Maria

Happy 9th Birthday, Maria!

Diana's Birthday Party || 9yrs || Part 3

Several of us have had Stampin' Up! parties in the last several years, and Diana wanted to have one as well. {Trying to remember now} I think she checked with our favourite demonstrator, who wasn't available, so asked me to demonstrate instead. In the end I managed to design two cards and prepare all the materials (with Mum's help) the night (aka early am ;)) before the party. I went with a pink design and a purple one to match the them colours for the party (picked by guess who).

: : All set up for the second card : :

: : Busy crafters : :

: : Cake time . . . : : 

: : Umm . . . scary : :

: : For dinner I made pizza (hooray for breadmakers that prepare the dough) : :
Monique and Katie made a salad (and I threw a dressing together)
Mum made chicken nuggets, and we bought a couple bags of potato wedges.

Diana's Birthday Party || 9yrs || Part 2

: : No idea what somebody's favourite colours might be! : :

: : Amelia wrote Diana some music : :

: : Gift-giving session : :

: : Diana was happily admiring this {purple} handbag, but Danielle said "OPEN IT, OPEN IT!! : :

: : So she did . . . chocolate for the win! : :

: : Diana loves long skirts and was excited to receive this one from Amy and Joanna, handcrafted by their mum! : :

Diana's Birthday Party || 9yrs || Part 1

So I meant to have these up *ages* ago, but left it in the hopes that the missing images would be found first. What happened was our [Mum's] memory card filled up half-way through the party and I allowed someone else to download them and clear the card. Then I'm ready to edit them and they're nowhere to be found. #nothappy Most of the images I captured of the card-making, including individual shots of each person with her card were in that first batch, along with various new background images, and {I think} more photos from Nana's visit to Auckland. (More on that in a future post.) *sigh* Fingers crossed they'll show up at some point . . . they don't seem to be in the recycle bin.

: : Plenty of outdoor play took place throughout the day. : :
Both Jarrod's homemade swings and the swing + bar/rings set were well enjoyed.

: : Since up is always better : :

: : Laura loved playing with Katie all day! : :

: : Aww... : :

: : It was so special to have Nana here for Diana's party, it had been several years since her last trip to Auckland! : :

: : Always a jam session with musicians around! : :

: : And Amelia has a turn : :

Diana's Birthday || Presents

:: Chocolate's always good!  : :
And dimensional stickers for card-making

: : Knitting's exciting! : :

: : So she can read at night without the main light on : :

: : I saw a cake like this on Pinterest a while back, and finally made it! : :

: : Her collection! : :

Diana

Happy 9th Birthday Diana!

Over the past year Diana has

• played {recorder} in her first concert
• begun cooking meals {alone} for the family occasionally
• learned to knit

Leave her a message in the comments section below!

More Random Pics =)

Maria (2) and Laura (3 1/2 weeks)



Yep...my Mum's posing!



Danielle (9)
Trying to look Japanese I think!
 (Check out her eyes!)



The bride. Oops, Diana (6) dressing up.
Isn't she cute? ;)




Hmm...octuplets? lol!



Danielle again!

This vid may be more for the rallies, Maria's talking and I can't remember exactly what else (well come on, it was last night that I watched it!!! haha :P

Pics from around the house

Here are some random pics I took on the 12th of April...



Maria (2yrs) reading a magazine (Perhaps Creation?)




Monique (11) and Danielle... (9)




Laura (3 1/2 weeks)



Monique's Birthday



Monique with her cake



My sister Monique turned 11 on April 3rd, here are some pics of the cake (which she made herself!); we gave her pressents to her on a seperate occasion.



She made a banana cake and put a filling in it.
(the way Aunty Yvonne had done it in a cake we had been given recently.)






Maria (isn't she cute?) ;-)




Danielle (9) with Laura




Banana cake and ice cream



Danielle's Pressents

My sister Danielle turned 9 on February 19th, we gave her pressents to her the day before. Here are some photos....(sorry I'm not writing much this time either!!)

New suit for her doll



One of my personall favourites...



Always popular!!

Wow large pressent!!



How many people does it take to unwrap the pressent?!