RAKed again!

Wow, just opened my emails up here, and I have been RAKed at DST again! Look at what I have won (click on the image to go to Lliella's Shop)


That will be great for layouts with the boys! Can't wait to use it, its still downloading as I write.

The day started off OK, I got quite a bit accomplished around the house (washing, floors, chickens, etc.) then I picked the boys up, who spent most of the afternoon arguing over something or the other. They were so whiny! Could have had something to do with the fact, that they were up at the crack of dawn today (6.15am!).
Well after Richard's nap, we went in the garden, where I intended to mow the lawn, before the rain that was forecast. Well, although we now have the petrol for it, it is in a 10l canister, which I can barely lift, let alone tip controlled. But I tried, but all I succeeded in doing was getting it over me, the lawnmower and the floor, not hardly a drop in the lawnmower! Those are the moments, when you realise that you wish even more that your husband didn't work away from home, and you weren't a single Mum during the week. Cause, when I told the boys, that Mummy wasn'tdoing the mowing, cause she couldn't get the mower filled, they both started some more of their screaming! I felt like joining them then. I didn't instead, I fled to the kitchen and secretly had some chocolate - that helped a bit!
I did give the boys some too, after they found me there!
Anyhow the mowing didn't get done, and after being out in the garden about an hour, we started to hear the thunder, the boys are frightened of that, so they fled to the barn, leaving me to clear up all the toys they had got out. But it was cute, they were stood at the barn door singing
"I hear thunder, I hear thunder, hark don't you, hark don't you, pitter patter raindrops, pitter patter raindrops, I'm wet through, so are you !" (if you don't know it, it is to the tune of Frere Jacques).
We went indoors then, did some jigsaws, chatted on Skype to my uncle in England, then I phoned Mum in Spain. then it was tea time - and now they are in bed. Luckily the thunder passed without them being too frightened, and it doesn't look like we are in for anymore. I don't need both of them in bed with me!

Right I am off now, to unpack my unexpected present from Lliella.

Well, I have been busy these last few days, just never got around to putting them on my blog (naughty me!). so you get a bunch of layouts all on one day!
The first is for the "Secret Challenge" at ScrappinFreeStyle. The challenge was to use what the download gave us, in this case the frame and the swirls. And scrap them with a b/w photo.

Credits:
Paper by KayJay (that's me!)
Elements by Aneczwka
WordArt by Elegant Wordart

The next two are for Been There Scrapped That. This is Liz's Kit "Celebrate" - perfect for our invitation to our B-day party! Sorry, no details on it for the time and place, don't need the gate crashers

Credits:
Celebrate by Sweet Digi Scraps at BTST
Alpha from Boyz by Dinphy

Using that same kit, this is a layout I made using my favourite picture from Richard's first Bday Party. I love how Mum sat him on the table next to the cake to blow the candle out!

Credits:
Celebrate by Sweet Digi Scraps at BTST

And here is a layout for the ABC Challenge at Been There Scrapped That (BTST). I had been struggling with that one, but this works. Thanks Leigh for your help on choosing the kit, and the idea to recolour one of the frames!
The boys were in the garden on their climbing frame, I just looked through the camera and tried not to worry about them. Easier when you are preoccupied!

Credits:
Fearless by Just Passin Thru (yellow frame was once blue!)

Bedtime now! Good Night
Bye 4 now