The "Roos"

Of course, what is a trip to Australia without pictures of kangaroos which Aussie's call simply "roos"!

Australia's War Museum

I am finally getting caught up enough so I can scrap some. We enjoyed visiting the War Museum in Canberra. There was something interesting for everyone!

Mini videos

My camera has a video function on it and I admit that I am not very good at it but I captured a few clips that I wanted to share of the animals in Australia. I hope I can do this. The first one is of penguins, then there is one on kangaroos, and then the flying foxes which resembled bats. There were just thousands of them hanging in the trees.

Mini album

While I was doing 12 loads of laundry on Saturday, yes 12 loads, I worked on this mini album. The pictures are of a missionary family we visited while we were in Australia. The book is a gift for a friend of theirs that they haven't seen for awhile. Before we left, I was watching a series of videos on http://www.creationswithchristina.com/ She used the grommets for the ring and I really liked that effect and copied it here. I also used her method of covering the chipboard with the pattened paper. Here's a few pages.

Back Scrapping

While we were in Australia, I was able to meet two scrappy online friends. I met both at The Scraproom. The first one is Laura who lives in Melbourne. She was just as sweet in person as she is on the message boards. The second one is Gab, who lives in Canberra. Gab was so nice and we liked each other's accent although I don't think I have one!!

Home at last!

Australia was awesome and much more beautiful than I imagined. It is good to be home again and I am finally overcoming that jet lag. Here are a few pictures until I can get scrappin (which will have to wait until after I tackle the mountain of laundry).

A few more

I've been busy at work with health care open enrollment season! I haven't had much time to scrap but did manage a couple pages between work and packing for our trip in just 6 short days! The bradford pears are gorgeous right now and I always think of my sister, Sandy, who loves all things flowering. I just know she would be amazed at how beautiful the landscape is with all the white flowering bradford pears everywhere you look! The picture on the bottom right is of me and my sweet Jasper although he is so tiny and black that he is hard to see on the end of the leash in this picture but you can see him on the scrappy page in real life! The second page is of my church. The marquee says "Like a good prayer, good gardening is done upon the knees". I thought it was so true although I've never thought of it in those terms!!

Spring is here.

Forcythia, hyacinths, and a daffodil make me think that spring may be here.

Finishing up

Here are the last few pages for my album of our Belize trip. Now I am ready to start on the Australian trip as soon as I return!

Scrapping my heart out

I am determined to finish this album! The first two are a double pager.