Proud Mum Moment and a share

It's been a few weeks since I last posted, but that dreaded jury duty has taken up quite a bit of my time. Hopefully it will be finished in the next couple of days and life will return to normal.

We had the West Gambier Cricket wind up on Saturday night and the boys were both very excited to win some awards.

Ryan was presented with a trophy to celebrate his hat trick earlier in the season. He finished that match with the figures of 4/0. The trophy contained the match ball as well as a plaque that recorded the details.

He also won the batting trophy - the most runs for the year. He finished top 2 in batting, bowling and fielding - a pretty mean effort!

Bowen also starred in his first year of cricket. He won the bowling trophy with 7 wickets, beating his brother by 1 - not bad for an 8 year old! He also finished 4th in the batting award.

They both made lovely speeches as well.

I haven't had heaps of time to scrap lately, but here are a couple that I did for the Remember When Scrapbooking blog last week.

Don't you just love the Laser Cut owl?? I'm trying to use up some older photos as well.

The boys have changed just a little bit haven't they??

That's it for now.

Cheers, Deb

A Flying Visit

A quick post to let you know that I'm still around. I'm on jury duty for the month of March, so I don't know what I'm doing from one day to the next. It makes managing work and a family, more than a little challenging!! Luckily, I'm not needed for the next few days.

It's a long weekend here this weekend - yay!! We SO need some chill out time. That should mean some scrapping for me!!

Meanwhile, here are a couple of scrapping projects I completed using RW Laser Cuts.

This is a really quick layout, apart from the measuring LOL! I chose a photo of Ryan for each month last year and used my labelling machine to type the months. I really want to do one for Bowen now.

For something completely different, I created this canvas. My manager Dawn gave us all one for Christmas last year with the challenge to be creative. This is what I came up with - it sits in my office at work.

Anyways, better go and get a few jobs done before bed.

Cheers, Deb

My Big Boy is 11!

Not sure where the time went, but this time eleven years ago, I was lying in a hospital bed while DH Shayne watched the golf!!!

At just after 9.30pm, with a little help from a surgeon, Ryan Anthony arrived in the world.

The last 11 years have flown by and we are so proud of the young man he has become.

He loves his Ripstick - so does his Dad! With his usual determination, he has spent as much time as possible mastering it - and I mean both of them LOL!!

Ryan also got a Port Power football jumper and a Wii game.

After cricket this morning, he is now entertaining his mates Tyson and Dylan who are staying the night. We've been ten pin bowling and had KFC for tea and they are now locked in a serious cricket match with Bowen and Brad from next door.

Cake soon and then sleep - for his tired parents at least!

Happy birthday darling. We love you very much - although I know you would be very embarrassed to hear that out loud!

One Proud Mum!

Ryan played in the Under 12 Future Champions Cricket Trophy cricket match yesterday. He was one of only 22 boys chosen from across the competition, so to get selected was one major achievement.

His team won the toss and elected to bowl. Ryan was given the job of bowling the second over - he was pretty nervous, but bowled well, only giving away 1 run. His next over claimed the wicket of the opposition's captain and best batsman - I think I screamed with excitement LOL. Luckily Ryan didn't hear me. He went on to take another wicket, finishing with 2 wickets for only 3 runs for his 3 overs.

Although he didn't do well with the bat, his team Gambier Green won which was also really exciting.'

Ryan had a GREAT day and we are all so proud of him!

Beyond Comprehension

I have been watching in disbelief the news coming out of Victoria over the past day. I can't imagine what those people must be going through, having lost family, friends, neighbours and homes. It's beyond imagination.

Kathy at Remember When doing her bit to help those affected - proceeds from the sale of all laser cuts this week will be donated directly to the bushfire appeal. Stock up on laser cuts and help Kathy donate as much as possible.

I'll be back later to share some happier news.

Look what just came to our house.

There's nothing wrong with my boys' hearing!! They heard the sound from inside and rushed outside. They waited not so patiently until it came back!

What did they hear??

Mr Whippy driving up our street - that doesn't happen very often.

And this is what happened after that!!

Ice-creams all round! Yummo!!

Scrapping!

I didn't manage to scrap as many layouts as I'd like during the holidays, but did manage to get these done last week.

I did this one for RW Laser Cuts and it also doubled as a challenge for Country Papercraft's Australia Day cybercrop. I love the RW laser cuts - the title on this layout.

This was another CPC challenge - to use Australian colours (I chose red, white and blue rather than green and yellow).

Another RW Laser Cut layout - using the You are a Star title. Trying hard to use up some old photos and scrapping supplies.

This was a colour challenge set by TD over at CPC - this patterned paper matched perfectly!