She Does Scrap...........sometimes.....

This photo is of my SIL and me when we were only a couple of months apart with my third & her fifth. She lives 20,000 miles away, & although we only met 7 years ago we get on so well. Not only do I wish I lived closer to Kaz & Nath but also Laura & her family. Who knew!!




This is of Liv who has trouble with her goggles. She always tries to put them on like her big sisters. She is such a little fish.


A family photo at Burleigh Beach taken by a timer.



Can you tell that I LOVE butterflies!!! LOL I am totally in love with martha punches, I now have all her butterfly ones. Aren't they the best.

So that's it for me, have a great hump day!!!

Me xxx

A post is coming with photos too....

will be back soon. We have had a busy busy couple of weeks spring cleaning after coming back from holidays. Lets just say a lot of work but very freeing!! I am feeling lighter already. Everything has a place, now with three girls it is keeping that way......hahahahah. Have also let go of Liv's baby stuff with the realisation that she is our last!!! It is sad but positive all at the same time.
Hope you are all keeping well. Back soon.

Me xx

She is Home..........

and apart from the fact she was indeed missed, she bought home lots of pressies, photos (thanks bro) & scrapping goodness for me!! I feel like it is Christmas!! Thanks Mum.
Love Me xx

We Are Home.........

What a nice feeling. I apologise for no posting while we were away. Although we were in Australia blogger decided it didn't like my iphone & middle earth decided it didn't need internet after 9pm. So here is a little update. As you can imagine we squeezed a lot into 26 days. It was an adventure not all of it good, but ended positively with a visit to Fraser Island. I had a bit of trepidation about the final leg of our trip......especially when I was told watch out for dingoes (they eat children), you can't swim in the ocean due to sharks (try explaining that to very beachy water babes), sometimes the hot showers don't work & then to top it off this sign before we headed on over......



hahahahahhah it was quite funny I turned to Ant & said where the hell are you taking us?? This is meant to be a holiday!!! I had been very positive and my usual upbeat self up until this point considering what had been happening!!

The first day of our trip we encountered this, should have taken it as a sign??!!
(sometimes we could barely see a metre in front of us)



We had a 1400km trip to our destination of a single officer Ambulance station. Shortened version, we sidetracked to Expedition National Park for a couple of nights which ended up only being one when Ant sliced his hand to the bone & so we had to get up the next day & drive 300km to a nearest hospital so he could get 5 stitches!!
This actually didn't turn out too bad considering, I thought, the alternative being 3 nights in a dust bowl with dingoes & spiders as our companions & no water anywhere in sight!! So we spent 3 days in Springsure which was really lovely, the OIC at Springsure took pity on us & gave us a beautiful little house with air con and tv and while we were here took in some sights (it was a lovely little town), went to a jazz night and the highlight took the girls to their first rodeo (it was also Ants) so it was quite exciting for me as I grew up with all this stuff!!





then continued on to Middlemount. This is where the fun began.......no video shop, all got rashes from drinking the water (nobody told us not too) hence the girls were the worst especially little Liv, and a number of other things.....



then they all proceeded to drop like flies with an awful sickness that thank goodness only lasted a couple of days (and Lucia wasn't too bad)but seemed like an eternity there when all you wanted to do was crash in front of tv!! LOL

Here is just a few favourites from Fraser Island, as this post is turning into a marathon. Will have to post about the nightmare that waited at home for us when we got back!! LOL

Fishing with Daddy


A beached whale (which over the next couple of days we watched tiger sharks from only a metre away, the girls were quite sad & then thought it was pretty cool)



Big sand dunes (which we climbed)



So I leave you with this.......You know sometimes I think of how nice it would be to be millionaires to never have to worry about money, to have cars that never break down & your dream house, overseas holidays, being generous & spoiling our loved ones for no reason, retiring young, having new clothes & shoes, never stressing about having to work more for school fees & then I think of how our Heavenly Father says that he looks after even the lillies in the field & I realise that the most important things in life........aren't THINGS!!!! This is what it is all about. Loving unconditionally, being content & happy with ourselves & our place, learning to dance in the rain & trusting that He knows what we don't. Me xxx

Ask the Leyland Brewins.......

well Monday we are off. Not sure how much I will be able to blog or whether I will keep up to date like all you other legends, but will try to post where I can & include photos. We will probably have limited internet coverage as we are going quite a ways inland. The girls and Anthony are very excited........me......well I am armed with some books, mags, good music and the anticipation of seeing some of this beautiful country of ours. It will definately remind me of my roots as I spent the majority of my life out on a farm in the west. I am excited that along the way we might find some little treasure spots where I can forage around. I am going to endeavour to keep a journal & take lots of photos. I am also looking forward to the solitude (well with 3 kids and all) and just getting back to simplicity. No hustle bustle, no toys, no tv (OMG how will I cope LOL) and just spending time together as a family. We all love cards and board games & books so I am looking forward to the chill out time. During this time Anthony is working at a single officer station, so while he is doing this we are just going to hang with him & not miss him like we did last time. There is a pool and a library in the town so we will find lots to do I am sure. Mmmmm maybe I could read my camera manual & catch up on all that........NOT!!! LOL
So catch you on the flip side.........hope to chat soon & watch out for my random posts!!! Take care, much love from my family to yours!!!

Me xxxx

PS I won a voucher over at Scrapzbiz last week for a challenge. I love this site. If you want some great challenges & really nice girls to chat to, head on over!!! The shop is full of gorgeous NEW goodies!!! Will post some LO's when I get back.

Get ready for a long post & heavy photos......

So it has once again been a while since I posted. So many things happening all the time. We are off soon on a month long adventure up north in our campervan. It is a mixture of a holiday & Anthony working!! He has done it before but on his own & we decided none of us wanted that this time so it coincides with the girls going on holidays so off we go!! I know that many people have been hit during these economic times so there will be no whingeing from me. It has been a challenge for me to make things stretch, do without & really think about what is important, what is a want & what is a need, hence the no blogging, I have been busy. Above all though is remembering that God is our provider and we just need to trust.

So the happenings in the Brewin household..........here we go.......

Eating lots of these with jam & cream.....(not good for my exercise regime but oh so yummy)

Lulu nearly cut her finger off...(Daddy was minding her & this is a long story need I say more??)Needless to say we are very blessed to have a paramedic in the house who quickly glued up the finger so we didn't need a visit to the ER!!

My Pop turned 80....





This has been happening quite a bit lately...


I go in to check on the girls & liv has crawled into Georgies bed down the other end. She is so cute, she loves being Georgies baby. I have really wondered about them all being in the same room but I am continually amazed at how much it just doesn't bother them & they are all so close. On the way to low maintenance girls....YAHOO!!!

Lots of other things happening too but will have to leave that for another blog post.
Happy Sunday.
Me xxx

PS in the meantime my Mum is travelling to see Nath in the USA and I am soooo jealous. Wish I was there!!!

Happy Fathers Day to ........

and You



And to this guy......(so hard to get a photo) I only have ones of the kids & there is one little one missing in this shot.I am so proud of the man he has become & the incredible father he is. Love you bro.


You
(And to Ant's Dad who we lost 8 years ago).
We love you so much and our world is so much better with you in it!!! You are our Heroes.

M xx