found a photo!

This is us saying goodbye to Todd,Tammy and Charis, now I will try and take more photos soon to share.......I hope :) byee

Busy, but still YouTube-ing

Hiya. Things are getting quite busy here now, with getting ready for Father''s day next weekend, Women's camp the weekend after, Pedal Prix the weekend after that Hen/Buck's nights the weekend after that and after that ... is Tony and Leonie's wedding (oh did I mention that I am offically matron of honour now, working 7 days a week on the wedding and loving it!).

I know I mentioned previously that we have been getting pretty into Brotherhood 2.0 (two brothers in America who don't textually communicate but rather send each other video blods every day) and I am very excited that the brothers have one of my (MY!) video's as a favourite on their page (smiling so much my cheeks hurt). So because of all the new traffic that I'm getting I've been busy putting up most of my other productions (including Uncle Trev's memorial). You can check out what I've stuck up at our YouTube page. My video for John Green's birthday (one of the brother's) received over 100 hits in the first day, and if you are looking at it, check out the comment from John himself - Eeeeeeeeeep, I'm so happy!


Pictures are always good, so here is one I took last week when Whyalla was swallowed up by a cloud and the cob weds in our neighbour's yard were frozen!

Anyway, before all this fame goes to my head I should go and play Bob the builder with Calvin (I think I'm Wendy).
Stay safe, Love and hugs to you all.

Third time lucky

Third time lucky. Here are the photos of our trip with the tractors and a photo of some of the people chatting around after the prayer gathering in the lions park. Unfortunately only three mls of rain out the back on the crops. looking at them today I would say we only have about a week before they will start to die off from lack of moisture. Selling more sheep at jamestown tomorrow and have another mob ready yo go to Dublin on monday. Busy weekend with three services on Sunday.

Goodbye to the old , welcome to the new

For the last two days i have been trying to create a new blog and as soon as i try to add some pictures I loose my internet connection and then get frustrated for the next couple of hours as I try to reconnect. So here goes without the photos

Last friday morning we loaded the 4640 onto Neil Byerlee's Semi and headed to Roseworthy to pay and pick up our new tractor. Darryl and I had to go ahead in the Ute with flashing lights and "Oversize load" but we had a good run there and back with no problems. We are waiting for the new cultivator and Seed cart to come from Western Aust. to complete the deal. may have to wait a few weeks as the carriers are busy with Field days at present. Had 20 points of rain last week which freshened up the crops a bit but still need that good soaking rain. On sunday afternoon I had to organize a Combined churches Prayer gathering down at the Lions park Had over 60 people turn up a couple of hick ups with the music but apart from that it went well.

Batman and Supergirl! (and the show)

Hi all. Been aaaaaaages, but we are still here. Decided to break two traditions this year. Despite the fact that we have not missed a single Adelaide show since the kids were around we will not be going this year. Instead, despite the fact that we have managed not to attend a single Whyalla show since moving here, we took the kids along to the show yesterday. Was not as bad as I thought, and it was really lovely to see Calvin's yellow star that he had made at kindy (Occasional Care) on display in the education pavilion. We had decided that the kids could pick one ride each and a show bag, and they both really enjoyed the 'little ferris wheel' and the 'mini rollercoaster' but when it came to the show bags we just couldn't bring ourselves to wasting money on cheap and nasty toys. So we took a trip to Target instead! And now Calvin has a Batman costume, which is great for Natalie because now she can have a turn at being Supergirl. [We may have also picked up singstar 90's for the grownups - Oh my goodness, it is BRILLIANT!]

Anyway, I finally have some photos so I thought it was a good time to post. (The jumping ones were taken down the beach last weekend. Thought they were funny given my own experience of jumping off things, superhero style, at the beach, No kid was harmed in the making of these photos).

Hope that you are all doing well. Love and hugs.

From Whyalla - new drama

Hiya. Hope that you are all ok. Been ages since I have written - sorry. There is no batteries in the camera and so when I don't take pics I don't think to blog.

I'm blogging now though because I have made another Adrian Plass drama video (Kerryn you will recognise it as the one under 'truth' in his new book, Bacon sandwiches and Salvation).

You can check it out at Youtube
Please do, and please feel free to rate it (I'm starting to get really competitive about Youtube!!!).
[Sorry there is indeed some black screen at the beginning - please be patient] I made this video to be used in church tomorrow night - now I just need the computer and projector to work together so that everyone at tomorrow nights service can see it!

Love and hugs to you all.

(PS If you are wondering, the kids are going well (ignored by their parents, but well) and if you want to know what Stuart has been doing all weekend checkout brotherhood 2.0 wiki (two awesome brothers who video blog to each other everyday, check it out!) where Stuart has been writing and setting up large slabs of their wiki page. 'Nerdfighters!')

Vegan Revenge! A movie we made with Dave

The tractor John Cozens rejected

Had a trip to Wudinna today to have a look at another tractor. A three and a half hour trip each way. This tractor would cost $17000 more is a lot older has done 3000 hrs more and does not look as tidy as the one at Roseworthy, At least it helped convince us that the other tractor is the right buy. Wayne McCallum who took us is able to get a good Airseeder unit for us so it looks as if his day was not totally wasted on us. We called in and had a look at the old Iron ore mine at Iron Knob on the way home.

Some cool sunset pictures for you

Thought these might make some good backgrounds for your PP shows. They were all taken from our house, looking out over Beirut, and they are all completely unedited.

John's Birthday Bash

Okay, well we survived the Paintballing and even some people who were not playing got shot!!! (as you can see with a cool bruise to match!) Anyway, apart from dying from the heat in their overalls and masks, everyone had great fun, and after we went back to Theopolis for Hot Dog BBQ, swimming in the revived pool and a few fireworks to top it all off. All in all a great day. Might make tomorrow seem like a bit of an anticlimax!!

Anyway, love to all.

ANY ONE FOR A RIDE

Well we are back on line after a few days of frustration with the Dell assist program wanting to fix problems that were not there and as a result we kept losing our internet connection. I have managed to get it working again but keep wondering if it is going to drop out at any minute. We have been spending a lot of time working through if we should upgrade our tractor and seeding plant and believe the time has come when we take this step of faith and upgrade.

This is the tractor we are looking at, a 310 hp 4 wheel drive thats at a dealership at Roseworthy. We are selling some of our AWB and ABB shares to fund the change over so will not have to borrow any money. But of course the day we want to sell our shares there is a crash on the US share market which has had a flow on effect in Australia.

John is finally a`true Lebanese

John decided to have some fun with his friends this afternoon by trying to blow up some of his soldiers. If I ever figure out how to post video, I will show you how they all worked out. Needless to say, they all had fun !!!

The Pit!

Well, as you can see, the last little bit of garden is now gone and the 'pit' goes right to my steps. They started putting up the wood perimeter today, so I guess at least the digging is finished with, now we just have the building!! We are enjoying our summer so far with new friends around. There is a family staying at the college who have five kids from 10 to 2 years of age. John has become good friends with the two older boys and Jessie and the one girl have also hit it off. It is funny as all their names begin with J as well!! We have been seeing quite a bit of them which is nice. I am very happily being busy getting ready for my first YFC camp which starts next Sunday. John is going Paintballing with some friends on Saturday for his birthday, should be fun.

So that is the Masri news for now. love to all

Shall we try plan C?

I have been thinking this morning about how things could work on the October long weekend which also happens to be the 'Noodle' Wedding of which Stuart and I are attending. I was wondering if instead of asking mum and dad to come over and look after our kids (because Ian and Karen have church commitments that weekend) which would then ruin plans for the Hogben's to holiday in Orroroo, if rather I could bring Natalie and Calvin to Orroroo on the Friday and between the 6 of you our kids could be cared for until we were able to join the party on Sunday afternoon?

How does this sound?
We're free to pamper the bride and groom, Mum and dad you're free to relax at home and entertain, Hogben's you are free to holiday in Orroroo, and the kids have a fun weekend with lots of nice family around to keep them alive!


Let us know what you think. Would be nice to find a solution where everyone can be happy.
Hope that you are going ok Masri family and are enjoying some warm weather - mmmmm warm.
Love and hugs to all.

[The photos are from our holiday with Nanna and Pappa in Victor]

Ever wondered what 100 lego people looks like?

Our Lego family made it to 100 today. Aren't they cute!

My Garden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Thought you might like to see what I meant when I said we are living on a building site. This is what was our lovely garden, and it what I now get out of my kitchen window. (You can imagine the dust!!!!)

Kitto Pictures of Isaac's Baptism

Was lovely to share this wonderful celebration with you Isaac. I didn't get many good photos. This is pretty much it! Look forward to seeing some others.

Photoshop Phun

I have been playing with photoshop the last day and thought I'd share some of what I achieved.

Hope that everyone is going well. I'm looking forward to Sunday.

Love and hugs.