some uncle joe time

rose

mags took some amazing close-up pics of the beautiful flowers from jean and francis' wedding

woohoo! birthday girl!

celebrated lindsay's birthday today
(which makes a handy excuse for a reunion with the norway team)

wedding day

we had a really happy day celebrating jean and francis' wedding (part 2) today!

dancing girls

here's olivia and brooke dressed up to get down out at the hoedown!

painting day

ashleigh and the painting posse came over today to put a new lick of paint in the kitchen and skye's room - it looks great, all fresh and new!

reconnecting

more of the kutie kerstin

good weekend

for jonny wilkinson and peyton manning

dell boys

skype, blog, emails, it's hard work staying connected!













ps go colts! my sb prediction: colts by 4
(touchdowns or picks off grossman)

walking

had a great time out and about in the hills with jonathan, susan and kerstin in glorious swedish sunshine

christmas

comes late in gothenberg for kerstin, susan and jonathan

hello sweden

and a very special hello for the first time to kerstin

getting excited

about the new athlete album - check out tim's comments on the journal

true viking

I could have posted a pic from stavanger, but let's face it - you'd rather see skye!

stavanger

phil and the team are in stavanger for the impuls lederdagen (leader's days)

cathedral

trondheim's breathtaking nidarosdom is the largest in northern europe

could be a top venue for future impuls conferences...

impuls trh

read more

landed

safely with the team today in snowy trondheim, norway

state of our union?

still very happily married thank you

6 important letters in january: mlkday

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
Martin Luther King Jr when the accepting nobel peace prize on 10th dec 1964

more experiments

hey it's a new year
so we're trying out a new look for the blog
we'd love to know what you think
don't be surprised if it changes though

just found out

delirious are playing charleston
thursday april 12th
no excuses allowed

experiments

here we are experimenting with the new webcam

mags thinks this is cool

but she thinks this is better



















she says I can't see the wood for the trees

and yes we went to starbucks

before you begin

to feel sorry for us
we did see sunshine for a couple of minutes!

delta and the weather

conspired against our plan to ski...
...we still drove up to the ski area
no ski boots or gear, and rain coming in horizontally

hmm, maybe next time

happy new year from seattle

mags and phil took off for a few days away in seattle

we got a birds' eye view of the city from the space needle tower
the weather felt very english - cold and rainy!

savannah

today skye took grannie and grandad to visit savannah, georgia

inlaws are cool

aren't they?

happy christmas

wishing you a very happy christmas

hello grannie and grandad

we're home

from hospital this afternoon. physically, mags is doing amazingly well
but obviously, emotionally, we're devastated

the doctors, nurses and hosptial staff have been amazing
we're so grateful for the prayers, love and support of our wonderful family, friends and church family
we know God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble (psalm 46)

thank you

elijah john

we lost our little baby son today

family

it's cool having some family time...

here's duncan, hannah, skye and aidan with auntie marianne

one today

happy birthday miriam!

(great work on the cake too, richard!)

the posse

and a big happy birthday to olivia!

phil mags skye brooke olivia and steve visiting from england
(and not forgetting jina, who's not in the piccie)

unbelieveable

down to five emails in the inbox!
I feel all clean

skye video

click here for a cool video of skye reading with jaedan

first fire

tonight we lit our first open fire of the fall (that's autumn for the brits!)
we laid back and thought of england, guy fawkes and the calladines
(love you guys and can't wait to see you!)

also a big shout to brooke who ran the new york marathon today in 4hours and 4 minutes! woohoo! go girl!

big shout

to jonesy and hillary!
heard you got engaged today!
loads of love and congrats to you both

baby bolster

congratulations kevin, lucy and amy bolster on the birth of ella clare yesterday!

loads and loads of love to you four and welcome to the world ella clare!

preggie

woohoo! it's official, we have a new wriggly baby!

toronto

just back from a great trip to the toronto airport church with the YT group from church
it was wacky and challenging but very exciting and inspiring too

mags has been before, but for skye and me it was our first time in canada
boo boo did great and it is nice to be back earlier in the day

amazing

you go all the way to toronto and who do you meet?
two boys from home who you haven't seen for about 7 or 8 years!

here's matt phil and james enjoying a sheffield reunion lunch

just a thought

watching poor old will p give away the clemson virginina tech game it occurred to me how discipline can be really necessary sometimes - if tommy b had benched him after the first quarter they may well have won the game

skye praising jesus

had a top time with friends brad and roeman last night

roeman took this awesome pic of skye praising jesus
(we know the real reason you log on here....)

life here

isn't all hardship

here we are going kayaking this morning
on the creek near our house

happy birthday to you

happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear mags
happy birthday to you!

new kelly

a huge hello to kerstin maria kelly!

woohoo! welcome to the world!
loads of love and well done susan and jonathan!

welcome joel matthew!

here's beautiful aimee holding her new brother

well done isabel and nev and aimee!
loads of love to you from the usa kellys

ten years

of marriage today!
God is good, mags is patient, phil is blessed

girlfriends

skye had a fun time this evening playing with annie grace

more congratulations!

to jean and francis on your wedding day! woohoo! how exciting! we know you are going to set india on fire! we wish we could be with you and are praying for you

congratulations!

to matt and jo parkins on the birth of scarlett cate! woohoo! welcome to the world miss scarlett! we love you guys and are praying for you!

wherever you may wander...

...there's no place like home!

it was great to see matt, michelle, mags, skye and ann waiting to greet us the airport - thank you

big sis

got to spend some really precious time with big sis marianne in brighton this weekend, here we are on the beach witht he pier in the background

dream come true

I've been looking forward to visiting the giants causeway for a long long time

big splash

mags and skye made a big splash at the party for our friends chris and cameron and harper

the westerns rock

big love to you andrea, tchad and isaac

what a treat

atle and anette came all the way from norway to play with me on the beach!

sorry

for not updating our blog for, like, ever
we're not dead as some suppose, just been to and fro roaming the earth
look back over the past few months to see what we've been up to

today is carolina day

when carolinians celebrate a notable defeat of the british on June 28th 1776 and fly the state flag of south carolina - a good day to keep a low profile as they (allegedly) marched the brits they captured through charleston with no trousers on!!

orphange

this is kelsey, who'll be the first little girl in the orphanage that we helped lay the foundations for

to the highest

mount whitney 14, 494 feet (4,417 metres) above sea level

from the lowest

badwater basin in death valley 282 feet (85.5 metres) below sea level

mad adventure

set off westward on a mad adventure in california today...

dangerous streets

saw this fella crossing the road this evening!

a big hole in the ground

here's phil with skye at the grand canyon

we're having a fantastic time in arizona, including one very long day today visiting the amazing and awe inspiring grand canyon
i've always wanted to see it so i am one very happy bunny!