full of firsts

Every year seems to go faster than the last. And 2010 is no exception. Our January was filled with much activity - all which was good.
It was also filled with firsts - i made my first pavalova - with many thanks to Stephanie Alexander. I actually ended up making two - one which was used for australia day celebration and the second for M's birthday.

I have now created a tradition for M's birthday by taking a photo of him on the day with a glass in the air. I think i am getting better at this. We actually went away for the week - really only a few days to Mollymook. The house we rented was close to the beach, the weather was so so, but M and his parents got to get into the water each day we were there. I on the other hand only got in to my ankles. This is the second of our firsts - we went specifically on holidays with M's folks.

this comes to the final firsts for Jan and 2010 which was i actually make a card. hooray for me!

This was for M's birthday - was fun and quick - which i think i like the most about it.

on the photography front - have already fallen off the wagon, will keep perservering and see how i end up. on my bible reading front am a little behind but still making progress - am reading the gospel according to Mark at the moment. worth a read if you haven't read it. Later..

Australia Day

Australia Day! Late january 2010. where has it all gone?

We've had a busy start to the year, we missed first night of the sydney festival - can you believe that we were both too tired? M and I, went to see Wicked and had a wicked time! It was lots of fun. We hadn't seen any musicals for a while in Sydney, but this really was worthwhile, the leads were both fantastic - so i throughly recommend this if you get the chance.

We celebrated my in laws 25th anniversary, and this past week have had lots of opportunities spending time with friends! Feeling very blessed!
on the photo front have been playing with my new lens! and leave a couple of my favs for you! on the bible reading front am making progress i have missed a couple of days but still going strong just finished Nehemiah. This past week at Church was reminded that we need to pray continually, so have added that to the list of things that i need to do - some thing definitely to be considered.

I leave you with some of my favorite photos from the last couple of weeks.

Enjoy Australia Day!

Week one down

365 Project Day 9 - Rose
Originally uploaded by StephJefferson

Sharing my favorite photo for this week. I have enjoyed the process thus far. Happy to say that i have continued to keep up with my bible reading too!
today is going to be hot in Sydney, so we are staying indoors and i will attempt to do some cleaning as well as upload a whole bunch of photos of our trip from the US in September. We're also going to head out to the opening night of the sydney festival so should be fun!

2010

Happy New Year from Sydney! we watched the sun set over the bridge and waited for the sky to be lit by the huge fireworks display. it was a display of vivid colours, unfortunately i didn't bring my tripod - so no photos to share.

New Years day was spent around the house - M working on a jigsaw puzzle, me trying to sort out our photos from our last trip.. and planning for the next. Have also started on two 365 day projects - reading my bible and taking a photo daily.. fingers crossed for me! Will be updating my progress here.

We hope you have a great 2010 filled with much peace and joy!