tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13753269822237904372024-03-05T00:06:38.289-08:00Helen's Creative ReleaseHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-87302213102908092922013-01-09T00:31:00.003-08:002013-01-09T00:31:23.829-08:00Sorry<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Dear Followers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sorry for disappearing so abruptly last year, with the pressure of family, university life and my ongoing struggle with depression I was unable to focus on creating let alone blogging. However I have decided that instead of pressuring myself to create things and blog about them I am going to share our daily lives, our adventures and our family fun (and if I happen to create something YAY you get that too)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I hope you will join me over at my new blog <a href="http://mrsgalejnr.blogspot.com.au/">here</a> to join in on our adventures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helen</span>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-25224068284518392762012-01-06T06:28:00.000-08:002012-01-06T06:28:19.206-08:00Vow Renewal<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soooo I know its been a while but I was lying in bed tonight thinking and pinning and planning and thought I might share with you what I am working on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of this year 21st of December to be precise my amazing husband and I will have been married for 10 years. Which half of me thinks "OMG I'm old now" and the other half of me thinks "When did that happen" but to celebrate this momentous occasion and lets face it, its huge in this day and age for a couple to get married and last 10 years especially if like us one of us (me) was 18 years of age at the time, we are having a party to celebrate and are renewing our vow to one another as a couple who have grown and changed in the past 10 years but are still committed to one other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I am kind of extremely excited about it and have been tossing ideas around seriously for about a month and have managed to decided on a few things so far:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* The date is easy, the closest Saturday to our anniversary which happens to be the day after. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* I have chosen the colours, Sapphire (for the traditional gemstone) and silver (that's as close to Tin as I am going) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* We decided on a cocktail function because we want people to get up and dance and have a great time plus its a little easier on the budget</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* And we have decided to have it in our backyard, it big and we have the most amazing view which is made even better by the wondrous sunsets we get</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I just have to decide:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Whether or not to get it catered or do it myself. I'm really really fussy when it comes to food. It is actually less stressful for me to make food myself but others close to me are worried I will get too run down and not enjoy the night if I do this. And if I do it myself what food I should make</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Whether or not to have a bartender or self-service</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Get a DJ or do it ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I seem to have a real issue with getting other people in to do things I know I can do well. It's nothing to do with cost or quality. Cost is only a small issue when it comes to this function, we want it to be a great event that everyone enjoys, including us and I would only use people that come highly recommended but for some reason I still struggle with the idea of letting other people have control over something that means so much to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know its just a party but to me it's something special, its a chance for a to bring together the people in our lives that mean something to us, that have a special place in our hearts, that we are grateful for and celebrate all that they have given us in the past 10 years as well as celebrating each other and renewing the vows we made to each other on our wedding day</span>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-13372703485013263862011-12-12T06:23:00.000-08:002011-12-12T06:23:38.380-08:00I'm back<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I have had a bit of an unintentional break from blogging, if for no other reason than our lives have been so incredibly busy. We had a couple of weddings (and all the parties/showers that go along with them), the reception of one was held at our home and the Christmas season is upon us with a vengeance. I am looking forward to sharing what has been going on in our lives with you over the next couple of days.</span>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-53402246131897857412011-11-01T08:23:00.000-07:002011-11-01T08:23:37.816-07:00Welcome NovemberHalf of me is baffled that it is already November and the other half of me is super excited that its almost Christmas.<br />
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I spent a lot of time in quiet contemplation today, well as quiet as it gets in a house of two very boisterous energetic little men, contemplating friendship and what it really means to me. I have spent a lot of time in the past putting time and effort into relationships with people who claim to be my friends but I was sitting there today watching my boys play wondering if these people would still be my 'friends' if I stopped making such an effort.<br />
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My husband has said many many times in the past that I am way too generous, he claims that its one of the thing he loves about me but that I give way too much to other people. He isn't talking about financially though I am sure he means that as well, but too much of myself. I am always the first to offer help, a meal or a shoulder to lean on and quiet often will invite people over to share a meal. But today I thought about how often this is reciprocated. Please bare with me because I don't want anyone to read this to think that the only reason I do these things is to get something back because that is the absolute last thought going through my head at the time but a part of me wonders if I am being taken advantage of, how much I would mean to people if that wasn't a part of my nature and why after years of knowing some of our 'friends' we have never been invited around for a meal, how the "we should get together" or the "we should have you around for dinner" never eventuates and the contact is always initiated by us.<br />
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Normally I don't mind, I love to give, love to help, love to feed and love to love but today as the end of the year draws nearer I can't help but find my mind wondering. It has been a rough few years for me, the constant pressure I put on myself to be there for everyone else, to appear as if all is perfect, when inside I am breaking apart, is starting to wear me down and I asked myself today if anyone actually appreciate what I do for them or do they just take it for granted that I will continually put myself out there for them, continually put myself last.<br />
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Are the offers of friendship and help just platitudes made because people feel like they have to say something? Is this just a sign of the times, along with people neglecting to RSVP to events, is this just something I should learn to live with or do I need to evaluate my "friends"?<br />
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I am not a child or a teenager that needs to have a lot of friends to be okay with myself but the friendships I do have I would really like to feel like they are equal, ones where I am not the only one giving. I do have some very special people in my life who I know without a doubt love me for me and not what I do for or give them but I wonder about the rest. Do I continue to give in the hopes that one day they will give back or do I pull back from those relationships and let them do some work.?Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-89838227936132620502011-10-26T06:29:00.001-07:002011-10-26T06:29:24.556-07:00A Garden???<p align="center">Okay so if you read my blog or know me at all you will know that I do NOT garden, I kill plants! I grow weeds really really well but thats about it. So I have no idea why, when my wonderful Mother-In-Law and my children expressed a desire to create a veggie garden down the side of our house in some space we pretty much ignore, I gave in and said yes but agree I did and today after a trip to Bunnings for some plants, potting mix and a few other bits and got to work on this space</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oN_XO4qW4cc/TqgKajbUorI/AAAAAAAAA88/UIZuZxaKziU/s1600-h/IMG_4710%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4710" border="0" alt="IMG_4710" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eo4e0S2tAcQ/TqgKbsxNiiI/AAAAAAAAA9E/0SY07W0WKsA/IMG_4710_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="225" height="347"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aaRxvypezuI/TqgKdDSCBTI/AAAAAAAAA9M/b8b49MIUaNI/s1600-h/IMG_4713%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4713" border="0" alt="IMG_4713" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3scqqQvooA8/TqgKeX7ygyI/AAAAAAAAA9U/2CHqUp5gnak/IMG_4713_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="330" height="232"></a></p> <p align="center">Donning gloves</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gnrTJY69krY/TqgKftggqyI/AAAAAAAAA9c/wtLzgvxl_Rc/s1600-h/IMG_4715%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4715" border="0" alt="IMG_4715" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-igH7WnQaveQ/TqgKggJK_PI/AAAAAAAAA9k/GlJRHM9phJ4/IMG_4715_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4lQHwbH4FiI/TqgKh9GInxI/AAAAAAAAA9s/8xAbptaC0Ag/s1600-h/IMG_4716%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4716" border="0" alt="IMG_4716" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l_cx32r0ZQ8/TqgKi5CPFSI/AAAAAAAAA90/5-QZ-L14ZOg/IMG_4716_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Removing the fountain</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BSz3wwzSBsM/TqgKkgUNgTI/AAAAAAAAA98/VmQE63E-gXI/s1600-h/IMG_4717%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4717" border="0" alt="IMG_4717" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bXkYx4Yujds/TqgKlynbp3I/AAAAAAAAA-E/_rXaWm80bTU/IMG_4717_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Clean up around it our ‘pot’</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mf2eGPA9KKE/TqgKnKbTajI/AAAAAAAAA-M/nvrxvIDnYa4/s1600-h/IMG_4719%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4719" border="0" alt="IMG_4719" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RfGF9mXk0vGwXEeLQbStF9dd5189uPp1oUM6tVZYCL9KeauxyV-OMbAzVmqudL3pITCn58Ogk9VeJOiPiGg-IHL1JEsCX-zO1J0oEQsmRDCCRvcAM3GlBUTUm7edUum5d9JjH223rEk/?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">Getting the soil ready</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOa1WKojB-4EzeghngStSo8z3FaNNordPZsXTgPqLnbKHvmC6APBiatvhoVFSuUsulzianz0YOWzD9L4HTZvI4hxBbkq0csUPFqviTf1JHRmga_RH10kcYw45C7OPYgrDzWlC9u555TM/s1600-h/IMG_4720%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4720" border="0" alt="IMG_4720" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FA5d_aZch0g/TqgKq5PNQTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/r2sNVmQM4Ak/IMG_4720_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Adding the potting mix</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SW5EpBTYIpc/TqgKseuPqZI/AAAAAAAAA-s/Lm0tqbd8hEk/s1600-h/IMG_4721%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4721" border="0" alt="IMG_4721" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yWDtUCsXcik/TqgKttH9BAI/AAAAAAAAA-0/u4WH9fwWOdg/IMG_4721_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">And finally getting to plant our goodies</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhaLfz5RgC5pv-yM4QA0n3MCYDZHy54fvWAnG6axIctlxmHwAuT8_JMvVfKWCxV6HkVOKQZAoq2DkuUpo8LY6fRQ08mweW3nRwFHXpQUyeKjHnR4o44d8zlhh-3wGc2YGzXR2l1weCvo/s1600-h/IMG_4724%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4724" border="0" alt="IMG_4724" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eFbFYC_GOe4/TqgKwLxpB9I/AAAAAAAAA_E/7LKU8iyvEvg/IMG_4724_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6rZR66r2MQE/TqgKxoXvBkI/AAAAAAAAA_M/PxvctT2y3hs/s1600-h/IMG_4725%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4725" border="0" alt="IMG_4725" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XoIro6Actgo/TqgKy7504kI/AAAAAAAAA_U/PdojNiDlgMA/IMG_4725_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-meMYUmYcOX0/TqgK0LbPcbI/AAAAAAAAA_c/7p-HjXR3ssI/s1600-h/IMG_4729%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4729" border="0" alt="IMG_4729" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IuvwV2q3ObE/TqgK1CaK4eI/AAAAAAAAA_k/wTAee7bdJGU/IMG_4729_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BcferbfPVp8/TqgK2u8ujVI/AAAAAAAAA_s/hZl5Qp4vPqk/s1600-h/IMG_4730%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4730" border="0" alt="IMG_4730" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tjVqClPOq7Q/TqgK3SSeO4I/AAAAAAAAA_w/DdrVFBWvOaY/IMG_4730_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Watering them in</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gOcxjvjk61s/TqgK421aXxI/AAAAAAAAA_8/XCsgs7nzp2E/s1600-h/IMG_4735%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4735" border="0" alt="IMG_4735" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pxKOaSK_g_M/TqgK5_1CvnI/AAAAAAAABAE/VE4uiD2u0zI/IMG_4735_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Organising a special spot for our tomatoes, peas and beans</p> <blockquote> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ffedeQCPHEo/TqgK7TyuszI/AAAAAAAABAM/SXWEsh1jxC4/s1600-h/IMG_4737%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4737" border="0" alt="IMG_4737" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DUP9LGjaw04/TqgK8chuL-I/AAAAAAAABAU/dgBI_iDs6c0/IMG_4737_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mu1OLl-QgWg/TqgK9vv3t-I/AAAAAAAABAc/yNQN4DZ6noc/s1600-h/IMG_4738%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4738" border="0" alt="IMG_4738" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gQ_ViWGIsOg/TqgK-49hiPI/AAAAAAAABAk/QSF_JYdc4OY/IMG_4738_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p></blockquote> <p align="center">So we now have Parsley, Basil, Chives, Lettuce and Carrots in our pot</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CN9qW1vgF2c/TqgLAibiKpI/AAAAAAAABAs/eDKIX3mM-WI/s1600-h/IMG_4740%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4740" border="0" alt="IMG_4740" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fcnT8WJ9Ug8/TqgLBc8Q-BI/AAAAAAAABA0/TuKcFr0J87o/IMG_4740_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and down along the fence</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9l6UTEVFaao/TqgLC89AAxI/AAAAAAAABA8/I6ZQi4xWYzU/s1600-h/IMG_4741%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4741" border="0" alt="IMG_4741" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FQsFW6cT66c/TqgLEI0sF5I/AAAAAAAABBE/x-m6CzGRHhc/IMG_4741_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">we have tomatoes</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik50b_5WpRF0oO5Y7tPQbaWdPREyCNFX_KdQXQxJj82IW19cT2TZfHf3oE_h05SvB03TNb2TGeh4B4VW9kqNuYRu7rzLYARLL07rZ409lQkMfr3yNJyVJgaC9K7Og74Srdeiw9goQ6LL8/s1600-h/IMG_4742%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4742" border="0" alt="IMG_4742" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NOXTvpHEnOI/TqgLG4xvD2I/AAAAAAAABBU/d3n9iwhGlJ0/IMG_4742_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Peas</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qhmDSfbrvhE/TqgLIVBPVlI/AAAAAAAABBc/IthXaWnrlV4/s1600-h/IMG_4743%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4743" border="0" alt="IMG_4743" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tE_344Rd5_o/TqgLJc3cgmI/AAAAAAAABBk/wM5Jmx9n4mI/IMG_4743_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and Beans</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bp13tfMXSGA/TqgLLH68yYI/AAAAAAAABBs/eaK1Ir4bieo/s1600-h/IMG_4744%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4744" border="0" alt="IMG_4744" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Vg36DhzHiLE/TqgLMST7FxI/AAAAAAAABB0/X7rfDqElTGM/IMG_4744_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">I just have to keep it all alive :o)</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-91696536740898307372011-10-20T21:49:00.001-07:002011-10-20T21:49:15.450-07:00Things I’m loving<p align="center">Linking up with Kristy over at <a href="http://www.paisleyjade.com/2011/10/things-im-loving_21.html" target="_blank">Paisley Jade</a> for “Things I’m loving” who says <p align="center">“I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is.” <p align="center">So here is the biggest thing I am thankful for at the moment <p align="center">This amazing man, my husband Louis <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cOR6BZSBEJI/TqD5ZIczeoI/AAAAAAAAA54/Xhkg-dzJy_Y/s1600-h/IMG_2593%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2593" border="0" alt="IMG_2593" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8vGEZ5AH8z4/TqD5aIGN2zI/AAAAAAAAA6A/Fq2FdPeal9o/IMG_2593_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="514" height="361"></a></p> <p align="center">He is an incredible man, a wonderful father and husband and my best friend. <p align="center"> I am so thankful for everything he is and all that he does, the love he gives and the joy he brings. <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--NprPZ9F3jU/TqD5bS0RkDI/AAAAAAAAA6I/FBiUlcS6Ksc/s1600-h/IMG_2982%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2982" border="0" alt="IMG_2982" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0h8j9zH_0Jc/TqD5b7erQcI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/snEGn5yRjwg/IMG_2982_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="321" height="226"></a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j84unW_HOb0/TqD5dHoVQjI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/5mQO18Vplv4/s1600-h/IMG_3446%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4354" border="0" alt="IMG_4354" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aGpZHcUisqM/TqD5v6wDgWI/AAAAAAAAA8g/JfV8smADP5Q/IMG_4354_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="372" height="262"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-g1XTSPKKRlw/TqD5xUD5TeI/AAAAAAAAA8o/hpbCJ_qbJXc/s1600-h/IMG_4363%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4363" border="0" alt="IMG_4363" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f53WTK8qjxc/TqD5yT_4gxI/AAAAAAAAA8w/j7O8vTNUEac/IMG_4363_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="523" height="367"></a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center">But mostly I am thankful that he came into my life and loved me</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-83855541892299607992011-10-20T21:10:00.001-07:002011-10-20T21:10:15.268-07:00Tests…<p>I was on Pintrest the other day and saw this Pin</p> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="T78- There's no testimony without the test 12x12 vinyl wall art decals lettering words home decor sayings quote stickers" src="http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.195988014.jpg" width="269" height="269"></p> <p>But I wonder right now after getting some unsettling news about my husband’s health whether or not I really want this test to be part of my/our/his testimony. </p> <p>Until we know more its a case of “life as normal” but I have these moments where the worse case scenario hits me like a punch to the stomach.</p> <p>I know that God has a plan for Louis and for our family but I want to question why this would be placed in front of us, why do we have to feel this pain and uncertainty? I know that there are people who have have had to deal with things more horrible than what has been placed in front of us right now and that we aren’t the only people who have faced things like this but part of me wants to rail against it. I want to scream and cry and question why. Why this, why us, why now, why him??? Part of me knows that God will get us through this but I want to be selfish and I want him to be 100% okay and well. I want to keep him with me for as long as I can. This is the man I love, the man who has supported and loved me, the father of my children and my very best friends and I want to stomp my feet and scream that its not fair and I don’t want this to be a part of our testimony.</p> <p>I am trying to place this in God’s hand and to lean on him but sometimes I find this the hardest thing in the world to do. This test is certainly a big one, one I don’t want but I have to have faith that God will carry us though. </p> <p>There are so many versus in the bible that say that His plans are for our benefit but its so easy to forget when faced with tests like this. What do you do to help yourself keep you faith in God and his plans for you/those you love when faced with tests?</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-77550954597600745462011-10-13T02:37:00.000-07:002011-10-13T02:37:19.909-07:00Christmas.... Eeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So one of my most favourite times of year is coming up very fast. Normally by now I would be quiet far into buying and wrapping our <span style="color: #c0504d;">Christmas</span> gifts. I usually spend all year shopping for the perfect gift for everyone and try to pick it up when its on sale or I just find that item that has to come home with me. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But this year with my decision to make as many gifts as possible I am afraid I have procrastinated a little and instead of the usual 15 odd gifts that I would have by now I have 1. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just 1 lonely little gift sitting at the top of our wardrobe.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So today when i realised there was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #9bbb59;">only 72 days till</span> <span style="color: #9bbb59;">Christmas</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;">I got working on ideas and managed to fill in my <span style="color: #c0504d;">Christmas</span> gift list of 37 people with items that I would be making them. Although my stress levels regarding Christmas have decrease I now realise that on top of sewing things for the Brunswick show I have to start making <span style="color: #9bbb59;">Christmas</span> gifts asap if I am going to get them all finished. On the plus side its </span><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">only</span></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">72 days till Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-65380257910057446712011-10-11T23:49:00.001-07:002011-10-11T23:49:18.160-07:00Welcome to the world<p align="center">Very early this morning I received the call we had been waiting for. One of my best friends had had her baby during the night. </p> <p align="center">Welcome to the world Fianna Dianne</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0n_PChmSYlKmz5FeITPB0kXM7WJluHeCGCgMuayfjwquCxnODPKr4WYxxmpB5ophjvdGedODN7E9W1GuFeDMLtj7Cjv867sNyIktwj3yAljohVWBGZdceMxgW6VP3EKN20SIHc0ej9k8/s1600-h/IMG_4581%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4581" border="0" alt="IMG_4581" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5wwiQn2PZIU/TpU4XNpehDI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/1XCKQCWPQbA/IMG_4581_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="701"></a></p> <p align="center">As your ‘Aunty’ I promise to love you like my own, gang up on the boys with you, spoil you endlessly with girly things, be the one you talk to when you can’t talk to your Mum, the one you run to when you think your parents are horrible, help you heal your broken heart and celebrate your joys. </p> <p align="center">I know that your big brother Myles loves and adores you already and your ‘brothers to another mother’ Michael and Zachary love you as well and can’t wait to spoil you.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oFdnMm0M2Os/TpU4YFCA47I/AAAAAAAAA5Y/PSsdrLlTsk0/s1600-h/IMG_4578%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4578" border="0" alt="IMG_4578" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s11qViHAt9E/TpU4Y6AXhDI/AAAAAAAAA5g/0FTSLGXw7V0/IMG_4578_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="421"></a></p> <p align="center">one very smittened Daddy</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xvQjysv1w4Q/TpU4Z6TNZ_I/AAAAAAAAA5o/UWd0IYEBVFw/s1600-h/IMG_4580%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4580" border="0" alt="IMG_4580" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-S3f4E-0lMRo/TpU4bDbKTdI/AAAAAAAAA5w/kTUAGHNViU8/IMG_4580_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="409"></a></p> <p align="center">One very happy Mummy</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-85840928546955665222011-10-08T05:14:00.001-07:002011-10-08T05:14:38.468-07:00My Creative Space<p align="center">I am so glad to finally be able to share what I was working on this week. I had a baby shower today and the boys had a birthday party so I got to spend some time working on lots of girly goodies here is a look at what I made</p> <p align="center">Baby Shower Gift</p> <p align="center">Little outfits</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mG8hWam2X3A/TpA-OK5W5cI/AAAAAAAAA3A/QIhX1TJcwkw/s1600-h/IMG_4498%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4498" border="0" alt="IMG_4498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPfpWFJG_dDD8z4nKY5Sv0nqC3VdJeAY22ZEvgjmcnzw1ry2cUS3RhBUL6AOeryQO6H4jPpl-1BXSWS2pCyW8vs7XYr6gFrD9rr5urSWZAHxj12Ba9BUlNUz23sSwIgrQ_BOIbm-sX1A/?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w3DA86jYzns/TpA-Pk-iZFI/AAAAAAAAA3I/CVXq5tggoNc/s1600-h/IMG_4499%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4500" border="0" alt="IMG_4500" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rbEgCm3vnlA/TpA-Tz0o1NI/AAAAAAAAA3c/D1Pz07mNAzs/IMG_4500_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xjXZvEeQdJ4/TpA-Utu3VzI/AAAAAAAAA3g/OojUCtLc9gw/s1600-h/IMG_4504%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4504" border="0" alt="IMG_4504" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v4rM3IksFVU/TpA-VXkI0_I/AAAAAAAAA3k/trQyFm0FUms/IMG_4504_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1pSO3Yod7WU/TpA-WEObI1I/AAAAAAAAA3o/i8fyFP0mkOw/s1600-h/IMG_4501%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4501" border="0" alt="IMG_4501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2gFP0g2_zVtAc0T1MDvDgSShDqkok6BSeHgYMOTdSqJz_-A_mhRNsNmQUidZ9VPwW-5lHaGn_nu5zwa3lq3ThWKGhJHFzn5dzfYI0VoU0PYrPPprnu1gINI9qjQ3eYwOF-xh6qsh30w/?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WTxWnm9X574/TpA-X60nRVI/AAAAAAAAA3w/8_bl-TW_kFc/s1600-h/IMG_4503%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4503" border="0" alt="IMG_4503" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2UGiGL1u73w/TpA-Yh_iRtI/AAAAAAAAA30/K6vmDoKTcZA/IMG_4503_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9WEzxwos-46fkwCZS1R9Ay18wXYkeyjQ0yy9nkeEup8ItKj2mFGGdopcsuEyWuEFdQCyN9hPObzyExx8GKSgBb-PFKrtSsSD13xTYeQcXCDR6M_5ahicmo8kVRLqeqTB0rYZLV7n5XM/s1600-h/IMG_4502%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4510" border="0" alt="IMG_4510" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pfxiQZTSyl0/TpA-hx4jJ1I/AAAAAAAAA4c/JtQgqhYJLMw/IMG_4510_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">Floor mat/change mat</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Tnir5c8lPu4/TpA-i92osCI/AAAAAAAAA4g/ERm94v1ZA-s/s1600-h/IMG_4511%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4511" border="0" alt="IMG_4511" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YdDCymv9OAc/TpA-jl-x6lI/AAAAAAAAA4k/X-na8ssW2pE/IMG_4511_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">All wrapped up</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIr_Vm6A5rLhg_-0Gi-RZGa-ONj3vC24ylioAd3seD5ADDgHoEcAUA0S-nleEKRoVS5i82tXcCV4QIIUQzvpm8ppat35hwGeh8FNU9feAxpdjjoRMB3OMnNMZyL2NIkFJ5KRvLlXnLgUs/s1600-h/IMG_4512%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4557" border="0" alt="IMG_4557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddVijutJIGrlbZrnsEAF6NxNcGeQA1X49LkAcWX2CBecex6T1gCgYb9zD8uhLF0PBB3ErBgbWxrmug34ISc61KUjzXwo4ioviws7xTsNUCJubhyphenhyphenmeAXj38DYEp9DVc69AtcskRybdTM8/?imgmax=800" width="522" height="367"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hrWgM4VInAQ/To60N0hRvLI/AAAAAAAAA2w/m7dxFNxGuao/s1600-h/IMG_4558%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4558" border="0" alt="IMG_4558" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sYQ2vaRHLnY/To60QPk-u5I/AAAAAAAAA20/q6p_kyjDDJg/IMG_4558_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="526" height="369"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ae8WGEch29E/To60RoD6FAI/AAAAAAAAA24/hJp_pznETaM/s1600-h/IMG_4565%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4565" border="0" alt="IMG_4565" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-apYGHhzQDrw/To60ScvXKiI/AAAAAAAAA28/NTJuSuJ9VuY/IMG_4565_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="525" height="377"></a></p> <p align="center">Go check out what other people are loving right <a href="http://www.paisleyjade.com/search/label/things%20i%27m%20loving" target="_blank">here</a></p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-61132215836043114802011-10-06T21:59:00.001-07:002011-10-06T21:59:40.499-07:00A little visitor<p align="center">We had a little visitor last night and here is some of the stuff we did</p> <p align="center">Making pizza</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dSeAa0OVukk/To6GuxcCx-I/AAAAAAAAA0Q/mcw267gzvHk/s1600-h/IMG_4519%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4519" border="0" alt="IMG_4519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbc_fARnY6WSs7JGGHjINxh9ImSEVg2U2DfNJFLwxmWmkBe89I0z1kmR68nNvrSDGd5rmnoWbY8aRnxt_5LNBhHW9l7sG_axBm27nqCcELCpYUtqVpQPQ8gG2bB-QnMlWEBRk_ZzNb7ho/?imgmax=800" width="277" height="427"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ThrKVhlGR-E/To6GywN0o3I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/_ttDMPD3_AU/s1600-h/IMG_4520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4520" border="0" alt="IMG_4520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwWxE8ilj6ZDtjgOv_-XjHfFiOdRLntlqfaCT2FH_eWCri6dy9iJz92fAc0Chwehfvr2ssp-sS4fkEe5GHMM2cCN08T0PvH1gT4Ho5TF0-hnd2hyphenhyphenOCzeWHRxfdN3GEtGJwoL_95STyZw/?imgmax=800" width="267" height="412"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jrkHwqc-bRo/To6G2ZE1u_I/AAAAAAAAA0g/LgjI8XK5RCg/s1600-h/IMG_4521%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4521" border="0" alt="IMG_4521" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ASz4HVQysOY/To6G4IZ94zI/AAAAAAAAA0k/cerDVw2M9cE/IMG_4521_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" height="190"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9XhvQhj28sy4r2Zeult_iC3DKOvzZwIbdXf7F3qFE-uFK2q6z__bHQGjCuyDh-v6x5IxkwovnVEpHDh71_KlPOjFzPk9v3EqOWI-NNPV0hMxrHvWcYRnhaKFiSDTDxhc9-DxO6Xn3LM/s1600-h/IMG_4522%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4522" border="0" alt="IMG_4522" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cSPq2_ceYWk/To6G6mLS0SI/AAAAAAAAA0s/yFMmdirXyUQ/IMG_4522_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" height="190"></a></p> <p align="center">Hanging out with best friends</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oerQFZUDv-Q/To6G8XiAquI/AAAAAAAAA0w/xhsHMlHcdJ4/s1600-h/IMG_4523%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4523" border="0" alt="IMG_4523" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YFNOEJCLGLU/To6G9XRJsBI/AAAAAAAAA00/Xe7Q3ZxjZy4/IMG_4523_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="515" height="362"></a></p> <p align="center">Eating pizza</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-r2oPVvLHTxI/To6G-jhtGbI/AAAAAAAAA04/zH-J9kqchS4/s1600-h/IMG_4524%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4524" border="0" alt="IMG_4524" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YqqW-LDsu2M/To6G_sycnTI/AAAAAAAAA08/J2USE8AaVPg/IMG_4524_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="297" height="458"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PemmsFIj_Rk/To6HA_rZRnI/AAAAAAAAA1A/yPNxMWyL82c/s1600-h/IMG_4525%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4525" border="0" alt="IMG_4525" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-u7qej48Voog/To6HBznMrJI/AAAAAAAAA1E/ITe36wsQsbc/IMG_4525_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="297" height="467"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0LqI4-RoKWpQzyv-Dl3H7cLbSX6a7XcqFKSpMvIqtcZug-1sq_DCAeOg53GSb9QRiezUUgplJjgnQZulVWbq7riuLDlC-a1BeHajOufcvfFEJnICEq5VBemSN0imvLIsmYJUSvvap-Y/s1600-h/IMG_4527%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4527" border="0" alt="IMG_4527" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JqORiNsdMXc/To6HE_9Q-SI/AAAAAAAAA1M/tRmDpSIr-rA/IMG_4527_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="294" height="454"></a></p> <p align="center">Enjoying lollypops</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Clmkl9imPOo/To6HHTi0w-I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/xbIFv7GmMTA/s1600-h/IMG_4531%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4531" border="0" alt="IMG_4531" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ivQQqbCb1ZE/To6HINh1yVI/AAAAAAAAA1U/YHVZbTB7w1E/IMG_4531_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="294" height="454"></a></p> <p align="center">Camping out in the theatre room watching movies</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nD7QVzvMz4Q/To6HKt5uINI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/tjzQNDZ9Koc/s1600-h/IMG_4532%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4532" border="0" alt="IMG_4532" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yutYJ3XnyU8/To6HL1I_TeI/AAAAAAAAA1c/-2P1oqW_zRc/IMG_4532_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="523" height="367"></a></p> <p align="center">Playing the arcade machine nice and early *yawn*</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqC6hiYn-GgAzgPflKS7WMXTkYi4RSIz1QiZacwVCmKfr5kBranAXLHDpN4u7eZuFM5Vvp7qOTjeJU7NSt-tVXlg2Ranz1hI9aAQd0B9uo7FzF5q4i4Kd7Az5yUulDtj-DJGSCVSQw7Vc/s1600-h/IMG_4534%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4534" border="0" alt="IMG_4534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XE9cQPkyStsY8J7VB09orq9FGI5LByrDKsEAGTewXmOkhFKYb8DjsGaUOs5fvCGQJMqMc_gItEhY3UWrcN8R7pIYvrnjTop_HBe-iB51uhwsVXnz27vroa00Yzm0Io67XUddKSXDoWM/?imgmax=800" width="292" height="450"></a></p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-25866962287904363832011-10-03T23:06:00.000-07:002011-10-03T23:06:20.826-07:00Zippers!!!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some reason Zippers </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zippermanufacturers.com/picture/nylon-zippers/nylon-coil-zipper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.zippermanufacturers.com/picture/nylon-zippers/nylon-coil-zipper.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have always given me the heeby geebys when it comes to sewing with them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have no idea why but I have always avoided them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I sucked it up and sewed myself a skirt with a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zipper in it!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(will post pics tonight after hubby gets home so he can take a decent photo of it.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-78042383858109386312011-09-29T04:15:00.000-07:002011-09-29T04:15:07.099-07:00My creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been very busy sewing lots of goodies for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Princes/253542581323339">Two Princes</a> creating new items and building up stock for the Brunswick show as I have been invited to put some items out on a friends stall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a little look at what I have been up to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a new range of 'Ouch Pouches" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xQ6IWiUTUP0BXM0woYg6Lc_IigTJtHdsAum3i5aK5AMLgWXPh0HhmtD03wUbS6aUREeLm0qETeacO18IQhgtjk_vT0bbXhsecDxhuLMCFNIBwIisDJg5tVGsq1WYLrajFggi8vsbsNw/s1600/IMG_4448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xQ6IWiUTUP0BXM0woYg6Lc_IigTJtHdsAum3i5aK5AMLgWXPh0HhmtD03wUbS6aUREeLm0qETeacO18IQhgtjk_vT0bbXhsecDxhuLMCFNIBwIisDJg5tVGsq1WYLrajFggi8vsbsNw/s320/IMG_4448.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out some very creative people over <a href="http://ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-creatives-spaces_29.html">here</a></div><div><br />
</div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-12131270756524580812011-09-22T22:46:00.000-07:002011-09-22T22:46:51.022-07:00God Chicks Awakened<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I was very excited yesterday to get a delivery of books that I had ordered just a couple of days beforehand</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book I am starting with is call "God Chicks Awakened" by Holly Wagner and just by reading the blurb on the back which says</span><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Today can be the first day of a future filled with hope and strength...... but only if you wake up from yesterday! Your past may be made of sorrow, pain and disappointment, but God longs to see you walk brave and free into His destiny for you, bringing what you have learned from the past to change the world's tomorrow"</span></blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt so enthusiastic about the next 90 days and where I will hopefully be when I finish this devotional. I will with you each day of this journey in the hope that you may be blessed with some hope and strength yourself.</span>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-42348920800131122032011-09-16T19:11:00.000-07:002011-09-16T19:11:30.764-07:00Creative Little Souls<div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I went to take some photos of my new space yesterday to share with you and was surprised to find that the memory card in my camera was full so I went through the photos and found that my little princes had been having fun. Flicking through them I was delighted to find some really amazing shots and thought I might share</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-86337790190900779852011-09-16T04:55:00.001-07:002011-09-16T04:55:38.978-07:00My Creative Space<p align="center">My creative space this week has been all about well….. my creative space</p> <p align="center">I have managed to transform this cringe worthy toy room aka the tip</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fqfc6haYBRk/TnM48yPoh5I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/TKZFERASRA4/s1600-h/IMG_3688%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3688" border="0" alt="IMG_3688" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5ASq0sOtXQM/TnM49vs7UMI/AAAAAAAAAxU/J_vAzrl6aes/IMG_3688_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Into some space for me. So I cleared out the toys, taking a lot of them to the charity store and throwing out about the same about, then sorted and relocated the remains before beginning to transform the toy room in My Creative Space</p> <p align="center">I took a trip to IKEA to pick up some shelving</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PURQvSjWBjc/TnM4-lanAbI/AAAAAAAAAxY/dzl4MTi_8g8/s1600-h/IMG_4088%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4088" border="0" alt="IMG_4088" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FA8CWK_xok0/TnM4_XjW_gI/AAAAAAAAAxc/YdFz503RR2w/IMG_4088_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">Scoring a bit of a barging</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-etiqokcac9Q/TnM5AbgRdSI/AAAAAAAAAxg/V_t5zwVWmo4/s1600-h/IMG_4089%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4089" border="0" alt="IMG_4089" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkDWZy8hzuiD0Yb2rbY2F8lNiX0nwipBdV5_Om5ofDpBoup3M3uFt3TNDhAYMHpIeEpUjPkoESV134qUioFOYp0Ca8SM5ItmOzuBPMG429sf4N2P6zqoArBJVJPnG9-8RL_8n4cla_SA/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and moved in</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZDjRWTSjxs8/TnM5CDvO1qI/AAAAAAAAAxo/FiKbFVKzyks/s1600-h/IMG_4090%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4090" border="0" alt="IMG_4090" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Nnho5SLM00M/TnM5C9BdqkI/AAAAAAAAAxs/P7iQ0bDjUjk/IMG_4090_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="288" height="444"></a></p> <p align="center">created some work/study space</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HpfvcS5iOZL-OqET9HIU_HUEtdrUYbuEw698DWQD4fVYfpiQoyXJsLG5gJ8-MVv0e_OP8rnQwW8LDgPLRwo7u4CrFHtDJjZcUXAQ27JCw2rIuaSH2O5za22dPsG3rj32eJbsmhjUJVc/s1600-h/IMG_4091%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4091" border="0" alt="IMG_4091" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxO7NzS54Hq_nXZYk6XWrCYOhR4fyZlmxUTS7Sj1U-3lDDq3UDwfZj_IMyLgIFWZQyDVeqiwi8EgjP5-rAJXTHar6fQ26Fkui1vCKC2O57HY52CEWvBC9_MxVA-7OciOUQSyz1NX9i6A/?imgmax=800" width="468" height="329"></a></p> <p align="center">A little reminder </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CgaJOuyAVXU/TnM5GId18iI/AAAAAAAAAx4/T-Xc3iajoPc/s1600-h/IMG_4092%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4092" border="0" alt="IMG_4092" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HWsPrKlqOIY/TnM5GzoJh6I/AAAAAAAAAx8/YnHkvJtidGY/IMG_4092_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="257" height="396"></a></p> <p align="center">My sewing/cutting space</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o4DAFySrIYU/TnM5IN6CuII/AAAAAAAAAyA/p_AXtCI2yhI/s1600-h/IMG_4094%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4094" border="0" alt="IMG_4094" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QuxpmTT3RxQ/TnM5JavF_RI/AAAAAAAAAyE/PYlaP6SUNCE/IMG_4094_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="289"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WHHnsuHcsrI/TnM5KBDTGTI/AAAAAAAAAyI/VDEZlQ4dPXU/s1600-h/IMG_4095%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4095" border="0" alt="IMG_4095" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LLSTg09kqL0/TnM5LMaTzmI/AAAAAAAAAyM/PXuXV_rQ7RI/IMG_4095_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="291"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ra7ZA8ue49Q/TnM5LyTjYoI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/et-0VvXZUrQ/s1600-h/IMG_4096%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4096" border="0" alt="IMG_4096" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SdCPzoF3Zcix_0kt7qTsiwtjGS5iG0PBdGMNhSr7iGMSRfNzfxpyFIL0CpeZt9yx4bTOqiWTgGi9MUK_lwHSNIVfoyg5eF2dBYvfYZi_CRezlTffQSdNJ_QeLiU2qH8Q4uxBrdeaMlo/?imgmax=800" width="274" height="422"></a></p> <p align="center">I have plans for this corner but I can’t do it by myself and I was eager to share</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifg8LKv-Xb9aBEQnS39Z2J0KJrkYTOpWPfTLCMrxQsIMVeDi4vBlxhXuTSMNLl1b_q3TiENv0QLyvk1eoCil4b3Tkf-5g9a-UpMS2tW9mb5pH2Et5FijjU58kQE_Pqju92rMTf3Hg3-g/s1600-h/IMG_4097%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4097" border="0" alt="IMG_4097" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WtCbJpAb4cI/TnM5OVTujMI/AAAAAAAAAyc/MSEELFvbhy8/IMG_4097_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="249" height="384"></a></p> <p align="center">Check out some very creative people <a href="http://ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-creative-spaces_15.html" target="_blank">here</a></p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-16543905530211071382011-09-05T20:45:00.001-07:002011-09-05T20:45:33.665-07:00Mail a little love<p align="center">Michael loves writing letters and drawing pictures for us and is always asking to put them in our mail box. He has recently started asking to go out by himself and snuck out last week to ‘post’ a letter for me. I freaked out a little, although our street is no where near as busy as our old old, I am not comfortable with them out the front by themselves even if its just to put something in the mailbox so last week we decided to make a mail box for him that stays inside the house. The he got very very sick! Involving a trip to the ER and a few days off school and in bed (torture for him) as we tried to get his temperature down and him well again</p> <p align="center">This meant that very little creating was done in our house so when I dropped Michael off at Kindy today knowing I only a had few hours to get anything done (he has half days on Tuesday) I decided that today was the day to make a mailbox</p> <p align="center">I used one of the boxes I had left over from <a href="http://helenscreativerelease.blogspot.com/2011/06/chuggington-birthday.html" target="_blank">Zac's birthday party</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jNMdk04NLBIyMZ_0bldMOF8IAMeRslbD7r8DHS4IIeC0qkTQoi5H1GE8ertBzNDKK5yp9OM6NDaI8rG7Jqoddwigw_uFMdrdJhm1W2o_QKzHQ4cO6S-S3hUm1WBpS_ZcNkZd3UR6UUI/s1600-h/IMG_3950%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3950" border="0" alt="IMG_3950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFKgwafwl3UrEJvpj0WhTC5Zq453zg0b5bDE-qxNNeQqoWH6X7LBQQfLEpS80UtFyktKN_lT3B-PbahGcCledcktuh6UvGIjpw0qTBymT5C-c3QoHQQW6SLgUdhDw7bRkk5IkIcgDyew/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Put it together and then cut out a mail slot</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AyKhwRKYMcE/TmWXJ4bKo9I/AAAAAAAAAwU/dzNRm5ys_7g/s1600-h/IMG_3951%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3951" border="0" alt="IMG_3951" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qsTyUL1S4JA/TmWXKzURLqI/AAAAAAAAAwY/84RKq8g4uVc/IMG_3951_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and a flap at the back to get the mail out</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fe7dQmAQNJU/TmWXLt9WmzI/AAAAAAAAAwc/GNP-SdPCY4w/s1600-h/IMG_3952%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3952" border="0" alt="IMG_3952" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2Mrb2XWuKU-IQ8LDRhPUclrL_A6yjwJbxp5Th2VeQmvFg7uWUmt3pKVeqUXIPrrX43mNFENqCiwHLwz47Ew2pnZmmIVaP9ARbKkBTpqUDsM9rPphwpbi-k1hvXdYD43-R_goIOkUieM/?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">with a little spot for little hands to open it</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sOTqw_AdXZw/TmWXNsg723I/AAAAAAAAAwk/paS__OLn6Ck/s1600-h/IMG_3954%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3954" border="0" alt="IMG_3954" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p4M48BbxRw0/TmWXObs6HYI/AAAAAAAAAwo/YU5ICp2gepU/IMG_3954_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Covered it in red wrapping paper</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kDw9mfoZUUM/TmWXPuYA1JI/AAAAAAAAAws/c4BwXdMb0fE/s1600-h/IMG_3957%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3957" border="0" alt="IMG_3957" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MXBjRJtplhs/TmWXQf9eRYI/AAAAAAAAAww/PJvrWG3Sd_I/IMG_3957_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and put it in its new home</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HHjiEjlP13w/TmWXRrcf__I/AAAAAAAAAw0/qkAzikugKl0/s1600-h/IMG_3959%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3959" border="0" alt="IMG_3959" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VOQHLjKbfLM/TmWXSbg_2UI/AAAAAAAAAw4/WiYcRlX2pJ4/IMG_3959_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Then went to go get Michael from school.</p> <p align="center">He saw it as soon as he came in and went right to work writing a letter</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK7IGUi8ub6ItvJIJmwMwwG6m2PacW9vnN_olVJQvup5YoFl4SiqYIWs0dknDO9_1pNpDDiq08vUnzDarkSpGU_iwll6ECMA1EPjXjJN0foRiw1qc936HFS0pQI3jRul3KysOcm5lWbA/s1600-h/IMG_3960%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3960" border="0" alt="IMG_3960" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Kuw3n-DrXj4/TmWXUvDgK9I/AAAAAAAAAxA/C0YWaj2sMkg/IMG_3960_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">and mailing a little love for me </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xO1b-_JuM_4/TmWXVwrdGkI/AAAAAAAAAxE/qqPvwsdngIk/s1600-h/IMG_3961%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3961" border="0" alt="IMG_3961" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IwjA8BSort0/TmWXW_cATsI/AAAAAAAAAxI/WAkn_o3ueW8/IMG_3961_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Love my little man he has the sweetest little heart</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-56705656588854251852011-09-04T23:03:00.001-07:002011-09-04T23:03:02.854-07:00{the day after Sunday}<p align="center">What an amazing weekend we have had and I am linking up with Stacey at <a href="http://blogsteaandme.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-after-sunday.html" target="_blank">Blogs Tea & Me</a> who says</p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" face="Bookman Old Style">The weekend, to me, is the most blissful of times.<br>Where all who matter most are gathered under one roof.<br>Where, if it's the way of your heart, you worship the one true God.<br>And where, most lovely of all, memories are made & love is shared!</font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#333333">to share it with you</font></p> <p align="center">We decided that Saturday night was going to be Family Date Night so we went down to a new pizza shop that opened in our area to try it out. This involved Michael wearing a promotional mask for us to take part in their opening promotion</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jDoRg9Z9_PQ/TmRkyjsfV_I/AAAAAAAAAss/HXBoSXnornc/s1600-h/IMG_3706%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3706" border="0" alt="IMG_3706" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DvMcZqoYrnU/TmRkzXxyMRI/AAAAAAAAAsw/QboMKpZPpzs/IMG_3706_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">Suffice to say he did us proud </p> <p align="center">We came home and settled into the theatre room to give our children a cultural education and introduce them to the wonders of MacGyver. </p> <p align="center"><img src="http://images.wikia.com/macgyver/images/3/30/0808281240172.jpg"></p> <p align="center">Much fun and laughter was had</p> <p align="center">Then it was Sunday and Fathers Day</p> <p align="center">We had church followed by lunch with my parents out at Serpentine Falls National Park</p> <p align="center">We gave gifts</p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mBDTNgVGRHc/TmRk1pn1nmI/AAAAAAAAAs0/uHrttvAh9Wk/s1600-h/IMG_3708%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3946" border="0" alt="IMG_3946" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eS4KAaasVNA/TmRmFAqXFNI/AAAAAAAAAwI/CjoM5H1lWn8/IMG_3946_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p> <p align="center">I hope you have also had a amazing weekend</p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p>Check out other amazing weekends over <a href="http://blogsteaandme.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-after-sunday.html" target="_blank">here</a></p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-68613573191526233862011-09-04T19:01:00.001-07:002011-09-04T19:01:02.483-07:00Daddy gifts<p align="center">Fathers Day is a day where we get to show how much we appreciate those special men in our lives. The heroes of our everyday don’t ever express the desire to be noticed but for the little people in our house, their hero was very spoilt.</p> <p align="center">The boys and I sat down and thought of lots of thing things that they loved about their Daddy. We then went down to the shops and bought a whole bunch of chocolate</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AjvSozGxjJw/TmQtHiFWrrI/AAAAAAAAAr8/gSx3iRNppi8/s1600-h/IMG_3703%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3703" border="0" alt="IMG_3703" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-A7CeZbyz2m8/TmQtI33KoSI/AAAAAAAAAsA/ljkv5g_AnUw/IMG_3703_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" height="461"></a></p> <p align="center">then taped our little messages to the chocolate</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88TnSSNn_CRdsoL55HcAiTc__rC7JoQAWzXobavhUDlU8DhtPOPxAmWQ1aRR27ulkVoaB2MFvQ6mhJ9TnaVpdctQ-rwaxClfTdhh1jLtbgoiDMwYIZAhDIZWAULZk9_K6KaJMeXKWv_0/s1600-h/IMG_3704%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3704" border="0" alt="IMG_3704" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-G0hHcrVVSUM/TmQtMYXSjpI/AAAAAAAAAsI/nu7agvayeWo/IMG_3704_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="498" height="350"></a></p> <p align="center">and filled a box with them</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JapCJu5BzDA/TmQtOYL9gBI/AAAAAAAAAsM/C_vnbMNB4EQ/s1600-h/IMG_3705%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3705" border="0" alt="IMG_3705" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cqNzOBmyhPc/TmQtPteJHCI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/yNF4unim_Ds/IMG_3705_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="501" height="352"></a></p> <p align="center">For their Grandad we were and got a few of his favourite things and some jars </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmfwImQPLSFaGQsXchn8ElI6Hd5LX2g_OYEKzp4DKb90VSm9P2fa8Ap5oqbmK85cPApTYjO87I-BPZaQbbr91N42JXU9dN7q11MPWd05OgK4xqDvNkzNR1Xexa8jgGkEZIJBL_wenQbs/s1600-h/IMG_3697%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3697" border="0" alt="IMG_3697" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-n4pKz_yVtLQ/TmQtSD1DijI/AAAAAAAAAsY/MEV1gQzEKp4/IMG_3697_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="251"></a></p> <p align="center">we made some labels to go on top of each jar</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ev6F-sivpSY/TmQtTRkvPnI/AAAAAAAAAsc/PL5z0uBlxrQ/s1600-h/IMG_3695%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3695" border="0" alt="IMG_3695" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mf1GpWndKWo/TmQtUEabQII/AAAAAAAAAsg/_6gJp3S4yg0/IMG_3695_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="367" height="258"></a></p> <p align="center">and put them all into a basket</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs6asWENDS1QZf2wN5lhkoeANGMA5_hRXhvTiQLiueMC-PZn1Qri7kwcsFzJJV2ytLexm44VdEvcnX9TyFf76QfUd34W1oUITj9yPVI5u2Fr8uGZXHzhI0QVNMTtt8aB2n57wBK2KlUY/s1600-h/IMG_3698%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3698" border="0" alt="IMG_3698" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nWsVuje_tV4/TmQtXPUI64I/AAAAAAAAAso/AkYZFkbMaP8/IMG_3698_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="515" height="362"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b161bd42-b07a-49a9-ba9c-8f84ebd64b89" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Fathers+Day" rel="tag">Fathers Day</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Gifts" rel="tag">Gifts</a></div> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-12951414248459502702011-09-04T18:43:00.001-07:002011-09-04T18:43:01.924-07:00A birthday gift<p align="center">We were invited to go to a friends birthday last week, unfortunately because of a very ill Michael we were unable to go but I did enjoy making this for her</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O-ivo8X6rOg/TmQpFVho7VI/AAAAAAAAArs/N-glExF_eHs/s1600-h/IMG_3702%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3702" border="0" alt="IMG_3702" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7dePpyAEGm0/TmQpGrrvuDI/AAAAAAAAArw/JD6EK4Rpxh0/IMG_3702_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="523" height="414"></a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center">Its amazing what you can do with a blank canvas and some paint</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EYqb4PtvA6o/TmQpIYR2szI/AAAAAAAAAr0/UsHLLHSsQgI/s1600-h/IMG_3701%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3701" border="0" alt="IMG_3701" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yrqrayaDfcU/TmQpJDUYKrI/AAAAAAAAAr4/lKWG0NeOxvI/IMG_3701_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">I truly hope that she puts this somewhere to remind herself how wonderful she is.</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-5457439995534307542011-08-29T06:14:00.001-07:002011-08-29T06:14:36.546-07:00Do you ever….<p>Do you ever pretend to make something for the kids just so you can have it yourself?</p> <p>I do……. All The Time</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6YMHHnFVvU8/TluQssKN-TI/AAAAAAAAArg/DJscdlpl6XU/s1600-h/IMG_3687%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3687" border="0" alt="IMG_3687" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XHhUTQvSe_c/TluQut827KI/AAAAAAAAArk/_JiV_AmO7eI/IMG_3687_thumb%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="516" height="361"></a></p> <p>I make it, have a little bit, feel grumpy about having to share it with the kids and then feel grumpy about the fact that I gave in and made it in the first place because I haven’t been going to the gym enough lately. It was super yummy though :o)</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-71754051156863948632011-08-28T20:39:00.001-07:002011-08-28T20:39:46.994-07:00{The Day After Sunday}<p align="center">So after the wonderful day I had on <a href="http://helenscreativerelease.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-did-okay-today.html?showComment=1314543427304#c5106408041682252856" target="_blank">Friday</a> I was praying when I woke up on Saturday that I wouldn’t crash but to my utter delight I had a wonderful weekend and as Stacey says </p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" face="Bookman Old Style">The weekend, to me, is the most blissful of times. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="Bookman Old Style">Where all who matter most are gathered under one roof. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="Bookman Old Style">Where, if it's the way of your heart, you worship the one true God. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="Bookman Old Style">And where, most lovely of all, memories are made & love is shared!</font> <p align="center"><font color="#000000">So I am sharing my weekend the stand out parts of our weekend with you if nothing else to remind myself how wonderful it was!</font> <p align="center"><font color="#000000">Saturday involved me getting up and making this cute little outfit</font> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vg3dLc27TRk/TlsJpE_oPGI/AAAAAAAAAqc/WK52t3NWFCI/s1600-h/IMG_3613%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3613" border="0" alt="IMG_3613" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3qwJFihqonE/TlsJqCVixOI/AAAAAAAAAqg/S_QBRqS0CKg/IMG_3613_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="526"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bNBUt73E2AI/TlsJr2-OaRI/AAAAAAAAAqk/1aS3NBGoYfc/s1600-h/IMG_3614%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3614" border="0" alt="IMG_3614" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LdiSLwa4cAo/TlsJsrhp5wI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Ji87MsDEhuI/IMG_3614_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rzelO3lXuc0/TlsJuKQVeGI/AAAAAAAAAqs/j7Bm-blOkDM/s1600-h/IMG_3615%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3615" border="0" alt="IMG_3615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPlbu5nO_LBHKu3VQT10WO-eUUmM0ag7v3uW3OtlNspxYmxQspWHHEiHtQrsp4M48RgqlpmP6t6zWcvncW-j8qUhzLwSZ0cm52H0N-Iyn3RFHSnGM-W0gxTNMFTQOhaKiMR20ieKfcHQ/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">for a lovely little girl who was turning one. Then we headed off to help set up the party and celebrate with her family and friends. <p align="center">Sunday we headed off to our church and then came home for lunch and some very serious competition. The winner of Mario Cart in our house is held in high esteem <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DeTAmnuw5Ao/TlsJv0CCpoI/AAAAAAAAAq0/S7HESP5EfQQ/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f2hXTcmMThw/TlsJxm9ZUzI/AAAAAAAAAq4/X0IcEpVqBik/s1600-h/IMG_3650%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3650" border="0" alt="IMG_3650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-Rt17fE5xBCbY2ghrxgtT3OOyS2Igj2jBluI8A6810A8OOrgh7X8G1vyaSpfLYvxW0fsOUXptBpSjzqlRmMA_TB-QLTS3I7mNU73JfKF0Wg6IKh3658LwleakH73r7wGFxqZiRZTHAI/?imgmax=800" width="389" height="274"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UDqsvZb4nDo/TlsJ0Gjt_yI/AAAAAAAAArA/-DwkCa6p-gQ/s1600-h/IMG_3667%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3667" border="0" alt="IMG_3667" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ERvxWVZBV1c/TlsJ1LqZFbI/AAAAAAAAArE/NMnp2KtxwSo/IMG_3667_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="278"></a></p> <p align="center">The boys also headed out for an “adventure” I love how my boys love spending time with their Daddy and how their Daddy loves investing in them, loving them and having fun with them</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U6bjf6cAx1U/TlsJ4WWmjvI/AAAAAAAAArI/n2no_Ss_rfM/s1600-h/IMG_3673%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3673" border="0" alt="IMG_3673" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwCptgzvxL3SbyH31mJgaC70-8cPEwKMLY1dyrulBc9X59ihAXGZYH29W_gFD2Hp_R9umWXyTsoGIYDW8J8vMidQahjKqkP7cec4ePS98JhreJ4V5MD1pCLzxocZwwt7wjrkxHOnZqSo/?imgmax=800" width="515" height="362"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yipEPA2pxIo/TlsJ8nvTMLI/AAAAAAAAArQ/c_v4pcdsn94/s1600-h/IMG_3675%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3675" border="0" alt="IMG_3675" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p1x68Pewyzw/TlsJ-IR3EXI/AAAAAAAAArU/NMd6OgZn_lo/IMG_3675_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="531" height="373"></a></p> <p align="center">While they were out spending time together I got started on this little guy</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v3mVbxK5tXg/TlsJ_TAXI9I/AAAAAAAAArY/fgLRImS9URU/s1600-h/IMG_3681%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3681" border="0" alt="IMG_3681" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3eYfOhSrQl8/TlsKAbxEvMI/AAAAAAAAArc/3cFfFEe4v7o/IMG_3681_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="266" height="410"></a></p> <p align="center">Linking up with Stacey at <a href="http://blogsteaandme.blogspot.com/2011/08/day-after-sunday_29.html" target="_blank">Blogs Tea & Me</a>.</p> <p align="center"> What was the best part of your weekend?</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-48659236397919588392011-08-26T08:20:00.001-07:002011-08-26T08:24:54.776-07:00I did okay today<p align="center">There are not many days that when they boys are in bed I sit down and can say “You know, I did okay today” but today has been one of those day. Most of the time I feel guilty about the time I haven’t spent with them, or the fact that I growled at them, wasn’t patient enough, was too tired to sit there and constantly play the game that they wanted to play, didn’t have food ready when they wanted it or a list of a billion other faults I find in myself. But today after finishing the school enrolments for next year (still having to get used to the fact that Zac will be in school next year) we came home and </p> <p align="center">Played with bubbles (is there anything better)</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKIDsxswNBVUdfFFU608GCU0I0jvu8iKQr7hJ1VLDgnmEKZCpgaq3tXMggcKecqc9Hda3fwlKh6Yb7c3k29dX4zUNeGxcIO6yr0i_LBx1QVbeD3lzhXR3agzjnMNnb-IFBz4keuFRW62c/s1600-h/IMG_3575%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3575" border="0" alt="IMG_3575" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-g0JE2kGbHjM/Tle5Ru0_peI/AAAAAAAAAo4/LdRHYllp_vU/IMG_3575_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RIBuADUHFbo/Tle5S-0muzI/AAAAAAAAAo8/gaQyrjxSsZY/s1600-h/IMG_3577%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3577" border="0" alt="IMG_3577" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1KQc6WpH6ck/Tle5T8LOefI/AAAAAAAAApA/edcULihLXhA/IMG_3577_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-13JAOQzUEBI/Tle5W_QaLPI/AAAAAAAAApE/Iu7qm8TL_YQ/s1600-h/IMG_3579%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3579" border="0" alt="IMG_3579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxjPgpFIhnKBL9Hm3MvG-dV3xHUNxa7HHHBg1FjDzMJiL2_eMycGb0gFf86WGoVB4jFRuL_56ic31eyqRvqmp5Yl8RpnF0xB7F7aK-8WEH1kqNq6R401n90-Vk_G9IQEmD67k54PPFyI/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">Made yummy cinnamon scrolls with vanilla glaze</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zn8Ds-fKuTk/Tle5ZWOqxdI/AAAAAAAAApM/Q963IUTf3uE/s1600-h/IMG_3584%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3584" border="0" alt="IMG_3584" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HXO7ZF58VTM/Tle5aD-pUEI/AAAAAAAAApQ/NmtgV4FUc6U/IMG_3584_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p align="center">I had a healthy and yummy lunch ready before the claims of starvation started. We ate it on the trampoline picnic style in the beautiful sunshine, which turned into an impromptu photo session</p> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qpY1rLo9HLE/Tle5bcVBlsI/AAAAAAAAApU/ERwOkVqXb_4/s1600-h/IMG_3590%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3590" border="0" alt="IMG_3590" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NqJk_6Vm5cM/Tle5cVK-LCI/AAAAAAAAApY/0JtJIQX_Y5k/IMG_3590_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sXv6UQs7PkA/Tle5d9XKcdI/AAAAAAAAApc/Zgoi-grZaLU/s1600-h/IMG_3593%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3593" border="0" alt="IMG_3593" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mGzyIEQ-zgQ/Tle5exMWs8I/AAAAAAAAApg/84soSJAm4ho/IMG_3593_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p></blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u3ClVSzmry0/Tle5gzCqF3I/AAAAAAAAApk/9f885-YPhXA/s1600-h/IMG_3601%25255B4%25255D.jpg"> <img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3601" border="0" alt="IMG_3601" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j_cdIdDgpys/Tle5iAXnVPI/AAAAAAAAApo/RuUmbcVxdTU/IMG_3601_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="377" height="265"></a> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyDRyjvy07mkErLoaQGP3SPx6zxmLPgvwF1BvYVvfupmL4kAbMETKRwyURrBhZ2C0t8XPDm1-qYABdhvn49C5SdVd4blBkOFTYLv4giSLy3Uy3KX9tEy3Cqh_YLzRGCNd3ILppGgEYSc/s1600-h/IMG_3602%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3602" border="0" alt="IMG_3602" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQR9ab62_oiQPxqV70N4cd-C_9_qVlFfrRO6VbeLnB4DqtPsTKhNfsJjcsC73By_WKJe83IeBqP7KytWWBKx64cGfXXBjmIzFYUTYE3Rbi9dxM_vq_Sc6P_3WOVF-wCNRzxOF5PHJbuY/?imgmax=800" width="196" height="242"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rDA91MbI6Sc/Tle5mCzdHPI/AAAAAAAAAp0/GsmhECKesAo/s1600-h/IMG_3603%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3603" border="0" alt="IMG_3603" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YX6iyCwL7hU/Tle5m3oWbtI/AAAAAAAAAp4/0TrQVx_5fvQ/IMG_3603_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></p></blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9MfjXJjUPFA/Tle5ox0EFOI/AAAAAAAAAp8/WvWjbZ9AVfk/s1600-h/IMG_3604%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3604" border="0" alt="IMG_3604" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KkG1Yp_P-9U/Tle5pzYFseI/AAAAAAAAAqA/5NFvkkC4Mq4/IMG_3604_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" height="296"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v0ZmFjItA98/Tle5rTDfUOI/AAAAAAAAAqE/IaVlWhVnMjQ/s1600-h/IMG_3609%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3609" border="0" alt="IMG_3609" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NP9TeNz-ZkM/Tle5sY9yQDI/AAAAAAAAAqI/thUvTksp7Qk/IMG_3609_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Uh_banIGdUw/Tle5t25g0gI/AAAAAAAAAqM/m_hdT2KENfU/s1600-h/IMG_3611%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3611" border="0" alt="IMG_3611" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OlJAfq8lr9k/Tle5upNz4cI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/Avw0DQSW5rk/IMG_3611_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a> <p align="center">I have to admit, I recon these little guys are something special.</p> <p align="center">While the boys were having quiet time watching a movie I whipped this up for their room</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Gnlil2Oj8Ls/Tle5wRB6U6I/AAAAAAAAAqU/zpcjZNqa92M/s1600-h/IMG_3586%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3586" border="0" alt="IMG_3586" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WxSafSSv7mQ/Tle5xG6kU3I/AAAAAAAAAqY/ebrP-IOTnWw/IMG_3586_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="172"></a></p> <p align="center">And decided to redecorate their room (exciting!!!!!!)</p> <p align="center">We worked on some “Fathers Day” gifts for the wonderful Dads in our life (I can’t show you photos because then they will see and that would ruin the suprise)</p> <p align="center">I didn’t turn into a dragon mother when I found Michael and Zac had trashed my freshly made bed while I was on the phone or when Zachary squeezed out half a bottle of shampoo so he could play with the bubbles on the shower floor during the 2 seconds I was out of the room.</p> <p align="center">I was organised enough to have my laptop charged and let them choose a DVD to watch during my physio session so they didn’t run around bored making enough noise to make me wish I had left them at home on their own (Don’t call the cops on me I would never ever leave them on their own) </p> <p align="center">We picked up some fish and chip and had another picnic (on the living room floor) for dinner before Dad got home and turned green from the smell of fish in the house. Louis can’t eat seafood and even the smell make him feel ill so its a massive treat in our house. </p> <p align="center">And to top the day off I got the boys into bed on time, with no fuss!</p> <p align="center">A rather successful day in my books, it wasn’t perfect but I am trying to learn not to expect perfection from myself and just to do the best I can. Today was one of the days where I did the best I could and honestly felt like I did okay so I am chalking that up for a win!</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375326982223790437.post-28098434541555667362011-08-25T20:28:00.001-07:002011-08-25T20:28:34.090-07:00Brothers….<p>Its quite rare for me to copy something exactly as I find it. Normal I take bits and pieces of different things and put them together to make something perfect for me. But today I found something that just tugged at my heartstrings <a href="http://itstoilegood.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-framed-freebie.html" target="_blank">here</a> and decided that my little men needed on of their own for their bedroom wall so a few minutes later this </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gXg0bc4o4U0/TlcS2zII24I/AAAAAAAAAos/34rhAnZHZlY/s1600-h/IMG_3586%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3586" border="0" alt="IMG_3586" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OEGqEMiWmxg/TlcS4IrOW1I/AAAAAAAAAow/lvEwpaYOsLU/IMG_3586_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="521" height="383"></a></p> <p>is now hanging on my boys wall. I hope that in the future they take this message to heart.</p> Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755807675834807096noreply@blogger.com0