For the first time in years we went to a New Year’s Eve Party. We didn’t make it till midnight but we did have a fun time swimming, dancing, eating and chatting with friends. [Continue reading]
Morning Tea: December Down Under
So here we are on the morning of Christmas, off to our first destination. Over the years in my December albums I’ve featured Mum and Dad’s tree, family gathered and the Christmas goodies from this morning tea, so this year I kept it simple and just included the children’s photos with their grandparents. [Continue reading]
Christmas Morning: December Down Under
Here’s where my Holiday Faves album goes off the rails! For Christmas Day I allow myself to scrap as many photos as I like. So this year that means there’s five Christmas Day pages. Let’s take a look at the first three in this post and I’ll share more tomorrow. [Continue reading]
Christmas Eve: December Down Under
Today I’m sharing our Christmas Eve with the gorgeous template with Nettio Designs. I kept things simple with just two photos and patterned paper. [Continue reading]
Beaches: December Down Under
This year I made the effort to head to the beach a lot more often. It takes a bit of preparation to get four children ready for the beach, but it has been well worth is to see them growing in confidence. [Continue reading]
Holiday Currently: December Down Under
This currently page helps me document things unique to this year that don’t necessarily have a photo to go with them, sure, I could screenshot the playlists or the weather forecast, but just writing them down made for a simple and meaningful page. [Continue reading]
Christmas Lights: December Down Under
Do you like to look at Christmas lights each year? We do! Each year we go to a few regular spots plus one or two recommended on the Synergy Christmas Lights Trail. Since I document this activity most years I thought I’d switch up the photos and focus on the new place we went to… [Continue reading]
Phill’s 40th: December Down Under
December is filled with birthdays and this year was Phill’s 40th. Due to COVID restrictions we couldn’t have a big party so we planned to celebrate jointly in February or March. Alas, that didn’t turn out either! Today we documented the family get together we had despite Phill’s voice issues. We planned a family get… [Continue reading]
Merrier Together: December Down Under
Our home had a new addition in 2021, and I had to include her in today’s page. It was a fun template that Nettio included in the Holiday Faves templates. Today’s Takeaway Using a textured background, and the glitter gives the page which is pretty simple. Just a photo and word art. Credits Nettio Designs… [Continue reading]
Sports Carnival: December Down Under
This might be the only December album you see with a sports carnival included! Fun fact, in Australia, we generally have our sports carnivals in third term (spring) but our local Junior Homeschoolers Group runs their primary school carnival in the last week of school (summer). So far we have been very lucky to have perfect weather. [Continue reading]