stop!

Okay.... no more comments for the give-away post. On the 4th of February I shall draw the winner's name and announce it!

Thank you,

14th Inning

Today is the 31st of January. Yes, it is Jamie's 14th birthday. Yesterday we had a party for him, so this post is combined.


Sammy and Lily at the top of the slide.


The cricket game.

The ladies... and a little boy :P

Jamie and Matt fielding.

Bek, Amy and I joined in just before the 1st innings was over.

Lunch!

And directly afterwards came the double-decker mud cake!

The birthday man!

Putting all of his effort into cutting the cake =D

Jess, Kim and Sam watching the table tennis match between Jamie and Mike.

Happy Birthday, Jem!

A Collection

I have done a little photo shoot with Michael that I thought you'd like to see :)


Looking for the moon...

His face is a little grubby, but close-ups of him are my favourite!

He certainly knows what to do when the camera is on him :P

Mum loved this one ^ ^

On another note: tomorrow is the last day for entering the give-away, so hurry if you would like a chance to win!

Latest Poll

On the side of my blog you may have noticed I had a poll about countries. I have never done this before, but thought it would be an interesting something to post about... I have the results for my viewers to look at :)

The question was:
~ Which Country do you live in?

And the options and answers were:

~ America - 7 (50%)

~ Australia - 7 (50%)

~ England - 1 (7%)

~ Germany - 1 (7%)

~ Spain - 1 (7%)

~ France - 2 (14%)

~ Italy - 1 (7%)

It's awesome that people who live in those countries read my blog, even though they aren't a large number :)

Australia Day ...&... Surprise Birthday Party

Here we are celebrating two very special friends' birthdays.....we haven't seen the family for four years and it was amazing to catch up with everyone and some of our old Church family =)

A sleepy bub!

Tying up the balloons before the birthday girls arrive!

Dad, Mum, and Kerrie. (Kerrie is the mother).

Getting the delicious cakes ready!!!!

~ Bethany and Renée, the birthday girls~

Israel sitting in a very convenient spot, as he watches the cake being served.

Dad and Mum.

Bubzie.

Jamie during the cricket game.

Mike.

Josiah being helped with his batting....

.... and getting out!

Micah and Israel.

Michael chased Manny around the field, and here he is grinning at her before they started a fresh bout of running!

Awww!

Renée and Manny.

And, to finish up with a beautiful photo of Jess and Renée!

Most Exciting....

.... Do you want to know why I'm excited? This is my 200th post, and I'm offering a give-away!

It has not been hard to reach this large number in only one year, four months and thirteen days, in fact, it was remarkably fun and exciting! Sometimes, I admit I have found it hard to think of things to write about, but I do not think I have ever gone for more than a month without a post.

During December, and so far, in January I have done many, many posts. Probably because it was Christmas time and it's the holidays, so we do things out of the ordinary. A few days ago I was so over-flowing with ideas to post about that I did three in one day! I am sure there are not many of you who do not enjoy blogging, so you see where I'm coming from :)

Now to get to the main point: the give-away!

It is a button necklace!

To place your bid when you comment you must mention that you want to enter, but if you do not want it then you simply do not say anything about it. Oh, and if you have a blog please do a post with a link to my name to let people know I am hosting a give-away. And let me know in your comment that you have done it!

Give-away ends on the 31st of January. I will draw the name of the winner and announce the name on the 4th of February.

I wish you all the best of luck!

By Request

I had already done a post about my hair since it was cut, but I've had a few requests for more photos because it's been said that the original post didn't show enough of what people wanted to see.
So, by request, here are some photos :)

On another note: The Yass picnic I mentioned in the last post, I shall not be writing about. If you are interested in seeing it go to Bethany's blog HERE