OH....HOW EXCITEMENT !!!!

jake (DS2) arrived home yesterday beaming from ear to ear......

"guess what mum?" he aksed
"what baby?" says i, thinking that he had probably done well on an assignment at school
"i have been selected to play in the QLD Country Mens' Futsal side in the Nationals at Easter!!!"
"what...???" screams i jumping up from the computer and throwing my arms around my 6'2" baby boy. "i am sooooo proud of you darls"

"and guess what else mum?" he asks.
"there's MORE...???"
"yeah mum....matt (DS1) has been selected too. we will both be playing in the same team"

i was speechless......BOTH my beautiful boys have been given this HUGE opportunity.
the only downside to the news was that Matt was in an airport terminal at coolangatta waiting to fly to melbourne for the weekend when he got the news so while we were all celebrating and running around like crazy people here, he was alone at the airport, probably grinning from ear to ear
(he did tell me later that he told the guy sitting beside him on the plane that he had been selected and the guy seemed pretty impressed with him)

so now the hard work begins with the training and the nutrition and the massages and the physio visits to get these boys of ours in tip top shape to play and compete in the four day tournament.
the australian team will be chosen from this weekend so our boys are literally one step away from representing australia in a sport.

HOW EXCITEMENT IS THAT...????

here are a few pics of my boys in action at a tournament they have competed in brisbane earlier this year. as you can tell we are still learning the ins and outs of using the camera - the pics aren't so great - and it would certainly help if mark actually took the tripod out of the boot and used it....*SIGH*




am i being a biased, one-eyed mum when i say how totally gorgeous these two boys are....???
both a picture of health and strength and oh.....just GORGEOUS boys.
(pics 1 & 2 are matt, pics 3 & 4 are jakey)

and the other excitement is that last friday, kait and i drove to brisbane to visit with my baby brother and his family.
(plenty of pics taken but not sure if he would like me to share them)
they have recently moved from perth over to the east coast and i was just so happy to finally put my arms around him and hug him and sit and talk to him face-to-face.
maybe not such a big deal, some of you be thinking, but i didn't know i had a baby brother (well this baby brother anyways) until a few years ago as he was adopted out at birth by his mother.
his birth was a result of a brief liason my dad had between my mum leaving him and meeting my step-mum.
so there was lots of hugs and talking and sharing our our lives and tears too.
i can't wait for us to have more than just a few hours to catch up on our lives.

on the scrapping front....well i do have some news but i will wait to share that.
but i haven't scrapped at all....had a bit too much going on emotionally and i haven't had the urge or the inclination to scrap at all.
all my energies have gone into just maintaining my sanity some days.
hoping to get back into it this week as i am dealing with all the CR*P that has been going on and hopefully my mojo will come wandering in the door ready to do it's stuff....LOL

and just a quick congrats to nic wood and her family on the safe arrival of their little pink bundle last sunday, "jacinta grace".
what a precious gift after your three beautiful boys and i can't wait to see some pics nic
HINT HINT !!!!

and wishing the lovely miss ali stafford all the very best with the impending arrival of her "loafie".
lots of luck to you darls...i hope it is a nice quick labour and you will soon be holding your precious "loafie" in your arms.

hope that you have a great weekend and remember.....
always to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~

shazz xo