More Cards ...

Well I did get some more cards done yesterday ... hope they like them ...

Time to go again ...

Gosh it seems like only the other day we were up visiting with our eldest daughter & family but it is time again. We have been spending Anzac Day with them the last few years as the boys like to march with Pa. This year will be a bit more special as our eldest Grandie turns 16 today, he is now an Army Cadet so will be able to march in his uniform, with Pa. Pa will be very proud, I hope to get some nice photos of this special occasion. We'll be at their place in time to have his birthday tea with him - Gosh where has the time gone, I clearly remember being there when he was born & although many many things have happened & changed in our lives, his birth only seems like yesterday.
I made a couple of cards yesterday for the boys as well as one for our daughter's friends new baby ...

We will only be gone a couple of days as our daughter who lives in New Zealand is coming over for a little visit so we are picking her up from the airport ... talk about excitement in the last couple of weeks ... makes me dizzy thinking about it all, but, very happy, it's been & is going to be soooo great...

Grandies back at school..

I've been having a lovely time having Grandies visit plus me visit others but they are all back at school now - much to their mother's relief... I got to take these ones to see Water Horse - I loved it too ... as we were walking out of the theatre I found this prop so just had to use it... We went & spent time with the boy Grandies and they wanted to see Alvin & the Chipmonks - gosh the film people are so clever these days as it all looks so real - great movie too ... boys thought it was great and were having a giggle on the way home. Gosh boys I think TJ is getting a bit big to be driving your remote control 4WD around now ... While we were there it was Australia Day so we all went to Mingo Crossing just outta town for a presentation & bush BBQ brunch [combo of breakfast & lunch]. It was lovely to see local folks being recoginised for their voluntary contributations to their town, from doing genealogy of the old townsfolks to the young folks being SES workers since they were little folks - I think this is something I miss about living in the big smoke that personal connection with the locals - you can tell I'm a country girl at heart. The BBQ was put on by the council and the SES guys brought the community canoes out and supervisied the kids having a paddle in the river - which actually had water in it from all the rain we have had of late so that was a big bonus as some of the little guys have never seen that much water in the river. So the older folk didn't miss out on the day, they were collected in the community bus ... you can see why I love country. Some say that living in a small community like that is stifling as everyone knows everyone elses business and maybe they do but is that being nosey or showing you care ... like most things/events in life there is always two ways of looking at them ... right? I like to think it's the touchy feely caring situation...
Our Grandie in NZ started school this morning and she had a birthday yesterday and her's her card I made. I know I will not get an award for my photography but you can still see what the colours were. Our proxy Grandie had her birthday while we were away and I made her a card simular. I was thinking they could cut the front off their card and use it for the front of a book or their diary. I've got a busy beginning of the week so had better get my skates on and get myself organised.