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Right round like a record, baby

November 21, 2011 in life with 0 Comments

Sam with his cousin Fin. Spinning. Bonus points if you can name the park & suburb.

Milestone? Twenty-One Plus Ten

October 15, 2011 in life with 0 Comments

Debussy + Fine Art = High Cultured Kid

May 28, 2011 in life with 0 Comments

This vid is originally from here. The song has special significance. Sam rocks the pencils.

My Family // May 2011

May 22, 2011 in life with 3 Comments

This is my family: Sam is laughing at something; Tom is doing what he does best; and Row and I are pretending to not be tired! We’re all well and thankful for quality time together.

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After a week off blogging, regular blog posts will resume tomorrow. Peaceout.

Yesu Azali Awa – Esalaik String Band

December 3, 2010 in Jesus with 6 Comments

One of my highlights of Vanuatu 2010 was a rather boisterous sing-a-long to and from our kayaking adventure. The kayaking was slightly sketchy: bad kayaks; risky conditions; overpriced; and lame sharks to feed. That didn’t matter. The trip was worth it. String Bands are a popular form of music in Vanuatu. We enjoyed listening to the Esalaik String Band on the bus. In one of the songs we recognised some of the lyrics and began to sing along. The bus driver liked this. So he kept repeating the track.

After both legs of the journey, we probably sang the song over 50 times!! The song was called Yesu Azali Awa – which I think means ‘Jesus is my Lord’. The chorus basically repeats the line ‘Hallelujah Jesus’ over and over again. And so we repeated it over and over again! So much fun.

Here are some vids from the experience that made it onto facebook: vid 1 and vid 2.

And above is a vid of my son dancing to the same song. :)

3photos: Sam Mowing the Lawn

October 19, 2010 in life with 4 Comments

Sam will often stand at the window watching me as I mow the lawn. It’s amazing to then see him imitating me as he pretends to mow the lawn! I appreciate knowing that my son is watching me, and I pray that I’d be a father worth imitating. Here are 3 pics of him “mowing” the lawn this past weekend. Pretty cute threads too!

Two more below:
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3photos: Outside Inside

June 14, 2010 in life with 3 Comments

Samuel has just turned 1. Crazy, I remember when he was just this big! Lots of friends and family came over on a gorgeous Winter’s afternoon to celebrate Sam’s birthday and to also witness his baptism. Row made a delicious World Cup Mascot cake to put the icing on a lovely day. The only negative was that we forgot to give out the party bags. If you were there with kids, please come and collect a bag before we eat them all! Here are 3 photos from the morning of Sam’s special day. On the outside looking inside.

see below for the other 2 pics

Probably the highlight of May 2010

May 10, 2010 in life with 2 Comments

This picture Row took of Sam in the clam sand pit thing is probably the highlight of May 2010. I know there’s still another two thirds of May to go, but nothing will top it!

His abilities with a shovel have surpassed mine!

Train a child in the way he should go

April 6, 2010 in life with 1 Comment

…and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Sam likes books. I like reading books with him. There are some pretty meaty books on the 2 shelves he’s perusing in the pic below. However, the heaviest book in that shot is hard to see. It’s near his right hand, Where Did I Come From. Now that will be an adventure!!

Parenting is exciting and daunting. My prayer is that I would be training him now in the way he should go and that when he’s old he will not turn from it.

Nine + Nine

March 14, 2010 in life with 3 Comments

Today was Samuel’s 18 month birthday. Nine months in the womb, nine months out of the womb. Here’s a photo of Sam having too much fun while eating dinner:

Another pic below… He’s just done the smackdown on his father (me):

Jungle Sam on Newish Camera

January 3, 2010 in life with 0 Comments

We have a new camera, at least it’s new to us. Recently some friends, very generously, gave us their old digital SLR camera. The proviso: we had to take some good snaps of Sam. We’ve probably taken 1000 already! Most aren’t that good, but here’s 3 I like:

2 More below…

Sam Had A Very Shiny Nose

December 24, 2009 in life with 0 Comments

It’s been a couple of months since I gave Sam some love on the blog. Sam, one day you will google your name and find this picture. I’m sorry… it was your mum’s idea!!

Merry Christmas from Team Miers. We hope you have a great day rejoicing in Jesus our Saviour-God. Here’s some gear to look forward to after Christmas on DMDC:

More reflections from Vanuatu
Best and Worst of 2009
Brilliant guest posts from Row on the Twilight books

Would love your help in raising cash to provide a whole community with clean drinking water.

Samuel: 4 months today

October 14, 2009 in life with 6 Comments

Relatives and the posse of old ladies on facebook like pics of Sam. Enjoy the latest:

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Also check out the vid I put on my new quick blog site: davemiers.posterous.com

Samuel Collage: 2 Months

August 15, 2009 in life with 4 Comments

Yesterday Samuel turned 2 months. Here’s a collage of him with family and friends.

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2 Apologies:

If you’ve visited Sam and we didn’t take a photo
If your photo is smaller than you think it should be!! (It’s random with sizes)

Samuel Gallery: Week 1

June 21, 2009 in life with 18 Comments

Little Samuel just turned 1… week old. We love this kid to bits and have managed to take 435 photos of him in that time. Lucky for you, we’re not going to make you sit through all of them! So here’s a selection of 36 that we like and hope you like too.

see gallery below