Sunday, April 19, 2009

Happy Easter from Charlotte!

More photos to come but....we had a Ward Easter Picnic recently and Charlotte had a blast!
Charlotte the Bunny shows us her happy face......
and then her sad face........!

Charlotte wins at her scavenger hunt and the Freddo run! Whoa - hoo! She scores and icypole and a chocolate frog!




Talk about flash flooding lately!

A couple of weeks ago, we had what we all thought was going to be a small flood! Talk about Flash Flood. It only rained real hard for about 30 minutes but this was the results! This is the guttering outside our house. All the cars frove in the centre of the road to avoid huge puddles! It was kinda cool actually! It all subsided as fast as it collected so that was okay!
Bit of excitement for the day!





Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Celebrating Mooroolbark Festival

Well it's that time of year and because the kids are getting older, they were all respectively invited to participate in Celebrate Mooroolbark. It's a local fair where schools, clubs and preschools can sings, perform, march, set up stalls and celebrate being a part of Mooroolbark, where we live. There was heaps of food and rides.



This training contraption was brought by the scouts and was free to use all day. Charlotte showed no fear as she kept calling ' Come on Mum!"
Say Hello to Daddy!


Jacob, Brooklyn, Charlotte and I were all involved in the comunity parade held during the day. I was marching with my preschool children, Jacob and Charlotte included, on behalf of our local preschool where I work.

Brooklyn was marching with her Girl Guides group. Her school was also marching so she had to make a discision there! All participants had great banners and flags they made and we all marched to the local Salvation army band through the main street of the town.

At the end we enjoyed some great entertainment, some food, some community stalls and some games.

Brooklyn with her Girl Guide group around somewhere!

Here's our banner and some of our participants. The theme was 'Australian Stories'. The weather was fantastic, the children were excitied and proud to show Daddy how cool it was to be a part of all these groups.









Charlotte hits the deck.....

Well Charlotte is slowly getting used to Sunday afternoon chrch times and here is how I found her while I was cooking dinner. We came home from church, got changed and were winding down for dinner when I noticed it was all quiet in the lounge. Here she's fallen aslepp, waiting for dinner, on our coffee table!!!!!



Daddy's little helpes.

I'm so sorry that I have been so long at keeping up with posts for the blog. We have had quite a bit on our plate and have had trouble with the camera for a while.
But anyway, we have begun to replant. After what was deemed 'Black Saturday', after the heatwave, we have begun to replace all of the vegtables slowly. Well Jason has been doing most of it. Today he had some help from some very capable apprentices!





Jacob lends a hand!!!!

Charlotte finds some potatoes!!!!


Let the replanting begin!!!!!










Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Our bushfire tradegies......

Some pictures from our local papers. For all of our overseas friends and family, it has been quite a challenging week for us Victorians. Australia has seen the worst natural diasater in it's history, claiming over 200 lives now and leaving 1800 homes destroyed, some of whom have been members of our neighbouring ward. The fires have come closer to home than I care to ever imagine, with fires being as close as 20 minutes away.

This picture of the CFA volunteer giving a koala a drink has made headlines in some parts around the world.


The destruction left behind.
There has never been a more pressing time to be thankful for all of the blessings we enjoy as a young family here. Schools, busineses, clubs and preschools are all coming together in the rebuilding effort.
I just wanted to let you know that I am so grateful to have the Gospel in my life and to have happy, healthy children and also to have eternal goals for my family.


Welcome to the latest family pictures. The McDonald family 2009.
I tried to get an arty feet shot. It just didn't work that well. Not bad though.
Scott, Tara and their girls, Madison, Megan and Maya.

Simon and Kauren Adams