and I am relieved……

As you know the past two weeks, have been not only busy but quite emotional too. With all the birthday celebrations to prepare for, as well as hosting them, along with selling our property, funerals and the like, it has been rather hectic.

So today, I am quite relieved to have that all behind us for now. Not quite the selling of the property, that is still going on……the offer we received the other day was rather low (like 300,000 less that asking price) and so we thought we could build on that, but no it seems that they were just thinking they could pick up a bargain? What is with that? Anyway, I know in my heart that it will sell when it is meant to and God won’t keep us stranded……all in His time

So talking of birthday celebrations, I thought I would share with you all, the cards I made for hubby and my daughter Janaya last week for their birthdays, as well as a wee piccie I took of them on their big day!

First off it was Jaye’s birthday, and I really can’t believe that my baby is 4~!!! Yup it is so wonderful to see her grow up, and I can’t really believe that she will be in Kindergarten next year!

 

Janaya was doing that goofy, I don’t want to smile at the camera thing on her birthday and well was trying to be shy by turning her head to the side like that, but hey it is just who she is, and that is okay

There are a few distinct things I love about Janaya…..

1. She has more nicknames that I care to admit

2. I love how she sings to herself in the car, making up songs as we drive along…( quite creative really, when the involve things she sees around her…..like, “la la la, you get yummy burgers at Macca’s) (McDonalds!) LOL!

3. Her ability to use really big words, which she also does very often, like  Fabulous, Wonderful, and the all time fave, BEWDIFUL!

4. How she can climb ANYTHING, I am telling you this gal can do pull ups of her own body weight she is so strong.

5. How she wipes off every kiss you give her, but smoooches you good and proper if she is the one giving the kiss!

6. Her determination……whilst can be a challenge to deal with at times, I admire her ability to set out to do something and doesn’t stop till she has it accomplished. I think she is the only child I know to be toilet trained in one day….yup dry bed first night!

7. How she has no fear of people. We can go anywhere and she will chat to ANYONE! Like the other day I went to the Scrapbook store, and she walks right in, goes up to the lady at the counter, and say, “Oh we haven’t seen you in a really long time, that’s not good. Then proceeds to tell this said lady, how she LOVES her, and will see her next time! Meanwhile I am blushing from embarrassment at my bold child. 

8. Whilst she is a very busy child, she can still sit and read books for an hour

9. How she can put on the best puppy dog eyes to get what she wants! Whilst is is annoying, it is pretty clever too

10. Her eye for detail, she will notice if you have had your toes painted a different colour!

Here is the birthday creation I made for her:

This is a cute CC Designs stamp, which I have coloured with my Copic markers. The cardstock and ribbon are from Stampin’Up.

Then of course there is hubby too, and I managed to snag a quick picture of him too, which is a rare event, trust me!

not bad for 37 eh?

He will probably die when he sees a photo of himself on here, without prior permission…LOL! But hey he is my man, and I want to show the world

Things I love about Rod:

1. I love that he sneek peeks my website whilst he is at work, and comes home dropping comments about things I have written.

2. He makes the BEST ever homemade pizza….the best I have ever tasted, and his spag bog isn’t too bad either!

3. He can still play the piano, even though he gave it up at 12

4. He is so passionate about serving the Lord, in all that he does

5. He thinks very deeply, and whilst that can drive me crazy at times, it is a really good trait to have……nothing is frivolous about Rod!

6. He is a planner……you know one that has the portable diary on his hip pocket…..you say the word, it is written in there 3.46 minutes later.

7. He never forgets a birthday or an anniversary

8. He gives the best massages (the above board variety *WINK*)

9. He does better vacuuming than I do!

10. He is the best Dad with the kids, and I can leave for a week and he would cope well

SO there are some of my top ten things I LOVE about Rod…..

And then of course here is my masculine birthday card for him:

For this card I have used a reverse masking technique and sponged up the background with So saffron, More mustard, and Really rust ink. Then the reeds from the Inspired by nature are stamped in Chocolate chip. I have used the Chocolate taffeta ribbon and some antique brass Hodgepodge hardware to hold the greeting which is from the On your birthday stamp set.

Also I wanted to show you two photos I took last week. They are of the paddock that is alongside our property. The first one was the first day, when i got up to go to the gym in the morning, the whole valley the we live in was filled with cloud (mist) you could hardly see through it!

I was standing pretty close to the fence post, and you can’t see the trees in the background……

Then this is a picture of the next morning….

Here you can see the contrast in this photo that i took the very next morning. There is a parrot sitting on the fence wire.

It really was very eerie having so much mist around that you could hardly see!. Anyway just a little tidibt of photo fun.

Hope you have a fabulous evening!

Trackback URI | Comments RSS