Faith, family and creativity intertwined and inseparable because they are all a part of who I am. My hope is that you might be inspired to explore your creativity too.
So the months of planning and making were followed by weeks of sorting and packing, these were followed with days of unpacking, putting away, rearranging the put away stuff and wondering how much easier life would be if all our books were on kindle rather than on the 12 bookshelves !! But now it's here, it's Chhhhrristmasss!
We had an early start to get to church on time, a one hour commute on Christmas morning is slightly challenging but we made it and enjoyed sharing the service with our friends at Camrose. Then back in the car for another hour track to my sisters where we spent a fun filled day, yummy food, presents, party games and general madness!!
Watch out Auntie Andrea this shop is run by a shrewd shopkeeper who charges you on you card and then asks for the cash as well, Daddy got stung for £ 180 for a box of frosties! A one portion box at that!!
Working out how our bodies work!
Disco dancing!
For some reason this is fun!!
Then a yummy Christmas dinner -
A great day!
So we're finally here, and after an exhausting day some semblance of order is beginning to emerge from the stacks of boxes and jumble of furniture.
And our friends here were just amazing, not only bringing us food, but assembling furniture and unpacking boxes, it was fun getting to know people as we tried to work out just were everything was going to go! And as a result we have a liveable space and all three girls have a bed to sleep in!
Right now as we try to get the girls calm enough to sleep we have a few moments just to enjoy our home!
Tomorrow it's back to boxes and unpacking - hoping to get as much as we can sorted before Christmas!
Been lent a dongle so can finally post this!
So after weeks of planning and sorting, packing and trashing the van arrived to transport our belongings to our new home.
Just as I was taking the girls in for their last day at school, they watched dvd's and partied whilst Keith and I hoovered and swept and cleaned the rapidly emptying rooms.
By the time I picked the girls up most of our stuff was in the back of the lorry. The girls were great, just accepting this transition , saying goodbye and moving on.
Doing any kind of bible devotions with our children has always been a struggle - we have tried a few books which worked well, we have read them stories and try to pray with them each night but the reality is that it is a struggle and to be honest more often than not just doesn't happen, mornings involve the mayhem that is getting ready for school, and by bedtime we are ready to collapse in a heap so when I read about Never 2 Young Family Advent by Bea Brigham I decided we would give it a go that despite the chaos of Christmas and moving we would try to make space to think about the story of Christmas. It appealed because it was simple, a short reading, a sign to learn and a few things to think about and fun with a simple activity to do.
So two weeks in how has it been?
The truth is it's been tough, grumpy kids, grumpy parents, and we missed some days when I decided that this just wasn't going to happen! But the kids wanted to do it, they asked to do it and so here we are still going and it's getting better! And we are making time as a family to read the bible and pray together which is great.
So now my thought is come Christmas what next......
