hanging out with Daddy

The hammock is everyones favourite spot at the moment -the weather is perfect for a little relaxing in the hammock under our poinsiana tree.
I realised that in most photos at the moment Elliot has a dummy in his mouth - not an accurate capture of his natural state!

just so you dont think Derek has fallen off the face of the earth

caption" why isnt there ever anything to eat"
read "why is there no junk food in here"

Village Church

Our church is planting a new one, next week infact, here, its exciting, we went and checked out the local produce market on saturday morning and got some free range eggs, Derek will be proud, he does not like my attitude to battery hens and their debt to society. Maybe this will become a habit, a nice habit to have - a saturday morning stroll through the market a coffee, a pastry, some woodfired bread, some locals, becoming a local and sharing jesus?
Derek went to a pub there today and chatted to the owner. It all starts up on sunday, a village ripe for the picking, God willing

gutters

derek got up and cleaned the gutters out - this is going to go a long way to stopping the water coming into downstairs. it was refreshing to know that the roof on our house is put together well.

The pretty prince of parties

Here is some fun we had this afternoon with friends and a special family member. Derek is being the lolly man and the kids had to chase him and rip the lollies off him. Hilarious - there will come a time when this is dangerous but at 3 its just rollicking good fun. Please note lovely mown grass in photos - thanks Doug the mowerman