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...