BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE

I am VERY late in posting my pictures for Brendas Photo Challenge (AGAIN!!).
I was meant to do the post last night and put it on this morning ~ but somewhere along the line ~ it all went a bit wrong ha ha !!!

Anyway ~ here are my pictures!! The theme this time is WATER and the hostess is Maria from Let the good times roll ~ thank you Maria for this great topic!!

I did a bit of cheating again and used some older photos!!


One of our favourite places ~ the beach!! (plenty of water there!!)

Lauren enjoying the beach ~ from our holiday in Wales earlier this year!
Lauren again ~ and more water!!

Just for fun I added a picture that Lauren took totally by accident ~ and she managed to capture a puddle on the road outside our house!!! What luck!!!
So, there you have them ~ my water pictures ~ better late than never ~ hopefully!!
See you all again for the next challenge!! XXXXXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

At last I have found the time to post my photo challenge pictures!!

The theme this time is 'EMOTIONS' and Cindra of Knits and Pics was our hostess this time around ~ Thank you Cindra for hosting the challenge!!

So, here ~ a little later than I had planned ~ are my pictures.
I decided to pick 'Happiness' as the emotion ~ because (thankfully) ~ this is the emotion that seems to be shown most in my household!!!

Here are my two most favourite little people ~ just being HAPPY!!!

I cheated this time and used some old pictures that I have taken over the year!!

Looking forward to the next challenge ~ and I promise to have my pictures up a bit earlier next time!! XXXX

I am a bad photo challenge participant !!!

I am so sorry ~ to anyone who has come over to view my photos for Brendas photo challenge ~ I have been very bad and haven't posted them yet!!



I know ~ it is very naughty of me ~ but this last week has been one of the busiest EVER ~ with Half Term school holidays and yesterdays Halloween party (and all the planning and preparation for the party!!) ~ SO ~ I will be posting them either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
I wil be over to check out all of the other participants blogs later on.

See you all later XXXXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

Photo Challenge time again!!
This time the hostess is my dear friend Donna over at Made in heaven. Donna decided on the theme of 'OLD', which was alot harder than I thought it would be!!

I decided that I would chose some 'OLD' photos that were in my collection!!

Here are some 'OLD' leaves ~ Autumn is well and truly here!!
Another photo that I took a while ago ~ the church in the village where I live ~ which is very very very OLD!!!!!
Another photo from the village ~ this time it is of an OLD phone box!! You don't see many of these about anymore ~ let alone one that actually works!!

I am looking forward to seeing how everyone else interpreted 'OLD'!!
See you all again next time XXX
(PS ~ Sorry I am so late posting these pictures ~ had a bit of a hectic day!!!!!!)

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE .....

It is photo challenge time again ~ and this time round I am very excited ~ BECAUSE I AM THE HOSTESS!!!! I chose the theme YELLOW as I could really do with some cheerful and colourful photos ~ in the midst of all this Autumn greyness!!!

I have asked my dear friend Donna over at MADE IN HEAVEN to be the next hostess and Donna will let us all know her theme and the next challenge date !!

The rules for the next hostess are as follows ~

1. If you are chosen to host the next challenge, and you accept the mission ~ you must pick a topic for the next challenge ~ it can be anything that tickles your fancy ~ then set the date (usually 2 weeks ahead ~ to allow everyone to gather their pictures together).

2. Post the rules and the next hostess on your blog ~ and the next hostess has to do the same!!



Here are my YELLOW pictures!!




Beautiful yellow roses that were given to me as a Thank you!!



A rather out of focus yellow pepper ~ I tried and tried to get an 'in focus' picture ~ but they were all like this!!
La la ~ the friendly yellow Telly Tubby ~ my little stars decided that this would make a great yellow picture!!

I have enjoyed hosting this challenge ~ thank you very much to Amanda over at Penny n pounds for asking me!! I will be over to check out all the other YELLOW pictures soon!! XXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE

Yes, it's that time again ~ Brendas Photo Challenge!! The hostess this time was my dear friend Amanda over at penny n pounds and the theme this time is 'changing seasons', thankyou Amanda for hosting this challenge ~ which as always has been great fun!!

I took my photos around the village that I live in. The first one shows the changing colours on the trees ~ I think Autumn is well and truly here!!
The leaves in the garden ~ there are more and more each day ~ another sign of summers end!!
The sky has pretty much looked like this most days until the last few days of lovely sunshine!!
More leaves ~

I will be hosting the next challenge!! ~ which I am quite excited about!!.

I have chosen the next challenge theme as 'YELLOW' (I need some bright and cheery photos ~ with all these grey days!!).





The date for the next challenge is Saturday 4th October ~ so get snapping and make sure you have your photos posted on or by that date. Look forward to seeing you all again next time!!


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BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

It is time for Brendas photo challenge again ~ the hostess this time is Shannon over at paint mine pink ~ thank you Shannon for being the hostess this time. The theme that Shannon chose was 'Things with wings'. This was quite a tricky one ~I took my camera with me every time we went out ~ but either the weather was lousy or the said 'thing with wings' would not co operate and flew off before I could get a photo!!

I had to improvise a bit ~ so here are the photos I managed to take of 'things with wings'......

Lauren made me this butterfly ~ which is very very cute!!
Here are some birds ~ which stayed still just long enough for me to get this rather bad photo!!
Another butterfly ~ one of my many butterfly ornaments which I have around the place!!
Yes, another butterfly (we do like the odd butterfly or two in this household ha ha !!) ~ a picture of my favourite clock!!
Unfortunately my plan to take some pictures of 'REAL' butterflies failed ~ as every time I saw one I didn't have my camera and when I was all equipped ~ the darn thing flew off just at the moment I pressed the button!!!

Never mind, I still enjoyed the challenge (as always!!). I believe that Amanda over at penny n pounds is the next hostess ~ I am looking forward to seeing the theme that Amanda chooses ~ so bye bye until next time XXXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE ~ THIS TIME THE THEME IS SWEETS!!

It's time for Brendas Photo Challenge again~ and this time the theme is SWEETS!! Thank you to Tegan over at pacman forever for hosting the challenge this time!!!!

So, here is my interpretation of that theme ~ again ~ this challenge was lots of fun!!!


There are quite a few SWEETS on Laurens 6th Birthday cake (this is an old photo as her Birthday is in November!!!)



My little SWEETIES ~ showing off their SWEET creations that they made yesterday ~ yummy sweet cookies!!
And, finally ~ my childrens favouite Haribo sweets!!!!
If you are interested in taking part in these challenges ~ please click on the Brendas Photo Challenge link on the sidebar to visit the challenge blog and leave your details!! See you all next time!! XXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE ~ THIS TIME THE THEME IS PLAY!!!!!!

It is time for Brendas Photo challenge again!! This time the theme was play ~ if you would like to check out all the other participants ~ please click on the 'Brendas Photo Challenge' in my side bar and it will take you through to the challenge blog!!

I have had alot of fun with all the challenges ~ this time round I decided to take a photo of what I like to play with!!!.............Yes ~ my favourite thing ~ MY LAPTOP!! I would be totally lost without it ~ and according to my children I 'PLAY' on it alot ~ so I thought it was worthy of a photo on the challenge!!

Next I thought I would include a photo of the two sweet children that I look after ~ they had a fun time playing with all the cars ~ making lines out of them and then messing them all up and starting all over again !!!
Next ~ a bit of outdoors play ~ Daniel out in the garden after getting soaked in the pool!!
A bit more outside play ~ the best kind ~ Outdoors in the sunshine ~ getting lots of fresh air and sunshine ~ and having lots of fun ~ which is what play is all about!!


I enjoy these challenges so much ~ I love taking the photos and choosing which ones to use!

Looking forward to the next challenge and wondering what the next theme will be!!

See you all next time!!

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE ~ NUMBERS!!

It is time for Brendas photo challenge again and I have had great fun with this one ~ the theme of which is NUMBERS ~ chosen by Karen over at loved and engraved.



It seemed that there were just numbers everywhere ~ and I ended up with about 20 photos ~ so I decided to enlist the help of my two little stars ~ to choose which photos they liked best!!

Here are what they chose.............



Numbers on my favourite clock in the kitchen!!

Numbers on my most favourite thing ~ the telephone (anyone would think I was never off the thing ~ the way my children describe it ~ tee hee!!)

More numbers ~ another telephone ~ this time a toy phone for the little children!!

Yes ~ for this weeks photo challenge we incorporated a little bit of baking and some cake decorating and ..... ta da ~ fairy cakes with butter icing and chocolate NUMBERS!!!!!!

Dan very kindly posed in his England shirt ~ displaying his favourite number 9!!!!!!

A counting poster ~ with lots and lots of numbers!!!

lauren helped out too ~ finding a number counting book!!
Yet again I have enjoyed the challenge so much and am waiting to hear who the next host will be and what the theme will be. My camera is ready for the next photo challenge!!!!!