Scott and Christine's Wedding

So, the day has finally been and gone!! Yesterday my brother Scott married Christine in a cermony at our house with family and close friends. Anyone living in Qld will know that there was a severe storm here last night - we were very lucky, but as you can see in the beach photos - which by the way I haven't had time yet to edit, so these photos are all in their rawness. The sky looking towards Brisbane was amazing, the colours were so blue!! Anyway, we were lucky enough to have the ceremony, pics at the beach and then dinner. Then the rain started, no one got wet though, so that was a blessing, but we had to move inside our house for the cutting of the cake, the speeches and the bridal waltz.

It was a lovely wedding and although it rained, it was a beautiful occassion. Welcome Christine into our family, I know you love my brother very much and I wish you every happiness together! I really hope you like the photos - here are a few that were taken - my very good friend Yvette helped me out at the ceremony and then came to the beach aswell - mwah to you Yvette, you are a treasure. Thanks also to my friend Nicole who wore the wedding dress 10 years ago and didn't want it anymore, so kindly offered it to Christine. Thanks also to my friend Hannah who did our hair - you are a champion - broken foot and all :) Thanks also to Kaz who did a great job with the video camera, and a special thanks to my gorgeous husband who did a wonderful job as MC, host and Best Man, oh, and my baby boys who were all page boys - you all looked AMAZING and were soooooo well behaved.

Sorry the photos are in the wrong order, I just wanted to show you a few!!

Scott and Christine's Wedding

My DH Alistair and I

The Bridal party

My brother Scott's side of the family

Christine's side of the family

My family

Scott and Christine with their baby Joshua

After the signing of the registry

Arriving

The boys!!

My boys

Music Festival 2008

Amelia and I at the music festival listening to The Whitlams. Absolutely awesome weekend!!!
Ali and I taking a quick break...
Sunday afternoon in the park listening to The Whitlams and then Darryl Braithwaite.

September Happenings

Wow, well I know September is long gone now - sorry, I've been a little slack!! It was a pretty big month for us. Ali decided to surprise me for our wedding anniversary and took me abseiling and rock climbing. I was freaking out at first, but when I was doing it, it was amazing!! Not so sure that I enjoyed the rock climbing, but abseiling was fun!
Here I go!!
This was at the bottom of the cliff - I had a bit of trouble climbing up lol
A friend turned 30 and we were invited to dress up from 1978. I wore Ali's mums dress that she wore in the 70's and Ali has on his dad's shirt - freaky!! He dressed up as Starsky and a mate was Hutch. Love the wig baby lol
Going backwards a bit here - we had father's day down at the beach. It was quite cold, but it was sunny, so that made it ok. Here are my gorgeous boys mwah!! xx

I hope everyone is well!! Remember if you drop by to leave a comment - ta Kxx

Scrapping September 2008

This was my LO for Brendy's sketch challenge over at Scrapbook Shelf. Such a cute pic of Kaleb!
This was my LO for Becky Fleck's Recipe Challenge at Scrapbook Shelf.
This was my card using a photo for the card challenge at Scrapbook Shelf.

Ethan turns 5

It started out a quiet morning as the boys didn't wake up until 7am. Not that I am complaining, but it is a little unusual and considering there was a birthday in the house, it's generally a little more chaotic LOL We bought Ethan a skateboard for his birthday. I was a bit nervous and of course he had his first scuffle that morning, grazed his arm - that will teach him to wear all the protective gear. Being a Thursday, I decided to have a play at the park with some of his kindy friends. There were about 20 kids that came with their mums (and dads) which was really nice to be able to catch up with everyone. It was also good that the older siblings were in school, so Ethan felt like one of the big boys, if you know what I mean.
Here are some of the kids on top of the train in the park. They all had a lovely time. I didn't have time to make the cake, so I ordered it from the local bakery. It was sooooo much better than what I could do anyway.
and Ethan was sooooo happy with the soccerball candles (note his Socceroos shirt)
Ethan with his mate Harry who is 3 days younger than him. His mum and I spent 2 nights together in hospital and we each have 3 boys. Such a special bond!
This is the cake Ethan's Grandma made for after dinner. We had all the family over for tacos. This cake had to opened with a hammer and inside was full of lollies and treasures. The kids thought it was wonderful (as did the adults). Again, note, I got out of cooking the cake - totally HATE cooking LOL Anyway, all in all, Ethan had a wonderful birthday!! It's so exciting to be 5!!!

Slice of Life Competition

Over at Scrapbook Shelf, Trudi had organised a 5 week challenge. It is a competition to win a Slice of Life from Making Memories. We have finished 5 challenges now, and it has been awesome, having to think outside the square and celebrate everyday moments and acheivements. Above is challenge 1.
Challenge 2 we couldn't use a photo. That was a little difficult, but I enjoyed it all the same.
Challenge 3 we had to use the title I am Creative or I am an Artist - well I'm definately not an artist, so I went with being creative. I'm really happy with this LO!! Not something I would do off my own back.
Challenge 4 we had to use an imperfect photo and then stamp imperfectly onto the page. This photo was taken on Xmas day 2004, so it is Ethan - bit scary cause it looks exactly like Kaleb right now. I loved being able to finally use his blurry pic. I had scrapped some pics of Ethan and Scott in the pool doing the same thing last Xmas, so I will put the 2 LO's together.

The final challenge was to create an album about my everyday life. It had to be at least 5-6 pages. I have used Crate Paper pp's and I really am happy with this album. It's sad to all be over, but we will find out who the winner of the Slice of Life is on Friday night after the fun and games of the Friday Night Frenzy.

The Eiger Chalet, Perisher Blue
Gorgeous views
View of Front Valley
Sunrise at Perisher
The four of us. For those of you that didn't know, we left Kaleb with my mum and dad.

Ethan and Mitchell in ski school, helping each other stay on their skis - they really became good friends.
Here they are going up the T bar together.
Love my new beanie :)
Kerry, Katie, Woodo and Alistair
Good friends with good cocktails :)