Family and outings

I have been taking time to really enjoy my family laterly. I try to take my boys every second day somewhere (when my oldest is not at school), so they can enjoy what God has given them them. When we are enjoying some aspect of life, I remind them to be grateful to the Creator for giving them the means to have the experience they are having. So if I take them to the park, or a swimming lesson or having ice cream, I remind us all as a family how bless we are to have these activities or food. I hope to instill into my family how to enjoy the small things in life, to be grateful and content that we have the ability to run free under a beautiful blue sky. Living in Perth, we have some of the best weather. Beautiful blue skies, without a cloud in sigth and a cool breezes makes the spring.

My children play in the big, back garden, running around annoying each others lol. Once in a while i hear a scream and have to check everything is a ok. Alhumidallah (Thank God!)it always is with boys but I have to monitor because of their age gaps and so different physical levels. I use to really be against play figthing when my boys were younger, but I learnt in child development is it a normal way for boys and young man to experience a safe (lol) method of letting out energy and strength.Like experimental how far can I go before I hurt the other. So I monitor even through I dislike it (why cant boys just sit and read a book for a hour ;)).

So Iam going outside now to enjoy a cuppa (cup of tea ;)) with my hubby in our great outdoors. Yes Australia is a country with great out doors. You would not believe how much the land scape can change. About eigth years ago , my husband and some of my inlaws and myself did a cross country road trip from Perth to Brisbane. Thats about 5000 kms to cover going through W.A (Western Australia) Nullabour desert( freezing cold at nigth), than througth South Australia with desert and green hills (it was winter), than to Broken Hill (New south wales)bush and and wild flowers and dry beds( my mum lived here as a child- a good old aussie town where everyone looks at you funny cause I had a scarf on and they only see muslim woman once in a life time lol)than up to beautiful rainforst and house on stills in Queensland until we arrived in humid Brisbance. The land scape changed so many times and yet its all in one huge country.

That trip taugth me alot, especially how beautiful and different our Creator made this earth and how travelling is a eye opener to the soul and teachs you how insignicant we are in the huge, plan of things. I means there is this huge earth to be explored and be remindered of how great God is, in the red, black, white, brown, grey of dirt that one sees as they travel. May be we more grateful and not forget the bigger plan of what this life holds.