Baby Kaia...

Last Week (yep, its taken me a week to put these up!!) I went to visit daria and little Kaia in hospital! He is now about 9 weeks old and has the most gorgeous smile!!! He weighs in at close to 1.5kg and is so so so cute!! Such a beautiful baby!! He's out of ICU now and is doing so well "high five Kai!!"
Daria looks great and is the best mum ever!!!
I'll stop going on and on now.. cos as you know... i just had to take some happy snaps!!

a very proud mummy

fast asleep in his mum's arms

awe!!! he can wear little outfits now!! (size 00000)

sweet dreams

Jen & Jesse's Wedding 16.9.07

On Sunday Matty and I flew up to Brisbane to go to Jen and Jesse's wedding! They were so lucky with the weather it was so warm and sunny! They got married in the beautiful botanical gardens and then the reception was in this really cute little restaurant! The food was yummy - we had a choice of 3 entree's and 3 mains and the most yummy cheese platter where i have now discovered my mose favourite cheese ever... "tallegio".
Jen looked so beautiful in her wedding dress! Its ereally suited her!! Jen and Jess looked so happy!!!
It was really a great wedding!
**Congratulations** to Jen and Jess!!!!
Im not going to write too much more about it cos i want to show you all in pictures...

Jen 'walking down the isle'

beautiful

with her dad

the bride and groomcute little flower girlJen and her Sister

"i do" "you may kiss the bride"

the bouquet

the official part! Jen signing...

Jess signing bride & groom having a special moment

I love this photo! They look so happy!

Rachy and Cameron going to pose for the photo but headbutted themselves instead!! "ouch"

take two...

Jen's brand new little neice.. so cute!! I got to have a cuddle at the reception!!

Matty

Me, Jen and Rachy! together again!!!

The beautiful cake!

cutting of the cakeWe got some yummy chocolate love hearts!!! Im excited!Rachy and Cameron a little later in the night!

Matty and I! Um no... my head isnt usually that much bigger than matts!! lol!

So, as you can see from all the photos.. the bride looked beautiful, the groom looked proud and a great time was had by all!!
Xx Jess

a *big* thankyou!!!

HI everyone...
Firstly i'd like to say a HUGE thank you for all your kind and encouraging comments on my last blog post!! It made me feel so happy to see so many of my friends being so supportive!! Thank you to all of you!!! :)

I've had a nice and busy week!!! Matt's dad Buzz is staying with us for a few weeks! He has been helping Matt out in his shop (pro kayaks) and hanging out with us! We've been playing a few board games.. my favourite.. Smart Ass! I was lucky to recieve a RAK from Siany last week.. which included one of her sewing masterpieces!! Thanks Sian!!!

I've been so spoilet lately!!! Matty bought me a gift voucher for a scrap shop out of the blue!!! It was such a nice surprise!! And he gave me flowers last week! Such a perfect boyfriend!!

I've got one layout to share also...
"red love"Its my first ever layout using white cardstock!!!

I'll leave you all with a photo i took yesterday while i was nannying Jade.. she was a little angel yesterday! The perfect baby!!!
Have a great day everyone!!
Xx Jess

im (officially) a PUBLISHED scrapbooker!!!!

OMG!!!! I cannot believe it!!! Its finally happened!!
I went to the letter box this afternoon to find my copy of Scrapbooking Memories - Vol 9 No 4 - magazine....
And there I was... Published!!
Im so excited! Im in there twice! This is the 1st time ever for me to have anything published and im so excited and happy about it!!!

"fun together" in the Fun & Funky Gallery
MY NAME!!!! lol

"Jessy" in the Final Encore Gallery!!

I just had to share my exciting new with my friends, family and scrapbooking buddies from all over the world!!!
Xx Jess

Art Journal Challenge - Week Thirty Three...

Woah.. i've caught up on 5 cards (scroll down to see them all) !! i've still got two to go!! Hopefully i can get them done this week!!!

The prompt for this week: "10 minutes"

To create your card in 10 minutes... so i laid out all my materials and i knew exactly what i was going to make my card about! Jade! I've been nannying her for some time now and I thought it would be great to document her in one of my cards!!!

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Art Jornal Challenge - Week Thirty Two...

I loved Emily's card fro this prompt and the cute photo she added on her post too!!! So CUTE!!

The prompt for this week: "quiet..."

I love living my the lake. We are so close to shops, movies, bowling and all other great things that the city provides but its also very QUIET
(p.s. that is Matt padling in that photo that i took)

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Art Journal Challenge - Week Thirty One...

I like to think that i have no regrets and I definately dont regret going back to work and help our my parents but working in their restaurant (which is for sale if anyones interested!?)

The prompt for this week: "no regrets..."

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Art Journal Challenge - Week Thirty...

This was easy!!! Thanks Emily for the great prompt!!!

The prompt for this week: "count them! (blessings that is)..."

Im so lucky to be blessed with a loving family, a fun and gorgeous boyfriend and lots of fun and reliable friends!! What more could i want (or need)!!

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This is an interactive card...

Art Journal Challenge - Week Twenty Nine...

Oh Gosh! I've been so far behind with my Emily cards!! But i've been playing catch up in the last two days!!! I love doing my cards! I cant believe i was 7 weeks behind!!!!

The prompt for this week: "define perfection!"

At the moment.. perfection for me is being with my beautiful boyfriend Matty! I love the relationship we have together!!

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