I Love Spring!

Here are just acouple of pics of our roses garden in the front yard.

I love spring, all my hard work, cuts and scratches on their spikes pays off when full bloom starts around October November each year. I love looking out our front windows through to the garden.

This rose is called a Chicago. (no really!)

The gazzineas are also a sight when the sun is bright, they open really big. Pruning is hard work and you should see in winter they are nothing but twigs and frost, (no snow though, sadly ever). But it's worth it for the color we get in spring and summer.

A family affair...

Charlotte did very well for her first play with the halloween pumpkin, not scared at all. As much as Daddy teased. Don't think she wanted to get her hands dirty!

OUR FINISHED PRODUCT! What do you think?

Halloween 2007

Carving the Halloween Pumpkin!

Brooklyn watches intently as Daddy sketches the outline on the pumpkin.

Brooklyn begins the carving. As Daddy soon deiscovers, he needs to take over before the pumpkin has no face at all left.

MMMMMmmmm, scooping out the brains......

Brooklyn watches in disgust as the pumpkins head comes off and the innards are left.

Carving the pumpkin has become a whole family treat as Jacob helps Daddy scoop out more brains.

Brooklyn's swimming Lessons.

Brooklyn has just started her swimming lessons in the last couple of weeks and has taken like a duck to water. I feel bad that we haven't started them sooner. We spend Saturday mornings at the YMCA pool and get icecream on the way out.

This photo is cool. I borrowed my sisters underwater camera. Brooklyn has just learnt to duck dive into the water and pick stuff up off the bottom. She's loving it.

My baby's going to be the next Libby Lenton or Dawn Fraser!!!!....maybe

Jason's Cubs

Jason salutes his Cubs as they welcome him into the Pack.

Jason's other pack watches eagerly and are all so proud of their dad. Brooklyn has since joined Girl Guides of Australia since showing interest in what Daddy does at cubs every Thursday. It's all a go here.

Jason becomes invested as a Cub Leader

Thursday night was an exciting night for Jason (or Kenue as his pack call him) and his Cub Pack. He was finally invested into the #rd Wantirna LDS Cub Pack as an Assistant Leader and had practised his promise all day just so he could recite it for the boys.

Jason made his promise with his pack eagerly watching. Kenue is the name of the Warrior Eagle in the Jungle Book. (closest American animal name he could find, I think)

Jason was presented with all his badges from Hathi, including his Australian Flag badge, district badge, pack badge and Australian Scouting badge. I'm glad he knows how to sew. But I think I might do it for him if he's nice to me. Hehehe!

Akela presented him with his scarf and woggle. The cubs meet in the rec hall of the chapel and it was great for the kids to get to watch their dad at Cubs.

And he's ready to go......!!!!!!