The Little things...

happy boys...

well Santa did a good job again this year...happy boys saying its the best Christmas ever...they say that each year...which is good...

overall it was a typical Christmas day...a very early start...but no opening presents allowed till 6:30am.  Then the lovely scene turned into a nightmare with paper and stuff everywhere....the day slowed down while the kids played with their new toys...happy boys - Sam with a new bike, all 3 with warhammer, lego, books, lollies, psp games, dvds, and a big family present...a trampoline...huge 16 ft one...(it only took me 4 hours to assemble)...but its LOTS of fun...and as Isaac says its the best Christmas present ever that he is going to keep till he's a granddad!...we then had a late breakfast of pancakes...more playing and off to my parents early afternoon for the rest of the day and evening....around 35 of us this year...always FUN!....back home around 10pm and I finally got the boys off the tramp again around 10:45 and into bed....exactly what a Christmas should be...fun...family...and food.

enjoy the season...

well yes its that time of year again....so I'd like to wish you all a happy, safe and enjoyable Christmas time.  Have lots of fun but remember to take time to think on your Saviour and all that he has done for us...he set the way, taught the truth, led by example, loved all and lived and died so that we may one day return home to our Father in Heaven.  To him I am eternally grateful.

thanks for being a part of my life....God bless.

Daphney

talking politics...

one of the best things about being a mum to twins is listening to their conversations. There are always interesting ones in the car....yesterday my 8 year old twins were talking politics...you see their teacher at school is Mrs. Rudd.  They were commenting to each other how they think Rudd just won the recent election because of their class....and they were quite intent on this...plus very critical of the kids in their class who were so "dumb".  You see they said all the kids made their parents vote for Kevin Rudd because the kids in the class thought it was Mrs. Rudd's husband...even though she told the class he wasn't...and even though she showed them a picture of 'her' Mr. Rudd. ..and Isaac and Caleb were the only 2 in the class that understood it wasn't him...So if it wasn't for Grade 2 at Huntingtower the national election would have gone a completely different way....in the eyes of my boys....hmmm....interesting thought....love those boys!!!

out of my hands...

well they say you cant take complete control over your kids and what they enjoy...and this is definitely the case here.  Here is my Samuel target shooting...definitely not his mother's chosen sport....but he just LOVES it...and he is extremely good at it too....so I'm having to hold back my desire to say PLEASE pick something else to love...try a more routine sport, one that doesn't involve a gun maybe!!...but looking at these pictures you can see how happy he is....those shots you can see were taken from 50 meters away....pretty impressive really....I think I have no say in this one!

new baby...

ah no...not the crawling, screaming, giggling type...this is a car. Yes it is VERY unlike me to be interested in a car....I always say I hate them and completely switch off when Brad starts taking about them....maybe because I've never had one I like...well, it came time to get rid of our cars...I have always secretly wanted one of these since i first saw them about 7 years ago....and so Brad got me one!  A RED (YAY!!) PT Cruiser.  I'm so happy with it...luckily I was too busy with work to spend time looking at cars because I would have talked Brad out of it as too frivolous...but I'm so glad I wasn't around to say NO....i love it...its so me..if any car could be like you..this car is me...so here is my new baby...with Isaac grinning from ear to ear.

No scrapbooking been happening in this house for months...I think July was the last time I sat down to do anything...that was my last deadline for the articles I have been writing for the magazine 'Scrapbooking Memories."  I loved working with them - such great people...but I had to give some things up this year and sadly that was one of them. One more week of school and then I'm looking forward to getting all these photos printed and getting some pages done.  These few pages are quite a few months old now but thats all I've got to share for now.

a deep breath..

taking a deep breath...I made it...(oh and yes, I am alive and still here for those wondering where I have disappeared to)...well today I had an interview with the principal of the school I teach at to approve my registration as a teacher...being a first year is not fun...but now I can say I made it...I am officially no longer a "provisional" teacher....it was a great interview, very fair, very kind, very supportive....i am blessed for where I teach....and cannot believe that year is now over...wow.

Ive missed blogging and am determined to get back on track with it....I'm happy...I'm well...and its nice to be able to look back...but now I have this huge gap of months....thats are a blur....not good.

I've got practically a years worth of photos to sort through and I'll load some up...but thats for another day....now I'm going to crash...in the last 3 weeks I have written a total of 171 school reports and a 23 page report on my teaching this year for my interview today....so...I'm crashing....then I'll be back.

daphney

and what were holidays for again?....

I had no idea my term holidays were the time for me to get sick and spend a week in bed....yep...thats what I've been up to.   All those plans of what I was going to do over the break...gone....I don't think I have been so sick in years to keep me in bed for so long.   ah well....I have ended up watching more TV in one week than I usually do in a year...that's an achievement isn't it?

Luckily my parents had planned to take my boys away for a few days so they were off having a good time....just wish I was at home having a good time....they are home now and I am better just in time to wash all their dirty laundry and start cleaning up after them again.

so not much to report...except a Movies watched report.  Let me see...I love watching movies, but, as my husband can attest I have quite a limited taste in movies....

Lets see...

Ive watched

Little Miss Sunshine - actually quite depressing - it ends with no ones personal issues being dealt with, but is a good laugh along the way.

49 Up - I love this series.  Not a Movie but I have seen all these documentaries since 7 up. (well I'm not that old, but Ive caught them all after the fact!) Very interesting stuff.

Motorcycle diaries - Compelling and beautiful. 

Bride and Prejudice - fun fun fun twist on my fav movie and book. 

and my favourite watch this week has been Love me if you Dare. - a French Movie, so you have to not mind subtitles.  But I so love the quirkiness of French movies.  This was funny, disturbing, provoking...fun.

so thats about it.

I can share some layouts...they have all been published.  Not scrapping anything of late thats not going into the mag, so nothing fresh to show, but here ya go.

This first one is in My sisters Book - Debra Fuller.  Kate Mason and Deb have written a book that has just come out.  I still haven't seen it, but I know hours and hours and then more hours of sweat and tears went into this book, and both of them have soooo much talent, that the book just has to be fabulous.  Called "The Heart of Design"  Go and grab it!

and then a few that have been in SM recently.

...boo..........

.....yes its me.....I am alive.....and well and HAPPY.  Thank you to those who have been wondering where I have been.....well the answer is nowhere...just busy with life.  And what a roller coaster life has been....it has been the speed of a roller coaster, the thrills of a roller coaster and definitely the ups and downs of a roller coaster......

well I am now on term break...I have now been a teacher for one full term...I have survived my first term and survived happy and wanting to go back.  I LOVE TEACHING.  Now its an awfully long story which I wont go into, however, I ended up receiving a second teaching position 5 days before school was due to start.  I had spent all holidays preparing for one job and then just as I was about to begin another opportunity came my way, which was so much more ME.  I grabbed it and started completely blind, completely unprepared 5 days later at a brand new school.  I am so happy at this school.  It has fit in well with our family, is much closer to home, and more suited to the type of teacher I am (well try to be!).  I am learning so much everyday.  At the end of each day my mind is a buzz, analysing all the things I did wrong each day, all the things I could have done better, the things I forgot to do.  You know I can teach a perfect class in my head!  I have a long way to go and look at all the other teachers and how good they are, but I know that I am growing each day...even if I feel like I am only taking the tiniest of baby steps....

I have realised being a teacher is not so much about the teaching....its about the kids....some days I feel like I am a mother to 80 extra kids, and I think about them 24/7.  I worry about them , ponder on them , stress over them, am glad for them and at times very sad for them....I had no idea these kids would consume me so much.

The boys are doing super at their new school, Huntingtower.   The twins are blossoming and Samuel, who has taken sometime to get used to the strictness of his new environment is stepping up to the plate and I'm so proud of his efforts.  My Sam has just turned 10 and I just don't feel like I could have a 10 year old.   

Scrapping away a little...only for what I have to do for Scrapbooking Memories.  I am so glad I have that little gig with them.  Its the only thing keeping me scrapping at the moment.  I feel rather stale and out of the loop.  Ah well...thems the breaks.

so thats me....I will still be around...and promise to write more often.....

 

Christmas wishes.....

To anyone who passes by I send to you my Christmas Wishes.

Enjoy this beautiful season of love and kindness...take time to ponder on the things that bring meaning to your lives and love your loved ones just a little bit more....

God Bless

Enjoy the season

thanks for being part of my life in 2006 and heres to a happy 2007 to you all.

love

Daphney

wise men.....

just have to share a couple of pics of my handsome wise men from the nativity today.....proud as can be they were.....