{Swimming Today and other news}

Well today the kids had the next level of their swimming, the morning started of with some much needed and very refreshing rain, so at first we were unsure if the carnival would run but alas it did and here are the results:

Miss Chelsea went for her 8 years age Race and came home first!!!! so now she is off to Albury to compete at the Riverina Swimming Carnival she was so proudof herself and well me I was grinning from ear to ear lol :0).

And Royce came home with a 2nd in his 50 Free and Backstroke, 1st in the 50m Breastroke, Butterfly and 1st in the 50m Medley which gave him enough points to win the Junior Boy Champion Trophy overall form all the schools he was so proud of himself, as was I.

So now we are off to Albury for the next stage so that is great!!!!

Ok so what else is news or Horse Just Mambo won on Saturday at Kembla Grange so that was exciting, we played in the A grade Touch Finals on Friday night and won so now this Friday is the Grandfinal so busting to play!!!!

Did I mention it rained this morning not heaps but 6ml is better than none at all!!!!

I have also had a great mail week already so early in the week my BEAUTIFUL friend Lee sent me some goodies - thanks girl so much, can't wait to catch up it seems like F O R E V E R since we have seen each other!!!

I also recived some goodies from Shop and Crop and some Scrapbooking Memories Challenges so I am now busting to get started!!!

Here is a sneak peek:

I also had fun creating a layout for a little comp we had going at Shop and Crop - Design Team Scraps for you the girls who won had their choice of photo's scrapped byt he DT girls I recived gorgeous photo's of little Miss Lillee from Mel and here is what I have created.

This was an extra layout of Lillee I did for Mel just loved this photo of her. Hope you like it Mel!!!

Well I am off to create kids are sound asleep after their big day :0) TFL

Shop and Crop Creations

Well thought I would share my creations this week for Shop and Crop - if you can go and check out the gallery there is some fantastic work here this week!!!!

Must give out a HUGE CONGRATS to our new Design Team girl Janine Kaye - love your work!!!

My challenge for the below layout was to use only KI Memories stamps and here is what I came up with!

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I also created this little Maya road box board book.

It is all about Chelsea and the friends she has met at scrapbooking classes.

I used the KI Memories Journalling stamps again and bits and pieces left over from the SEI goodies from my other LO's.

Just LOVE the bright colours in this little book.

Photo's on one side and journalled on the photo.

These 3 layouts were all on the theme LOVE LOVE LOVE, realy easy topic to do this one and I love what I have created.

First one is Dvid and I in the heart of scrap pieces :0).

Second one is Chelsea's beautiful Smile and the Journalling reads:

"I have never seen a smiling face that wasn't beautiful"

And the third layout is of My sister Melissa and her little girl Brianna - a Mother's Love. I love this photo also it was one of the photo's that won me the Masters photography award I have just altered it a tad in Photoshop.

{Our trip to see the Boats}

So with much excitement we took Royce and Chelsea down to Sydney yesterday to see the 2 big boats on the harbour. We joined family on the Vagabond boat at 7.00pm and sailed out to get up close with the two ships.

Wow were we impressed the atmosphere on the harbour ws unreal there were more boats then their were Australia Day it was packed, and there were people EVERYWHERE. Thetraffic was just gridlocked in the city and it took us an 1hour from Hyde Park to get to Circular Quay.

After we docked we had to walk from CQ to Pitt street just to get a taxi - (IN heels too) but the buzz was unreal again the streets were packed!!!

Royce had been reading stas on the Boats for days before so he knew they were going to be big BUT not that BIG the Queen Mary is spectacular I just wanted to climb aboard and sail away!!!!

Queen Mary 2 Facts:

·        QM2 towers 61m above the waterline, which is two metres higher than the road deck on the

Sydney

Harbour

Bridge

·        From the bottom of her keel to the top of her funnel, QM2 measures 72m or 4.6m higher than the highest sail on the Sydney Opera House

·        QM2 is 3.5 times the size of the Titanic

·        If stood on her end, QM2 would be 40m higher than the top of the 305m-high

Sydney

Tower

·        QM2 boasts 1017 cabins – or almost double the number of rooms at the new-look Hilton Sydney - making her one of the world’s largest ‘hotels’

·        Both Cunard liners were christened by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

·        QM2’s whistle – is the original whistle from the first Queen Mary – it can be heard up to 16km away

Annual tea consumption onboard QM2 would fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool

The fireworks were as usual spectacular and the kids had a an unreal time!I

I have a photo collage I took over 100 pics so I had to narrow it down :0)

These two photo's are from the site above............................

f{Weekend events}

AHad a great day Friday at the schools swimming carnival mailnly because of this huge effort

2007 JUNIOR BOY SWIMMING CHAMPION - ROYCE TOUT - so proud of his efforts!!!!!

Royce swam extremely well sohere is the run down for NAN :0).................

• 1st 50m Freestyle



• 1st 50m Breastroke



• 1st 50m Butterfly



• 1st 50m Backstroke



• 3rd Open boys 100m



• 4th Open Boys Medley



• 1st Junior Boy House Team Relay (Royce swam two legs of the relay)

AND LETS NOT FORGET MISS CHELSEA!!!!!!! who also swam extremely well she came

• 1st in her 50m 8 years age race Freestyle



• 3rd in her Junior girls Backstroke



• 4th in Junior girl Breastroke,



• 2nd 25m Butterfly



• 3rd in Junior girl relay.

The school ran out of time to present ribbons so Chelsea should receive hers on Monday so I will get some photo's then.

Today we had our local Show was down on numbers and show entries due to the drought but the kids still managed to have lots of fun and my little nephew Wesley took out the Master Tiny Tot again photo's soon :0).

Now for some ME STUFF!!! I am loving this The ART JOURNAL that Em has going, a few of us from Shop and Crop have joined in on the fun, and I am really enjoy working on such a little canvas.

Ok so we are up to Week 6 and I have 5 done, just need to journal a little :0)

OH and I have missed one week but I will get to it, I have my little bag made also so here is some pics to share.

  Week 1 - Something you are Proud Of -  My Children

  Week 2 - What is Powerful to You - Family/Memories

  Week 3 - I am - Happy

Week 4 - A Symbol you love - Australian Flag

  Week 5 - Emp from your week (still in the Process here)

  Week 6 - Love Love Love - of course my hubby

I still have to finish my pocket but I thought I would post this pic also.

{Sharing a bit}

Ok so kids have gone back to school and are really happy with their Teachers for the year so that is a bonus :0)!

The kids have both been swimming like mad as they have their swim carnival next week, it is so hot here so I am sure the day will be fun.

I have been busy with Shop and Crop Design Team work and I have some to share::

                                                                   Just so you don't think I am a bad speller Chelsea actually cam up with dropping the H so it would Scool as in (cool) she thinks School is cool - I thought it was cute!!!!             

Brianna started her first day at kiny too - she was very excited and of course Chelsea is the real littl emum helping her do almost everything :0).

Also has promised my belated AUSTRALIA DAY photo's of our Day onthe Harbour!!!