My week

This week the diary was full, full, full...

MONDAY:

Dave had an assignment due for uni & monopolized the computer all day since he had it off. Of course that meant no blog post.

TUESDAY:

Was a pretty general Tuesday - Ellie had ballet in the afternoon & these two scary creatures

(OK not the feline one - don't you just feel sorry for the kitten sometimes - trust me they are the most loved kittens in the world!)

..had their 4 year old immunisations - not fun - thankfully we haven't had any reactions.

WEDNESDAY:

Dave had the day off to plant for this season.

It was a beautiful day & although it was all hands on deck for the morning of preparation, he was all ready to get into the planting by lunch time. We intend to plant 50 acres of barley under sown with pasture seed.

I was surprised when the tractor stopped after only a short time - here's the reason why...

The paddock was so boggy after our week of rain last week that the tractor had skidded numerous times - thankfully it didn't get stuck!

So instead we had a picnic afternoon tea by the big dam!

Of course with our family near water, this inevitably happens...

Don't worry,  daddy could get his own back well & truly..

THURSDAY:

The kids & I boot scooted to the city for home school group!  It was wonderful to finally catch up with our friends after missing the last 3 months.  The ladies were raving about this gourmet deodorant that they were trying made by a local lady - of course I couldn't resist stopping at the shop (let me tell you it's one I'm going to have to make a regular part of my shopping..... just beautiful.)  I've been looking for a natural alternative to that aluminium rubbish.  This one feels so smooth & soft - it's made from coconut oil, Shea butter, cornstarch, bicarb soda & essential oils.  I'm loving the lingering rose scent that I'm carrying around with me & so far no problems (of course the true test will be a busy, hot summers day!).

Then Thursday night Dave & I  went out to a fundraising dinner where our old Prime Minister, John Howard, was speaking.  What a vibrant, intelligent speaker he is - I was very impressed by both the content & manner of his speaking as well as the fact that he went around the whole room of 240 people & shook every one's hand.  He certainly seemed a wise man & we can be very thankful that he led our country for so long.

FRIDAY:

Is today & we've been busy with school, school, school.  I tried to cram 2 days worth of work into one day - not something I advice & no, we didn't manage to do it all (the kids were troopers though) - I am however more than on schedule with their school work, so am going to be looking for extra work come the end of term (either that or have extra long holidays - although we're planning a Qld holiday sometime in the next 6 months, so would like to not take too long off school now)!

This afternoon Zai has auskick for an hour - then off to our friends house for dinner.

Tomorrow we head into Dave's work for the last flying of the Canberra & Boomerang  before they are put away for at least 2 years :(

Sunday Dave's preaching since our minister & his family have decided to desert us  um mm run off screaming from all the stress  actually leave us as they feel God's leading them elsewhere after 8 years of service in our church!

All in all a wonderful week - but I'm hoping the next one is a teeny bit more peaceful!

I hope you all have a wonderful, refreshing, relaxing weekend!

God bless