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So we took the plunge last night…and put Zacky in Gracie’s room.  Poor kid has really outgrown his Moses basket/bassinet and needed a bit more space for sleeping.  So with a bit of rearranging…then re-rearranging…and just one more time, let’s try it this way…(to my ever-so patient husband’s chagrin)…we managed to squeeze the travel cot/crib […]

This week has been one of milestones for us – Gracie turned two on Thursday, and Zacky is 6 months old today.  For Gracie’s birthday, we did a simple family celebration with a pavlova daddy made, decorated with Gracie’s special teddy bear biscuits and M&M’s.  She enjoyed opening presents and of course loved her special […]

Some things to be praying for- Rejoice the finance team got the end of year close out done of the accounts this week! Pray for North Cotes College (NNC) as the numbers for next year’s students are well down at this stage, Pray for us as we try to bring up Grace in a way […]

Someone was not ready for their nap this afternoon at the right time, but fortunately the sun was shining beautifully through the colourful trees and the weather was perfect for a family walk around the campus. 🙂  Here are a few pictures.  If you look closely in the first one, you can see spider webbing across […]

      Amazing photography by Dianne McNabb. 🙂

No, not that kind of roots – I don’t actually have a disreputable ancestry.  I am actually referring to literal roots – the kinds that grow deep into the soil and find nutrients for the plant to push its way far above the ground.  The thought came to me as I was preparing shepherd’s pie […]

Last week at this time we were attending the wedding of two very good friends we made here at North Cotes.  The wedding was in Switzerland and we had the privilege of arriving a few days before the actual event so that we could help with final preparations and set up. As we were working together, […]