Missionarie's birthdays

Walking at St. Helens

We will definitely be coming here again, and this one was free.  Next time we will come at high tide and see what it looks like then.  

 Zeek decided to see how big a bite he could take out of an apple.  This is quite a large apple and when I tried to match his bite radius I didn't come close.  It was so funny because once he had sunk his teeth in, he couldn't bite and he was stuck for a while :)

come along next time your'e on our island.

Rachel and Corbin's forest shelter

Rachel and Corbin have been spending time in the local forest building a shelter, they had finished as much as they were going to, so I took some photos of the finished product;

They have had a great time foraging for building material.

Shanklin Chine

Have you ever gone somewhere and spent money, then afterwards thought:  "What a complete rip off!" ?  Well, lovely as the Shanklin Chine was, it was definitely not worth the money spent to get in there.  At least I know that it is not somewhere I will be going again.  So enjoy every photo of this overpriced place... 

Aunty Jane getting a photo of Michael, Jodi and Daniel

 the view of the beach before you go in

 the entrance from the beach side

 some giant leaves that Corbin liked

 Zeek wanted this photo because he says my shirt is so patriotic!

 All the kids that went that day; Adam, Corbin, Roxanne, Rachel, Vincent, Cheryn, Chloe-Ann.

 There were ladybirds everywhere.

 the view of the beach heading the other way

Another Family Photo

Rachel and Samuel

Rachel's first temple trip

Rachel says:  "I was so excited!  When I went into the temple I felt amazing, I felt like I had a million smiles inside of me.  We did 327 baptisms as a group, and there were only 7 who did the baptisms, to that is really good.  The water came up to my collar bone, so I had to do a little swim to get out of the font.  I had a really good time and I felt the Spirit strongly.  I am glad that we live so close to the temple and I can feel close to my Heavenly Father."

Corbin's eye

I'll do you a small DIY favour...

You know those DIY projects that you think won't take that long...  And then you know Murphy and his stupid law...

Dianne very kindly said she would re-paint my bathroom for me (I know it's a rented house, but I had  sprayed mould and mildew remover on the walls and it had left bleached lines in the pink paint!)

So it's simple, we will just remove the loose flakey patches of paint and then prime and paint over right...

 It all started coming off in great big sheets of paint!

 So most of it had to come off.

 The first coat of paint.

Hilmar, Cheryn and Chloe-Ann all joined, thanks guys!

 Dianne even cut out the old silicone and put new in around the shower and bath.

 There was a whole big bin bag of this stuff.

This is the finished product, I went and bought new towel rails, toothbrush holders, toilet roll holder and a mirror too, it looks so nice now.

Thanks Dianne, every time I come into this clean fresh bathroom I think of how wonderful you are!!!