Once upon a time...


In a land far far away, there lived a king and a queen and their four beautiful children... Unfortunately they were way too boring to write about, so you're all stuck with the Dimmock's instead!

We're a bit of a fractured fairytale.I can't promise to update every day...I'm a bit slack like that (shhh), but I'll do my best to keep it up.

And they all lived happily ever after...well that's the plan at least :oP

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Macro madness

I've been lusting after a macro lens for a long time now. And because I have the most amazingly wonderful beautiful loving husband...I now have one. It's an early anniversary pressie, and I'm so in love with it already. I haven't done anything spectacular with it yet. I only got it 2 days ago. I'm desperate for it to rain here so we can have something green to photograph. Our yard is a dust bowl...does not make for the most appealing pictures.

So here's a few that I have so far...nothing fantastic, just some daffodils I bought and a couple others from Nanna's garden. But I can see the potential...and I'm very excited about it.





No...I'm not dead.

Just went AWOL for awhile there.

Anyways...alot has happened since I last posted. The biggest news it probably that Wyatt is now a big kindy boy. He'd been on the wait list for almost 18 months at a private kindy near us, and he finally got in! I was really worried about how he'd go, but he's been there a month now and we've had not a single tear. He loves it! Saxon has also started going to daycare one day a week with Lucas, so I have a whole day (well more like 5 hours, but anywho...) kid free.

The big kids are going well. Busy with school and cadets etc. And Steff is still working way too hard, but unfortunately if we want to eat, we can't do much about that.

I'm seriously working towards starting my very own business. I refuse to be rushed into it though. It's not going to happen overnight, because I want it done right. "Good enough" is not good enough for me. I am, as ever, the queen of details, and each of those details needs to be perfect.

Anyway...enough of my babbling. I know you're only here for the pretty pictures. Please excuse the randomness of these...

My pretty boys


An old one of Saxon I found the other day. I think it was taken in May.


Grayson just the other day. I was playing with my new lens.


Saxon wearing Lilli's hat.


Wyatt did his own lippy...can you tell?


Saxon was sick and this is how he fell asleep on the couch. I had to take a photo (I'm cruel like that), and the one on the right is what he did when he heard the shutter click. Didn't move at all though.


Oh cuteness! Lilli Grace.


Grayson and Lilli telling secrets. Obviously funny ones.


Lucas Dane. He has the most serious little face.


Lilli's made in Australia bum.


Awwww cousins...Lucas and Wyatt having a cuggle.


Daddy and Saxon feeding the turtles at the gardens.


He was NOT a happy little vegemite.


Looks impressed doesn't she?


Another one from back in May...

A little about us...ok, mostly me...

Hey there! I'm guessing that most people who drop by to visit us here already know who we are, but just in case...

My name's Nikki. I'm mum to 4 (yeah, 4...can you believe it? No, me either *shudder*) kids, aged from 16 down to 4. My husband, Steff, is originally from the UK - I stole him away from the cold and the damp to live in Central Queensland, where he must endure almost endless sunshine and blue skies. Somehow he manages ;o)

I started this blog as a way to keep family in England up to date with our comings and goings. And it lets me show off how cute the kids are getting!

A little about me...I'm a professional photographer, I'm obsessive about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, love Harry Potter, Sookie Stackhouse (only book Sookie, not True Blood Sookie. It's an important distinction!), (the 10th) Doctor Who, cupcakes, and Spuffy fanfic (although not necessarily in that order). I'm also an extreme perfectionist with a love of the creative and original, who has a very low tolerance for stupidity. If you ask my husband, he'll tell you I'm a huge snob - I'm really not. I just think I'm better than everyone else :oP (That's a joke, ok? Pretty much).

Oh, and please leave a comment to tell me how fabulous you think I am...it makes me write faster and more often ;o) No really...that part wasn't a joke...

xox