What a Week!!

Well what can I say I have had a very busy week. I have gone to post most nights but have been so tired that I just couldn't put my words together.
Here is a run down of my week .

Tuesday - Mini Marvels, Toddler group at Dingwall Free Church, Eleanor and Kids spent the afternoon with us.

Wednesday - Helping my sister getting her stuff together to go Home to Oz (only a little jealous),

P.A.T.CH (Play at the Church) Toddler the I help run at DBC, Home Group at Our House- we studying our way through Daniel.

Thursday - House worked call again--- why does that always happen???Alyssa goes to Kindy 1-3:30pm

Friday - Shopping and errans, swimming Lessons, throw together dinner, then off to Truth Tracker for Lexy, and Farwell Dinner for Sarah :( --- and in there somewhere I had to make myself pretty.

Saturday - First day of work!! Yah :0) -tell you about it all in another post-, Birthday Dinner for Sarah and Lyssa.

Sunday - Mike preached at Culloden Baptist Church (Inverness), Quick trip home for Lunch, Back to the Airport for the final farwells - plane 1 hr late leaving, visit with friends because there wasn't enough time to go home before mike preach the PM service, finally home at 9:30pm (yawn, yawn).

Monday - School run, Local Bible study, Lunch with Eleanor, Kirkhill Bible Study Group(new), dash back for school at 3pm, clean, clean cause I won't have time in the next couple of days.

Tuesday - Lexy to school early because she was in the choir comp. today (came 2nd), Mini Marvels again picking up friend on the way, drop friend home, run home for 5 minute to put lunch in oven, go get lexy from school for Lunch, Eleanor drops in early for lunch (ARRR....) but that really was ok, eat lunch and take lexy back to school and visit a lady from church for coffee and see her new house :). Back for school at 3pm, send kids outside to play so I may breath for just a few moments and enjoy talking with Eleanor, then Dinner, dishes and kids to bed.

WOW my fingers hurt and my mind is spinning, But do you want to know what I am doing tomorrow???

Here is the brief - Standard get ready for school, Lexy to school 9:15am, straight to Inverness (20min drive)for Time out 9:45-12, Patch 12:30-2:45, School Pick up 3pm, Homework, dinner, get supper ready for homegroup, Home group 7:30pm....I'm tired already. Not to forget that it is our wedding anniversary.

Here are a few photos from the week,

This one (above) was from a couple of weeks ago but it just so cute. She was playing in her room and you know that when it all goes quiet you think OH NO!! what is she into this time, this is what I found...so precious
Dig the pose!!!
Sarah and Lexy Blowing hard!!
Sisters, I find it hard to get a nice photo of the girls together, I was pleased this turned out so well.

(Sorry for any spelling mistakes..my spell check isn't working)

I'm joining the work force again.....so look out!!!!

Well today I did something that I haven't done in a long time.... I had a Job interview and got the job on the spot. It has been 9 years since I have had to interview for a job, I can hardly believe I have been out of the paying work force for that long. Being a mother has been rewarding, stressful and a great blessing, but it is time to start the process of re-entering the work force. We I can hear you all ask What's the Job?? Doing my dream job of working in a craft store call "Craft Central Ltd" , and even better it is only Saturday work. So I'm not having to look for childcare, it will be a Daddy Day. I'm really excited about doing this work, I start this Saturday (16th) and work a full day 9am-5:30pm.

Thanks to those who knew about the interview and prayed for me, I had planned on posting about the interview but I only dropped my CV in on Saturday so it has all happen very fast.

Must go, Mike has invited some of his students arround for dinner tonight, so I must get cooking.

I think we may have been here to long

Today is a lovely day the sky is blue, the sun is shining bright and it is 11 dregrees C. And while driving home day after have a wonderful and encourage visit with one of the college wives. Alyssa pipes up from the back seat, "Mummy, I don't like the sun. It's to hot and hurts my eyes". In all her 3yrs of life she may have seen about 300 day of sun. Just not the kind of thing that an aussie kid should be saying. How will she cope if we ever move back.... O dear I dread to think.

We had snow!!! At last!!!

These are the amazing sights that we woke up to yeaterday (Sat). We were all excited to finally have some snow worth playing in. Our last big snow fall was in March 2006.

This is the same photo from my last post, just this time no sun but plenty of snow

Alyssa was only 13months old last time we had good snow and didn't like the cold wet feel one bit, but this time round it was a totally different story. We couldn't get her inside, and this morning (sunday) she has little red cheeks from the cold and wind.


There was just no stopping her.

Lexy and her friend (not pictured) had great fun in the snow, making snow men and throwing snow balls at each other.

Sunrise.

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psalm 113:3
We don't get these amazing sunrises very often so they just take my breath away when they do, isn't our God a wonderful Creator. Thankfully sun rise is getting earlier each day... yah...

(these photos are taken at 8.15am)

Australia Day in Scotland

Well yesterday we didn't wake up to the lovely warm sun as those of you in Australia. It was a dull wet and cold day, so there went any thought of BBQ's and Outdoor cricket. So we settled for homemade damper for lunch followed by a family film... Spy Kids 2... I think Mike enjoyed it just as much as Lexy. Than an after noon nap, then because we can't spent the afternoon at the beach the girls put their togs on and pretended to go to the beach in the bath.

Being in a cold wet country, make you really grateful for the outdoor lifestyle of Australia. I feel that the girls are missing out on so much by no being able to be outside most days. At the moment the only "outside" we experience is the dash from the front door to the car and back. We all say bring on Spring......

Linger in Him

I came across this post today, it felt very close to my heart. I'm going through a stage of discontentment and unsettleness. I'm yearning for what I can not have and not taking note and realising what God is doing now and here (even if it is very cold and wet). This post has challenged me to linger with God and listen and wait on God for what He has planned for me (and not what I want God to have planned for me).

I pray that you to may be challenged...to Linger

Random Photos from the past few weeks

See look, I can do it too!!!

Group Hug


SSSSHHHH we are seal spotting!!! But we had no luck today

Lexy's very tall creation, she was very proud to get it taller than Sarah, but really it's not that hard.
Yes Mum, I like my new coat but it's still freezing out here.....

All in a Days work

This feels so much like my life, I'm sure that all mum's out there will agree.

All in a Days Work.


Love Naomi

Christmas

Well we have had an interesting Christmas, with the exception of Christmas Day and New Years Day. Someone in our house has been sick. My best friend for most of last week was the couch where I spend a good part of my day, only venturing out to do the school run. My head feels ready to explode and I'm on the 10th box of tissues, my legs hurt and I can't breath.....and I think I have just managed to described half of the UK currently.

But apart from all the sickness we have enjoyed the Christmas season, It was chance to spend time with family and friends eating lots and lots and remembering that Christ was born this wondrous day for US. Christmas day was spent with the Matthews Family, we split the cooking between us so we weren't doing all the cooking alone. It was a lovely day, the only thing that would have made it better would have been to have Mum and Dad here.... well there always next year!?!?
Here are a few pic from Christmas Morning....... then the battery in my camera died.

So many toys!!!!!

Did I really have to get up????
(Sarah didn't finish work till 2am Christmas Morning, and the girls weren't going to let her sleep in just because of that... even worse she had to be back at work 11am christmas day)

I think I need a hair cut for christmas

This is what -8c looks like 3 days in a row

We have had a cold snap this past few days. I don't think the Temp has got over 0 degrees. Which means scrapping the car not just in the morning but quite possibly a couple of time in the day. So this is what -8 looks like

The view from our front door at 8:55am - this morning 19th Dec

Same shot at 9:32am ... yes that's right the sun is just getting up.

The heather in our garden

And I has to spend 10min scrapping the car of the frost

Our First Real Tree..... ever

It was very exciting for us on Saturday as we got our first real Christmas Tree. We invited our friends the Matthews to help decorate as we are all having christmas together.

Before......

And the end result... after 3 kids have been going at it for 30 min

After.....

Gauis, Alexis and Alyssa..... We tried very hard to get a good picture of all of them but this was the best we could get.

I love it... the tree doesn't look like that great centerpeice but it represents fun and love.

PS .. The tree looks even better now that it has had a chance to settle, because they come wrapped in net when you buy then they are a little cramped

Dressing the Christmas Tree

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year, It should be great fun with Alyssa being that much older. We are spending the day with the Matthew's family... they are studing at HTC. Gaius is one of Alyssa good friends.

It's christmas time

The girls had fun playing dress ups when we where putting up the tree.

Visit to Isle of Skye 13th-14th October 2007

Because life is busy (or I'm just lazy) I thought I'd just keep you up to date with photos and then quarterly put up a newsletter. So you can see a little more of us.

The Skye landscape.....

The People......

On the beach on the east coast of skye

Lovely !!!!

Beautiful !!!!!

Handsome?????

October 2007

Alyssa sleep in her door way

Alexis after a Light party (halloween alternitive)

Lexy and her best friend Rebecca

My beautiful Baby