back yard

October 7th-11th

After our long weekend away Damien had a week off work. Well, paid work anyway. We spent the week working on our backyard. And anything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong.

I had spent the week before investigating the irrigation system we wanted to use. It is a dripper system under the grass. I found some at a really good price on the Internet. It was suppose to arrive on the Tuesday. They were out of stock so it was going to be another week. Damien ended up speaking to them. We ended up getting a more expensive roll of irrigation at the same price that they had in stock expressed to us.

The bobcat was suppose to come on the Wednesday. We found a message on the answering machine from the guy when we got back from camp. When Damien spoke to him we found out that he was now unavailable on the Wednesday as he had got a contract with the government and needed to start on Wednesday. His only available time was right then. We raced around the backyard getting it ready for the bobcat with Jake's help. They also broke my clothesline in the process of trying to remove it. Sarah and Mum P were a great help as well, they took Isiah, Juliet and Charles so that they weren't in the way of the bobcat.

On the Wednesday we thought that we would get rid of some of our hard rubbish with a voucher the council gives out.we thought we would be able to walk in and get one. They only process the paper work for that on Fridays and send it once done. We ended up getting a clothesline that hangs of the wall. The only place for it was under the veranda. At least the clothes can get dry when it is raining.

Thursday we planted a tree after finally deciding on one. We got a maple tree. It should one day make a good climbing tree. Of course our kids probably wont be climbing trees anymore.

Friday we order some dirt and our grass. We finally got the irrigation in the afternoon. We were pretty intense trying to get as much irrigation down as possible.

Saturday morning Damien and Rory finish the irrigation. The grass turned up before the dirt and it was quite a warm day. When the dirt finally arrived it was straight into putting it over the irrigation. And then finally the grass. And to top things of Damien ordered to much grass. Damien was so exhausted that we asked the missionaries if they could come and help finish it of. I would also like to thank Sarah who came over to watch the younger ones but ended up being a great help outside as well.

Here is a photobook of the project.

Make a Smilebox photobook

pt broughton camp

well we had a goodish holiday on the octobel long weekend as we went to pt broughton to sleep in a tent

we arrived on the saturday as i didn't have enough time to pack on friday as dad wouldn't let me go home early so we went on the saturday and took the morning to travel and set up camp by tea time the kids had looked over the town by bus hehe and then we had dinner the kids enjoyed sitting arrount the heat beads (we dont have fires anymore) then we stasyed up too late liek normal and went to bead

the next day was sunday we went to pt pirie for church it was quite good but the siniging needs improvment whilst there we watched a documentry on president hinkleys life i think it was the one they played between the funeral and cemetry it was good to see as i hadn't seen it before

it was also good to see uncle malcom at church

in the afternoon we let the kids explore the beach and not get wet we had a yummy dinner and then damien p;layed missioary impossible with the youth that wanted to play a good game very enjoyable and a bonding experience

on monday we didn't pack up we had palnned to stay the extra day so bro serle and i took his and isiah crabbing on the jetty it was very windy

but we had a good time and cought 3 undersized crabs not bad for 1 hrs waiting

on tuesday we packed up atr our leasure and left to come home and then the holiday or should i say hard labour began which i will talk aboutr in my next update

damien

school holidays and stuff from the boys

On Wednesd@y the first October two thous@nd @nd eight we went to @untry Yolly's house!!!!!!! At Aunty Yolly's Emily was painting nails. She paints Juliets, Mums, Charles, Rory's and uncle Paul. Rory had his done just so uncle paul would get his done.

We then went to the Harry Bowey reserve for a picnic with grandpa, grandma, uncle Paul, Sarah, Emily, Nicholas, Aunty Karina, Akasha, Dylan and Joshua. Uncle Paul tried not to let people see his hands. Sarah was a great sister to her brother Nicholas (he has autism) she sent a lot of time looking after him. Aunty Karina and her kids left earlier than the rest of us. We had a cake for Emily's birthday. I can't believe she is 12 already. After the cake Uncle Paul took the kids to feed the ducks while Grandma and mum packed up. And surprise, surprise Rory fell in the water.

We took Sarah, Emily and Nicholas home. We can do this in our bus. It was great. Nicholas was fine as he goes in a bus similar to ours for school swimming. When we got there we found Aunty Karina and her kids there.
Isiah found a scary mask and was scaring all the little children with it. Joshua was really freaked out. 2 1/2 hours later we finally went home.