beach mission 2013

....so beach mission is an outreach to the Caloundra community with the goal of spreading the gospel.   For our family, this was our 7th year of being part of the team.   

I'm posting a smattering of New Years Eve pool party shots, as well as some from the the Kids Club programme and wait for it.....the Smashing Bumpkins bush bash dance workout!!   

In between them all are random landscape/coastal pics I took....some when I finally managed to get out of bed at 3.30 one morning!

bushfire!

...last night I went to Orion to pick up Elise from work and the closer I got to Springfield the smoke was becoming more thick and choking.   After picking her up, we drove around the area just to survey the smoke, the haze and the few small blazes that were burning in the distance.


Man, that fire erupted quickly out of nowhere....what an amazing sight and so incredible to hear the sound of fire surging through the bush....

The Naran's New Zealand Adventure....with family!

Well I guess you could call this Part 3 of our New Zealand holiday....

not so much about skiing as the previous post!

  The weather was decidedly milder than we expected

 and with little rain, the days were absolutely delightful.

 

The Naran's New Zealand Adventure - The Skiing!

...so the first couple of days were spent skiing at Coronet Peak...just out of Queenstown

sweet 16!

band of brothers

...born on 22 February 2012

four chihuahua puppies ingratiated their way into our life.

shayna's twenty-first!