Birthdays and lots of them...

October is what you could only call one hectic month for us! Birthdays, wedding anniversaries all packed in tighter than a whale in a sardine can!

And then of course there is the local show to add to the fun and games... which I am very happy to report that I did very very well at this year...

Photography - 2 firsts, 1 third and a commended ... one of the firsts also won a special prize for me... in the child study category... I am now proud owner for the next year of the Les Howson Cup ... Yayyyyy

Scrapbooking - a second and a third

Handcraft (beaded items) - a first and a second in the same category!

so feeling pretty darn proud of myself... and yes as soon as I get a minute I will photograph and add here my winning entries! Just need a moment or three to do it!

It's our wedding anniversary on Tuesday... sadly Chris has to work a night shift... so today we are spending the day together celebrating instead... and if you are a digi scrapper you might want to keep an eye out at two little pixels come Wednesday my time...

And then for one week from the 30th October two little pixels will be celebrating its second birthday with lots of treats in store...

The week that was...

pretty dang good actually... brilliant weather! and all those things that needed sorting before we leave kinda mostly got sorted without too much hassle...

Anya had a great birthday and enjoyed her "party" (think a couple of friends, a trip to Maccas, lots of squeals, lots of giggles) thank you so much to everyone who sent her gorgeous cards or gifties... and naturally there was a visit round to Nana's to help her celebrate her birthday also...

and then yesterday Nana and Grandad Bus finally arrived... the girls and I hadn't seen them for a year... it had been longer than that for Chris though... Mum (chris') and Bryan joined us all for a barbeque... yes you read right and yes it is winter... we did end up eating inside but we had a bbq none the less!

And now today... the day has finally arrived that Chris and I leave for Italy... so exciting... we are all packed and ready to go now, its only a matter of hours now before we head off via Sydney, Bangkok (transit stops only no getting off the plane before reaching Dubai where we have a few hours at the airport there before heading onwards to Milan...

I am hoping to be able to post updates here so keep checking back...