Mum's 60th Party + Kingaroy weekend

We had a lovely weekend in Kingaroy to celebrate Mum's 60th & Dad's 58th birthdays. The location at The Carollee's Beer Garden was just gorgeous and Mum had a great night with her friends and family. I had fun catching up with people we hadn't seen for some time too. A great night all in all.

I also attempted my first chocolate mud cake (recipe from Exclusively Food). It turned out divine and lots of people commented how nice it looked & tasted. YAY!! I will definitely be making that recipe again. Dana and I decorated it on Saturday afternoon and the roses really set it off!

Gramps took the kids for a ride on one of his many motorbikes, and they just loved it.

Aiden's been asking for a motorbike of his own for a while now! :) Daddy keeps telling him he has to first learn to ride a pushbike for balance, then a go kart for getting the hang of starting and stopping and then he can get a motorbike. Sounds like a long road ahead for a 3-year old!! LOL!

Al got to do a bit of dirt bike riding with my brother too, so he was happy as a pig in mud (so to speak!)

The kids really love going to Kingaroy and running wild with my brother's kids and spending time with Mum & Dad.

Oh, and here's Erin's new "cheesey" grin for the camera!! Gotta love it, hey!!

And here's the end result of our big weekend - Dana & Erin sleeping soundly on the lounge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!

I can hardly believe it, but Mum turns 60 today, and she doesn't look a day older than 30. I might be a bit biased, but she is doing great in my eyes. She's trying to give up smoking and is doing fantastic! Here's a special little card I made for her.

They dropped around today for lunch on their way down South for the weekend. What a lovely surprise! I didn't get any photos though, they're all on her camera :( I'll have to update when she gets back!

Love you Mum xoxo - I hope you have a fabulous weekend away!

Precious Time

My friends have been asking me, how I manage my time, and honestly, I'm not sure how I manage at all at the moment. Just one day at a time. This month has by far been my busiest in a long time and while I have managed to start a new job, do the usual house loving and tend to the kids etc. I have also managed to fit quite a lot of scrapping in.

At the moment, my theory is that being busy, means getting more done! LOL! Okay, well you know just as well as I do that's true, however I really do enjoy being busy, and it really motivates me to do more, if you know what I mean?

I also really enjoy change, and over at Scrap Pile last month we got to choose someone else's design team kits, and I had a bit of fun chosing Mel's. In return, Mel chose these gorgeous kits for me to design with this month.

They are all so different and hopefully I managed to do them justice, Mel.

Sketch Challenge

Although I've been flat out with work lately, I did manage to squeeze a little scrapping in for the Scrap Pile Mothers' Day themed CC on Friday night. I designed a sketch and my challenge was to use the sketch as a base and scrap about a favourite Mother memory.

Here's the sketch...



and here's my example...



I'm looking forward to scrapping some of the other challenges, as they looks like loads of fun. Deb's challenged us to make flowers from scraps, Jewls put a gorgeous flower card challenge forward and Melanie challenged us to make a heritage layout with pearls. A great opportunity to create some beauty for Mum on Mothers' Day!