Bill: Computers; Theology; Gadgets; E-books; Science Fiction; Music

Marion: Quilting; Friendship evangelism; Chatting with other mums who use the same curriculum for home educating; Seeing God transform peoples lives! (I Love It!)

Kira: Reading; organizing crafts for others to do; GFS; spending hours illustrating; playing with friends; dancing; scrapbooking; writing to pen pals; gardening and creating stories/plays/home videos; She also loves to skateboard, bike-ride. and take her dog for a walk!

Maddy: Doing creative stuff with craft; reading;  GFS; drawing; playing with friends; music; cooking; writing to pen pals; roller-blading, bike-riding and tree climbing.

Isaac: Creating model ships; creating many, many different original works with Lego; playing Age of Empires during his computer time; riding his bike through home made obstacle courses!

Aggie: Practicing being older than she is :o); GFS; drawing horses; playing imaginary games; doing crafts and colouring in; learning to read and write.

Levi: Being part of the constant action that is inevitable with 6 small children (and he does a very good job too!). He loves playing with cars in particular; loves his Schleich figures and is beginning to spend more time playing with the Lego!

Josiah: This boy loves to hang out with the others; play with anything that everyone else is playing with; and he still loves having lots of cuddles!

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Our desire for our parenting years is to be constantly growing in our character and God’s wisdom, to be learning the unique personalities, strengths and weaknesses and learning styles of each of our children and discipling them accordingly. Our mission as parents is to raise children who understand what it is to have a relationship with God and who have a passion for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our desire for our marriage is to constantly seek God’s direction for us, to remain best friends, to encourage each other in our respective, personal journeys with God and to always want to encourage the other person to be the best that God knows they can be.

All of these things can only happen if we remain close to God, humble with each other and very "deliberate" about every choice we make, every response with make to each other and to the children. Praise God for grace! For without it we couldn’t do any of these things nearly well enough!

Helpful Links for:

• Parenting -
• *Focus on the family (So much good advice and ideas, we highly recommend the FAQ section, it's just overflowing with great ideas)
• *Parentsplace (A good place for message board support and for access to online feedback from experts to many, many questions - you just need to put up with all the ads)
• *Motherwear (An American company, selling gorgeous clothes that are breastfeeding friendly [Thank you!!] - keep an eye on their clearance rack for great bargains)
• *Baby Slings-Kozy (An American sling that is very kind to my back, based on the mai tei concept, and can be used from newborn right through to older  child. I ((Marion)) can highly recommend this one!! One size does fit all. Our older children used it to carry Josiah as have I.)
• Home keeping -
• Nourishing Traditions Cookbook by Sally Fallon. (The best book you can read to transform the healthiness of your family's diet! And loaded with recipes to put all the great advice into action!!)
  
• *Real Food for Real people (OAMC - A resource with links to other sites)
• *FlyLady (A website that includes housecleaning, organizing and decluttering tips for those of us for whom this has not come naturally. And, that is bringing a lot of peace to our home. Thank you FlyLady and team!)
• *Allrecipes (Probably my most frequently used online recipe finder. the rating system and feedback  give you the chance to work out what you might want to tweak and how, before you launch into making the recipe)
• Health -
• Nourishing Traditions Cookbook by Sally Fallon. (The best book you can read to transform the healthiness of your family's diet! And loaded with recipes to put all the great advice into action!!)
• T-Tapp (A physiotherapy based approach to fitness and health. Can be done by anyone of any fitness level, and fantastic for anyone with health problems looking to help their body help itself! More effective than anything else I ((Marion)) have ever tried, and  just doing 15 minutes a day will make a difference. We try to keep a few extra DVD's on hand so that Aussie's can purchase them with reduced postage costs. Please ask us to find out if we currently have any in stock or have an order in!)
  
• Marriage -
• *Focus on the family (So much good, sound advice; it's just overflowing with great ideas and recommendations)
• The Generous Wife (Subscribe to daily e-mails, or links to the information contained in them, that have suggestions of how to practically apply a generous attitude towards our husbands. This daily e-mail has helped bring much healthy growth to our marriage and in my own ((Marion's)) character)
• The Generous Husband