WINTER WARMTH

we kept the fire burning all day today - it was cold and wet and great snuggling weather
(had a lovely snuggle after lunch with mark and fell asleep in his arms - doesn't get much better than that)

i didn't step foot outside all day except to drag some plants out onto the front landing for a drink of rainwater.

managed to get some scrapping done
(in between loads of washing and folding)
and miss kait even scrapped a page too which i will share when it dries.

i am not happy with a layout i completed of kait
(it is heading for a radical makeover);
completed my "inspiration" layout for tca
(sorry about the gross pics but i thought they were an important part of jakey's life and were a story that needed to be told);

Page 1

Page 2

and completed a second layout of kait that i think i like but won't share just yet.
i am still really really struggling to find my "style" but while i search for it i am recording our family history.
i was looking for my new album this morning
(LOVE my d ring album and now need to get another one)
and i found miss kait lying on the loungeroom floor with it, pouring over all the pages -reading the journalling and just loving it.
and isn't that what it's all about....???

my scrapping is about being a creative outlet for me
(more a trickle than a raging torrent at times though);
it's about my obsession with having my kids know how i feel about them when the words just won't come; it's about making sure the images and thoughts and feelings of our family are recorded so future generations can know who were are and what we were all about.
but most of all it is about my darling baby girl, lying on her tummy on our loungeroom floor, giggling over the pictures and words of our life.

in the words of master spunk, jon bon jovi
"HAVE A NICE DAY"

that's all folks

~*~ shazz ~*~

p.s. "GO THE SOCCEROOS...!!!"
it has been like christmas eve here tonight with mark and the boys waiting for the game to begin. jakey has headed off to bed to catch some sleep before he gets up to watch it.
they spent dinner tonight speculating on the outcome of the game and the "what ifs".
i must admit i have allowed myself to think "what if we beat brazil...???"
how excitement would THAT be...???