G’day from down under and welcome back to our Good Morning Mondays Link Up.

We’ve had a quiet week this past week. My husband has been unwell with Bronchitis so he was down for the count for a few days. We took him to the doctor and got him some antibiotics and he has now improved. He still has an awful cough but is feeling better in himself.

The weather has been beautiful which really frustrated him. The sun was shining and here he was really too sick to get out and get some work done.

I’ve tried to get some school done this week, but it is hard when dad is home, my routine really goes out the window. They had a leggo day which was great and enjoyed by them all, they are building a header/harvester at the moment and it is very challenging. I’m amazed just how much our no 2 son knows at 8 years of age about motors and how machinery works and this is just from doing leggo with dad and helping him outside.

Our pigs are still digging up the vegetable garden area and we were blessed with some loads of old hay for them to dig in.  My husband just keeps moving their pen around every few days as they work the hay in and the dirt over.

We were really concerned about our bull earlier as our cows didn’t seem to  be calving but now we have 4 calves and a couple more to come.  Here is the latest addition born on Saturday morning and a little heifer.

My husband has found that when we cook pork chops on the BBQ it leaves the surface really nice, so I rendered some pork fat for him to use when he cooks. He is the BBQ king and he does a great job and with summer on it’s way he will be cooking on it a lot.

Our usual summer fare is bbq meat and boiled potatoes and salad. This is such a quick, easy meal and we all enjoy it, and when our vegetables are growing I really only buy the mushrooms for the salad.

We did get some sad news earlier this week. You might remember me asking you earlier to pray for our friend Mr H who had cancer, well his treatment is no longer working and they have no more drugs that they can give him. They have given him weeks, maybe months to live.  So I ask now that you pray for his wife and family that they can feel God’s peace at this time. Pray that Mr H will be pain free during this period and that he will be well taken care of.

My mother-in-law is in respite at the moment so we took some tea into my father-in-law on Thursday night and shared it with him. We then did some shopping and the children had grandpa time. I think they showed him a Gunsmoke and then watched a movie. We shopped and then went and saw Mr H and his wife for a couple of hours. We could probably talk for more but thought that grandpa was probably getting worn out.

Because it’s school holidays we had no music lessons on Saturday morning so we spent the day at home doing chores around the place until it got too cold outside.  My husband managed to get the lawn mowed for the first time in months so he was feeling really pleased about that.

Okay enough about us, onto our link up…

Our top 3 posts this week were…

10 Ways to Have More Joy in Each Day by  Spreading JoyHealthy foods that are actually junk: Is your food lying to you? by The Herbal Spoon Accidents Happen by Sharon Sharing God

Thanks to everyone of you who faithfully stop by each week and link up, I really appreciate it.

This coming week is quiet again, no meetings for my husband just work and school hopefully.

Our no 1 son comes home this coming Sunday for about 6 months and we are really looking forward to that. The dynamics in the house will change and I will have to cook larger meals but I’m okay with that.

Now I need to apologise to you all because I thought I actually had another week before the monthly link up was due.

I don’t know where the year is going but I feel like I’m in a fog and Christmas will be just around the corner.

So I’m sorry about not putting it up last week and it will be up this coming Wednesday.

This month’s topic is on Forgiveness and I hope to hear from you over there.  So please pop back over on Wednesday some time.

Also remember you don’t have to link up, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section, so stop over if you get the time.

What has been happening with Mr H has really impacted us and how we view our lives and we wonder how we would handle this situation. I guess that is where our thoughts have been these past days.

Have a blessed week my friends and may God lead and guide you in your everyday life.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”

Blessings to you all xxxx

Welcome back everyone to our Good Morning Mondays Link Up.

What’s your week been like???

We had a great weekend last weekend at our grandson’s dedication/1st birthday celebrations and it was wonderful to be able to spend time with the extended family. We sure had fun and I enjoy being able to go up and help our daughter with food and getting everything ready. Actually she had most of it done, she is pretty awesome.

We stayed an extra night and came home with some wonderful news.  We are going to have another grand baby next year. It is so exciting. I’ve never read anywhere in the Bible that says children aren’t a blessing and ours sure are.

They actually told both sets of parents and brothers and sisters together, then just a couple more phone calls (for those who couldn’t make it due to distance) and everyone was covered.  We are so overjoyed and now I am thinking that I must start knitting for the new baby, I have plenty of time but by the time I procrastinate a bit and think about it a bit, I will only have a couple of weeks, so I’m determined to be more organised this time.

This week has been a quiet week and we haven’t quite got back into our total school routine, but I’m planning it for the coming week.

My husband finished his fathers course and graduation will be in October.

We had our monthly rainfall this last week in only 2 days and there has been heaps of flooding in the district. Roads have gone under as the creeks fill and the drains can’t handle all the water. It is really amazing and my husband says that the last time he remembers a spring like this was back in 1983.

Friday night we went to a lecture on End Times Bible Prophecy which was very interesting and amazing really.

We’ve had two sows have piglets this week so now we have about 17 piglets that will be running around shortly. The one sow only just had hers and we couldn’t get close enough to get a clear count.  We also have another two cows about to calve so the milk will be flowing.I have heaps of plans to make more cheese and butter and sour cream. My husband is going to get the separator working again so we can get the cream off quicker and easier. I don’t like to make cheese with separated milk but the pigs and chickens don’t mind it. Milk is a great protein source for chickens too.

We have decided to purchase in day old laying hens and meat chickens. We have had success with incubating but not in big enough numbers for what we are after so the chickens are due to arrive next month.

We are also going to be doing another butchery session early next month to get rid of some pigs, we have 9 to deal with. We are going to make sausages and bacon this time and maybe get rid of some roosters that need to go.

Okay enough about us from our sodden end of the earth, onto our link up…

Our top three this week were…
Our Favourite Biographies for Reading Aloud by Gwen from An Island Family By GraceHow I Plan Our Homeschool Year by Jennifer at Royal Little Lambs13 Ways to Reduce Daily Stress by Emily at Morning Motivated Mom

Thank you everyone for linking up and for stopping by and for those of you who leave comments I am so encouraged by your words.

Okay this week is actually school holidays so no music lessons but we won’t be taking a school break this time and I am looking forward to getting a full week in.

There is nothing on at nights this week so we all have every night in, my husband doesn’t have any meetings (at the moment) or anything, wow, that’ll be great.

We are still thinking and working on our upcoming vegetable plot but it is just too wet to do any tractor work on it, so we are waiting for it all to dry up.  There is more rain due this week, so we will see what happens.

I am on the last sleeve of my son’s jumper so I am determined to get it finished this week.  He is home in a fortnight which is very exciting so I am not going to send it because it will probably arrive just as he is leaving.

What’s on your agenda this week???

Also a reminder to everyone about our monthly link up.This months topic is FAITH and I look forward to hearing from you over there.

Also remember you don’t have to link up, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section, so stop over if you get the time.

I have been doing a lot of thinking on next month’s topic but it is all still formulating in my mind, so I’m not quite ready to express what it will be on.

Have a blessed week my friends and may God lead and guide you in your everyday life.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”

Blessings to you all xxxx

You will find me linked up at some of these great blogs.

Hi everyone, welcome back to our weekly Good Morning Mondays Link Up.

What a week it’s been.  We’ve had sun and spring weather and then at the end of the week we had nearly 50 mm and our paddocks are flooding.

It was drying out really nicely earlier in the week and the sun was shining, it was just lovely.

On Monday my husband had to do a quick job up in the mountains at a property he works at, so we all went with. The children had a lovely time walking around the lake and looking for deer. I have been working on a jumper for our grandson for his birthday so I took the opportunity to do some knitting while I waited.

On Tuesday we attended a funeral for a lovely Christian lady. It was a wonderful celebration and thanksgiving service for her life. She was buried first (in the morning) and then after lunch they had the service. Such honouring and loving words, it was beautiful.

So 2 days down and no school!! So I took the opportunity to get some other things done this week and by Thursday it was raining quite a lot.

We caught up on our ironing and house cleaning and did some cooking for our grandsons dedication and birthday lunch on Sunday.

Our weekend was really full. We had music lessons on Saturday morning which is half and hours drive away. We then came home and packed up and went to a 40th and a 1st birthday party for a friend and his daughter. After that we headed to our son-in-law and daughters house for the night.

On Sunday our little grandson was dedicated and then we celebrated that and his 1st birthday. He is growing up so quickly and so are his sisters. They are such delightful children and we love getting together with all of them whenever we can. We also caught up with some friends and our daughters parents-in-law which was great too.

I play scrabble with my daughters mother-in-law and she is really good, it is hard to beat her. We play nearly every day but mainly just at bedtime, it’s sort of a relaxing time for us both.

Okay, onto our link up…

I apologise  to you all because I couldn’t do our top three this week. The internet has been so bad with all the wet weather. Hopefully the top three will be back next week.

Thank you everyone for stopping by and linking up.

This coming week is back to normal, school again and the usual work around the house and farm. Hopefully it will dry up a bit so we can start getting ready to plant our spring garden.

My husband has his last Fathers course this week and all the men have really enjoyed the course and have really put in an effort to grow and learn. It is so important for fathers to be strong leaders in their families and such a blessing to their wives and children.

Also a reminder about our monthly link up…

This months topic is FAITH and I look forward to hearing from you over there.

Also remember you don’t have to link up, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section, so stop over if you get the time.

Have a blessed week my friends and may God lead and guide you in your everyday life.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”

Blessings to you all xxxx

You will find me linked up at some of these great blogs.

Hi everyone, welcome back to Good Morning Mondays.

How has your week been and what have you been up to?  I know that summer is coming to an end in the Northern parts of the world and here in the Southern parts we are seeing a touch of spring weather, the 1st September is officially spring.

It’s been fruit tree planting time here and if you haven’t been here before we have already planted 29 trees. We planted apple, peach and nectarine trees early in August and we just went to an orchard that grows old varieties of fruit trees and got three more apples and a couple of peaches. I’m very excited because I was apple to get a Bramley apple tree and I’m looking forward to using those in my cooking.

My husband also managed to get to a grafting course a week ago and he planted out his trees that he grafted this past week.

I have been making cheese this week and after encouragement from our no 1 daughter I made ricotta from the whey left over from making cheddar and feta.  It’s a lovely cheese but we eat it all before I get enough to make a baked cheesecake with it.

We’ve been going really well with our school for the last couple of weeks and it is so good to be getting a bit of a routine.  We are enjoying our Bible program and we are having some great discussions as we do this.

We’ve been having some beautiful sunshine this past week but it is still very wet around the house and the paddocks. The canola that is being grown around the district is in flower and is just a beautiful sight. I took the picture above on our way to the orchard on Saturday morning when the sun was shining. The mountains in the background are the Grampians.

It’s Fathers Day here in Australia today (Sunday) so we took my husband out for lunch with his parents. We had a lovely time and feel restored for another week.

Okay onto our link up…

Our top three posts this week…How To Make An Easy Laundry Scent Booster by Tammy at Taylor Made Homestead5 Bible Verses for Your Kitchen by Patti at Glorious Within Her
Happy Birthday Dear Child – Link Up by Susan B Mead

Thank you everyone for taking the time to link up I hope you were all blessed by stopping by.

Our young grandson is turning 1 this coming weekend so we are spending Saturday night and Sunday with our son-in-law, daughter and their family.

He is being dedicated on Sunday so they will be having a lunch at home for friends after the service. This will be good and we are looking forward to seeing them all and catching up with some friends as well.

What have you got on this week????

Also just a reminder about our monthly link up…

This months topic is FAITH and I look forward to hearing from you over there.

Also remember you don’t have to link up, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section, so stop over if you get the time.

Have a blessed week my friends and may God lead and guide you in your everyday life.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”

Blessings to you all xxxx