the amazing adventures of rachy

I needed a change... so pop over to my new blogging home...
http://rachelschryver.blogspot.com/

its looking a bit bare at the moment (thank blogger for that coz they wont let me upload any cool templates) but I hope you will all join me there!

Written by Rachy at 12:10 PM 2 comments

I've been a terrible blogger... christmas, new year was great but crazy! lol. I hope everyone else had an awesome christmas and new year!
We are off to Queensland in 4 days! Abbee is dancing at the nationals so we are very excited!


I have managed to get some scrapping done and want to share some of my latest pages!

This one is for Maria's January Challenge at Hybrid.

This one is for the current challenge on the OLW Blog.

This one is for the current challenge on the Gutter Girlz blog.

This one is for this months challenge on Scrap The Boys.

I am hoping to get some more done before we go away. I will be back later!

Written by Rachy at 1:02 PM 14 comments

We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks... the kids have now finished dancing for the year. Last saturday and last night we got to watch our gorgeous babies perform in the end of year concerts!
I swear every year it just gets better and better... not only the shows as a whole but personally I love seeing at the end of each year how much my kids have learned and achieved.
This year was special though... this year was Abbee's 10th year of dancing... it certainly doesnt feel like that long! So at the concert the principal presented Abbee (and a few others) with their 10 year medals.
As well as recieving her 10yr medal Abbee also got a big trophy and certificate for having got 100% attendance in 10 classes a week for the whole year. (I am pretty sure there was only Abbee and one other girl who had perfect attendance in that many classes so it was a pretty big acheivement for them!)
I am soooooooooooooooooo proud of both the kids... they are just awesome and I just love seeing them do something they love so well.
But I have to say with Abbee I am just beyond amazed with this kid. When I think about what she has been through and dealt with this year it breaks my heart that a 12yo kid has had to go through all that... I could sit here and list it all but I dont have time... just believe me when I say its been alot of shit an adult shouldnt have to go through.
And despite all that she has managed to achieve sooooo much... and she has worked hard, really hard to achieve everything she has. Not only with her dancing but at school too... and she has somehow managed to remain the happy, bright, sunny, gorgeous girl she has always been. I could just bust I am so proud of her for all that.


And my handsome little man! Jed has been through alot too but I dont think he really understands it... and really our whole household has been very up and down this year and I am so lucky that Jed is just one of those kids who just goes with the flow. He too has achieved alot this year... he got a certificate for having perfect attendance in 2 classes this year as well as a trophy for being in the concert and has been selected to go into advanced classes next year at dancing. He has also done very well at school and like Abbee he has just stayed the bright happy little soul he has always been despite everything going on around him.

So right now I am just totally amazed that in a year when these kids could have very easily and somewhat justafiably gone crazy they didnt and infact coped much better than I thought they would.

Written by Rachy at 11:35 PM 2 comments

By the gorgeous Maria...
So here are 5 things you dont know about me...

1. I dont iron... hate hate hate it.
2. I dont like tomatoes
3. I like mowing grass
4. I bite my fingernails
5. I need a makeover... hair, make up, new clothes etc... bit sick of the same old same old lol.

OK... I now tag... Toni, Kayla, Dee & Tam!

Written by Rachy at 1:36 AM 2 comments

Yeah not normally things that go together but this week at my house... they have lol.
Managed to get a fair bit of scrapping done this week... loving that!
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to win access to Jen Hall's 31 Layouts in 31 Days class... loving that sick... she rocks!
So this is the first layout I did from her class...

This one is for OLW challenge...

This one is for Hybrid....

And this one is for the last Challenge the DT challenge at Hybrid...

After the apparent popularity of my cupcake cards among Abbee's friends Abbee has asked me to make a couple more for some friends... but this week's took the cake (pun intended lol)... Abbee: "Mum could you make an emo cupcake card?"

Me: "What's an emo cupcake? A cake that cuts itself?"

Abbee: "Your not funny."

Me: "I am funny on MY planet."

Abbee: "Well can you make one please?"

So this is what I came up with...

Jed has a project to do about a dinosaur... they are learning all about them at school and Jed is loving it. I am loving hearing words like "herbivore" and "carnivore" coming out of his mouth... it just seems like the words are bigger than he is lol.

So we decided to make a papier mache bracheosaurus (sp?)... Jed has been helping a bit but (as usual lol) Ive ended up doing most of the work... which is leaving me wondering if building dinosaurs is a good idea?

Tonight as I uploaded pics of scrap layouts I discovered Jed has also taken a liking to photography... among roughly 50 odd pics of matchbox cars and the tv I found a few self portraits... this one was too cute not to share...

Its that time of year again and last weekend we had the first photo day at dancing... hopefully will have some gorgeous dancing pics to share in a couple of weeks... the costumes this year are awesome!
This is pic is one that one of Abbee's friends took outside the studio while they were waiting the other day to get their professional one done...

Other stuff... had another tooth pulled on monday... an agonising experience considering this one had to be cut in half before they could pull it out... been feeling pretty sore and sorry for myself since monday lol. Still have one more that needs pulling (in a fortnight) and then a couple of fillings and hopefully I wont be setting foot anywhere near there for a long while!

Been having a bit of trouble sleeping lately too... last night it was after 5am before I finally fell asleep. Ive always been a bit of a night owl and its extremely rare for me to be in bed before midnight but despite going to bed around the same time I always have lately its take me ages to get to sleep. I think it has alot to do with how much stuff I have going on in my head lately... thinking about what I need to do, wondering how to organise stuff, working out plans etc for things. Fingers crossed my brain will settle down soon and I can get back into my normal routine.

And finally... just for a giggle... me and my friend Michelle decided the kids couldnt have ALL the fun of playing dress ups and photoshoots on the weekend... and here is the result...

Who said just coz your an adult means you have to act like a grown up?

I have some more layouts but didnt get pics before it got too dark today so will try and get back to post them tomorrow.

Have a fabulous week!

MWAH!

Written by Rachy at 1:59 AM 9 comments