Weekending

I was on canteen duty on Friday and finally remembered to take my camera up to school to take a photo of the Dux Honour board with Janelle's name on it....

I finished Janelle's quilt....
It had been a while since our last scrabble challenge and once again I have to brag that I was the winner with another score over 200 (205) to be exact!

Peter spent quite a bit of time tending to his vegies which are all coming along very nicely...
Bella got over excited chasing lizards in the sun and had to take a break, she couldn't move from her water bowl after getting too hot...
We drove up to Mandurah and picked up Janelle after she caught the train from Perth. She has come home for a few nights as it is study break week at uni. We indulged ourselves with a Simmos icecream before coming back to Bunbury...
Nicole went to the annual Brunswick show on Saturday and then down to Wilyabrup to watch her mates do rock climbing. They are all a bit sunburnt.
Last week Janelle was lucky to go to Swan Lake Ballet in Perth. She thoroughly enjoyed the performance and thought she could be a ballerina as well...

Janelle's study quilt

I have been working on a quilt for Janelle to take outside and lay on the grass at Trinity to do her study on. Finally it is finished and today we gave it to her.

Whenever I had to put it down flat to sort something out or trim it my 2 trusty helpers were always around to test it out....

I hand embroidered Janelle Live, Love, Laugh, Cherish love Mum and the date on the back...

Hand stitching the binding was very time consuming but finished it off nicely....

Here's the happy recipient...

Happenings

Just an update on whats been going on around here over the last few weeks.After all the organising and celebrating of Nicole's 21st birthday this picture pretty much sums up how we all felt.....After a few days rest Dad, Sarah and I took a trip to Perth and tested out the new highway which has just recently opened. It certainly made the trip much quicker then the horrible Old Coast Road.

We called in and saw Janelle and she modelled us her new ball dress then Sarah and I caught the bus into the city to do some shopping.

Dad drove out to see Steven and we then caught the train out to Midland to meet him and headed home.

A few days later we went out to Harvey and had morning tea at the Settlers Cottage at the Harvey Tourist Info centre.

The gardens were beautiful with lots of spring flowers....

We then drove out to the Harvey Dam. It had filled up so much since we had been out earlier in the year. Another few more weeks of rain and it may have overflowed for the first time.....

Peter, Dad and I went for a game of golf. It wasn't a good day with a freezing wind blowing and some terrible shots, the only highlight were these baby geese out for a wander...

Nicole and her housemates went to Perth to see the Black Eyed Peas concert. They took little Sonic for his first "road trip". Apparently he was very well behaved and spoilt by Ant's mum but a very tired little boy when he got home. He also just had a little op to halt his manhood tendancies!

Janelle attended her Trinity Ball in Fremantle and had a great night in her new pretty dress...

She also ran in the "Run for Poverty" representing Trinity. They went all through Kings Park and surrounds for a few hours.....

Sarah and I have still been busy doing some sewing...

And I helped Nicole set up her new machine and get her started.......

We had a mini heatwave for 2 days this weekend which was a bit hard to take after all our cold miserable weather. The sunsets were great.....



Our roses are blooming and always look best at the start of the season.....

Bella now has her stitches out but unfortunately she has become very nervous when we walk her which is a bit sad as she has always loved going for a walk.

Turning 21

Nicole's big day finally arrived - her 21st birthday! We had a great full day of celebrating.

First up was the family present opening......

We gave her a sewing machine, all the necessary bits like pins and scissors etc that she might need, a camera, a mum made apron and cookbooks, an engraved libra pendant, a Luigi toy, a 21st black glass and a 21st book for guests to sign. I also spent many hours making her a scrapbook album. Pop gave her some handmade salt and pepper grinders and Adobe photoshop. She also received lots of gift vouchers later from friends and family and a baby budgie and lovely cage from her housemates.

We had some family photos before everyone arrived for lunch....

We had made up a photo board complete with her beloved "Frodo"....

We had 26 family and friends to lunch. The table was covered in black fabric, sprinkled with red and gold stars and silver 21's and decorated with some silver, black and red arrangements and same coloured helium balloons. It all looked great. We feasted on different cold and hot meats and some yummy salads.......

After lunch we all watched a home movie Sarah had made of Nicole's life and partying. Sarah did a great job with that.

Then it was time for a speech from Peter followed by cake...

There were certainly a lot of photos taken on the day and here a few favourites...

Dad and his 4 grand daughters..

Nicole, Janelle and Sarah with Kelsie and Teagan..

Nicole and Lisa with stars on their noses...Pop, Janelle, Lisa and Toby... Nicole and cousin Tracey...Nicole with god parents Jean and Gordon...Nicole and Janelle...Janelle and Lucy...Janelle and Mumsy...

After all the day celebrations we then moved everthing out to where Nicole is renting for a night party with her friends. The theme was Glitz and Glamour/Flash to Trash.

Another cake...They all had a great time that went on until the small wee hours. The beret also had to make an appearance....HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to our beautiful, fun loving vivacious daughter, sister, grand daughter, niece, cousin and friend! We love you!