Day 58

Today I am thankful for a great day. Today we had our perfect day, a slow morning, a little sleep then off to the beach, a yummy lunch, a play with the kids on the grass, a nice coffee, running into friends, then running into some old friends who we havent seen for about 4 years!! heading off to an outreach, but we were too late:(


then a nice dinner with some VERY exhausted kids..... Israel fell asleep on my back there in the moby wrap. Now back home and off to bed. It's been a perfect day!!

day 57

Today I am thankful for my friendly children. My children would talk the ear off anyone who would listen. They are loving that most people up here are on holidays and have the time to listen to the ramblings and questions of a 5 year old. Today we went to a small cafe to shelter out the rain. The cafe had a few bench seats around the outside, but the middle was a massive table to sit around, you could easily fit 12 people around it. There were a few couples sitting at the table, all minding their own business enjoying their coffees when in blew the 'hurricane Harvey's" within a few mintues the boys managed to draw everyone on the table into a conversation and had all the girls eating out of the palm of their hands. It was great to see how easily kids can draw eveyone together and it was also great the see how unaware of kids are of our perceived social barriers. The other thing I was thankful for today was that when we were walking down the road a guy came up and asked us for some money for food. We gave him some thinking that he probably wasn't going to buy food! But when we were in the cafe there he was!! I was glad that we had helped him out.

day 56

Today I am thankful for a great view. Pushing the boys on the swing has never been better! The day is warm with a soft breeze and the park is shaded by trees which is much, much nicer than shadecloth!! So many parks have had the trees removed which is so sad & actually something I had not really noticed until I noticed the difference here.

Day 55

Today I am thankful for all the yummy food up here. Our whole family is so thankful for all the good food up here in byron. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of a food lecture from my HEALTHY husband our family is all about sugar free, fermented, raw, broths & raw milk. We struggle at home to find our ideal produce and it is nearly impossible to go out & eat anywhere as a family, or buy the odd snack, but not up here!! We have just bought ice blocks, mousse, raw milk, raw chocolate (chilli and lime flavour) activated muesli bars for the kids, tomato juice & sourdough bread. Now we are off to enjoy it all!!

Day 54

Today I am thankful for the best meal I have ever had. We had just arrived in Byron and had not had time to go abs buy and cook dinner. So we took the kids out to dinner ( which was a nightmare) BUT I had the BEST stir fry I think was ever made. It was called a 'bikini bowl' and the description said it contained over 12 types of veges, chilli and Ginger, far out it was delicious!!

day 54

Today I am thankful for a lovely refuge. We are into our holiday today and spent 8 hours in the car driving up the coast. We have stopped at a friends house who are out of town and it is so nice to be somewhere homely, where the kids have toys to play with and they are very excited to be here. We are so thankful to our friends for letting us crash their house!

day 53

Today I am thankful for weddings. I am at a great friends wedding and seeing get so happy marrying the man of her dreams is amazing!! Witnessing people start their lives together is so special. We are having a great time here, we are sitting on a fun table and having stacks if kid free fun!!