wow what a weekend

well it was full on, so much has happen this weekend that i think i will need a week off LOL.

So on Thursday it was Misses birthday so we had a lovely day playing around with anything she wanted to do, so must of the day we were outside it the cold riding the bikes. Then later that day playing with her Mr potato head, that she got for her birthday. In the mean while i was cleaning the house because Matt's mum is coming on the Friday, mean you I was high on painkillers at the time because I have a tooth ache, I was in so much pain. After being on the phone for a hour to find a dentist (my dentist is on holidays gggggrrrr), found one who saw me at 3.15pm I was out by 3.30, $180 later feeling heaps better, well not the pocket.

Friday morning I went to the photography class, we were get some photos ready for the show in Sept at the school, Next week we will be mounting the photo's, how exciting. So after the class I had to go up town to get some of my photos enLAGERED.Then the shopping. Pat came later in the afternoon.

Saturday was Nick's Birthday so we thought it would good to go to the snow day at the sky way,WOW it was great had a lot of fun and did heaps of things. throwing snow ball(not real snow), face painting, snow hunt,magic tricks, heaps of entertainment for the kids. but i think the best bit it was all free. so after a yummy lunch at the cafe,I had to get ready for dinner with the family party, Nick asked to have crepes for dinner,yum one of my fav too. so like every birthday dinner i have to put all the party things up like the streams, balloons, the dinning room looks.

amazing.

Sunday was Blackheath markets so like Pat was here we went up there, then I knew how much she loves antique thing i took her to the big antic place in Blackheath, after she was there for 2 and something hours ggggggrrrrrr, Mum called me to say we should go to lunch somewhere after dad has finish working at the markets. So off we went to MT VIC hotel to have lunch in the sun. got home and crashed. all the walking around looking at old thing, was killing my feet and Matt's.

so like you can see it was a non stop weekend, but to top things off Stephy fell sick after that busy weekend, poor little thing she is not well at all, so fingers cross she will get better soon.

oH look at the little cupcakes i made for the daycare for the kids.

HappY biRThdaY NiCk

Happy birthday to my baby boy Nick, In 5 years you have grown to be a lovely boy,You still give the best cuddles. love you heaps.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear my baby Stephy

Happy Birthday to you

I can't believe she is already 3 wow that is amazing,where has the time gone, I know one thing, she has put alot of smiles of peoples faces, now you cant tell me you didn't smile when you saw this photo, true?

HAppY BirT hdAy.

photo's of Oliver

Had a bit of a go doing a photo shooting with Oliver yesterday, not really happy how the photo's turned out, but I will keep on trying

His a good looking kid

His was a great mood for me, Thanks mate

New members of the family

So this month is the kids birthday so every year we get a group present and one for there birthday day. I cant believe we got the kids mice for there group presents, What were we thinking at the time. The kids loves them, they really do (oh the cat thinks they are alright too ). I have to say they are not to bad, Stephy has called hers Princess, Nick called his Jack and Oli has called his Stewart, mine you they are all girls.

Princess is a very quite and lovely one, she will just sit on your lap, great for Stephy.

Nick is getting use to his mouse, very friendly one

Stewart is a what can i say, a little @%*!, but getting heaps better with handling.

Apart of the mice Matt got himself a 2ND hand ride on mower this week, so most of today he was fixing it (having fun on it). So after he had finish playing around on his new toy we went for a bush walk down to Katoomba falls, it's so lovely down there. We didn't stay to long because it was a bit chilly.

Hope you had a great weekend

dont forget to look at My PHOTO'S for HSMS

Marie

COOKIE RECIPE

Today I get an email about A lady who is giving away a FREE cookie recipe,what's the big deal about a cookie recipe you say, well here is the story

For all you cookie lovers and bakers!!!!! A good story and a recipe for free. This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading! A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a Very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can BUY The recipe." I asked how much, and she responded; "Only two fifty - it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill. Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus Charge was $285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two Sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. At the bottom of the statement it said, "Cookie Recipe-$250.00". That was outrageous! I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress had Said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and Fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money because, according to them; "What the Waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money." I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes Which govern fraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office. I was basically told: Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying To get any of your money back". I said, OK, you've got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250 worth Of fun I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie Lover in the world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe From Neiman-Marcus... for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you RIPPED ME OFF!" and slammed down the phone. So here it is! Please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make Another penny from this recipe! NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter

680grms chocolate chips

4 cups flour

2 cups brown sugar

2 tsp. (Bicarb) soda

1 tsp. salt

2 cups sugar

510grms (grated) Cadbury chocolate

5 cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking Powder and Bicarb (soda). Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at (180) 375 degrees. The above quantities make 112 cookies. PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! This is not a joke-it's a true story.

So lucky for me I had all the goodies in the cupboard so I made a half a patch OMG they are YUMMY. Watch out lady in the photography class tomorrow.

HER SPACE MY SPACE

Her space my space has started again, Kirsty & Anita had a Summer Break! yes summer, they are in England. So why don't you have a go, it's helps with the way you take photo's.