Can't wait...

...only 2 more nights and we will be leaving Macedon and hitting BEAUTIFUL Ocean grove, YAY, YAY, YAY!

We have been soooo busy every single day while the girls have been at school. We have had to tie up many loose ends and it has been very exhausting. We are looking forward to some quality family time together, hitting the beach and some relaxation. We need some beach, relaxing, family time so we can feel rejuvenated. The last few months have been an exhausting and emotional roller coaster and now its time to get off this roller coaster and get on the next ride ...the ride of our lives :-)

So if you would like to, please pray for us to be ready to leave Macedon on Tuesday morning, pray we hitch and tow the caravan safely, and pray we drive safely and arrive safely to our next destination. We haven't yet towed the caravan before so its a bit daunting :-0

Thank You and Take Care,
Dimi xoxox 

Goodbye School, Goodbye Parents...

Yesterday was the last day of school for our gorgeous girls. The girls seemed to cope with it really well which was good! I of course cried and cried!
After the final assembly for the year we took a heap of pics with friends, teachers and our AWESOME Goonawarra Principal and we said our goodbyes to our school families and friends.
We will all miss being part of this AMAZING school (Goonawarra primary school), it is a GREAT school, with GREAT teachers, a GREAT principal and full of GREAT families!
So goodbye Goonawarra, Thanks for everything :-)

We also had our final goodbye dinner with our parents, my sister and our niece and nephews. We took a heap of pics and the kids enjoyed hanging out with each other. The kiddies were full of giggles and smiles, it was lovely to see.
It was especially hard for me to say goodbye to my mum and my sister, and yet again, I cried and cried, which made them both cry and cry...We are a bunch of sooks! 
Goodbye Family, Thanks for everything, we love you xoxox

We've had to say goodbye to so many people and so many things the last few months, it has been emotionally exhausting, but it needs to happen so we can continue on this journey.

Have a good one :-)
Dimi 

GREAT People...BEAUTIFUL Blessings...

There are Sooooo many GREAT people around and we have been so VERY blessed lately, we seem to be encountering them at every corner and I THANK GOD for that!

On Thursday, shane and our girls were booked into the VERY BEST hair salon in Sunbury and possibly even Victoria, maybe even Australia (Hairhouse warehouse in Sunbury Square). We all turned up to the hair appointments and the lovely hairdresser as always did a FANTASTIC job with shane's hair and our girls hair...Check out the pics of the girls...

The girls got haircuts, and the lovely ladies also braid and glitterize their hair for them. I love how they go above and beyond at hair house warehouse in Sunbury. They really have some very talented and friendly hairdressers!

After chatting to the owner for a little while about our journey (I often have a bit of a chat with the ladies at the salon) she VERY kindly gifted our girls with a hair straightener each :-0 Oh MY GOSH, we were in SHOCK! I truly thought she was just joking when she offered the straighteners to our girls. 
After we thanked her, we then moved on to pay for our haircuts and she told us not to worry about paying...WHAT!! I didn't know what to say, We were SHOCKED yet again! 
We would never expect that to happen! We couldn't believe it, what a beautiful act of kindness, so EXTREMELY generous. 

Thank You God for GREAT and BEAUTIFUL people who seem to be all around us..
Thank You Hairhouse Warehouse in Sunbury, your kindness warmed all our hearts and it is GREATLY appreciated xo

 Thank You and Take Care,
Dimi, Shane, Elissa, Serena xo

Introducing The BEAST...and GREAT people...

The BEAST...

Me in my HUGE Cool glasses driving my HUGE Cool BEAST..Hahaha....

We FINALLY picked up the 4WD last night after a dramatic night (more about that drama soon).
Firstly I have to share that I absolutely LOVE driving the BEAST, LOVE IT! I never knew I would enjoy driving a huge 4WD this much. Shane and I fight over the keys, racing to see who gets in it first to drive it, Haha. Luckily we are going to be driving a lot in the very near future.
All appears to be good so far with the 4WD. I'm covering it with prayer and praying its a great solid vehicle that causes us no dramas, just safe and powerful driving.

So late afternoon yesterday, we picked the girls up from school and we were driving to Moorabbin to pick up our Beast. I was in my sedan with the girls and I was following Shane in his Ute (we traded in both our vehicles), we were on kings way exit when Shane's Ute was slowing down in heavy traffic and he had to pull over to the side of the freeway. I then pulled to the side behind him...He called me on the mobile to tell me his Ute had broken down on the freeway, FAR OUT :-0
It was very scary, cars kept beeping us and zooming past us, at times I thought they were going to just about ram into us. 
Shane called RACV, but they couldn't help. It was up to city link to help us out of this dangerous situation.
While we waited, I drove my sedan in front of Shane's Ute just in case someone rammed into us. It would be better that the empty Ute tray got a hit and not my car with my Girls in it.

We prayed and stressed and prayed and finally a city link man came and rescued us out of this scary and stressful situation, Yay! Once we were in a safe area we had to wait another hour or so for a tow truck to pick us up, ARGGHHHH!

As you can imagine, once we finally picked up the 4WD we were all exhausted from our stressful and tiring evening and we all just wanted to get back to our home (our caravan) to shower and sleep!

We stopped at a petrol station on the way home, the girls, even though they were tired were in the back seat giggling, dancing and singing when a man pulled over on the side of us to get some petrol too. We greeted each other and he made a comment about the girls being very giggly

The girls continued to be their joyful selves while Shane put petrol in the car and I read the 4WD manual. This same man handed the girls a CD through our open car window. The CD was of himself and his wife playing the didgeridoo, playing the violin and singing. We were shocked! He and another younger man had just left from a huge performance they had performed in for the RMIT graduation. This man heard the girls giggles and wanted to give them a CD.
He then asked if we had ever heard a real life didgeridoo being played, we replied no! This man went to his vehicle, got his didgeridoo, opened our back door and played the beautiful didgeridoo to us, it was soooooo VERY beautiful and special and we couldn't believe what was happening, it seemed so random. 
We chatted with the man for a bit and then parted ways.

I'm telling you, after the hard night we all had God sent us a beautiful blessing. This mans random act of kindness was a complete blessing from God and it really lifted all our moods. We listened to this beautiful CD all the way home...and guess what? its all Australian/Aboriginal type music, perfectly suited for our travels :-)
Thank You God that there are so many GREAT people around...Thank You GOD for blessing us.

We are feeling VERY blessed by this experience. After a tough night, came a very kind blessing and it feels really good to know that God has us in His hands!

I have more blessings to share soon...

Take Care and Goodnight,
Dimi xoxox

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