All in the family

I have got so much use out of the All in the family stamp set. I love how you can personalize cards.

My friend Kathy just brought a new house. Here she is with her daughter Grace.

I like to decorate the inside of cards too. So here we all are.

One of the girls I work with is moving on to new exciting pastures.

We work with babies so I just had to add these sweeties.

Friends of ours are about to have a baby. Now I'm just waiting to find out if it's the pink or the blue! I love the Tea Party Designer Series Paper.

Formula 1 Melbourne 2010! A great holiday!

Rob and I went to Melbourne to the F1. Great fans of F1 we had a fabulous time getting to see all the things we normally have to get out of bed in the middle of the night to watch on TV.

Posters of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button (my favorite drivers) were plastered all over the city.

We were so keen to get our first look at an F1 car we stood outside the track to watch Jenson Button and Jamie Whincup (Champion V8 driver) swap cars for a fun drive. We got our first taste of the noise an F1 car makes.

Me and the boys it's a pity they're just cardboard. He he

Here's an F1 steering wheel.

Hamiltons helmet.

My man hamilton.

The Pits

We were lucky to get a pit walk. It was fantastic to get up close to where a lot of the action takes place on race day.

Here's Buttons car. See how it shines!

Outside the Mercedes Pit (Schumacher and Rosberg).

Rob enjoyed taking cool shots of it all.

Looking down pit lane.

There were many displays around the track. Steve liked this little rocket!

Heres a Mclaren during practice.

With our Gold Pass we were welcome at the pit straight bar. Here boys enjoyed a beer.

The view of pit straight from the bar.

And the winner is.....Jenson Button!!! Yeh what a race.

The commentators.

We had a fantastic time with thrills and spills. The noise was intense!

Our trip to Melbourne

Melbourne at night is full of life. Steve and Andrea took us out for a walk around.

We stopped in south bank for some yummy Ice cream.

Rob and Steve enjoying the city lights.

Street art.

The trams in the central city area are a fantastic way to get around.

We spent a little bit of time in Victoria markets.

Rob stands by an Italian Deli with pasta galore. I had never seen so many different types of pasta.

A meat Deli, yes you to can eat Kangaroo!

We went to a camera museum where Rob found a camera just like the first one he owned.

The old architecture in Melbourne is beautiful.

Streets can be very busy.

This is monkee Steve and Andrea's cool cat.

Andrea took me to South Melbourne Markets. The deli's were amazing.

Andrea in a cheese cool store.

Birthday cards for boys and girls

My little friend Taylor turned 4 recently. I made this fun wiper card for him. I love this pop up design.

I work with Opal who's granddaughter also had a birthday. To celebrate they had a great trip to the zoo. opal asked me to make a scrap book page and a card to celebrate the day.

Don't you just love All in the family stamp set.

Opal loved it so much she framed it!

Rob rides at Hampton Down raceway

March the 12 was California Super Bike School day. Rob spent the day at Hampton Downs raceway (south of Auckland) learning and perfecting the techniques for cornering. This is the first of four lessons. He had a great day and is looking forward to the next one.

Just some of the bikes. Rob's bike is #10.

Perfecting his cornering.

Coming in to the pits.