Scrapping Life...

Time is often our worst enemy but also our best friend.   At the moment time seems to fly by before I can even blink! When the children were babies and pre-teens life was pretty hectic - school, sports, choir, revue, birthday parties etc etc etc.... I thought that might slow day as they became teenagers - boy was I ever wrong! Now with one a young adult (almost 21) and the other a full-on teen (17 1/5)- life revolves around school, sound & lighting, girlfriend, boyfriend, work, movies, dinner out, friends - old and new - and so on..... beginning to think that I don't have a life anymore! On the plus side I am watching these 2 awesome offspring of mine grow up and mature into 2 strong, able, gentle and totally fantastic young adults... how did I get to be so lucky?  As the days fly past I see the choices they are making, mostly good, sometimes missing the mark but overall they are being adults anyone would be very proud to know! I love you 2 more than you could possible

What an amazing day we had on Sunday, 26 May 2013.  SA Guide Dogs held their appreciation day and several guide dogs and of course 1 very special service dog graduated from Guide School!     Thanks to Bob Martin all the SAGA dogs sleep with full, satisfied bellies!  And of course all the graduated got a bag to go home with.... Khan gave the all important nose test and Bob Martin passes with flying colours!     Kelby and her big boy Khan!  He really is a rather large labby - but he is the most loving and helpful dog I've ever seen!     Here is Kelby with Maxine.  After the puppy walker, Khan returned to the centre and was placed in Maxine's expert care.  Maxine was responsible for Khan's specialized training and of course she matched Kelby and Khan..... best match ever !     and finally Jenge come through from Pretoria for the day. Khan definitely approves!

  The SA Guide Dogs Association of South Africa is dependant on donations to continue to do the amazing work they do with these stunning dogs!   Each dog costs around R 10,000.00 from birth, through training to when he or she goes home with its partner.   All the Association asks from the new partner (ie owner) is a paltry R 5.00 donation - thats right just ZAR 5.00 that is less than 1 USD!   So if you could spare a quick SMS you too can make a difference in someones life!   SMS the word " SEE " to 38051 for an automatic donation of R 10.00.  This is a direct donation to the Association - I wont even know if you donate or not.          

So yesterday I got to meet Kelby's big boy Khan....and I can tell you he is just awesome!  He has the sweetest nature, with a hint of a mischevious side!   Just gorgeous!   A special bond is forming!   Such a good boy!

So this is Kahn....its just a cell phone picture but it is the very first pic of him!  You can be sure that I'll be updating here regularly. Kahn is Kelby's service dogs, she has waited patiently for around 2 years for him and I can already tell that he will be the most loved and adored dog ever! And yes, he is named after Kahn from the Parlotones..... not sure if I'm seeing the resemblance.....

Its sketch reveal day over at Scrapbook Challenges !   I went with the single page layout, rotating the sketch and replace the title with a grouping of pretty flowers!   The pics of of Cathy and I - best friends and best scrapping buddies!     http://scrapbookchallenges.com/sketch-329/ and the double sketch....      So please pop on over and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Sketch Crew !  

This is one of those layouts that I have had hanging around in my stash for forever!  It is a georgeous design by Lara Cousins that I did at a Mega Crop back in 2005!   I loved how the red polka dot picked up on Kelby red polks dot bow on her clown outfit.    And here is a layout that always makes me smile!  Nick the morning after the Major Production After Party!  I reckon Spud got the best seat in the house that morning!   God bless all and have a super week!  

So this is how time fly's!  I found a photo of Kelby on her first day of school in Bridge Class and then I had one of her in her Matric year.  It was such fun seeing this layout come together and remembering so many of the highlights of those years in between these two!  

So all my planning for the weekend come to nothing when I decided to re-arrange and clean my sons bedroom!  Uptill now it looked like a 11 year olds room and since he is turning 17 this month, I thought it best I get moving on updating it a bit! Needless to say he wasn't home the whole weekend, so I at least got to work in a bit of piece and quiet.  And now he has a room more or less befitting at 17 year old - computer and all! Now all thats left is to tidy up my scrap space and finally get down to some serious scrapping!

Our four legged babies! This is Bella - the bigger one and our newest addition, Mr Merlyn.  They are both Standard French Poodles and need I say I totally adored in our household!

Cousins 2012 Christmas 2012 How quickly time goes by!  Here are all the cousins together:  In the back are the boys: Russell (20), Nicholas (17) , James (20).  In the middle is Kelby (20) and seated is Jessica (10) and Lara (10)! The family units are: Russell and Jessica - my sister's 2 James and Lara - my bother's 2 Kelby and Nicholas - are my 2

http://scrapbookchallenges.com/announcing-our-2013-term-a-sketch-crew/ How cool is this..... I getto be a design team member for another term!  Super happy about that.  Scrapbook Challenges always has amazing sketches to work with and the Sketch Crew members are some super creative and talented ladies!  Go check out the site for inspireation.