Christmas 2010

Here you'll find a bunch of photos my little brother took at Christmas time when we played on the jetty. There are a few of me (Justin) in the blue shorts. Chanel is also in a few. The little kids and Kylie must have been in the pool when all this was going on.

But we had fun! Photos here at my little brother's blog.

Tim and Kesh Take Girls to the Beach

I love it when the kids have fun with their Aunt and Uncle. Tim and Kesh gave the three big girls a fun day at Werri beach.

Photos from my little brother's blog here.

Cooking with the Coulson girls

A few weeks ago my brother, Tim, hung out with Chanel (11), Abbie (8), and Ella (7). They played, and cooked...

Cooking With The Coulson Girls from Tim Coulson on Vimeo.

Here are some of the photos.

A New Start

The past four months have flown by in the blink of an eye. 2011 finished with me leaving university life to work on the truck with my dad for a few months. We were running out of money after our house in QLD failed to sell. I worked for most of November, all of December, and all of January. It was nice to get back to uni and do some real work after all that time on the truck.

Abbie's Baptism

This week was looking like it would be terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad. Monday through Friday we went through the motions and did what was required to survive, but it didn’t feel particularly good – at all. We have weeks like that now and then.

Kylie’s mum arrived on Wednesday and the children were delighted to have her visiting with us. Her dad arrived Friday, and the children were even more excited to have two grandparents here. But overall Kylie, the children, and I had a largely forgettable week... until...

A Meaningful Insight

Last week while doing our family scripture study I felt inspired with a scriptural insight that taught me a great deal about faith.

Our Family Home Evening Video on Kindness

For Family Home Evening this week we talked about one of our family principles - Kindness. We used this video to introduce the theme. We found it especially instructive in helping the children learn about empathy and perspective taking.