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1. Halls Head 06July2008
(Phocagallery / Halls Head 06July2008)
On Sunday, Peter was playing a role in the Noah and the Ark skit in Kids' Church at our church's Mandurah/Halls Head campus (30 minutes south).  So we all went to church down there for the first time.  ...
2. Kids' Baseball 01Nov2008
(Phocagallery / Kids' Baseball 01Nov2008)
These are baseball pictures from Saturday, 1st November.  Karl and Dane's Little League team, Rockingham Rams, played the Cockburn (pronounced "Co-burn" - go figure) Cobras.  Then Peter's team ...
3. Peaceful Bay fishing
(Phocagallery / Peaceful Bay fishing)
As the surf was too big for the kids to fish while at Conspicuous Cliffs, we went to a slightly less wild beach nearer to our campsite for one night of fishing. See locations marked on a Google Map here. ...
4. Flght to Perth Australia: Mom and kids at San Fran
(Phocagallery / Mom and kids at San Fran)
Mom and kids at San Fran: Mom and kids at San Francisco Airport with our Boeing 777 behind us.  ...
5. New House 06Sept2008: shed
(Phocagallery / shed)
... will go.  Not much grass (very sandy like everything here), but room for kids to ride bikes.  ...
6. First-time Surfers
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... from 1 to 1.5 metres (5 feet) which was just fine for us beginners.  We borrowed about a dozen boards from our stock at the college.  There were maybe 8 of us old guys and then some of the Shed Men kids ...
7. Global Warming Here??
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... be watching two of Karl's baseball games each day.  Dane and Karl's team played their last scheduled game last weekend (undefeated for the season).  Now Karl is playing for the "charter" team of kids from ...
8. A visit from the cousins
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... spots.  We had a windy sunset at Point Peron here in Rockingham (photo of kids at the top of the point).  We spent a day in Perth, taking the train and the ferry to the Perth Zoo (100° made it a little ...
9. Baseball season resumes
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... room and a bar.  This year there are 4 mens teams and 4 youth teams.  The club is still compete for kids against cricket and t-ball (played through age 15!), but there's lots of hope for future success ...
10. Our Christmas
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... photo gallery The kids first opened the presents that were under our tree. They were thrilled with all of them, but the favourites may have been the various Lego sets, a special Australian version of ...
11. Where did January go?
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... This is summer, although climate-wise the hottest days can be still ahead of us in February and March (the hottest temp so far has been 42°C - 107.6°F).  Kids and teachers are on holiday in between school ...
12. Merry Christmas!
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... participated in a junior school (K-5) Christmas concert which they did outside on a beautfiul sunny evening earlier in December (photo above).  He also was in the Christmas play the kids did at the Christmas ...
13. Peter receives big honour
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... really good!) Peter is doing very well in his studies this year.  He's in a cadre of kids that includes several that are positively challenging each other to excel in academics.  While the Year 12s have ...
... elite, top-class adult teams down to Year 7 students - all racing on the same track at the same time.  Our kids did well in their categories. You can read and watch more from the race at the web site ...
15. I stacked it with my bike
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... my iPod touch whilst staying home for a day from school. I was doing my weekly Wednesday afterschool bicycle training with kids from our college's Pedal Prix racing team.  We go for rides along the beach ...
16. Eastern States Update
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... above.  Kids took lessons in the mornings of the first two days.  All of them were newbies as Western Australians have no chance of seeing snow unless they come over here. We're in Melbourne for the ...
17. Flyaway to Adelaide Part 1
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
Celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary (actually on 25th March 1989), Lanette and I were able to get away for 3 nights on a cheap flight to Adelaide, South Australia.  The kids were taken care of here ...
18. Proms Down Under
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... music all for $100 a ticket.  Teens acting as teens, looking more like adults. (Behaviour was actually outstanding!). The staff voted for a number of awards included "Beau and Belle of the Ball".  Kids ...
19. Update: $$ for Bushfire
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... that they raised $2,070 with the help of the 130 students on their campus.  See the story here in the Mandurah Mail including a photo of the kids not dressed in their normal school uniforms. ...
... common Aussie way of raising money at schools... a "Free Dress Day".  In exchange for not having to wear the normal school uniforms, kids bring a "gold coin" donation for whatever the announced cause that's ...
21. Claxton Shield - Game 2
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... bottom of the 8th.  de San Miguel also looked decent at the plate going 1 for 3 with an RBI and a strikeout. As I said, this is about as good as baseball gets in Australia.  The kids were so pumped on ...
22. Karl Gets a Twin's Autograph
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... rather a "ladder". (Perth Heat finished at the top of the ladder.)  The championship game of almost every sport in Australia at every level down to the youngest kids is called "The Grand Final".  Coming ...
... walk home. We forgot to do our traditional photo of the kids (in their school uniforms) on their first day back.  It's been a year and half since they've experienced a true first day of school.  We'll ...
24. Great Aussie Day Fireworks
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the downtown skyline.  The kids (just Karl and Dane, as Peter was doing an overnight with friends) had a great time in the rides and attractions at the Kid's Area.  We had a picnic supper while waiting ...
... including photos and blogs from the kids.  You can get a quick tour of where we went by clicking here to interact with a Google Map it in it's own window). Be sure to click on the blue placemarkers to ...
26. Shark Update 2
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... continues with a shocking story from our Rockingham Golf Club (where Lanette and I golfed with the roos in October) where some kids have been sneaking in and mutilating kangaroos. There have been other ...
27. Check Out Dane on the Piano
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
Since you have to log in to the web site to see blogged posts from the kids (and photos, and a few other special things), you might miss catching some of their things.  So here's a link and a reminder ...
28. End of School Year!
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the last day of the school year, have a Christmas feast with all of the junior school kids outside in the courtyard complete with a visit from Santa Claus (or "Santer" Claus as some of my students spell ...
This past Sunday at our church, our dear college principal, Mark Rathjen, shared with the kids his twisted and humourous version of the story of the shepherds on the night of the first Christmas. As ...
30. Carols by Candlelight
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... The kids wave glow candles and other battery powered candles and eat ice cream. We attended the "Carols by Candlelight" put on at the Halls Head campus of our college down in Mandurah on Sunday, 14th ...
31. Aussie Jingle Bells
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
...  (refrain) Come the afternoon, Grandpa has a doze, The kids and Uncle Bruce, are swimming in their clothes. The time comes 'round to go, we ...
32. November Weekend Down Under
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... kids' teams played home games on the same field.  That means a 3 mile drive to Hourglass Park in Rockingham, home of the Rams Baseball Club.  Karl and Dane play in the Little League (same organisation ...
33. The Perth Royal Show
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... US to name them would be "sample bags".  Our kids bought a "Skittles" showbag for $12 which included 3 Mars bars, 2 large Skittles packs, 4 snack-size Skittles packs, and a few other things.  ...
34. Karl's Class Performs Dancesport
(Blogs/Karl's Blog)
...  It was a big evening.  Kids came all dressed up.  Parents bought tickets for the limited seating.  The middle of the chapel was cleared for large dance floor and seats for the audience ...
35. Year-round Summer & Dane's Legs
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... our kids Down Under, this "look" will be in style for Dane year around.         ...
36. Login
(News Slider/News Slider)
... send an email to the kids, view photos and videos, or read most of the stories and blogs we post here. (photo: Australian Coat of Arms on Parliament House at Canberra)  ...
37. Flying to Australia - First Leg
(Blogs/Dane's Blog)
... fun in the Creative Kids store.  In the store we saw planes that you could squeeze or push a button and it would sound like an airplane taking off. When we left for San Francisco it was my birthday.  ...
38. Thanks!
(News/Latest)
... sincere farewells the kids and staff at St. John's Lutheran School in Chaska for the warm send-offs for our kids on Wednesday our immediate and extended families who have encouraged and supported ...
39. Moment to Pause
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... and lots of snow cover on the ground (perfect, again!). The kids will really miss the snow and the great backyard hill we've had for sledding.  While the temp was in the teens and twenties (°F) during ...
... principal said that nearly all of the Lutheran students in the school are kids of staff members. About 30-40% of the students are from church-going families. The remaining half of the school is made ...
... as it seemed from first look that it would take several additional weeks to meet their requests. One request was for medical exams for the kids. In January we had been told that only Lanette and ...