Naomi at the park
April 2009

Megan (Baby Rose), and Lauren (Mr Smiley)

March 2009

Jack and Megan, March 2009

May 2009

Well, we have been without a car for a while, which has been hard. Its in with the mechanic now, so hopefully soon, we will be back on the road. Duncan still has his van for work so we are blessed that that car at least is still going strong.
Naomi has celebrated her 1 st birthday and is 14 months now, running around, climbing on everything and has the most wonderful conversations. she is a great little dancer, says 'ice-block' (among other words) really well and understands everything we say, even if she doesn't always listen! She is on the waiting list at the gold coast hospital for an eye operation to improve her line of sight, so we are hoping we can get that underway as soon as possible, so as to start the recovery process while she is still young and learning so fast.
Megan is improving all the time, she will be 3 in September which is hard to believe. She talks alot better now, is very helpful and caring and plays along with all of Laurens games. they are great little friends, and she is a good big sister too, always yelling at Naomi when she is on top of the dining table again, and trying to involve her in her games. Megan did swimming lessons for term 1 of this year, but not having a car made it difficult, so we will pick that up again soon hopefully, maybe even get all of them going.
Lauren is enjoying Kindy and is very exited about turning 5 and for big school after Christmas.
She is very bossy, and demanding, but generally a beautiful girl. she is very helpful too, and has a wonderful smile. she is still a budding artist, always doing lovely drawings for us and is learning how to read and write.
Duncan made a wonderful puppet theatre for the girls a couple of weeks ago, they love it, he did a fantastic job, just using left over bits from work. (free projects are always the best!)
Mum and Dad recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary, it was a lovely evening and such an achievment. alot of big celebrations this year... Monica will be turning 18 and Jessica 21 this year, so a few parties to be had yet!

All in all, we are happy and safe, Duncan is pretty safe in his job, which in these times is a blessing, and have everything in life we need.

been a while...

I kind of forgot about my blog for a while, it's been a crazy few months. Christmas was great spending time with family. Naomi took her first few steps at 9 months, and now at 10 months she is doing more walking than crawling.
Megan has had a couple of swimming lessons and is not too afraid of the water, but hopefully she will gain confidence with each lesson.
Lauren had her first day at kindy this year, which will be 5 day fortnights now. She loves it, and wasnt upset at all when i left her on her first day. She goes the same days as her cousin Jack, so it's good for them to have eachother there.

Its been a hot few months, and i cant wait until some wintery weather hits us. I would like to use my doona at night one of these days... Although with the floods, bushfires and extreme heat conditions in other areas of Australia, we are feeling pretty grateful.

Duncan is still in YM, serving as 1st councellor which keeps him busy, but he enjoys it.

We recently enjoyed a visit from the Reads, it was lovely to see them again, and they finally got to meet Naomi. We had a great day of pool and bbq at mums house last weekend with mums extended family. So nice to be able to do all that without getting on a plane!

We have big hopes for 2009, despite the financial crisis over the world we are doing our best to come out of ahead and better off than the year started, and wish everyone the same. These are hard times, but the Lord has always blessed our family with everything we need and we are so greateful.

May you all enjoy a happy, healthy and safe year.