Random Photos

Here are a few random cute photos of my kiddies.

 

Playing at church

 

Shame its blurry but she is so sweet :)

 

Such a happy handsome man :)

I love my kids :)

Dakota Zane Stanley

My Sister and brother-in-law had their baby boy on Saturday morning.  They welcomed the newest addition to their family at 12:12am on the 29th of October. A baby boy, Dakota Zane weighing in at 8lb 6oz. 

Penny had a fairly quick 3 hour homebirth. Dakota has been a very good boy so far and is already happily looking up at his very loving brother and sister.  Penny and Dakota are doing very well as you can see from the photos. 

Dakota means Friend and his middle name Zane means 'God's Grace' after the church they are attending in Dunedin, New Zealand, (Grace Presbyterian Church) and the Grace God has shown to them as a family.

 “Every good and perfect gift is from above.” – James 1:17

Nathan, Penny and Dakota

Miles and Dakota

Antigone and Dakota

Nathan and Dakota

Dakota in his marino cocoon Grandma made

He's a very wrinkly little baby :)


“From the fullness of grace we have received one blessing after another” -  John 1:16

Olivia

I forgot to send out a cheerful 'Happy Birthday' to our Livi.

So...

Happy Birthday Olivia

Olivia: Symbol of peace

Wee Jasper Camp

On Thursday the 6th we drove to Wee Jasper for our long weekend Church camp.  We arrived first and started setting up the tent.  We managed to get there at a good time because it started raining just after we had set up our tarp and tent.

The kids had such a great time. They loved just wondering around outside, up and down the hill, through the puddles and rocks, behind trees and between sheep.

We found out that our kids are very much the outdoorsy kind of kids. Since being home, all Zac asks for is his boots so he can go outside.  Lydia's favourite thing about camping was playing with Claudia, Livi, Elijah and Emma.  The four of them constantly went up the hill to play at Claudia's house.

Zac's favourite thing was throwing rocks in the puddle and going in the puddle. One day is was paricualy warm and him and a few others went in with singlet and nappies on...they turned a beautiful brown colour but loved every minute of the mud!

We don't have a working camera at the moment so here are some photos that others took.

Friday the 7th was Darcy's Birthday

Darcy with his birthday present

Cousins - Zac and Darcy

Zac

Sam and Zac playing on the famous gravel pile...a few accidents happened here !!!

Little Teapots (don't ask me why) - Emma and Lydia

At the swinging rope - Lydia, Livi, Emma

funny funny funny - Zac, Georgia, Lydia, Emma

I wasn't the only strange looking person that night!

Cousins - Livi, Lydia

The puddles were the most popular activity

Elijah

Livi

A very muddy Georgia who thouroughly enjoyed the puddles

Bubbles. . .

. . .were meant for the little kids but entertained the "big kids" :)

4 become 5

Our family is growing ! ! !

We praise God for the wonderful blessing of our baby due in May 2012.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14

Floriade

On Monday (the long weekend) we went to Floriade.

Since one of Zac's first words was 'flower' and Lydia just likes pretty things, we really wanted to take the kids to Floriade so they could enjoy the pretty flowers, the animals, the music, the food, and some fun family time.

Well, unfortunately, the petting Zoo was closed and its now a reptile house.  The lineup was long and we didn't think the kids would enjoy it that much so we moved on. We ended up browsing the shops, smelling ALL of the flowers and then sitting on the grass to eat crackers and dip while listening to live music. We had a great afternoon, and it was lots of fun to just be able to go out as a family.

Zac having fun running around

 

Ben and Lydia listening to music

Photo taken by Lydia

Pretty flowers, Pretty girl

Me and the kids