Proud Mum with a big photo share

I haven't any scrapbooking to share this week cause we have had a huge week and most of it has been away. So so very proud of my big boy. We spent the weekend away with our kids for the special occassion of Pete's Graduation so I have lots of photos to share. It has been a long slog for Pete to complete his degree so it was a nice to be able to be present for his graduation ceremony.


































This weekend was also special because it was my Dad's birthday on the Saturday and then Father's Day on the Sunday, so Steve and I both took Friday off so that we could surprise Dad and take he and mum our for lunch on Friday with my sister as a celebration.
Got to take a few photos too. - Photos of my Mum and Dad, also got the three generations with my mum, and sister Lea, and Chloe and I. It was a shame my other sister couldn't be there, but then Mum and Dad are flying out to Emerald on Wednesday to spend a week with them. Hopefully they will have moved back into their house this weekend. It has been nine months since the floods and they are only just getting back into their own home now.

























It was a long slow trip down on Thursday night due to the weather and also a horrific road accident which claimed the lives of 4 people. There were 3 semi trailers (one a B Double) and a car involved in the accident and the main Bruce Highway was closed for hours - in fact I think it was closed all night and we all had to detour around which added extra time to our journey. it was quite an eerie journey as the road from Maryborough south had very little traffic travelling on it, and we were all feeling very sad and helpless and feeling for the families involved. On the southern end of the closed highway, there were semi's lined up bumper to bumper for kilometres. I have never seen anything like it in my life before.
We finally arrived at Mum and Dad's just after 11pm and we woke them up from their sleep when we arrived and the looks on their faces were priceless cause I am sure they thought they were dreaming. They hopped up and we all had a cuppa and a good chat and finally got to bed sometime around 1am.
We spent most of Saturday morning travelling from Brissie to Toowoomba for the Graduation ceremony. As a staff member at USQ I have been to my fair share of regional graduations over the years that I have worked for them but this was my first on campus graduation ceremony. We had a great family day - got to have some family portraits taken and of course took lots of photos ourselves, and then travelled back to Brissie after wards and went out together as a family for a celebrational dinner.
Sunday we headed home - dropped into Bundy to surprise Steve's folks and wish his dad a Happy Birthdays day, and then through to Gladstone where Chloe had a fitting for her formal dress and got home about 7pm after clocking up almost 2000kms for the weekend. Consequently we are all a little tired today.
Pete had a surprise for us when we arrived also. Last week he got a couple of baby ducklings "Chester" and "Winston" ( although they are really female ducks) They are so cute and the girls are bestotted by them, giving them little baths and swims, and drying them off. Took photos to share, and last night Sarah rang up quite excited cause they have adopted her as their "Mum" and follow her around. So so cute..................















Also have a photo to share from our Woman's Retreat that we hold annually at church. We looked at the "Psalms" this year, and Ann, Lesley, Janelle and I did a little scrapbooking workshop with a dozen ladies, making a mini album. It was actually good fun - as we only had two hours to complete it, we limited the number of ladies to 12 and we were booked out - so much so that we need to do it again in October for those that missed out this time. We actually put kits together to save on time. The ladies loved them and finished them just in time.












Finally just had a couple of other photos I wanted to share. These are things I am thankful for. In Psalm 19:1, the bible says,
"The heavens declare the glory of God: the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
I am reminded of the greatness of God daily as I see displays like these in the heavens. These cloud formations cover the sky last week and we just had to take a photo of it.



Then yesterday afternoon, as we were leaving Gladstone, there was the most glorious sunset - unfortunately by the time we stopped the car and got the camera out, the sun had just dropped below this range of mountains, but the even sky was just beautiful

In closing I just want to point you over to the Scrap of Faith blog where they are having a competition where you can download a free clipping mask created by "Willro & Co Designs" All you need to do is create a layout using them, your layouts will be added to the blog and at the end of September a winner will be drawn and will take away the new Sorbet Dream kit...which is jam packed full of goodies as it is a collab kit between Willro&co and another designer. It is a gorgeous kit and has so much in it, so head on over to SOF and download the free clipping masks and tutorial on how to use them to be in the draw! Click HERE to find more....
These are the clipping masks that you can use.... can't wait to have a play with them myself.