Showing posts with label christmas 08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas 08. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2009

Unwrapped.

Wow, it's over for another year.

I just cannot believe it. It was like a whirlwind of food, presents, swimming, drinking, eating, sleeping, laughing, playing and ripping and tearing!

It was awesome, here are some highlights and favourites from the last few weeks!
Mr & Mrs Hornbag
me & hubby aka Mr Zoolander

Us Girls!

We went out for Christmas drinks with some friends, we went and saw an Inxs tribute band and had a great night!

A bunch of cousins - in very fancy chrissy tshirts that their very talented Mum/Aunty/Godmother made for them!

Freckles and cousin Miss L

Little Miss A & her gorgeous brother Master C

Salt & Pepper version 2

Christmas Play Official Poster

My boy!

Opening pressies with Aunty Michelle

Baby Samuel

Swimming in the city at 7am

I love this one, Miss L as the Magical Unicorn

Miss L and one of her most fabulous art works!

We then headed to Brisvegas and stayed a few days with hubby's sister and family. We had a fabulous time their, lots of laughing, good food, christmas pantomine's put on by the kids, and early mornings! Swimming, eating, drinking in the "Madonna
Lounge", pressies and the best shortbread in the world! Thanks guys it was awesome! Can't wait for Straddie!!! We also caught up with my bestie, her hubby and their little baby boy Sam...I could just eat him up!

This is my boy sitting, waiting at the train station on Christmas Eve. We were waiting for the train, not just any train, his very first. He loves trains and so I thought as an early chrissy present I would take him on one throught the city..and oh he loved it! He ended up falling asleep towards the end with his little feet up on some nice young guys knee and with his ticked firmly clasp in his hand..precious boy!

Spent Christmas eve with Mum and my little brother. Cooked up a traditional Christmas feast and then sat around laughing and chatting whilst listening to Carols. It was great, love you guys!

Guess what Santa brought us..??

Me!
Chrissy morning brought with it all sorts of goodies, a new Ipod Nano bright green for me, a violin for freckles, a racing track for the boy, a giant tv remote and motorbike wet gear for hubby... and lots of other amazing treats! Christmas day we spent with hubby's family. We headed to Grandma and Grandad's place for a fabulous chrissy day shin-dig with the whole family! Again lots of delicious food, awesome drinks, kids having a blast, backyard cricket..presents, Articulating board game..and love..lots of love!

Our Family take 1

Our Family take 49 million!


Mum & Daughter
Boxing Day I spent at the sales..going crazy mental with buying, sheets, towels, dinner sets..etc. Popped down to Ikea as well with Mum and Sonya for a little spending spree...brilliant!

Headed back home to the coast, and then had Criffy and the girls arrive to stay a few days! It was absolutely stinking hot, and hubby had a terrible bug so wasnt really sociable. But somehow he got through and they managed to get the shed down and get the tramp up...it has only been sitting in the box for 2 years..to say the kids were ecstatic is an understatement! Oh freckles also got the other part of her chrissy present, a brand new baby kitten named Buttons..he is just lovely!
On New Years Eve, we had some more friends arrive from Sydney, The Davids..brought their gorgeous girl..who by the way is not even 2 and can do forward somersaults off the side of the pool! We spent the last two days swimming in the pool, playing card games, drinking very cold beer and eating prawns off the bbq! Welcome 2009!


The Day Spa in our backyard!

Little Mermaids.

Tiff, Soff & Jeff..oh and baby no.2 on the way! Yay!

New Years Morning, breakfast Bar - Bacon and eggs..oh and prawns!

And that as they say is that. The last few months have been a blur of moving house, visiting family and friends, christmas and new year. We now have the boy's 3rd birthday coming up on the 6th..so now in the planning stages. I feel very lucky and blessed to have such beautiful people to share all these great times with. Thank you all of you..you know who you are. xo


Hubby & Me - Christmas Day 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Well it is almost here..only two more sleeps to go. I am all sorted, done everything I can possibly do and now hopefully the show will run smoothly. I just wanted to take a minute to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have shown me support over the past 200 posts, and especially whilst starting up my new baby Lovestamp. I will be back in the New Year with some new stuff so stay tuned. I will leave you with a giveaway to celebrate christmas and my 200th posting.
Giveaway Details


Same as last time, but here is a recap!

What you have to do to enter....
1. Leave a comment with your new years resolution!
2. Leave your name and email address, so I can contact you when you win!
4. Be sure to leave your first name and email address or blog address so that I can contact you if you win.
5. The competition closes midnight 31st of December (AEST) & will be drawn by my freckles, (under strict supervision of course!) on 1st of January 09.
6. For 2, yes 2 extra chances to win, just blog about this competition on your blog and send me the link!
Oh and dont forget to tell your friends!Good Luck!

Have a safe and wonderful christmas

Love,

Sunday, December 21, 2008

big city


So it has been a couple of days and we are now in the big city - yes Brisvegas!
Hometown to us both and where all the family is. We are getting together with lots of friends and family over the next week to celebrate christmas.
My next post will be my 200th so I am having a giveaway..so stay tuned...
Oh well off to bed, another big day of christmas cheer tomorrow!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas..

christmas tree love from martha
Ok, so in my hustle and bustle, and packing this week I completely overlooked that yesterday was the first of December, hence the first day of Summer..yay! Also the first day to start counting down till that jolly red man visits..and the day we usually put up the tree..but..because we are moving we are putting it off till next week after the children get back from their cousins, and we have fully moved into the house. This has disgusted my 7 year old daughter, who is eagerly awaiting her newest addition to the collection..her new ornamet. You see I have a little tradition that I started when I had freckles, and have now continued it with the boy and my god daughter. The tradition is that every year I will
find them a new ornament for the tree, I love looking and searching for the perfect one each year. I try to make them have some sort of particulare meaning to each child, a memory from the year before, something they loved at this age or that, or something just funny..for example, when we had our seachange 4 years ago I bought freckles a "Summer surfing santa" ornament..and so on. So hence she has to wait another week. Anyway the reason I do this little tradition, is so that when they finally do graduate to their grown up wings and fly the nest, they will have a lovely box of beautiful ornaments to put on their own trees, and with each one a little reminder of times gone by. That's it really..do you like that? The other reason is I LOVE ornaments..Anyway here are some of my favourites that I have spotted around the traps..only 23 more sleeps peeps!
Oh and dont forget the giveaway on friday! Grand opening of the shops...stay tuned!

Most scruptious wreath ever - get your here from designcandie


Photos Above

Shiny Brite box set of baubles get them @ PonyParty

Darth & Storm Trooper ornaments get them @blackrose1151