Just a Few Random Photos

Trev and Roni's Wedding

"When You Say nothing at All" - Ronan Keating
BoyZone
OST Notting Hill



Some long awaited photos for those of you who have been wanting to see some evidence that these two actually did eventually tie the knot ;)
Sorry about the photo quality, if we had posted it at best quality it would have taken hours to upload, if you want to see better ones we will put them on a cd for you :D

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Have a swell day

Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

We took the children for an outing to see "Old MacDonalds Farm" at the local zoo one afternoon, and to have a play at the park, and to see Grandma Mac and Malcolm after. It was a great afternoon, and the children had heaps of fun playing

Az: Peek-a-boo!

Zem

Miss A

Master B: All Smiles

The kids had a great time with the animals

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Four in a Row

Over the last set of holidays we were delighted by a visit from Uncle Dan, Aunty Shar, and Cousins Zemiel and Azariah. Unfortunately, for most of their 4-day stay, the weather was rather miserable :( . The children's ages are 1, 2, 3 & 4, and we sat them around the table accordingly (quite by accident)

Mini Pizzas, mmm, now Dan and Shar know what to feed Azzie if they want his belly really full ;)

Now, that is one packed bathtub!

Poppy, Nanny and Great Grandma Cole visited on Tuesday, Poppy even let the children do his hair - and we have photographic evidence that it happened (mwahaha)

such a big day deserves a big sleep... in a BIG bed. Master B and Miss A shared a Queen Mattress on the floor while we had visitors. They liked it so much they are still using it :) Although, there's not much room for anything else in that room...

Azzie really enjoyed his ice-cream cone

the kids liked playing Jack-in-the-box with the laundry hamper

Remember to visit bundyphotochallenge.blogspot.com (click on the link in our "links" section) and vote for your favourite photo. Don't forget you're most welcome to join by emailing your photo to L. Details are on the site.

What a Pain

On Monday morning, on his way to the chook pen with Master B, L suddenly decided he didn't have enough excitement in his life and decided to take a trip. He stumbled into a hole, dug by one of our chooks (the first three chooks we owned - we only have one of those left - seemed to have something of a fetish for digging holes in the ground). He immediately knew he had done something drastic to his ankle, which he had rolled, and after icing it for a while we drove to town to have some x-rays. By that time, his ankle had swollen to the point where there was a lump the size of a half a tennis ball on the side of his ankle.Fortunately, his x-rays came back clear, and the diagnosis is that he has pulled his ligaments - still very painful. His ankle will need to be strapped and he will have to have physiotherapy. He also has to use crutches. The hardest part of all of this is trying to get him to actually stay of his feet, he is constantly hobbling around and putting pressure on it, very naughty boy.

Make Your Vote Count

This is L's new hobby, http://bundyphotochallenge.bogspot.com He has started it up in just the last week or so, and now would like everyone to go to the site and vote for your favourite one. You are also welcome to join up and make your own submissions. If you really like one of them in particular, please leave a comment saying why, which aspects in particular you think has made it a good shot, the link can also be found in the "Our links" Section on the right side of this blog. Please go and visit it and vote - do it now :)

Fire Away

Well, with the official onset of the fire season (locally, anyways) L has been busily ordering breathing masks and goggles, etc. that will come in handy when he's out fighting fires with the rural fire brigade. The kids thought it looked like fun, and so:-

The goggles kept falling down around Master B's neck, it reminds me of David wearing King Saul's armour going out to fight Goliath.

The Inside Scoop

Here are some photos of the inside of our new home, beginning at one end and walking through to the other. The photo quality isn't brilliant - I took them on my mobile phone because, let's face it, life is just too short to wait for L to take any on his fancy camera :D

Miss A's room, Mr B likes to hang out in her room. Thank you to Poppy and Nanny for the quilt cover set and her lampshade

The bathroom, a much appreciated area of the house, no more brushing teeth and keeping tioletries at the kitchen sink :)

3 photos from inside the "Parent's Retreat", it's nice to be able to have privacy, I had forgotten what it was like to have a bedroom door :D

Another very much appreciated room in the house - no more emptying the porta potti every week - HOORAY!!!

2 views from inside Mr B's room, thank you again to Nanny and Poppy for the lampshade, and for the quilt cover set for when he's in a big boy bed, and the lace curtains


The laundry - so much space, and now that the washing machine is not in a garden shed somewhere in the back yard, I can hear when it's finished. Who'd have thought washing clothes could be such bliss :)

The lounge room, sorry about the blurriness of the photo, but you get the gist.

The family room/office, hopefully we'll be able to keep it tidier now...well, we'll see ;)

The beautiful kitchen, so much room for everything, and so easy to be organised, without doubt, one of my most appreciated rooms (I'm so proud of my colour co-ordination skills, LOL)

The dining room, much easier to eat from this table now that it's not just another place to put "stuff". Thanks to Poppy and Nanny for the curtain. Balloons have pretty much been a fixture since we moved in here - life is a non-stop party :D

Before we moved into this house, I made a huge list of all the things I was most looking forward to when we finally moved in, the list coved 2 sides of an A4 page, and anyone who knows my writing knows it's small. So far all of those expectations have been met and we are enjoying living here immensely. Even cleaning the house, while it's takes longer, is a much happier task.

HUGE thanks to my Dad and Stepmum for taking time off work to drive 5 hours here for a weekend, to buy almost all of our curtain rods and give us so many curtains, and to put them up, plus many other little jobs that needed to be done XXXOOO THANK YOU.

Also, many thanks to L's Dad and Mum for the HUGE financial contribution they made in helping us to get this home XXXOOO THANK YOU!

Inside Our New Home

Bathroom

Kitchen

Kitchen - view from lounge room

Flooring being laid

Hallway

Outside nearly complete

Hallway complete

Parent's retreat

Unlocking the door for the first time.

Home Sweet Home

Great news! We finally have a house! That's right, for those of you who aren't aware, for nigh on 6 years we have been living in a bus, and a room that we built onto the side of it. We had to move to the farm at that time because of certain issues happening during the night on the farm that required our presence. Over the years our humble abode became more and more unsuitable for our needs, as our family grew, and we were quite desperate to build a proper house of our own. Well, the good news is: we finally have it - a home that we helped to design, that perfectly suits our needs, and that is self-funded.

Praise God, we are so blessed to have such a wonderful home and family.

We signed the contract to build in December 2009, and the building commenced on the 5th April 2010, after initial delays due to the muddy swamp our property had become during the wet season (see previous posts). Now perhaps our frustration with the wet and mud will make more sense ;)

Here's how things progressed:

The footings are dug, and plumbing put in place

The concrete slab is poured

The slab has cured, and the frames are delivered

The frame is erected

Miss A with her arm in a sling, every afternoon she and I would visit our new home as it was being built, after the workers had gone home

The blue foil is attached

A close-up shot as the gyprock is put in place

The bricks are up! Now it's looking like a house!

More pictures of the interior of our beautiful home will follow in the next few days (but we are still quite busy moving essential items to the new house, so please be patient), and I will also try to put up the diary of the construction process that we kept. Hope you've enjoyed the pics, check back soon for more! ;)