July 18th, 2010
What a great day it was today!
We went to church in the morning, and in the afternoon we had a picnic lunch at Roma St Parklands with some old friends – Charlie & Mel and their 3 kids.
Our kids were completely tuckered out and slept in the car on the way home.
At the picnic Charlie & Mel had a can of soft drink each. Good old Kirks! Daniel wanted to recycle them- and put them in the RIGHT bin. This one:
However I asked if they would donate the cans to a project we were doing instead!
So, here’s the result!
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July 17th, 2010
Caleb is in a new team at Soccer. We’re both VERY excited about this. The team is a strong one – 2 really awesome defenders, and 2 really strong attackers, and an awesome all-rounder!!
The team name is “Boas” in keeping with snake team names. At first I was thinking.. Hmm – big, slow. But I realised – Boa Constrictors are TOUGH and can eat a whole cow!
Can eat a whole cow!
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July 11th, 2010
After our ‘practice’ hike (see previous post), I decided to take Caleb on a REAL hike, where you take everything on your back, and stay overnight.
Hiking!
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Tags: brisbane camping, Dads and Sons, Hiking
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June 25th, 2010
I got a phone call at work today, and my wife was laughing.
Daniel had gone into the loo – and had got the dickens scared out of him by a FROG in the toilet!
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June 19th, 2010
Back when I was a lad, Desserts were a Big Thing in our house. It was always a treat when there was Someone Special visiting and we would have desserts.
One of the deserts I remember fondly was “Baked Apples”. Mum used to make this and I picked up the recipe. My boys LOVE baked apples, and so do I!
Here’s our recipe – give it a whirl. It’s quick, cheap, “sort-of-healthy” and really really really yummy.
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Tags: comfort food, dessert, Winter Warmers
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June 3rd, 2010
So, Felicia is studying at the moment. Which means the boys and I must needs go on an adventure – OUT of the house, and take up the entire day.
This requires some forward thinking. So I asked my “adventuring dad”friend Anton.
He told me about a very cool, little known place, which has a SECRET TUNNEL!
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May 16th, 2010
Weekends – they are the best of times, but they CAN be the worst of times!
Felicia and I had noticed a trend, and it was concerning us.
The trend was that when we got busy on the weekend getting ‘chores’ done – the boys would get bored and loll about, asking for biscuits, lollies, juice, and wanting to watch TV or play computer games.
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Tags: kids, screen free days, TV, weekend activities
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May 15th, 2010
So this Weekend we had the absolute luxury of a blank Saturday stretching in front of us (After soccer of course!).
I had planned a fun afternoon of restoring window frames, but the boys got an idea – and asked if they could go fishing instead.
So I thought! Why not? No harm here right?
Tags: fishing, kids, poison fish, weekend activities, zombies
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November 30th, 2009
For a long while now I’ve been thinking of making a garden. The other weekend I had the boys to myself for the whole morning and that was the catalyst to do something about it!
First of all, we started with a plan. Well, a rough plan, kind of in my head.
This transferred to a back of a cocktail napkin kind of plan, and back of an envelope kind of budget to do it.
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Tags: garden, greens, kids, sustainability, veggies
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August 20th, 2009
Wow, I am really proud of ALL my brothers and sisters. I have 3 sisters and one brother. Each is very creative, passionate, 
energetic, vocal and a great parent. It makes for a very loud and fun get together!
Rebecca is the closest in age to me. She is a great mother, a teacher, an artist, and now she is an author. Crikey, What next?? She’s amazing. Somehow in the busy time of life she has Written A Book, and had the firepower to Get It Published!
Here’s the cover page and synopsis – if you’re interested: just go here: www.impressionsartstudio.com/blog/ and click the buy now button on the page about her book.
Synopsis: David is a young boy who watches his family breakdown. When his father leaves, he is distraught and blames himself.
God shows His compassion and understanding for David in a very special way….
Go ahead – get one. It’s a good read.
Enjoy!
J
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