Sports Day

Ned's sports day - no time breaking records to report but he had a great day anyway !!

Ned & Riley
A low high jump !!

Sack race - he had quite a bit of trouble with this event!!
Yes he is talking to some one on the sidelines !!!
Getting some air under his feet !!

Pink

Jo, Jar and I went to Brissy for a long weekend to see Pink. We had a fantastic time, we went out for tepenyaki on the first night, heaps of shopping, the concert, markets - we did it all!! The day we left Jar caught the train the the Gold Coast to have some time with the whole Summerton/Turner mob so hopefully some photos from that trip to come..........

Anyway below is a few photos - we have had some go missing off the card so this is the highlights!!!

Pink doing her thang...

A bit of an acoustic session...

When in Chinatown.........
eat Yum Cha !!
Jo getting ready to eat some pot stickers!!! (Prawn and Scallop -Yum!!)

Walking back to the city....

A late Mothers Day post

We spent Mothers Day down at the harbour park with fish and chips and no washing up!! We surprised Mum with the Mega Mothers Day pressie of flights and tickets to the 'French & Saunders' show - Mum's fave's!! I think we did good this year, oh and Jo and I get to go too - well you can't send her on her own !!!

Art Roll

I've been at it again, this time trying out a pencil roll that I'm thinking would make good Xmas gifts. This one is for Ned and I have made it so he can have a pencil and texta in each slot with room for a lead pencil, sharpener and eraser in the end pocket.
All rolled up....
The back and the inside.........

Feelin' crafty

We've been a little crafty round here lateley.............................

Ned doing wet felting.
String balloons.
And quite a bit of sewing. Surprised? I am, sewing has never interested me but due to the fact that beautiful fabric is a bit like scrapbooking paper and becomes quite addictive I thought I had better do something with the stuff I had bought!!! It also doesn't help when you have a friend (Caro) who regularly sends through links to buy beautiful fabric just to add to the temptation !!!
I made a curtain to hide Ned's aircon and an ugly window view and added a couple of trees and a birdie - too cute !

And then this pile of lovlieness arrived from the US of A and it looked too nice to cut up so I stared at it for awhile and then started work on............
this !!!!
A beautiful throw for snuggling up on the couch over these cooler months. I am really proud cause all the squares lined up, which should probably be easy for most but I struggled and the backing was a nightmare but after a few calls to Caro I got it on.
The backing is a really soft brown polar fleece but for some reason in the photos it looks like horrible scratchy terry towelling !!

It's doing it's job !

Take a Kid Fishing Day 2

We went to TAKFD again this year and again another fantastic day. Perfect weather, about 200 kids and some good fish caught. Dad's group Sunfish run these days and everyone gets a rod and bait, lunch and a showbag at the end as well as heaps of prizes. Its a great day that is completley free. Thanks Pop and the Sunfish guys (and gals)!!!

Roll up, Roll up.............

We went to see the Great Moscow Circus while it was in Mackay and it was fantastic. No animal acts (or we wouldn't have been there cause they are mean !!!), more like cirque du soleil with acrobats, contortionists, really good clowns, magic, women hanging from lengths of fabric and doing tricks and all sorts of other dangerous feats !!! It was really hard to take photos but I got a few before I gave up and enjoyed the show.......

Opening act....
The ringmaster - hilarious....

These Brazillian guys on this spinning thing were unbelievable. We were holding our breaths when they just free fall and land running back on the rings.
This was the grand finale, the dome of doom (it's not actually called that but I think it builds it up a bit!!) In the end the were 5 motorbikes going around - it was scary.

Caro & Jane - it could be heading your way, theres a website if you want to check it out.

Easter

We had a great Easter - didn't do anything, just got lots of jobs done around the house, finished our fencing and some gardening. Unfortunately we had to do all of it in the rain - it just hasn't stopped here and we are getting a bit over it now but then I remember how hot it will be once it does stop !!

The photos below are from Ned's Easter parade and I didn't get many good photos. The pic below should explain that !!! This kids hat was ridiculous - you can just seen Ned peeking around the side of it !!

Jar decorated Neds hat this year and did an awesome job of it - we're packing it away for next year !
We have been doing a fair bit of craft round here, wet felting, dry felting, string balloons and this Easter Tree. We (me!) blew out eggs and decorated them - it's beautiful and glittery and doesn't show up very well in the photo.

We even made some Easter baskets to fill with egg for gifts. It creativity central round here at the moment - I am trying to keep Ned entertained with anything but the Wii !! I wish we never bought the bloody thing and it was my idea !!

35

My 35th birthday - look at the cake Mum made me. Three different layers and flavours !!!!

Jarrah's Happenings

Jar's school made this peace sign for Harmony Day and was on the news - I won't even bother to try and point her out !!!
We have alot of this happening at our place - gatherings around the computer !!!

School's Back

Jarrah and Ned on their first day back to school.

Jarrah starting Year 10 and Ned starting Year 1.

Family Portraits

A few nice family portraits..............