happy birthday kristen

a dear friend of mine lives in sweden and today is her birthday.

kristen-i wish with all my heart i could wrap up 27 presents like a did back in taiwan..and take you to get your nails done (although you're just as pro) and then i'd take you for a walk with rubi and you'd laugh (as much as i do) when you see her 'gallop' through the long grass sniffing at the latest animals droppings...then we could have a bbq (oohh yeaH) and maybe some lamb chops, out on the deck overlooking the beautiful harbour.

although we live miles apart our friendship remains the same.

i would like to wish you the happiest of birthdays and let you know how very dear you are to me.
i love the way you see the world. i love your attention to detail. i love your laugh. i love how much you care for people. i love your desire to know God on a deeper level. i miss you so.

this is a picture of us somewhere in Europe next year, the night-riders strike again.

we travel light with only one suitcase between us, seems realistic..haha

“True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley)”

i hope you have the loveliest of days because you deserve it.

x

 

mount gabriel adventure

yesterday we ventured out to get our christmas tree in mangere bridge..howerver they didn't have any trees to cut down so we got in the car and drove to drury..and we weren't disappointed!!the sun was shining and the laughter was flowing with the lovely robertsons.

  checking out the different trees..you could definitely get lost. 

this lovely lady chose a wonderful tree.

such fun.

 

the men did a good job cutting and carrier while jo and and i played around..

it was a fun ride back..with these two..

 

 

 decorated and ready to go..

merry christmas. 

love llama

high tea

this afternoon was spent with all the lovely ladies from my family gathered together to celebrate my mothers 50th..i know 50?! she got married at 19 so started things young! we had a lovely selection of 'high tea'... date scones (dad made)..gluten free carrot cake, fruit platter, afghans, veggie sticks, club sandwiches, punch and more..the sun was out and to say the least we had a very pleasant afternoon. here are a few of the pictures..

 

  

i also made purple pom poms for the first time..'they're all the rage' apparently :-) 

happy 50th birthday to my beautiful mother. x

love llama

 

cupcakes

happy 30th wedding anniversary to my wonderful parents. 

so i've made cupcakes before and i love to bake but i have never made icing like this before! thanks to my friend from work who is an amazing cupcake maker i asked to borrow her piping bag and WA-la..

 

here is a picture of the love birds many years ago..

so in love then and still are now.

Welcome to Alana's blog- aka Mrs Llama

Thanks to my wonderful friend Tori (tortoise), who is an amazing graphic designer i now have my very own blog. if you know me well you would have heard me talking about this 'non existent' and 'imaginary' blog for quite some time. i'm so excited its all up and running- perfect timing if you ask me since reports are done and there are only 6 weeks left with my little class of Year 3s. Can't wait to start posting.

love llama