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So for our 3rd anniversary we went to check out the grampians mountains! We had such a great time. We did quite a bit of hiking - which our legs are really thanking us for, and we had a wonderful relaxing time at the Grampians Chalet with in-room SPA! I made Leigh a book about "our story" for a gift Stopping in the "grand canyon" on the way up to the Pinnacle. The Pinnacle! - We made it all the way - and yet I couldn't go all the way out there on that!  I managed 10 ft from the railing or so! I HATE HEIGHTS! The Flowers Leigh gave me - they're beautiful!!! View from the Pinnacle Our chalet! McKenzie Falls A rainbow! Shadows Man! I love that guy! Boroka Lookout The view from the Boroka Lookout Hiking Trail Inside our chalet

It's September, and my mother in law informed me yesterday that it's time to plant our gardens! How exciting. I love plants - watching them grow, and of course eating all the yummy veggies that grow in the garden. I remember growing up, weeding so much garden - my mother had a field - a field of potatoes to plant and pick, a field of peas, uggh! I hated picking peas and BEANS. And worst still was the shelling of the peas or making the french cut beans, then blanching them, and packing them into the freezer for winter. Oh but I sure loved eating them all up! Sometimes making myself sick! It's strange to think that we are in spring now. Weird how seasons "go" with certain months around the world. I certainly don't think of Sept as a "spring"month - nor a time to plant a garden! When I think of spring I think of March and April - rebirth, new growth, the beginning - tulips and Easter, crocus', the sun warming the earth, calving, the smell o...

So, I've been busy filling out forms for my immigration interview that I had yesterday. We've decided that this will help in the future should we decide to settle here, but also this will help greatly for continued access to Australia - which I will definitely need now and for the future. This is the size of APPLICATION! yikes - lots of information. Please note the extreme work that went into organizing and filing that puppy. Also here are all of our "photographic evidences" tabbed and in chronological order. I went into all this, thinking this was going to be hard work and not easy - not to get worked up about it, but just to do it. It's the same "talking to" I give myself before entering the Metrotown mall in Vancouver around Christmas time - just breathe...It will be all right! The interview went all right. We are just waiting on a few things to come in - an Australian and Canadian police check, and a health records check. I've done all the ...

After class last week - I took some pics of the kids! Aren't they cute!? (mouth full of biscuits -cookies- and all!) I have a pretty great job!