Peanut butter and fudge ice cream pie and birthday fun!

Valentine's Day is my husband's birthday, so we really only concentrate on that - which is totally fine with me. We tend to celebrate our wedding anniversary as Valentine's Day anyway.

We had a small gathering of friends and family on Friday night for dinner, which was really nice. There was far too much food - but it was great. I made one of the best dips ever - tex mex. Absolutely love it!

I also made a Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie with Chocolate Fudge sauce for dessert. Boy was it rich! I think next time I would change the recipe and not add so much peanut butter. But, my husband loved it, which I was happy with!

We went out for a delicious breakfast to a French cafe yesterday morning - YUM! Then our friends Simon and Lucy came over for lunch and to play boardgames. Then, we finished of the day by going to one of the Cirque du Soleil shows that is in town. It was fabulous and such a good show to watch. Birthdays are fun! Love you gorgeous - hope you had a fun day - here's to the next year together! xx

Bushfires

I don't know if this has been shown on the news in other places, but our country has/is experiencing the worst bushfires in our history. The fires started in the state of Victoria on Saturday and they are still burning. Nearly 200 people have died, many more are missing and over 1000 homes have been destroyed.

The heat and wind are expected to pick up in the next few days, so as you can imagine, this is not a good thing for trying to control the fires. Please pray for rain (which is not forecast) or at least the authorities to get control of these terrible fires. Pray also for the victims and their families, that they may come to know the Lord who is able to comfort us in times of greatest trouble.

Babysitting duties

The other day I babysat my one year old niece. We had a great time together listening to Veggie Tales while eating an egg sandwich and then strawberries for dessert. She is quite a serious little thing, but she loved the music and was smiling quite a lot for the camera. Sweet girl!

Motivate me Monday

I haven't had much to post about this week. It has been a challenging week for various reasons that I might go into more detail about another time - so this really short 'Motivate me Monday' post is just an encouragement to you all. I saw this for the first time during the week and absolutely loved it. The song is just beautiful and was very appropriate to me. I hope you find it as encouraging as I did!

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