Macedon...

We are staying in Macedon this week while we wait to pick up our 4WD and tie up some more loose ends!
So far our Gorgeous Girls have adjusted very quickly and so very well to being away from our previous house, being without Zoey and living in a caravan, I am so proud of them. Elissa and Serena are both so very brave and so very strong, they are embracing these changes and challenges and are doing so very well so far.

Shane is doing just fine, he is learning how to set up and organise our caravan and annexe, Go Shane!

Myself on the other hand, I'm still emotional about what I've left behind (Zoey, our community, our previous Home) and I'm having to adjust to a completely different environment...I'm feeling like a fish out of water at the moment (I think that's the saying, Haha), but Its only day 2 and I know that I just need time to adjust to this new lifestyle!

Macedon is quite beautiful and my girls have embraced it so well. We are staying in a very simple/basic park, yet the girls are loving it...I'll share some pics of us and where we are staying...

Can you spot the Kangaroo in this pic? It really is there...

So far the girls have loved hearing the loud kookaburras throughout the day, they've fed the cute ponies, spotted a kangaroo jumping in between the caravans, seen many cows, ducks, birds and bugs. 
On a less positive note, Serena got a hit in the head by the Frisbee that daddy threw at her (don't worry she got him back in the arm), and Elissa experienced getting a shock from an electric fence, not nice at all, but both were accidents and everyone is just fine.
Anyway, life is very different and crazy at the moment, but we will all adjust soon enough I know it! 

Thank You God for reminding me "that all things work together for the good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose."

I'm off to my cosy bed now..Take Care and Goodnight,
Dimi xoxox

Hello Macedon...

Yep, We didn't go very far, Haha! We are in beautiful Macedon and its our first real night of caravan living...Honestly, I think we are complete nutters, Haha, but I think God loves us for being so Nutz :-)

We've had a tiring, crazy and emotional day and we are just about to go to sleep in our very cosy caravan and in our very cosy bed.

I will continue this post with some more details and pics tomorrow.

Good night and Sleep tight!

Take Care, 

Dimi xo

Goodbye...

Goodbye House, Turnberry drive, Goonawarra and Neighbours.....

 Goodbye Beautiful Zoey and Zoey's beautiful Foster Family...

 Goodbye Encounter church, Family and Friends.....

Goodbye Sunbury and Goodbye Everyone!
It's just a Goodbye for now.......
Take Care,
Dimi xoxox

1 More Night...

Yep, only one more night left at.....

 
and later on tonight this beautiful fur girl moves into her foster families house while we are away.....

We are feeling Very Excited, Sad, Joyful, Nervous, Anxious, so basically a lot of mixed emotions. There will be tears when we leave our home and our Zoey and our beautiful community, but also plenty of Joy for what lies ahead. Joy and Happiness for quality family time, beach fun, traveling around this BEAUTIFUL country and relaxation time. There will be a HUGE amount of Joy and Happiness in being led by God. 

This verse comes to mind, Part of Psalms 30:5
...Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. 
Love it, Thank You God :-) 
So we will enjoy our last night here as much as we can, we will cry and hug each other and also joyfully anticipate the road ahead. It is a new chapter in our lives and it is sooooo very exciting to leave it to God to write.

Love this Spunky Man.....

Love these Beautiful Girls.....

I'm so glad I'm blessed to enjoy this life with these EXTREMELY SPECIAL People. I'm SOOOOO VERY Blessed!

Enjoy your day and Take care,
Dimi :-)

You Guessed it...and Some Thoughts...

Only 3 sleeps to go! I'm sure I'm boring everyone with our count down but It's important to me to document it.....It won't go on forever!

Shane and I have been in an exhausted state all week. We thought we didn't have much to do, but we still had sooooo very much to do.
Today was the final inspection for the new home owners, so we worked hard to clean our house and pack it up by today. The final inspection went well and we are happy about that. 

So far, our beautiful Girls have been coping well with living in our empty house, having crazy parents running around cleaning and organising like headless chooks, and having a lack of food in the house (haven't done a proper grocery shop in a while because we've been so busy). The girls are coping well with the many changes they are facing, and I'm VERY proud of them.
We are all looking forward to the fun times ahead :-) 


On a side note...
We woke up in the early hours of this morning to this sight...The house across the road was up in complete flames....

Thank God the house was empty and no one was hurt. It was a very scary experience to watch a house burn down, especially one so close to our house. I'm so very glad that no one was hurt, that would have been extremely terrible.

After a VERY long night of watching a home burn down and comforting scared children, it had me thinking...Life is sooooo, SOOOOO very precious and short. I believe at times we place to much value on the material things we have. These things can be gone in a blink of an eye, or like this morning, in a very scary fire!
It made me think...Yes, material things are helpful and some can be seen as even essential, but how important are they really? How much do we value them over other things? What is really important? People are important to me, my family and God are important to me. I appreciate many material things, however I hope in time material things become less and less important to me!
I'm so glad no one was hurt and I'm so glad my wonderful neighbours were not hurt.

Just wanted to share my thoughts...
Good night and Take care,
Dimi xo 
 

4 Sleeps....and Our Empty House...

Yes, only 4 short sleeps and we are out of this house and into our new home, our caravan!
This house is looking sooooo very empty! It doesn't look or feel like home anymore. It's just an empty house that's waiting for another family to fill it with their belongings and their new memories....

Empty Lounge room...

Empty dining area...We are using our camp dining setting for now....

Empty hallway...

 

  God tells me- "What lies ahead, is far better than what you leave behind." 
I wholeheartedly believe Him.

Enjoy your Day and Take Care,
Dimi xoxox

Only 5 Sleeps....and Our Spring Cleaned Caravan....

Yep, just 5 sleeps to go and we are still packing, sorting, cleaning and storing!

I did a final spring clean in our new home (our caravan). I cleaned out everything, aired out everything, vacuumed, mopped, wiped everything down and even used a whole bottle of mortein surface spray on the inside and the outside of the caravan, that better keep the creepy crawlies away, Haha!

I used this entire bottle on the caravan...Please God make it work...

After giving our caravan a very good clean, I realised I have spring cleaned it 3 times since its been sitting in our driveway! Do you know how long its been sitting in our driveway? Shane remeinded me, we've only had it for about 4 weeks :-0 What a shocker, Hahaha. Yep, I'm a bit of a clean freak!

Oh well, it looks homely and cosy I think. I wanted to make it feel like home as much as I could. I even decorated a little.
Check it out...

We will see if these come home in one piece...

So no more spring cleaning until we are on the road and our caravan actually need's it :-) 
Back to cleaning I go, not the caravan, just the house!

Take care and Have a good night!
Dimi xoxoxox