First Last Day...

Today, Josh had his last first day for a school year. He's started Year 12...

Just amazes me that the years really do just melt away... Time flies. Enjoy every moment. Never be in a hurry to wish away a part of their journey, or yours for that matter... 

Josh was so kind and obliged me this morning by allowing me to take these pictures. He's growing into a tall, handsome young man... So proud of how far he has come... Here's to a fantastic last year of school...

Blessings,

Year 12...

Love to hear him laugh...

Yep, he has grown...

Milkshakes...

Gotta love taking a couple of overripe bananas and making a yummy milkshake... I love my Thermomix. Makes it ever so easy...

Blessings,

Storms...

Had a couple this afternoon... Beautiful breezes... Lovely claps of thunder... Little rain... 

Blessings,

Rays of sunshine on a hill near us...

Faint rainbow...

Kloud9ine...

Went to Toowoomba last week to catch up with Tim and took the boys to do a bit of jumping... So much fun... Deodorant desperately needed... Hehe

Blessings,

Tim did 13 backflips in a row... Champion!!!

Josh exhausted hehe...

My coffee and lollies I shared...

I'm hiding...

This is how Jasper hid the other day. He was fully in there and as I took the photo he started to move... Cheeky boy ;)

Blessings,

Nice surprise...

Went to the loo at church and this is what I found on the mirror... Just for me...

Lonely suprise... Feeling giddy!

Blessings,

Door is all Done...

We needed new hinges and were able to reuse the old latch. It's so much easier to open and close now...

Glad it's done and the chooks are safe indeed...

Blessings,

The hardware going on...

The end result...

The old door...

It has arrived...

The Flow Hive has turned up... Need our bases now set up and then we should get our Nucs soon... Bit excited... Nearly ready for our babies!

Blessings,

Babies have grown...

They're getting so big... From what I can tell we have scored two roosters. One is a Rhode Island Red and the other an Australorp. I believe the Barnevelders are all hens yet we will see what the true end result will be... 

Am looking forward to them being out with the other 11. That'll make 24! Good number...

Blessings,

Yummy grapes...

Nothing better than your own. Love the taste...

Blessings,

Generosity...

Went to a friends house and walked away with yummy beans and cucumbers...

So blessed...

Blessings,

New Chookhouse door...

The old one was a left over door from when we built our house. It's an internal door too. It has lasted eight years yet must leave us now as soon as possible. It's really falling apart and I'm concerned that soon the chooks won't be safe anymore...

Cue, my darling Hubby... He started building a brand new door. The house itself is fine and structurally very sound. 

Here's to be new door on the old house soon. Just a few more coats of UV protection paint and new hinges and it'll be put on. Hopefully, Monday ;)

Blessings,

The state of the old one...

The frame of the new one...

The outside...

One coat of paint...

Huge, Huge Step...

Yesterday, Tim moved to a major town a hour away from home... He has moved there for three months. He has his own fully supported unit and will learn to find his way around, budget, shop, cook, pay for bills and a whole lot of other things. He gets this fantastic opportunity to practice run at having his own place. How blessed is he... 

The journey he is now on will be incredible. He will also come to see what a fantastic opportunity this really is. Yes, he's missing us at the moment and the house feels strange without him and his noises. Yet, he will learn so much... What a fantastic growing time this is for him and for us too...

I'm so looking forward to the journey he's going to go on. I pray his support staff will be kind and understanding. I pray that he brings across his dreams and wants and gets the chances to explore...

This is also a huge journey for the rest of us... Since preschool, I've been there to champion him, push and sometimes fight for the help that he has needed... Now, I can't do anything really. I feel helpless, yet know that I have just about done all I can. It is now up to him. I am always at the other end of the phone :) We will also regularly visit him. His confidence must grow a great deal and I'm sure that it will... I am so proud of Tim. He has come so very far... You Rock, Tim!!!

Blessings,

His kitchen...

The hallway...

The computer is up and running...

Tim seeing us off...

Frogs galore...

They were all over the place tonight. Spread out far and wide. Gave josh a fright as they moved about, as he walked past them... Hehe...

Adorable...

Blessings,

In the pot...

I'm hiding hehe...

Peak a boo...

I'm making a hop for it...

What A Beauty...

For about a year the washing line was collapsing on us frequently. We'd have knots to hold it up. We'd loose lines as the ends frayed...

Today we got a new one... Thank goodness... At its lowest, it's a little higher than the last. This will be good though as I have bath sheets and now I can hang them all from one end ;)

No washing to hang at the moment. I'll use it next weekend, I reckon...

Amazing lunch and view...

I love finding new places... Amanda took me to this beautiful garden centre and cafe in Toowoomba at lunch time before my last shift at work... The food was Amazing... Even more so was the company... And the view... ;)

At one point, there was a large table behind ours and a lady played Christmas songs on her guitar and had the most beautiful voice... So blessed... We stayed for hours!

What a place. Gotta bring the boys back for dates!

Blessings,

So many shades of green...

The loveliest of ladies...

Cutie pie puppy...

Jasper was sleeping on his bed. Josh decided to return his upper bedding and place it on top of Jasper... Jasper got up and wandered what all the laughing was about... Apparently, he didn't realise just how cute and adorable he looked...

What a cutie...

Blessings,

Frame building...

We have partial wax frames all ready for the hives now... Getting there, bit by bit.

Still no news on when the two nucs will be ready... Soon, I hope ;) Love learning about Honeybees... They are so different from Australian Native Stingless Bees...

Blessings,

Russell melting wax to glue in frames...

Some wax, some plastic...

Ready to go ;)...

Authentic Wiener Schnitzel...

Haven't had any for ages... Was out for the day with my precious niece... Went to Mooloolaba and had the real stuff... Only thing missing was an Almduddler... That drink would have completed the meal... Never mind.

Great food, fabulous company, great weather... Drove 540km that day and considering it was New Years Eve, there was hardly any traffic... Can't ask for better than that...

Blessings,

Growing...

Charlie is getting bigger and going so well. My sister is doing an incredible job being his mummy...

Adore him. Oh, how he smells sooooooo good ;)

Blessings,

Leaving home...

Well the fan in the oven is once again scraping on the back plate... No more fan forced oven... That's four lives it has had. That's enough...

Last weekend, we went to Harvey Norman and got ourselves a new oven. It's a single but my goodness... I am so looking forward to it. All three elements in it can be put on different temperatures!!! It's a Neil Perry by Omega 60cm oven...

Looking forward to getting it in a week or so and then having a carpenter put in a shelf for us and the electrician changing over the ovens ;)

Goodbye, old double oven... We tried to hang onto you as long as possible... Now we are looking at an induction cooktop... Has to be saved up for first though...

Blessings,

Praying Mantis...

The wet weather brought out this large fella... I'm amazed that he stayed so still in one spot for so long...

Blessings,

Happy New Year!!!

Yep, I'm a bit late...

Been lazing about since I left my old job. 2.5wks of loveliness... I love just being home. Over Christmas and New Year, we only went out a couple of times... Bliss!!!

Yesterday, I spent the day doing orientation for my new job... It was a long day, yet very fruitful... Tomorrow, I have my first buddy shift ;) Looking forward to it very much...

Been raining here all day... Caught this massive rainbow this afternoon... Was sooooo close by... Just beautiful...

Blessings,