It's Natie's 1st Birthday!!!

I can't believe it, our little rascal is already ONE! We're not doing anything special today, Dad had to go to work and we don't have any specific plans for later. We are having a party for her next weekend though, she won't know the difference and we still get to sing Happy Birthday and eat cake and have a pinata! Yeah for b'day parties! I love them!

This pic of Natie was taken just a few days ago, she's such a big girl.

Our 2 eldest kids, Melissa and Josh live in Australia with their mum and we miss them heaps so we are really looking forward to moving there so the 6 of us can be together. We'd certainly be living a lot closer than we are now! Hugs and kisses heading your way kids and wishing you could be here today for Natie's b'day.

I am discovering that one of the benefits of having a blog is being able to get back in touch with some of my friends who live far far away. Here's a shout out to Mauricio, Paola and Rocio from Peru from whom I received emails yesterday. And of course hugs to my parents and siblings who live over in Lima too.
And since I'll be trying to post at least a couple of my finished scrapbooking layouts a week (yeah that's my goal and I'm sticking to it) here's one of Natalie and myself that I finished last week.

Background cardstock: Club Scrap Bistro kit. Patterned paper, stickers and rub-ons: Basic Grey. Flowers: Prima. Chipboard flourish: Fancy Pants

Journaling reads:

There are so many memories that I have of summertime in the park: the warm sunshine, the bright colors, the smiles and happiness on my children’s faces, their cute summer clothes, the joy of just watching them play. This day we were in one of our favorite playgrounds and while Nico was running around, you and I my dear Natie were having a little bit of girl time. And I now have these beautiful pictures of just the 2 of us to treasure forever.

En Espanhol:

No lo puedo creer, nuestra pequena cumple un ANO! No lo vamos a celebrar hoy porque Craig tuvo que trabajar y no tenemos mayores planes para el dia. Si le pensamos hacer un cumpleanos el proximo fin de semana, a ella le da igual y nosotros todavia podremos cantar Feliz Cumpleanos, comer torta y tener una pinata. Yeah por las celebraciones. Me encantan.

Nuestros 2 hijos mayores, Melissa y Josh, viven en australia con su mama. Los extranamos mucho y no vemos la hora de mudarnos para alla para estar todos juntos.

Estoy descubriendo que una de las ventajas de un blog es ponerme en contacto nuevamente con amigos del Peru. Hola para Mauricio, Paola y Rocio con quienes 'hable' ayer por email. Y abrazos tambien para mis padres y hermanos que viven en Peru tambien.

Comparto tambien una de mis paginas de scrapbooking. Mi intencion es poner por lo menos 2 a la semana en el blog. Veremos que pasa.