about his first day.
He had a great day and he really likes Mrs Hayes!

Well here is today's layout:

Credits can be found here

Until next time,