Lisa's Busy Little Life

halloween is almost here again....

Halloween is becoming more and more popular in Australia each and every year. I am very excited to be invited to two awesome Halloween parties this year and will also be taking my boys out "trick or treating" and I have my thinking cap on to work out our costumes.

Here are some pics of an amazing Halloween party we went to last year.

Zac, the Vampire.

Luca, the ??

Rhys, the cowboy.

The Creative Genius herself. Leesa is a mother of 4, one of the most talented Children's Photographers that there is, and the master planner of these fabulous party's. She is such an inspiration.

1950's Horror Movies projected through the window behind the table was an awesome effect.

Clever cupcakes.

The Zombie Bride & Groom...aka Us.

out of the grave..........

This was one FREAKY costume! lol

Tough Mudder

This year is the year for me to step out of my comfort zone. No sure whether its an age thing or what it is, but I have developed and new found confidence and love for new adventures. One of many things on my list was Tough Mudder . I had big plans to train and be super fit and ready for it but that didn't happen. lol

It was my husband, one of girlfriends Sheridan and I in our little team. It was at the Sunshine Coast on the Sunday. Well, I did it and it was FANTASTIC!!! Probably one of the best experiences of my life. It was fun, tiring, muddy, wet, painful and AWESOME!!! I had a couple of spills that you just 'had to be there' for which made it all the more fun, for around the next 3 days after my hubby and I were hardly able to walk or move without whinging from the pain but it was all worth it....

Can't wait to do it all again next year, I am trying to rope some more of my friends to join in the fun.

Not the time to be a girl!

aarrrrggghhhhhh GETTING PUMPED!

Trying to get tough! haha

Lets do this!!!

WE DID IT!!! We earned our can of Solo, Tough Mudder headband and T-shirt!!!

We are offically TOUGH MUDDERS! Who would have thought that this is the kind of stuff we would start doing in our late 30's! Love it!

These last two shots are of me jumping into the "Arctic Enema". For me this was by far THE WORST part of the entire course. Nothing has shocked my system more than this other than child-birth. The feeling of your entire body (head and all) behind thrown into iced cold water was shocking!!!! I came up out of the water with every bit of breath taken out of me screaming like some kind of animal, it was funny after I got over the shock of it! lol

Next year I am planning to conquer my fear of heights and go SKY DIVING!!!

family photos

Better late than never!

A few months ago my family and I travelled around NSW on a road trip to visit my home town and surrounding areas. I decided it was about time we had some professional family photos done as we have not done this since my 3rd son was born, I knew of a talented photographer Chontelle Perrin in the country town of Young (my hometown) and organised a mini shoot with her.

Since we live in Brisbane's Bayside and close to the Gold Coast most of the photos we have are by the beach/water, this time I wanted the complete opposite...I wanted winter/country style.

Here are a few of my favourites.

This was pretty hilarious. Chontelle took us to her Fathers Farm for our shoot, there were some cows that seemed to be intriged with us...the boys ended up needing to chase them away and Chontelle said they never normally go near anyone. The boys loved it, its not often they get up close to farm animals. lol

The Field Brothers.

My favourite shot. I love how my little Rhys is kissing me (as he does a million times a day) and all the other boys are watching. This photo makes me feel so special that I get to be surrounded by these beautiful boys and husband that love and adore me as much as I do them.

My boys xxx

Us......

My two blonde haired blued eyed boys!

10th birthday awesomeness

My eldest son is now DOUBLE DIGITS!!! Can't believe my first born baby boy is now 10. I have given my boys a birthday party each year to celebrate their special day and they love it. Over the past 12 months my life seems to have gotten busier and with 3 young boys, a husband that works away and a busy home to run I am finding the whole birthday party at home a bit too much. The last party I had from my middle son was a Lego Party at Bricks n Fun (a Lego building centre) and it was a success for the kids and me. So whenever possible I will look for party ideas at different venues that include entertainment for the kids. This time I decided on going to Dracula's Theatre Restaurant on the Gold Coast as the do a show and birthday package especially for children, Drax 4 Kids

I invited the kids over 1 hour prior to our departure for some morning tea (and to make sure no-one was late) and fortunately my husband had a work vehicle at home which happened to be a van big enough to fit all the kids in. I drove down with a couple of my girlfriends and hubby took a crazy, happy and loud group of kiddies. We live about an hours drive from there and I was happy to be in the nice peaceful car. haha

Right from the start there was FUN being had. The kids each went in on a Ghost Train (they were freaking out a little) and then they had photos, got ushered into the restaurant. There were snacks and drinks already on the tables, and during the show more drinks and the finger food was coming out. The show itself was FANTASTIC and the adults loved it just as much as the kids. The entire place was booked out with kids parties so each birthday child had their cake put in front of them and everyone sang Happy Birthday to them.

They also included each child in an on-stage competition which was very funny. My son Luca was one of 3 to be in a Whoopie Cushion competition. At the end of the show all the kids were invited up on stage for a disco, finished it all off perfectly.

Anyway, here are some photos of the day. Luca said "It was his BEST birthday ever!" and the kids were raving about it, even at school the following week! I think this kind of party is great for this age group, and would highly recommend it.