New Layout.

What better way to spend an afternoon when the kids are still at school and all is quiet, I mean really quiet something I haven't had around here for a while.....it felt a little strange for a while but my ears soon adjusted to their peaceful surroundings.

Scrapbooking was on my agenda, I was hoping to use some new goodies which I thought would be in the post this morning but they didn't arrive....maybe next week. So this is what I came up with for the day....only a single layout today because I was determined to finish it before I had to go and get the kids...........and my house plummets into chaos once more....aahhhh the joy of it all.

Here it is a little closer...Here is Ryan and Megan on Wednesday morning ready for their first day of school for 2009.....I can't actually believe they put their arms around each other and smiled.......this doesn't quite feel right and I know it will only be a matter of seconds before it all ends.

I told you it wouldn't last........ and all I said was "smile".
Here is my everyday life picture for the day.......I don't know what it's called but it's chicken stuffed with camembert and marinated in a sauce consisting of honey, soy sauce, BBQ Sauce and wholegrain mustard..........it even got the OK from my husband and our offspring so maybe I'll try it again soon.

"Chicken Dinner"

That's all from me today.....see you soon.

School Pictures

I've had these for a few weeks and it's taken me this long to scan them so I could share them with you. Thankfully today I got a few more scrapbooking albums off Jodi so I can concentrate on Megan's School album now......... I like to keep anything related to school including certificates and reports all together so I know exactly where everything is. I must say that I now have two years of school pictures to catch up on and I've been procrastinating because I always find them difficult to scrap...... don't know why. Ryan has a little bit of skin off his face ( usually it's Megan ) because he hit the dirt when playing Rugby with his mates a few days before....... I still think it's a cute picture.

I have a bit of a funny story....... every week Megan has her Tuesday news or show and tell..... today she had to take a picture of her favourite place and give a bit of a talk about it........it's my favourite because..... where it is and why it's special...... of all the places she could have picked guess what she picked........ the local furniture shop Riley's. I just couldn't believe it and when I asked why she said because she likes all the furniture......I like it too but it's not my favourite place to be in the world!!! I managed to convince her that the rest of her class wouldn't be too interested in hearing all about what furniture she likes.........but more interested about her last trip to the beach!!!! Do you think that she has accompanied me on one too many visits to the furniture shop........I think so!!!

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