Milda || Hunter

So I'm not really sure whether I should explain these pics. Some of you cat-lovers will like this post but I think there are probably a few of you who will focus more on the fact that we had mice inside our house. A couple months back we had problems with mice in our storeroom eating the food. Then inside, one went behind the couch and chewed holes in clothing I had listed on Trade Me (some of it was expensive branding too!!). 

Milda was our sole eradicator. Only she'd bring them inside and if they didn't move much, just leave them. Above she's seen hunting them. And yes, in a couple of the pics she's right at the top of the wall unit (or on top) and looking behind the filing pile. Bottom pic she's gone in for the catch! 

And these will probably be the list pics I post of my little girl (since the ones I wanted are outside in a box lol). I got her when I was about six and she died June 2nd of this year. :'(

{And yes, she's pretty skinny in these pics. She just didn't put the weight on, and it was kidney failure that she ended up dying of.)

Eltham Trip {Day 3 ~ Friday || Part 1}

On Friday morning the others all explored the camp. Enjoy the pictures they captured!

10 on 10

: : Envelope with her birthday card {from me} : :

: : {My} birthday card from Nana : :
{Thank you!!}

: : I took this {out the window!} of the neighbours' peach tree. : :
I played with the colours and exposure a bit in Picmonkey and this came out. Isn't it cool?

: : Orange season! : :

: : Mum's fav clock : :

: : And more Laura pics :P : :

: : Snuggled up watching Little Einsteins with her dolls : :

: : "Watch a mooovie!" : :

Bryce's Trampolining Skills

So...the next olympic gold-medalist in trampolining? Probably not, but check out these cool pics of my 4-year-old brother Bryce!






: : I got quite a few shots like this one : :




: : I just love this one! : :



: : Yep, he can do a front flop : :



: : Hmm what's this? sitting in midair? or ice skating in a curve maybe? : :





Pics...



Maria with Dad's boxing pads



Don't they make her look so little!?!



And Monique has a turn boxing...

Maria and Laura

Thought I might post this pic of Maria and Laura for those of you who havn't seen Laura yet...

It was taken on the 27th of April.

The Smiths Come for a Visit



Mrs. Smith plays the piano for us

 One day during the holidays (sorry I don't recall which one exactly! lol), the Smiths (our pastor's family) came over for afternoon tea.

I must say the double choc chip muffins were, as usual, a hit! Sorry, no pics, but in fact I'm probably doing you a favour - if you saw a pic of these mouth-watering, choc-filled muffins, you might salivate so heavily your keyboard would be kinda gross...:P

But anyway, to get back to what I was writing about...



I'm not sure the ukelele is supposed to be on the tramp...!

 Nobody in our family can really play piano (Danielle was taking lessons last term, but no-one is learning right now), and Mrs. Smith is Grade 9 (!), so it was really nice to hear the piano played that well, despite the fact that she played from memory because we don't have any books her level!

Monique enjoyed Keith (4 months) and the other little ones (she loves young children).

Amelia enjoys our trampoline

Diana and Amelia LOVED playing with each other. I think Amelia has probably only met people within our church so far, and it is relatively small, so I think there is like one other girl her age (who is our cousin!). Also, my siblings were talking for AGES before the Smiths even came to NZ about being friends, going to their place to play and whatever!

Despite the fact that I was sewing, I still managed to read to Aaron (4yrs). He just loves Thomas the Tank Engine, so I got to read parts of a few books to him (haha little ones aren't patient enough to listen to a whole story!), and name the characters on the covers of the books shown on the back covers; thankfully their names were written down, or I would have been stuck!!! lol



Amelia and Diana pose...



 I think Mum enjoyed sharing some of her accumulated homeschool knowledge; it's nearly 11 years since she began homeschooling me!

And mainly, everyone enjoyed socialising for a few hours!

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Well, um, I hadn't planned to write much...consider yourself lucky!!! haha

Bee

More Random Pics =)

Maria (2) and Laura (3 1/2 weeks)



Yep...my Mum's posing!



Danielle (9)
Trying to look Japanese I think!
 (Check out her eyes!)



The bride. Oops, Diana (6) dressing up.
Isn't she cute? ;)




Hmm...octuplets? lol!



Danielle again!

This vid may be more for the rallies, Maria's talking and I can't remember exactly what else (well come on, it was last night that I watched it!!! haha :P

Pics from around the house

Here are some random pics I took on the 12th of April...



Maria (2yrs) reading a magazine (Perhaps Creation?)




Monique (11) and Danielle... (9)




Laura (3 1/2 weeks)



Monique's Birthday



Monique with her cake



My sister Monique turned 11 on April 3rd, here are some pics of the cake (which she made herself!); we gave her pressents to her on a seperate occasion.



She made a banana cake and put a filling in it.
(the way Aunty Yvonne had done it in a cake we had been given recently.)






Maria (isn't she cute?) ;-)




Danielle (9) with Laura




Banana cake and ice cream



Meet and Greet

From 2-4pm on March 24th, all of us but Mum, Maria, and Laura, went to the de Boers' place to meet our minister's family, who had arrived from America the day before.
I was kinda sleepy, but it was nice to meet them!

The little ones were very taken with Snowy, Dieuwe's maltese puppy. (Sorry I just realised I don't have any pics of Snowy!)

And...Amelia Smith (5yrs) was very excited to lose her first tooth that afternoon! See if you can spot the gap in the pic:

Ok so I suppose I should introduce them a bit...

Mr. Smith is Texan, the eldest of 7 children, and was homeschooled.
Mrs. Smith is Canadian, one of 4 children (sorry can't remember where she is in the lineup!), and was also homeschooled.
The met through the church (The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland), and now have 4 children: Amelia (or Amy) 5yrs, Aaron (4rs), Owen (2yrs), and Keith (4 months).
You can read their blog here.

More pics....

ok so one day last month I decided to sit outside while doing biology so I could enjoy the last remnants of summer....and I took my camera with me =)



Maria and me (Don't you LOVE my laptop? lol)

                                                 Below: Me...only slightly photoshopped!!! :P

Danielle and me


  And then my siblings wanted a turn with my camera.....



Danielle



Maria (2), Bryce (4), Diana (6)



Diana, Danielle (9), Bianca