Happy Father's Day!!!

It's Father's Day here in Australia on Sunday so I just want to say a big Happy Father's Day to my Dad. I love you heaps. I also need to say a great big Happy Father's Day to my loving and ever patient husband Jason. I don't know where I'd be without him. He is such a loving and caring and compassionate man and I'm so greatful to have him in my life and for his wonderful example to our children. They simply adore him and want to spend every minute with him. I hope it continues!!!!

I found these cartoons and thought you might like them!!! They made me laugh!

Happy Father's Day to all the Fathers out there! Hang in there!

Charlotte loves her Dad!

The other night Charlotte climbed into our bed and was mucking around whilst Jason and I were doing the dishes and cleaning up. When we were finished we went back into the room and found that she had climbed up and got Jason's hat that he wears all the time. She then fell asleep. Isn't she cute!! Her Dad is never without a hat and now the kids love hats!

Off to the model train show!

We finally had a Saturday to ourselves this weekend so we decided to take the kids into the model railway show that was in town, in the city for the afternoon. We live about an hour out of the city. Clubs from all over Melbourne showed some great displays, they had some great second hand stalls and Jason got some fantastic ideas. Suprising we also saw our stake president and our high councilman, plus other church members there!!! Must be a great hobby. There was a clear absence of any women, with the population at the displays being most retired men with their club jackets. Jason wants to be one one day - he can't wait to retire and play trains all day!!!!! Jacob does that now!!! He plays with his Thomas track daily! I have no idea what he'd do without it!

One of Brooklyn's friends, Talmage, from Primary who also loves Thomas the tank engine!
Charlotte couldn't have cared less and slept on the way there and the way back!

Cheese!
The kids actually got to drive this one themselves. The Thomas the Tank Engine set up! It was great. They all had a go!

This circus display was fantastic! we sttod there for ages, even had little people on the trapieze and in the big top!
It was a great afternoon! It's nice to set time aside to do something together every now and then.

Brooklyn's Olympics

Brooklyn had her school Mini Olympics a few weeks ago. I'm so slow with the pictures but here are a few happy snaps! She was assigned a country and I think with a little persuasion of her own I think she was given USA. So here she goes!

She came second in this race!! YEAH!!

They had Australia, China, Italy, Germany, Japan and USA as country teams to choose. Grades Prep (kindergarten) through to Grade 2 joined in! Had a great day!

our new compost bays!

Here are a couple of pictures of Jason's new compost bays he built.

We still don't have chickens yet, a friend is breedi8ng some for us. But when we do, their cage will be cleaned out and put straight onto the compost, turned over and put onto the vegtable gardens.

Our mighty labourers guide the sleepers ready for their next instruction from Daddy!

Our newest craft afternoon!

So we've come to another craft Saturday afternoon. So after finishing the chicken house I was off to my mum's house for some great crafting! Here is (L-R) my sister Morgan, a friend from church Holly and my sister Courtney. Mum and I are sitting on the other side! Some friends were sick so the group was small today!

Courtney, my sister made these blocks for a friend who has just bought a new flat! When you look at them this way, they say JOY across the front, HOPE in red accross the front and LOVE accross the top. She's so clever, we've all put our orders in! Morgan also made a hanging for her friends to try and liven up their place. I don't have any photos though. Her's had some gorgeous pics of the temple and some beautiful quotes for a nice wall hanging!

So here's what I made!

Each hanging has the phrase - A Daughter of Heavenly Father. One for Charlotte and one for Brooklyn.

I'm so sorry they are all sideways! I wanted each of the kids to have something special in their rooms just for them, that brought them closer to remembering the Savior each time they saw it! I think I acheived it!

Please ignore my hair, it looks awful. I was having a bad hair day!!! HEHEHE!! Especially after crawling around making the chicken house!

Mum finished her peice to hang in her nursery! It says I am a Child of God in these bright funky colours, I love it!

It was a great afternoon. Stay tuned for the next episode six weeks from now!

Chicken a-la-king! What a mansion!

We'll here it is - our chicken house. We've been saving for ages, all the while trying to educate outselves on best how to keep chickens. So we were lucky to have a clear afternoon with a little sun to try and put it together.

Brooklyn and Jaocb demonstrate where they'll collect the eggs from!

There's always plenty of helpers !

Taadaaaahh!!!!!

It's got all the bells and whistles! It's free standing so that it can be moved around the yard and has a mesh bottom cause we have a fox prone area here in Mooroolbark!!!!

What chicken would not love to be living here!