Saturday Scrap Day

Had a lovely day yesterday scrapping with Mum & Esther. We all decided to try our hands at doing some vintage looking canvases. This is the first one I completed. The photo is of mr grandfather when he was a boy with his family.

I then decided to try a bigger canvas, using photos of my grandparents on their wedding day.

I then decided to have a break from vintage canvases & made this one of my friend Bel & I.

I then did a couple of tins. I had a stack of paper flowers sitting around & decided I needed to put them away somewhere, so I made this tin to put them in.

I then finished by making this Faith tin.

Layouts from the Scrapping With Soul Retreat

Here are the layouts I got done at last week's Scrapping With Soul retreat. The theme of the weekend was "Our Stories" & they had a competition for the best Our Stories layout & I entered the above layout about our Kenya trip & came second.

I entered this layout from our Kenyan Safari in the free choice & was stoked to come first place.

My friend Victoria from the Kenya team on her wedding day which was two weeks after we got back from Kenya.

My family on Christmas day 2008

My best buds Melinda & Amy

Scrapping With Soul Retreat 2008

Cathy, Cass, Tracey & I at last years Scrapping With Soul retreat

Jackson & Isabella

Sarah's 21st Pirate Party

Melinda & Kaitlyn at the beach last year

Mum, Davina, Erin & I in Berry

Scrap Of Faith Retreat

Mike, Michele & Jenny

Girls Night in Wollongong with my bible study girls

It Has Been A While I Know!

Yes it has been a long time since I've been on here I'm sorry :(
I have been slack, but will try & keep updating more regularly.

Since I last blogged I have started a new job. I finally took the plunge into childcare. I have always wanted to get into childcare, so have finally taken the first step. Two weeks ago I started my traineeship at Lyrebird Preschool, which is the preschool that I went to back in 1991! I am really enjoying it so far. I am starting to settle into the routine of each day & what I need to be doing. And it is a lot of fun, I love being around the kids all day & even the jobs such as cleaning & washing up don't worry me! I started my tafe work this week. It has been hard to get myself into the work, cause it's been so long since I studied! But the work isn't too bad, so I should be right once I get into it.

We had the Scrapping With Soul retreat last weekend which was a lot of fun. Got to spend a lot of time with my friend Jess which I really enjoyed. Then yesterday I spent the morning scrapping with my friend Erin & am looking forward to scrapping with Mum, Jess & Esther next weekend.

So life is busy, but I'm enjoying it :)

Kenya Layouts

I know I have been a very slack blogger lately. Things have just been so busy. It's even taken me awhile to get back into my scrapbooking groove, but here are some of my layouts of my Kenya trip. This first layout is of our beautiful playground.

This is Lifespring church, which was so much like home to us while we were in Kenya.

The Kenyan guys who helped us build the playground show a bit of good ol Aussie spirit.

Tony & Victoria check out our new swings.

One of my fav photos, of me with a gorgeous girl I met at one of the schools we visited.

A bit of an odd photo, but I just thought these banana plantations looked so lovely.

My roomie Victoria, who became such a good friend to me over the three weeks we spent together.

One of my fav landscape photos from our Safari

Giraffe on Safari

Baby elephants at the elephant orphanage

African sunset

It's A Girl

Jess, my good frind & scrapping bud, had a baby girl Paige Marie last friday 6/2/09. She is just the cutest little thing. We went to see them on Sunday & got a few cuddles in :)
They went home on Wednesday & are apparently going well & settling in at home.
Congratulations Jess, Gary & Jordan on your beautiful new bundle! Can't wait to see Jess scrapping lots of pics of Paige!

What I've Missed Most This Week

I have been home for just over a week now. I am so glad to be home with my family & friends, but I am also missing being in Kenya. Here are some of the things I've missed the most:

~The Gang! I really loved hanging out with the rest of the Aussie team & getting to know them all better. They are all really awesome, lovely people.

~ The beautiful weather. Australia is so hot at the moment! We had really nice weather in Kenya.

~ The yummy pineapples. Kenyan pineapples are so lovely & so sweet. They are so much nicer than Australian pineapples!

~ Makena's beautiful singing! We had an adorable two year old on our team who spent more time singing than I did. Can you believe that?!

~ Hearing reggae music wherever you go. I am a huge Bob Marley fan & loved hearing his music around a lot of the places we went.

~ The great devotions we had each day. They were really encouraging & even though I do my own devotion each morning, it's just not the same as having group devotions each day, where you can all encourage & support each other.

~ Hearing people say "Habari" (hello how are you), "Karibu" (welcome) & "Asante" (thankyou). I had gotten so used to hearing them everywhere!

~ Riding in a bus everywhere & not having to wear a seat belt!

~ Mandazis. They are like doughnuts, but not as sweet, but I think they are nicer than doughnuts.

~ Running by Kenyan time! Kenyans are so relaxed, so nothing ever ran to schedule!

New Friends

While we were in Kenya we spent a couple of days with Pastor William, who works in a slum area. He showed us around the schools he works at & we got to visit some homes.
Here are some pictures of the kids from the primary school. They are all so cute & loved having their photo taken!

This little boy was just adorable. He shook all our hands as we walked past him! Here he is greeting Rob.

They are just all so adorable! We loved hanging out with them for a little while & were quite sad to leave them!