Flipping the Top

Another week just whizzed by then! Nearly school holiday time again...which means we will have been 'Norfies' for 10 weeks! And we are still having to pinch ourselves that we live here lol! Especially on days like today when we can just jump in the car with a few things and find a beach to run on without it being a full scale mission!

We stopped on the way to wander around this wonderful Kauri grove....still can't pronounce the name of the reserve properly rofl!...here you have a go!....

Then we carried on to Matauri Bay where we were lucky enough to get a nice break in the showery misty drizzle and the sun came out for a bit.

The big boys had a great old time playing in the waves, while I searched for pretty shells

and Samuel helped Dad with his sand sculpting....

then it was to the shop for an icecream and home for tea!

The competition at SE is hotting up for the grand finale this week!! I'm lucky enough to be in the top three so far....currently sweating out what i should do for this last one which is to use a word or phrase you use alot or a quote that you associate with someone?!!! Anyway good luck to all the girls at SE...its been very cool scrapping along with you all whatever the outcome!

Here is last weeks layout which was to show case a technique...I chose stamping and blew the dust off my MM foam stamps, busted out the paint and stamped the title, also tried the stamping with bubble wrap thing and used a clear Autumn leaves heart stamp to embellish! Love this layout of Jim and me, so nice to have one of us for a change!...I was inspired by the song by Muse which we were singing along to one morning....and for ages I've been wanting to do this feet shot totally inspired by the wonderful fun photography of Vicky Gibson.

Have a great weekend and week all...gardening tomorrow....hopefully we get another warm Spring day like some we've had this week...its been so warm by the middle of the day we are seeking the shade....