Just thought we'd write and mention a couple of the highlights of this week.
For Bradd and I
1. Just today we were given a dining table and it is lovely
2. Bradd is begining to dig out a sandpit
3. I (Sonia) cleared out the gardens
4. Bradd & I got to spend a couple of hours by ourselves without kids which was lovely... even though we were cleaning the kids school! The bonus was that we are able to get a discount on the kids fees and after 4 hours I was rather happy about that!
5. Homeschooling is becoming easier
6. Bradd is passing his greek to date :) And really loving the classes in general
7. We have met a family with kids similar ages and sexes to ours who are also keen to be friends so the kids have had a number of play dates
8. Praying through scripture. It adds a new dimension to your prayer life. You should try it. Start with Psalm 23 and see how it goes. Read one line and then pray about whatever comes to mind and then move onto the next line, then pray etc. Psalms is a good place to do it as God gave these inpsired lyrics as examples of what he would like us to say/sing to Him
For the kids
1. A lovely lady from school came around with a carload of toys for the boys (some brand new) and a couple of really beautiful dressups for Ashleigh. They were completely amazed. Ashleigh spent the entire afternoon in one of them which was a white wedding dress. Bradd, I noticed kept looking at her as if realising she was growing up very fast (aarrgghh)
2. Another lady bought the kids 2 big ships that can go in the bath and on dry land. They are fabulous and the kids have spent endless hours playing with them. 3. Sam had his 6th birthday at the Louisville Zoo where they saw lots of animals and even went into the dinosaur exhibit which has full life size robotic dinosaurs strategically placed in the bush. They make noises and even have liquid dripping from their mouths. Ashleigh took a wee while to relax and Jack kept saying it was time to go home and had his fingernails gripping my shoulders (the dinosaurs were very realistic as you might be able to tell from the photos).
4. Our nieghbour took Sam shopping on his birthday to buy him a remote control plane which at present is still sitting on top of the St Matthew's police station roof (approx 6-7m high). Bradd is presently organising accomplices to do a midnight mission, with ladders and baleclavers, to retireve it.
5. Ashleigh won a $50 voucher to a hunting and fishing shop which we love to go to just for a look. If you come visit we will take you there. It's very cool.
Well I'm sorry if this feels like a bit of a download but it is once again getting late and church starts at 9am so I best be getting some sleep as those 45min sermons, although brilliant, require an attentive mind and sometimes although the mind is willing... the body can be very weak.
All our love
The Trebilcos xoxoxoxoxo
