The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia...

The BEAUTIFUL Pinnacles...

The BEAUTIFUL Ocean in the background...

Sweet Sisters...

Love seeing wildlife running free...

We really enjoyed our time together exploring the Pinnacles desert, they were much better than I expected them to be...it was beautiful!

Look at that AMAZING blue sky...

This is US...I LOVE US xoxoxoxox

Take Care xo
Hope you all have a great week xo
Love Dimi

Cervantes, Western Australia...

The end of April we checked out the Pinnacles and Cervantes which is located a couple hours north of Perth, W.A.
We have seen a heap of rock formations on our travels, so I wasn't extremely keen to check these out, however, we thoroughly enjoyed exploring the pinnacles and had a wonderful day out.

we spent hours exploring the pinnacles, spotting an emu also, and we enjoyed our picnic lunch in Cervantes by the small foreshore and enjoyed a walk along the beach. It was a lovely day, we really enjoyed ourselves. You should check out the pinnacles, they are quite spectacular!
As always I have a heap of pics to share...

We enjoyed our drive to Cervantes...

 

Beautiful!

SPUNK!

I LOVE My Man and My Girls xoxoxo

Lovely!

Me and My Girls...

We had a great day trip to Cervantes, W.A...To be continued...The Pinnacles!

Take Care,
Dimi xo 

Schooling...

Well as most people would know Shane and I have been homeschooling our girls for over 2 years while we've been travelling and living around Australia.

                                              

Elissa in her sports uniform...

We decided in term 1 this year we would look into a Christian school for the girls to complete grade 6 and year 8.

Serena in full winter uniform...

Serena off to camp...

So we found a school we thought and hoped would be great, and in term 2 both girls started school.
Elissa started year 8 and Serena started grade 6 of term 2 this year.

High school started 1 day before primary school and Elissa enjoyed it from the word GO! Serena's first day included swimming lessons and her very second day she was off to camp for 2 nights, Serena absolutely loved it.

The school we chose is both primary and secondary in one school, side by side, so it works out fantastic for us and the girls.
Both girls are doing good and have enjoyed different challenges regarding school and school work.
Both girls have made friends and are part of a school that is very multicultural, just like the rest of Perth is, it's great! 

Serena's fav subjects are music (she is learning how to play the ukulele), drama, art, English, and sport.
Elissa's fav subjects are woodwork's, English, PE, Christian education, and French. 

We love that every staff member at this school is a church going Christian. We love that they have devotional time and worship time at assembly and Christian studies.
We love that their is free tutoring for all high school students after school. We love the communication between staff and parents. We are informed about everything. From what homework children have, to informing us that our children arrived safely to camp...the communication is FANTASTIC!

At this school our girls have so many options it's wonderful...the girls can be involved in many extra curricular activities, it really is GREAT!

Guess What!!! The girls school is a couple minutes up the road from the beach, WAAHOOOOO!!

So far the girls are really enjoying this school and we are glad we decided to put them into school here in Perth. At the moment between Youth group for Elissa and kids group and young leaders group for Serena and their new school the girls are really thriving. They are growing into wonderful, godly, fun, happy, confident, respectful young ladies and myself and Shane are extremely proud of them xo

I hope everyone is well and enjoying life.
Take Care,
Love Dimi and Shane xo
 

Life is pretty GOOD xo

Another Health Update...

Well I've been to the specialist twice since my last health update and I'll be going again in June.

What can I say...I'm quite frustrated with my health. it's been over 1 year since my body started behaving strangely and I still don't have any clear answers as to why.

The specialist in Perth was 100% sure I had an adrenal issues, he thought I had cushing syndrome, in fact he told me at my first appointment with him after reviewing my file that I have cushing syndrome. He said we'll do some more tests and then surgery and all should be well.

After many, many more tests, the specialist doesn't believe this is what I have and isn't really sure why I have certain symptoms. 
He was able to witness an attack were my heart rate went up to about 130 while I was just sitting opposite him in a chair, he witnessed a few of my other symptoms but seems a bit baffled by it all.

I am now having more tests and been given some hormonal replacement tablets. The specialist is hoping it's some type of hormone imbalance and he's actually now looking at premature menopause, He isn't convinced, I'm not convinced but who knows?

A positive is that at my first visit to the specialist he advised me to stop taking propranolol, I was glad for this. I feel so much better off this medication. They were making me feel as though I never had enough sleep, no matter how much sleep I had and gave me numerous other side effects. These side effects cleared up once they were out of my system, so I'm so glad I could stop taking them (although my blood pressure seems higher now that I'm off these, but we'll keep an eye on that).

I've adjusted to many of my symptoms and mostly know how to handle them. My heart randomly racing is probably the most horrible symptom coupled with anxiety, however, I've learnt to try to relax, breath deeply, drink icy water, get to a cool place, I have been known to stick my head in the freezer and breath  deeply, Haha, and put my feet up etc...One symptom that I haven't dealt with well is my weight going up and down dramatically. 
Well when my weight goes down dramatically, I don't mind so much, HAHA, but when it goes up, it's horrible and it makes me feel even more unhealthy. My jeans have gone up 2 sizes since December, so I haven't been feeling to good about that.
Since this all started, I kind of developed a fear of making my heart rate go up on purpose, I was afraid it wouldn't go back down ( I started the gym in Cloncurry and it freaked me out after a month of going to the gym my heart rate wasn't cooperating and I stopped going). So I have avoided too much exercise in fear that my heart rate will stay up and not come back down, I still walk and swim though which is good.

I'm a bit braver these days though and I got the go ahead from the doctor to start the gym, as long as I don't allow my heart rate to go to high (good luck with that one I said to him, haha).
Well Shane and I have been hitting the gym for about 1 month and its mostly going well. My heart rate seems to stay higher than what it should be, however, I'm just pushing through and seeing how it goes...my life and things I want to do with it can't just stop because I have some health issues. Nope, that's just not how I roll.

I know it's been a long post I'll finish up in a moment...
We've decided (Shane and I), that I'm just going to get on with it, I'll have these last few tests the doctor wants me to have but after that I'm going to let it go. If need be I'll see the specialist again in 6 to 12 months but then get on with what I want to do. Not that my health issues where holding me back from everything, but are few things were put on the back burner till we knew what was going on with me.

Life is good and I'm going to keep living it...hopefully FULL of Fun and Adventure. I think I'm a little addicted to those things, I seriously don't want to live a mundane life. Fun and Adventure all the way please GOD, with a few extras along the way, haha!

If you could please pray for my health that would be wonderful. Myself and Shane cover ourselves and our girls in prayer and we are trusting in God regarding my health and regarding our journey. So the more prayer the better.
Thank You in advance for praying for us it is very much appreciated xo

My update and rant is now over 😊
Hope all you lovely people are enjoying life and hopefully you have a clear blue sky and beautiful sunshine as I do here in Perth 😉

Take Care,
Love Dimi xo