HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILEE

 

It's Emilee's 15th birthday today.

And yes, she keeps reminding me that its only

one year til she can drive!

 

Aaggh!! A one-eyed driver!

A real test of the fear factor.

 

 

 

 

And, here's a picture of Chloe

 

She turned 12!

 

 

And a special "cat" quote especially for Emilee

It suits us all around here:)

 

 

 



 

ABBI'S NEW CAR UTE!!!

 

 

 

 

Abbi finally was able to buy her 'dream' machine!

An old 40 series Landcruiser ute!

Go Toyota!!

 

 

 

Ok, so it needs a little work but it is

registered, just needs a bit of TLC.

It'll be a work in progress for us all!

Mainly Dave:)

 

Dave is madly jealous of it, as we all are,

but maybe Abbi will let us drive it now and then:)

 

We will definitely be removing the weird leopard skin

carpet like substance that is stuck to the roof???

 

 



 

She definitely won't be going fast,

and she only thinks she'll be able to go anywhere!

 

 

Oh, and in case you're wondering how

she feels about her new ute......

 

 

.....About like that!!

Ok, so maybe she wouldn't put it quite like that:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Abbi's Birthday!

 

 

 

It was Abbi's 17th birthday on Wednesday

so sorry Abbi, couldn't resist posting an

old photo of you:)

 

She requested a black forest cake

for her birthday, so I decided to put it

into a trifle bowl, as the last time I made

one, well, it collapsed before it made it to the table!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In other news, we have enjoyed some nice

showers of rain lately to help cool things down.

 

 

When it rains, it fills up the gargantuous holes in our

driveway and the neighbour kids and our girls

love to splash in them!

 

And my random quote for today

that I'm yet to try on the Air Force personnel here:)

 

 

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

 



New Upload

 

I've managed to upload another

hymn to the You Tube Channel

 

"Sweet Hour of Prayer"

 

http://youtu.be/7WPdto_GbaY

 

 

 



New You Tube Channel

 

 

To any who are interested, I recently

started another You Tube channel

called "Just Hymns"

 

I am only now getting around to

trying to record some videos for it.

 

I was able to pick up a video camera

for $10 at an op shop :)

(of course, plus bonus small digital camera)

and have been figuring out how to use it.

 

So please excuse my poor videography

and editing and sound. (I don't have a studio

and getting a piece of quiet around here

with girls and noisy neighbourhood

is just a dream).

 

I'm not super savvy on the computer

and for some reason it takes absolutely ages

to upload anything to You Tube,

no matter the size, so it will probably be

a while in between videos.

 

I hope to upload hymns and spiritual songs

for the edifying of others.

 

Here is the link to the first video.

"How Great Thou Art"

 

http://youtu.be/2Cm7YuguZz0

 

PS At our church at present I only

have a small keyboard to play

so I have to remember that I have all

the keys here at home on my piano.

Hence the mistakes and fumbles:)

 

 



Random Photos

 

Just thought I'd post a few

random photos with brief

explanations.

 

 

Yeah ok, so this is seriously gross but

what is exciting is I bought my first ever

macro lens!!!! Well, it's exciting to me anyway.

I am still learning and don't have lots of

spare time to practice, but I'm enjoying it!

This little fella is cuter

 

 

Then, this past week I showed the girls how I

used to make candles with milk cartons,

ice, crayons, old candles etc.

We made a lot of mess but had a lot of fun

More fun was had by dipping our fingers into

the hot wax and making little finger tip molds;)

(Cleaning the wax off the plastic table

and off the timber floor wasn't so fun)

 

 

 

 

 

And just in case you've been missing the

truck photos, here are some:)

I was able to go with Dave on one of his old runs

to Roper Bar. We left at 4am and travelled over

some very wet and slippery roads,

but the rain stayed away and we didn't get

bogged or stuck anywhere.

 

 

Splash!

 

 

Mail run

 

Another splash

 

This particular crossing was 6 metres over,

so, no, we didn't cross this one:)

 

This little ant nest fella is either blocking out

the noise or listening to his own.

 

The corrugates were at least a foot apart,

so, very bumpy and slow going.

 

Okay, I like strange photos

so I thought taking a photo through the windscreen

with the mud splats would make it more interesting.

 

 

The wet season has definitely settled in

and storm clouds are often on the horizon.



 

 And in other news

Chloe turned 12!!

(Oh, and I turned 39:)

 

Only one more year and we'll have 5 teenage

daughters for one month!! Eek!

Well, one is not at home now, so

maybe Dave won't have to run away after all:) 

 

3 more birthdays in the next 3 weeks

and we're done until August.

Too many birthday cakes doesn't do

wonders for our waistlines!

 

 

Have a great day!

 



WHIP CRACKING UPDATE

 

Just posting a short video

of Emilee and Maddy's

progress with the whip cracking!

 

They've got the hang of it now

thanks to Cam letting them practice

with his new whip (even to the point

of 'whipping' the cracker right off the end!)

 

 

 

 

In other news.....

 

Dave turned the big 40 on New Years Day!!

 

Apart from the bad omen of his

candle not staying lit long enough to

blow it out, then the matches not

 relighting, then Dave having to light his

own candle to blow out....

it was a great day!

 

It's my turn next year!!

 

And here's some quotes just for Dave:)