2010 recap!

better late than never i guess...LOL..

well 2010 was certainly a mix of emotions but we all have those from time to time....some highlights were definately:
*the girls starting and loving dance classes...i was finally able to give them an activity of their own outside of school that they could share with their friends...they just love it and i think they did great in their first dance concert too...yeah yeah i know i am totally bias...hehehehe
* ethan made such huge improvements with his reading, writing and speech...he is growing up so much it's getting a little scary....ethan and his class mates performed a beautiful dance at the schools world expo...making lots of mums (not just me for a change) cry happy tears! keep it up my big man!!
*chantelle had to go through quite a few different treatments for her CP over the year but handled it all in her stride 98% of the time...i am very proud of her and the way she just gets on with things...
*ebony had a great year at preschool and is more than ready for big school...bring on feb 3rd i say!!! LOL....
* i loved joining in the fun at Wicked Princesses...there is a wonderful bunch of ladies over there chatting and supporting each other....thank you to you all for welcoming me and i am honoured to be able to call you all my friends!
*speaking of friends...to my friends here at home and my email buddies THANK YOU so so much for all your friendship and support..i value you all so much...i hope you all realise just how much....
* IN 2010 I read 170 books and loved at least 165 of them so thats pretty good averages wouldn't you say...LOL....i am on my 7th so far for 2011 ...i love to escape wih a little bit of reading..ok understatement...alot of reading....but what sanity i actually have left is definately a result of good friends and escapeing regularly with a great book!
as a lot of you know my 2010 didn't end with wonderful news and the news we received leaves a very dark cloud over my 2011 but I AM NOT GOING TO focus on only that cloud and i am going to stay strong and positive..I AM, I AM, I AM...occasionally i need to remind myself but i am getting better...thanks again for all your well wishes for my brother.

ok i am definately getting way too deep and meaningful here so ia m going to bugger off but i'll be back very soon with my january class pages and some other challenge pages .....xxxxxx

hey there long time no blog.....i have so much to tell you all and share with you that i think i will have to do it in stages ....i am not getting much computer time at the moment so i'll quickly share some pages from my december class with you then i'll be back with more and family stuff.... this page is ethan's first santa photo ...whatever was on the ceiling was way more funny appartently...LOL...i really had fun doing the chrissy tree even if cutting the tiny 1/4 inch strips got a bit annoying.....but hey i had fun watching the girls have to do it too...LOL...

chantelle and ethan at the special children's christmas party a couple of years ago..

ethie at the special children's christmas party 2010 having a chat with the big man himself..santa!!!! i loved fussy cutting these little guys...they are so cute...you just had to do it!! another pic from ethan's first christmas.....i loved the puffy dots on the papers i cut the flowers out of....it is so cool to use! i am loving twinkler dust too... next up chantelle with santa at this years SCC party....she looks impressed doesn't she...LOL...

i also did a double page for this class as well but i wasn't happy with it so i am fiddling with it before i put it up here.....
thanks for stopping by and i'll be back soon to have a chat...got to go squash yet another world war 3....gotts love kids!!!!

Chan's turn!!

well my big girl did get her plasters of in time to dance in the big end of year concert and she was absolutely thrilled about it!!! Chan in her very pink jazz costume for her "I feel pretty" Dance....this pic was taken after the concert so things were a little worse for wear by then but she's still a cutie...yeah yeah i know...i am totally bias!

little miss poser chantelle in her Tap costume already to do her thing to "shake"
the concert went well.... i think my girl did a great job considering she was only out of leg plasters 3 days prior to the concert and she was still very stiff and sore...nothing was going to stop her from having a go though which made us very very proud!!

oh and of course i just had to show you a close up of the makeup cause that's important don't you know!! god help me when she gets older!!!!!!!!!!!!

just a quick post today....i have so much to share with you all and try to explain why i haven't been around...not feeling like much of a friend at the moment....i am so so very sorry.....i hope to make it up to you all very soon....xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

making lemonade!

so do you know that old saying "when life gives you lemons make lemonade"??? well i am afraid our life has been full of a lot of lemons lately which is why i seemed to drop off the face of the earth.....but instead of getting on here and venting and being a sook i am going to make some lemonade and show you some of the good things that have happened around everything else.....
first up we have miss ebony dressed for her dance concert....last weekend was a practice as well as photo day the following day with the real concert being on this weekend.....this is her jazz costume for "Locomotion"

this is her Tap costume for her "Broadway Baby" tap routine....it is so cute!!! yeah i know i am totally Bias.....chantelle was in plasters still last weekend so couldn't do hers but the plasters are off now and she is very excited to be getting her turn this weekend...i'll share some pics of her then...

next up we have chantelle and ethan with santa at the special children's christmas party last wednesday...we had a great night...we could all harldy move when we left we were all so buggered but it was so, so worth it!!! my hat goes off to all those workers and volunteers who make the party possible every year...they do an awesome job and it is always a fantastic night for the kids.....

in amoungst the hectic stuff around here in did have a november class with the awesome "Splash Dance" range from imaginsence...it was so good to create with...i had a ball with it!!! here are the four single page and one double page layout i came up with...... i love this flook of a photo taken at taronga zoo of this very happy penguin so much that it just had to be scrapped....i have also used the awesome I-Rock and some twiklers dust on this layout!

i had fun with this page fringe cutting the matting paper then rolling the edges inwards...it was fiddly but fun and so worth it i think???? i gave the I-Rock a spin again too....slowly becoming addicted to it....LOL...i can see myself using it heaps! yes i did it again!!! LOL...i I-Rocked the circles on this simple double page layout....i kept the papers sinple so that the photos and bling would stand out more....merv and the kids had a great time buliding castles when we went to crescent head january 09....do you think ethan was happy?????

unfortunately the photo of this page is shocking....it just didn't photograph well at all....it is on bubble bazzill which i rubbed over with blue chalk just to slightly high light the circles......my attempt at seaweed was funny but hey it doesn't look to bad..insert rolling eyes here......casey is the leopard seal at taronga zoo...he is so gorgeous...we watched him for ages.....

speaking of not photographing well....when we went on the dolphin curise for ebonys birthday i had an awful time trying to get photos but if you look really, really hard you might see some...LOL.... this last page of ebony and myself being silly was made from some left over Petal Pushers papers from a previous class....i think i used a krissy sketch from wicked for this too....

thanks for stopping by and putting up with such a long post....
chat soon

jules xxxx

Spooktacular!!!!!!

this is how i am spending my weekend ...how about you???? the CC's at Wicked princesses are always amazing and i just KNOW this one will be too so make sure you don't miss out on all the fun!!! come on over and join us!!

yeah i scrapped!!!!!

here are a few pages i did on saturday that are for my class next sunday....i have used the gorgeous Bo Bunny "Sunkissed" range...i LOVE these bright papers!the colours haven't photographed the best because of poor lighting but you get the idea....just bear in mind the colours are brighter and clearer than they appear here..... miss ebony going for a walk along crescent head beach....just a little stroll....

ethan and ebony splashing in the creek at crescent head...they LOVE the creek!!

the cute miss ebony have'n some fun ......i love that happy little smile!

my gorgeous little ethie man after a play under the sprinklers....soggy wet nappy and all!! ethan and i being just a little bit cheeky at the park.....

this is a quick but i think effective double page layout of crescent head...our trip there in 09 was like going home for me....it just felt so right....i know that probably doesn't make sense but i felt like my dad was on my shoulder the whole time...we just had a great time...looking forward to being able to take the kids back there again some day.....sorry the photo is so dark it does look a lot nicer IRL..... my very cheeky ebony having a swim at kate's inlaws...she loved those silly goggles!!!lol....

well that's it for now...i seem to have finally got the scrappin' bug back so i am sure i'll be back soon...thanks for stopping by

jules xxxxxxxxxxxxx

wow what a day!!!

we had an absolutely awesome day at taronga zoo yesterday...we are all very tired and i personally have definately found some muscles i forgot i had...LOL...but it was so worth it to see my kids so happy! here are a few of the 121 pics i took ....some were hard to get from behind the glass but most didn't turn out too bad....i was really surprised at how close you did get to go to some of the animals....it was just an awesome day!!!! i love this penguin pic...a total flook of a pic that turned out great!

meet Casey the leopard seal....how cute is he?.....

a quick pose pic for the girls!!!

the merecats...... how awesome is this tiger pic...we love tigers and this one was so beautiful...he was parading around the front of his enclosure...right up to the glass which made for awesome pics!!...just look at those gorgeous eyes!! the elephants were so cute too!!! this is as close to the gorillas as we got all day...every time we went to check them out they went inside for some reason.....bugger it!!! oh well ethan had some fun for this pic....

i loved the gorgeous zebras..... another flooky pic...this cameleon was getting a little hose down from his keeper and i managed to grab a pic! i love the effect of the water splashes....

god i LOVED seeing the giraffes this close up....they are such a beautiful animal....i went a little pic crazy with them but i just love them!!!!

ok so this weekend i am hopeing to get back to my gorgeous friends at wicked.....so sorry for being such a slack on line friend girls....i'll be back soon....god help ya!!! PMSL.....see ya soon xxxxx