squishy loveliness….

Posted on September 28, 2009

I am super slowly catching up on editing editing editing, preparing for the Super Simple Spring sessions, blog{ART}ing, thinking things through and life in general!

A few weeks ago, I attended a workshop held by Kelley Ryden – a newborn photographer from the States.  Here’s another quick peek of one of my captures…..

I LOVE to capture newborns.  They are so peaceful squishy and just downright beautiful.

continuing on with my stuff………

you know what?

Posted on April 30, 2009

I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth.

I have been totally and utterly immersed in my family.  Oh – that and blog{ART}.  Slowly whittling away at that MASSIVE waiting list.  Really want to get it done.  I have a billion projects in my head I need to get out – and they are locked in there until the LIST is DONE.

getting things done

Posted on March 25, 2009

That’s how I roll at the present.  Getting. Things. Done.  I have ALOT to do. I spent today doing it.  Inbetween turning somersaults with the Mackenzinator and clapping when Murph stood up!  I have a waiting list on blog{ART} longer than my legs – and I have it on good authority that my legs are long (thanks darling Wilbur).  So – for now – the wait list is closed.  Gotta catch up before I go crazy!

Speaking of Wilbur – he is home tomorrow night.  I have three little girls that are almost jumping out of their little bodies to jump on him.  Get in line kids!  I am first!

Today – editing, blog{ART}ing, troubleshooting, problem solving and a bit of fun thrown in.  Lots of reading with the Mackenzinator.  She is in Kinder this year – and LOVES it.  We are not 100% positive that she is going to make it to school next year.  That’s just how she is.  She is going to be assessed by a speech therapist next term – just to see where we are at.   So – we picked up some extra books from Kinder yesterday – coz it gets a little tiring reading the same ones over and over (I guess that’s why there is a libraby – but I ALWAYS forget to return my books!).  She picked four books – all about some sort of sealife.  So we sat.  And read.  And read again.  Each time she was enthralled.  Murph is getting into the whole book thing too.  She has two special sturdy books of her own.  She pickes them up and sits on the couch for a peek.  So sweet.  We make the appropriate animal noise – well – I do – she just giggles and looks at me as if to say – “hey mum – why are you making that funny noise!”  I giggle back and tickle her.  Love.

Madison trotted off to HIP HOP tonight.  Such a little groover.  I haven’t seen many of her moves yet – although she did show me some sort of very un-PG-rated gyration the other day! We sat down and read her books tonight too.  Finally she is starting to ‘get it’.  Yay!

I MUST share these edits from AGES ago.

I LOVE grandad’s face in this one!

I LOVE the playfulness of this one!

Tomorrow -Kenzie has Kinder, Murph has Take a break and Madison has school.  I get two and a half hours of child-freeness.  It’s my time for a run -  6km running in the morning – gotta get ready for the Run For The Kids on 5th April.  Please whip over to here and read my story – and sponsor or donate – it is for a VERY worthy cause – the Royal Children’s Hospital.

The afternoon – naptime for the Kenz and the Murph before Mackenzie’s cardiologist appointment (hence the Run For the Kids to raise money for the RCH!). The it must be time to get Madison home and all settled before the Cyclone walks through that door!

oh oh look

Posted on February 1, 2009

it’s nearly here!!!!!!

on the first day of Christmas……

Posted on December 5, 2008

(…ok – maybe the second or third), a*muze*ing joined in the Chrsitmas cheer!!!!

WOW – look what happens when you are ‘blogsent’ (umm – absent from the blog for all you people not ‘in the know’!), for a while around Christmas time – the elves come in and do a make-over!  (now – if only they would come and visit the house….).

Lots has been happening (is that ‘good grammar’?!).  Wilbur came home and we went away for a flying visit to Noosa.  We took the Murph with us.  Can I just say FABULOUS!  Sounds awfully glamourous doesn’t it.  Well – it was!  Wilbur was meant to do some sort of convoluted extra expensice course in Thailand.  He decided not to when he discovered how extra expensive and convoluted it was all going to be.  SO…. I mentioned the vague possibility of whipping away to noosa for a day or two (totally ff the cuff, and sort of tongue in cheek!), and he said ‘yeah – why not’!  I was on the phone to Jetstar within seconds.  I got us a great package deal at the Sheraton Noosa for four nights, and rang Will with the details before I committed.  He suggested staying five nights.  Not one to argue – I whipped back on the phone to Jetstar, and before you could say ‘pass me the sunscreen’ – we were booked and paid for.  Ahhhh.  We decided to hire a car, and Will booked a Hyundai Getz for us.  once we got off the plane and headed to the Budget Car rental desk – the bloke behind the desk took one look at us and our stuff, and said ‘you won’t fit in a Getz – have an upgrade’.  No complaints here.

Once we got to the Sheraton, Wilbur gt to the desk and said ‘How’s our upgrade coming along!!!’.  To which the LOVELY receptionist replied – ‘beautifully sir – you have been upgraded to a SUITE’!  WOW.  The suite was bigger than our house.  Needless to say – we didn’t move too far for the entirety of our holiday!  I barely had the camera out – except for a little photoshoot with a fabulous family (thanks N’s – I’ll get to them soon!), and a few snaps of my Wilbur and the Murph.

Oh golly gosh.  I may be a whiz at getting wordpress to look festive – but since I upgraded – I can’t upload an image.  What a fine problem!!!!!  Hang on – maybe it is because I am not connected to the internet – woops – sorry wordpress!

Hmm – so the three photos in this post are pretty much it from Noosa.  I had great intentions, but they just fell by the wayside somewhere between the swim-up bar and the fabulous buffet breakfasts!  (actually – I lie – there are more photos roaming around – I just  haven’t ‘fixed’ ‘em yet!)

Did I miss the big M’s?  A little.  i didn’t miss the whole ‘Mum, Mum, Mum’ thing.  Not even a little.  I did miss their little being though.  They were being well and truly looked after by Nanna.  thank-you Nanna – we ♥ you!

The week before we left, Will and I went to Ikea.  Mammoth trip.  Lots of stuff – not too much money spent.  I like that about Ikea.  The girls now have a wardrobe in their bedroom as well as shelving.  So much easier for them to keep clean.  One less thing for me to get all anxsty (you know what that word is right!) about – which is always a good thing.

We also went out for dinner with some fabulous friends and to the Myer Christmas windows.  Lovely evening.  M1 took a million photos on my p&s – will get around to creating a slideshow – coz I love seeing the world through her eyes.

Speaking of M1 – it is her last week of Prep this week.  What a year it has been.  Mrs M is a wonderful teacher.  She has been loving, patient, kind and caring – she is just a gem all round. We’d love to keep her – but Miss Madison is going into grade one next year (where has the time gone – surely she should be still in nappies!).  We went to the school Christmas concert (said VERY loosely) a couple of weeks ago.  Madison’s grade ’sang’ (also said very loosely!) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.   When Will was tucking Madison in bed that night – the following exchange occurred:

Madison – “Daddy -  Mrs M told us we all had to smile while we were singing – but I didn’t have to, because I was already happy“.  Isn’t that the yummiest thing!  Ahh – she can be so cute when she is not being a brat!

We put the Christmas tree up on Monday.  yes – there is a photo lurking around on the camera – it’ll come out soon.  It looks great – although I can only put baubles BACK on the tree so many more times!  Murphy has taken a liking to pulling them off, and giggling as they roll across the floor!  Love her work!

Okay – blog{ART} stuff – the FABULOUSLY wonderful Megan Cristello asked me to create a bit of blog{ART} for her – check it out!  Looks great – and so very her – thanks Megan!

I have alsoe been lucky enough to work with the fabulous crew at Beyond Just Images – my favourite photog spot on the ‘net.  I worked with them to create a gorgeous looking blog full of awesome stuff – get on over there and check it out!

Oh oh oh – and THEN – I got to work with the just a FABULOUSLY wonderful OCF (off camera flash) expert – Ali Hohn, and created some blog{ART} for her too.  You MUST check out her OCF stuff – she is the master – AND she is coming out to Australia in February to do a workshop in Brisbane.  I will get to meet her!  Yeeha!  Anyway – check out ROCK that OCF! – Ali has a GREAT OCF Manual for sale – totally worht the money – you’ll learn so much!  Thanks Ali for woroking with me – we still have a couple of things to iron out – but it’s getting there!

Oh golly – what next.  Yes – I have braces.  I am not entirely in love with them – it’s not like they are pain-free.  They have been on for 6 days – and my teeth have moved so much already.  Unfortunately I can’t chew.  There are two great blobs of blue stuff on my back teeth to stop me from biting into the braces with my front teeth – great idea – BUT – it also means that my back teeth (you know – the chewing ones) cannot make contact, and therefore – i CAN”T chew!  This is THE most expensive diet in the world!  Think big picture – in two years -  ACE teeth!

So – it’s getting late – and I need my beauty sleep.  I’l try and keep shorted intervals between posts for a while!

the blog with moxie is launched

Posted on August 2, 2008

I had the ABSOLUTE pleasure of creating a blog for the gorgeouls lovely Chelsey.  I tell you what – this girl is a champ!  If I could – I’d wrap her up and store her in my cupboard and bring her out for lots of fun on a regular basis!  Unfortunately she lives in Canada – so there goes that idea!  Chelsey wanted a blog with a difference, something unique and not ‘out of the box’.  We had some fun, and came up with a great design.  Clean and simple with a focus on her fabulous images!  Thanks Chelsey for letting me create YOUR blog!  Enjoy

VOILA

Posted on July 7, 2008

It’s done.  I think.  I actually installed my new look the other day – but left it in Maintenance Mode as I wasn’t overlay happy with it.  Now I think I am done. For now.  IT’s a super simple site.  Navigate up the top as you hover over the image.  More navigation down the bottom – just to be user friendly – there’s nothing worse than scrolling ALL the way to the bottom of a blog, only to need to whip ALL the way up to the top to go somehere else! Hmm – let’s talk Archives.  The Archives page is a work in progress.  Each little thumbnail depicts the post.  Click on the thumbnail – and off you go – automagically to the post.  Cool huh!  There IS an incy wincy error that is displaying on the archives page – I am aware of it, and working on it – but I just wnted to get amuzeing back online!  Bear with me – please!