what happens when i am not blogging

So here are some recent photos - seems I have a sluggish blogging mentality lately... just keep reminding me iffin' you want to hear what is happening... just find it hard to face blogging for some reason... and have felt a little more pressed in other areas...

Nonetheless my Czech friend, Martina has been hanging out for some updates - so this is especially for you, Martina!

Over the long weekend we went to a special 82nd birthday party for a dear friend.

Owen stole the show singing happy birthday, Owie style!

This is such an Owie look!


We spent Labor day with Aparna and one of her new flat mates while the children played in the park.

Joshua had great fun using made up sign language to communicate with a Swedish boy he met. Fun to watch!

Other happenings:

• Changed Bible study - started reading great study book and working away at questions (very challenging and spiritually encouraging)
• Trying to fight entropy (I know - it is a loosing battle - somehow I just gotta ignore that fact and try anyway!)
• Started an evening 'Auslan' course - Australian Sign language. Thought it might be a good skill to have 'up my sleeve' should anything more happen to Owen's hearing or even just to keep future (long way off) job opportunities open.
• Home schooling - looking at Knights and Castles - am enjoying learning some things on this topic myself ... while we're on the subject - does anyone know any good reading books about character from Medieval time period that would be fun to read together? Will have to investigate Christians living during this period...
• Saying goodbye to our local church pastor and his wife who have retired from the ministry... and praying through the changes that lie ahead for our church...
• Cooking a mud cake to freeze, ready for Owen's birthday next week (I can smell the aroma of choc. cake drifting from the oven... are you drooling?)

So, there -

I actually blogged...

and it wasn't all that hard after all!