I feel like I have desserted my blog....I have...sorry.

Life just gets so busy...I've finished painting both of my boys rooms now so that's nice to have that out of the way, but next I need to start the hallway...when I get the time and energy.

My family has been away on a holiday to Fiji, we had 9 lovely nights and days and I'm already wishing for life to slow down again like it did in Fiji...it is amazing how much we slowed down and really relaxed.

This is a pic of me snorkeling, my hubby actually taught me how to snorkel under water.  I'd never really snorkeld properly, just at the top of the water.  I loveeed it!  Once I got confident I just loved exploring the coral and loved having fish swimming all around me.  We also used our camera under water for the first time, and had a blast taking pictures under water.  Snorkeling really was an amazing experience for me, like visiting a different world, so peaceful and relaxing.

We stayed in three different places, Mana Island, The Sheraton at Denaru and the Outrigger on the Coral Coast.  Our favourite was Mana, the beaches really aren't worth mentioning unless you go to an island.  When you stay in Denaru or anywhere near Nadi or the Coral Coast you really are there for the pools, heat and cocktails.  Although Mana was our favourite, we were really happy with the quality of accommodation and service at The Sheraton and the Outrigger, would highly recommend them both if you are looking to stay somewhere in these areas.  The Sheraton Villa's also looked great for familes, self contained with a pool right outside your door.



This is the reason my eldest is still crying every night, because he knows it will be a long time before he gets to go back to Mana Island and jump of the diving platform out in the ocean....he loved it so much he had to go out on it every day.

I've been busy since we got back working on a special surprise for my son's kinder teacher...it's her 25 years celebration at our kinder...quite an achievement to stay there for so long and she is very good at what she does; all of the families and children adore her. This surprise has invovled scanning far too many photos and then rescanning them when I realised the resolution was too low. I've got one other project to work on before our cocktail dinner to celebrate with her and I've just finished designing business cards for a friend.

Chat to you later,

Paula