I just can't believe how much time has passed. We are about two weeks away from School starting up again, and l think my last post was around the time when summer vacation started. So what have we been up to? Well a lot has come and gone in the last two months. Only fair to mention this is a looong post!!
Firstly I need to mention that my wonderful dad celebrated his 65th birthday on July the 22nd, and they will be coming for a visit around the end of October. We are so excited to see them again.
this was taken back in 2006 when they last visited
Also while I'm mentioning birthdays, my brother in law Jorge celebrated his birthday on the 28th of July. We got to talk to him on his special day. It really makes it hard around this time of the year, as most of our family is celebrating birthdays and we would love so much to be there with them. This goes on the Cons list about living so far from family.
So now to recap on what we have been up to. The start of the summer kept us busy with Liam's baseball. Tournament after tournament, we had lots of fun, but l will admit everyone was happy to finish up early July and get to enjoy the rest of the summer.
Darren and I also took a little trip to Napa Valley with our good friends the Oakleys and the Fentons. We had planned this trip last year in honour of all of us turning 40 (not till the end of September for me). We had a great time and l will follow up on this with some photos on another post, l promise.
July also saw Darren's sister Shelley come to visit, which was really great to have her with us, even if it wasn't long enough.
The rest of the summer has been spent, swimming, hanging out with friends, staying up late and sleeping in. My favourite part of summer is that there pretty much isn't anything good on TV so l totally switch off and get to play in my craft room. I was able to make lots of cool cards for upcoming birthdays and do a little scrapbook project for Liam's birthday. My nephew Matthew is about to celebrate his 7th birthday on the 14th of this month so l made his a cool banner for his room. It's decorated in a cowboy theme, hence the design of the banner.
I also had a go at making a clear card and really enjoyed that, l'm planning on making many more of these.
This was a card l made for our friends son who turned 11 on the 6th of August. I struggle with designing boy cards, but l really like how this turned out. I used little bolts on the corners. the best thing was that Shane really liked the card.
At the moment we are busy in the midst of packing for our up coming vacation to the Gulf shores of Alabama. 1 week at the beach with our friends, we are all so looking forward to it.
And lastly we are all engrossed in the Olympics and have been cheering our Aussies on. Coco has gotten into the spirit as well.
OK that's it for now, sorry it was a long post, l promise not to wait so long between posts next time.
I just wanted to share what l did for Liam's 10th birthday, rather than make him a card as l usually do, l decided this year to make him a mini album. It showcased his birthdays for the last 10 years. 
