Happy Birthday to Shauna!

Ok, so I'm a few days late! Shauna's b-day was on the 27th of this month....there hasn't been a year gone by where we haven't at least tried to celebrate our birthdays together in some way. It is a little hard now that we are half a world away from each other, but the fact that we are the same age for 4 days every year must be celebrated somehow! In our younger years, we were "twins" for 4 days right down to wearing matching clothes during that time. We always had our birthdays together and had two of the same cake. I especially remember the butterfly cake year. We both feel a little bit like we are missing something at this time of year...one day we might get to share a party again.

This year I tried to make a cake for my birthday to take to work with me...it utterly failed. So badly that I couldn't bear to put it together, let alone take it to work and expect others to enjoy it! So I was feeling very discouraged about my cake disaster when I spoke to Shauna on my birthday. She gave me a recipe for this coconut cream cake and we decided that I would try to make it on her birthday and take it to work! (aren't my co-workers lucky!!) Anyway, I followed all the instructions and it still was beginning to look like I had another disaster on my hands, but I decided I would go ahead and make the whole thing and just see how it turned out. Well, it was a big hit! The recipe made so much mixture that I had enough for two cakes....one to take to work and another little one for home. This is a very different cake, but very tasty. Very very sweet and rich I found, and if you don't like coconut, don't even bother because there is coconut in every part of this cake, right down to coconut cream in the cake mix. ( I didn't say it was fat free!) Anyway, I told Shauna I would let her know how it went, so here's a picture (this is the small one):

If anyone wants the recipe, we both have it! :) Thanks, Shauna!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

My honey bought me these lovely flowers for my birthday! The teddy bear and soap is from my boss...very thoughtful!

Just a quick note....

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Kununurra Specials Installment #2

We had a lovely day yesterday! Our special meetings are held out at the Curtis banana farm. They set up their carport/garage very nicely with carpet and shade cloth and comfortable chairs. We had prayer and testimonies at first just like our normal fellowship meeting and it was very special. Then the workers had their part and then we had the emblems. It was slightly different to a normal special meeting, but just what we needed! The friends (including us) were very grateful for our special meeting. Here are some pictures:

Our little group

Linda Larson and Suzie Silvester

The four workers: Brett Rundle, Peter Doecke, Linda Larson, Rowanne Wenham

Eldon and I....looking all of my 32 weeks!

Kununurra Special Meetings 2008 Installment #1

Special meetings are here again. The workers arrived on Monday this week and we've had a full week! Rowanne came to stay Monday and Tuesday night, Brett came Wednesday and Thursday night and Linda is here until tomorrow. I think tomorrow night we are going to have Peter. So...we have been very privileged!! Here are some pictures of our time:

Brett with his makeshift apron getting ready to fry some fish fillets

Linda and Rowanne at Ivanhoe Cafe for morning tea

All of us ladies met at Ivanhoe Cafe for morning tea - from left to right: Linda Larson, Gayle Curtis, Jodie Silvester, Lillian Silvester, Suzie Silvester, Rowanne Wenham, Elaine Curtis, Louise Major, me, Katrina Robertson with Hayley and Jack, and Marlene Bell.

Glen and Katrina Robertson with their two kids Hayley and Jack...they are visiting Kununurra for a while.

This is all for now....Special meeting tomorrow....will have more pictures later.