Saturday 5 October 2013

Combined 1 2 3 Challenge and Sketchabilities - October Challenge


It's not often I get to combine two of my favourite challenge sites but these two just work together so well for this month.
Regular visitors to this blog will know that we have a family photo shoot every five years on or about our wedding anniversary in April. This year we celebrated 35 years of marriage but we were not able to get the whole family together until June due to FIFO and shift work. The photos are always taken outside as we are very much an out of doors family.
Living in the southern hemisphere means that it is winter in June and I had been watching the weather reports for a couple of weeks. This was turning into one of our wettest winters in many years and the forecast for the chosen weekend were dire to say the least with storms and heavy rain predicted. I sent up a prayer both to the Good Lord and our eldest son who would not be with us for the first time. We drove to the park chosen as it is one of our gathering places and it rained almost the whole way with more heavy clouds closing in. The rain stopped when we arrived at the park. All the families arrived and had various photos taken; we gathered together for a shared morning tea and some more casual photos taken of the little ones at play. The family has grown a lot in the past five years and there are now sixteen people in our family photos.
After three hours of fun and photos each of our families and the photographer got into their cars and drove away. My husband and I gathered the last of our things and headed off to watch our third sons game of hockey. The skies opened up as soon as we got into the car and it poured down for several hours and to such an extent that the game was called off.
Our eldest son is not in the photos but I believe he was with us that day; he knew how important these photos are to me and made sure we stayed dry.
Thank you for looking and any comments you may leave, best wishes.


With thanks to Nathan Maddigan Photography

http://123-challenge-blog.blogspot.com.au/
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12 comments:

  1. bel5 October 2013 at 20:44

    i love this photo and yes your family sure has grown in the last 5 years. look at all those beautiful wives and babies!! i love that we used the same paper and im so glad you kept that heart so big as i believe your heart is.
    your page is both feminine and masculine with the flourish to the chevrons and i cant wait to see the other side
    love our pages being side by side

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  2. Kaye Whimp5 October 2013 at 22:22

    Another beautiful page Susan. I love the way you have combined the various aspects of the challenge criteria .... beautiful work complimenting a lovely family photo.

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  3. Lizzyc7 October 2013 at 03:58

    This looks so lovely, wonderful photo and I love the denim look and the yellow together!!

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  4. Mumma Magoo8 October 2013 at 02:15

    A fantastic page and a beautiful family! Love the colour combination :)

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  5. Leonie Waldron8 October 2013 at 18:58

    Hi Susan it's amazing how the universe works sometimes isn't it :) What a beautiful page and photo, Thanks for joining in at 123 this month :)

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  6. Unknown9 October 2013 at 17:01

    Gorgeous page! Love the papers you picked for your photo and that beautiful flourish! Thanks for playing along w/sketch #100 at sketchabilities!

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  7. Erica10 October 2013 at 09:41

    Beautiful layout!! Love the blue and yellow combination!! Gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketchabilities!!

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  8. Denise Espindola12 October 2013 at 16:03

    Beatiful page, love your interpretation.
    Tks so much for playing with us at sketchabilities.

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  9. Roberta; mother of 4, GiGi to 114 October 2013 at 08:47

    I really like the stitching and layering! Your work is beautiful! I would love for you to apply for our Design Team at Scrapping Everyday Miracles! http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-are-having-design-team-call.html

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  10. Chloe15 October 2013 at 23:16

    Beautiful story and beautiful page :)

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  11. sannalippert29 October 2013 at 08:41

    this is very pretty! glad you played along at 123 this month - hope to see you there next month too :)<3

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  12. Chantalle31 October 2013 at 21:34

    Love the gritty texture of that denim paper! Fab layout. (Bear in mind for future 123 entries, that your layout can only be for our challenge) Hopefully we will see you again for our November challenge!

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