Heaps of beautiful pictures!

Thanks a million to Zach for most of them. And the other ones thanks to MJ for them! I love Camera's, and siblings who can take beautiful pictures.

Make sure you read my post below about my adventures in writing. ;)
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Philip Island!

on our birthday we went. And Allen, Maria, and myself went exploring. Its a beautiful beach!




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Third time for saying goodbye to my dear brothers.

and about the 8th time I've gone to the Melbourne airport in the past year!



The kind Blakstons came and saw them off, then we went and got ice cream with them.

So out last look at them... it least until JUNE 14! Yup, that's right, the Blackwoods are coming home! June 14-July 17. *sigh* 5 weeks of home! How much better can we get! :) Can't wait to see ya'lls!
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Dixon's Creek Family camp 2007


Now that was one Grand camp! :)


Lots of people..


Lots of sports and games


Lots of fun and fellowship with all these GRAND people! :)


Lots more playing


Lots of Music (it was a GREAT band!)


Lots of GREAT food (thanks to the Blakos for all that yummy stuff!)


Lots of fun dusty bush walks!


Lots of relaxing, Sleeping, and studying.
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Mine and Charity's birthday Grand night in the City

All five us girls got into a one (maybe two) person picture thing- for about 5 minutes because its kinda of hard to get 5 people to smile all at once,Especially when you're being suffocated. ;) It was fun though. EXCEPT that the picture came out blank!! These are Jono's pictures (the guys where standing outside laughing at us all crammed in). *sigh* to much fun.

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Well i hope you enjoyed these lovely pictures. Take care my friends. And I'll see you soon! :)

Rain drops falling all around me....

We have received two days of beautiful rain! This land needs rain so desperately that it would take a whole two weeks of rain to quench its thirst and dryness.

Last Friday night & Saturday (while some of my family where up at Dixons creek for a working bee) It rained contentiously though the night. IT was a beautiful sound waking up and hearing the rain fall on the tin roof above you. Then it rained (/ poured some) most of the day Saturday.
Yesterday it sprinkled on and off during the day, then in the evening it rained ( go to Charity's blog to read about our walk last night. :)). I must say if you haven't ever spun around in the rain before, you really are missing out.

Update on Family camp: three weekends ago was out RP family camp at Dixons creek. It was a wonderful time of food, fun, & fellowship. The talks my dad gave, and Lynsey's sermon on reconciling relationships where very good and useful (For me it least). It was really good to just be together with the Lords people.

The week after family camp was great as well. I believe you all know that Allen and Zachary came out, and that now we (the Blackwoods) are official permanent residence of Australia (if you didn't know, now you do). They made it just time time for Camp, and then mine and Charity's Birthday. They where only here for 10 days, but it was a very lovely 10 days. IT was almost like they never left.

The weekend after Dikko, we 6 kids went up (Sat. day morning) to Karin & Lynsey Blakstons for the afternoon. We went to Hanging Rock again, and had a picnic! :) Me and Maria had a near death experience- after we tired to find our own way down. sigh why can't the Blackwood children be normal and take the path!??!. But thankful after some panicking, calling out to some strangers, almost tears, and a crowd of people gathered 'round- a very nice Ossie bloke (older, don't worry =)) helped us get down. and we made it back to the PATH, and found the others who where waiting at the bottom.
That night we went to the City with Jono and Lou B & Matt and Justine G for out birthday. We went Lazar tagging at Crown, and then went to get some food at the food court and just walked slowly along the Yarra River, watched the torches light up, then whet and got some ice cream. It was a lovely day, and i couldn't have asked for anyone better to share my late birthday party with. :)

Allen and Zach left two Tuesdays ago and now its just normal and boring again. :) Actually life in the Blakwood house is never really boring. Tomorrow Ben, mum, and I have our home school group (oh what fun... not. :) jk, it's alright- just not as fun w/o C and M there), then the next two weeks are school holidays. Yeah! Easter weekend we might go away camping with some people, but we are still deciding if we we are going to or not. Then Easter Tuesday-.... like three weeks, I am cat sitting for The Lumleys (an older couple from our church) who are going away on holiday- so that should be interesting to see how that goes.
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Um... i think that's all the news i have. So now that you are all updated on my life... I'll stop typing and you can stop reading. :)

I hope you all have a lovely day
God bless
T

Song: Rascal Flatts Bless the broken road
I decided i needed some country. :)

(Ok, as soon as Zach sends me some pictures i will put them up!)

Listening to the rain poor down
Thank you God! Please send more!

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Happy late birthday to Charity, Rose, and me :-)
I had an absolute splendid birthday! I got the two things i wanted most for my birthday- and they came on an air plane Friday morning! That's right- Allen and Zachary are here! My brothers are back! We are a whole family once again. They made it just in time for Dixon's creek family camp (I'll update about that soon- with pictures D.v.), and mine and Charity's birthday.
Most of you should know that me and Charity Share a birthday (also Joel Edwards & Rose B.) and have for 14 years- yup that's right, she got me for her 3 birthday! Aww... could you ask for a better present!? :) lol- these past 14 birthdays have been full of sharing cakes, party's, matching presents, and love of course. :) I'm just now starting to see that's its pretty sweet to share a birthday with with my sister- and our 18th & 21st we are having a huge blow-out and your all invited! :)
We had a lovely birthday breakfast yesterday morning, then we did out paper round (with Allen and Zachary's help), then we went to subway on our way to the beach. It was a lovely beach, about an an hour and 15 min away from here- Philip Island- and we spent the afternoon there. Then came back home and Matt and James Pluke stopped by, then Ralph dropped in with some lovely yummy presents! :) And he stayed for cake and ice cream, then decided to stay for a movie- Born Supremacy- he didn't end up leaving tell 11:30 (ish), so it was a long, but lovely day!
(More pictures of yesterday, this past weekend, and are party we are having on Saturday coming soon Lord willing!)


Charity- no matter where life takes us, no matter how far we apart we are, no matter who comes along, no matter where we are or where God puts us- you will always be my sisters, and i will always love you, and no one can take that from me! I love you my dear beautiful sister, and i'm honored to have such a wonderful big sister to look up to.


A very happy birthday to Rose Blackston also! 1 year old- She's a little dear. And me and her already have a great friendship goen'. See she's a lot like me. First of all her name is Rose and mine is Tamara Rose . What else... she's very feisty... and um... well I've been called feisty (you guys think i am?) before. She adorable and I'm... ;) nvm, we don't have that in common i guess. The list goes on and on, and pray our little friendship will too. :)

So i got the bestest birthday present, the weekend before i had the bestest lead up to my birthday, and I've got the greatest sister and friend to share a birthday with. :) God is good indeed!

Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:58 -Therefore, my beloved brethren , be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Song: "Here with out you"- Three Doors Down.

Exhausted from the past, trying to live in the present, but excited for the future...

Last weekend:
Sunday, we had a Joint Psalm w/ Geelong! There was 88 people the last count we had. It went very well. We ended up staying in McKinnon all day, because there was no point driving 45 min home, eating, then turning around and coming back right away. So we had lunch with Some of the Blakstons, Hughes (Denny and Jeane), & Margret. After lunch some of us went to a park, then came back and set up for church. It was really good to see people also.



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This weekend:
Saturday: Woke up at 7:30 shut my eyes for a minute, then woke up at 8:30 to Judy Rogers blasting in my lounge. Cleaned and got ready for Carolyn's and Thomas Hugues's baby shower at 10:30-12:30. 1:10 me and maria went to a girl from our Churches 12 b-day party at the beach (with 15 girls!). And i thought I was a drama queen- you should have seen these 11 & 12 yr old girls! Wow... :) But it was fun-made some friend, swam, ate, jumped off a pier, laughed, and pretend like i was at GCA in 5th grade again. :) Good stuff. Got home around 5 (had to pick up a refrigerator on the way home), then went to our neighbor,Rosa, 's party- us girls ended up staying till 9 (me and MJ stayed the whole time it least). Got home, washed the dishes, cleaned up my room, hit the bunk, exhausted! Was a good full, long day!

Sunday was wonderful. Had a fellowship lunch, then AGM (annual general meeting), got home around 3:45, didn't get a nap in (was typing out my testimony for someone), went to church, came home, took a walk w/ my sisters, put on an Odyssey, then studied my eye lids for a few hours.

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Next weekend:
Dixon's Creek Family Camp! I can't wait. I could hardly do my school today i was so excited. They moved it to Labor day weekend (instead of eater weekend) this year because its warmer, and Lord willing the weather wont be so bad (it was really wet and muddy last year). But I love Dikko whither the sun is shining, or the rain is pouring! And at Family camp heaps of people come!

Family camp 2006- my first time to Dixon's creek, and i feel in love with it! :)


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So I'm tired from yesterday, but living in today, and looking forward to tomorrow! :)
God bless.

Matthew 6:34- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Daniel Bddingfield-"if you're not the one"

One rainy night....

three sisters set out on an adventure across the world.... or maybe just their neighborhood.

walking on dangerous sidewalks

laughing and being silly with a crazy sister

and there's another one of thoes crazy sisters :).


Thanking God for the bit of rain... :)

Life is good with sisters... I wouldn't be here w/o my sisters. I love 'um!

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Some cool randomness....


Maria is a good photographer ain't she. :)

Welcome to the first day of march everyone!
well I must go to bed. G'night fokes.
God bless you in the hours, days, weeks, months, and years ahead.
~Tamara Rose

"tiger Lilly"- matchbook romance

Let the rain drops fall... it hides the tears



Quote: "whoever said only sunshine bring happiness, has never tried dancing in the rain"



Observation: There is school, then there is life. Don't get the two mixed up. Enjoy living and breathing each day God gives you, and serve Him to the fullest.


Verse: Isaiah 41:10 -"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."


--God bless my friends--

song: "to little, to late"- JoJo

Don't blink, you might miss on out life....


It's short, so make the most of it while you're here. Make the most of every opportunity.

It's funny how things can change. How time flys by. Its funny how when the tears come, it clouds your vision, life goes blurry, and you can't see as clearly. when the world goes dark, who will lead the way?

When everything gets turned upside down. When the world you thought you could trust walks out on you, who will walk in?

When nothing is OK, when everything goes wrong, when sleep won't come. Who is there, Who is left?

In one second everything can be taken away. When life goes shaky, your palms get sweaty, and start to slip and fall, who do you hold on to when nothen' is left to hold?



One word: God.
But, God has a hold of us when we slip, all of us, and he isn't ever gonna let us slip out of his grasp. When the world goes dark, His love will light the way. Things change for a reason, He's has a plan. It may not be what we expect, or even want, but He works all things out for good, and we have to keep our hope in Christ, and trust Him wholeheartedly, because you know what, He knows what he's doing.

But don't go through life with your eyes closed, don't let it slip past. Live your life with Christ shinning through you. And remember He's always got a hold of you, through the good and the bad, and he isn't ever gonna let His children go.
So "draw near to God and He will draw near to you."- James 4:8a

Do you feel like every things slipping in? Is your hope in Christ tonight? If not, quit messen' around and get things straitened out. God is God, and He knows you better then anyone and Loves you more then anyone, and He is ALWAYS there, He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Psalm 125: 1&2 "Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion which cannot be shaken, but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people both now and forevermore."

Quote of the post: "God sometimes takes away the things which are most dearest to our hearts, to show us how much we take for granted"-the Four feathers - this is to true.

"It end tonight"- all American rejects

Hot and Tired....

But thankful its God day of rest for us. Thank God for Sundays!

Well this weekends average has been somewhere around 37 C- 98.6 F- and with no AC and no pool its been almost unbearable! The intense heat here is crazy! Yesterday Ben, MJ, my mum, dad, and I went to the beach. It was good fun- but the sand was burning- so we stayed in the water most of the time! It cooled me off for a little bit, but at 8 PM it was still 37 (in Melbourne). That's the really bad bit, it doesn't cool way down at night- so its very hard to sleep. Lord willing it will cool off tonight and next week.


God's amazing Ocean


More Beauty



:) (these are just some pictures from a few months ago we took of a beach we were at)


Tonight I am giving my testimony at church ( even though i became a member a couple weeks ago- things got a little hectic and my dad kept forgetting :)) So I better get a move on. But for all you people in America who are getting like 2 (or 14 if you in New York) Feet of now and freezing- Well enjoy it! Seriously, its better then frying ;) Have a snow-ball fight for me, and I'll have a sand-right for yous! :)

Have a blessed Lords day friends.

Cartel - "The Minstrels Prayer". Thanks for JJ for this song. GO here to see his cool blog.

Happy Valentines Day to all


:-) Me and My daddy- My Valentine



"mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the nicest daddy of all?" :) I know




We got all dressed up- Maria and Charity look lovely don't they? :)




Our Valentine.





Me with my Beautiful sister




Hope every ones day was filled with lots of kisses and hugs. SO Happy Valentines Day to all and to All a good night :)

A Beautiful miracle from God




On Sunday, around 6-8 PM, Thomas James Wilson Hughes was born. The newest addition to our church family


He was born to Carolyn and Raymond Hughes. (they are one beautiful family, huh? :) I think so)



We went to see the new little Hughes family this evening and I'm still pumped from seeing him! (even more pumped then the Colts winning the super bowl this morning - for us. I've had an exciting day! :)) He is a gorgeous baby boy and I know, with the help of our Lord, Caz and Jonah (nick names) will be wonderful parents! And I can't wait to get to know this little guy more and more in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead! He is a little bundle of joy and blessing- for Carolyn and Ray, for Tony and Norma (Carolyn's parents), and all the other family, And for our church and my family! He is a little miracle from God. :)

No more sleepen' in :(

Yes, once again the dreaded school year has started. No more summer break (but its still summer for another 2 months). Its a pity. And Alas, I'm in Algebra..... Can you say "CONFUSED TAMARA!!!", 'cus that's what I am. Actually its only Algebra 1/2 and this week has been supper easy (the first lessons are always easy!), but I'm just waiten' for the dreaded weeks and months ahead.


(for those of you who are wondering, C is not in Saxon maths 87- and I'm not in Algebra 2, we were ganna switch but C freaked out when she saw how easy mine was and I freaked out when i saw how hard hers was. The print was WAY smaller!)
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In other news....

It has just been a lazy Friday night. Pizza and a movie, session meeten' with my dad and the elders. James G. is over for a "sleep over" (or whatever little boys call it) for Ben's birthday. They have been playing on the Xbox for 6 or so hours. Then tomorrow we are going rock climbing.

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Some modeling shots us girls took before Church last Sunday night.




Maria and I in a tree.


Squinting because of the sun. I have two beautiful sisters don't I. God blessed me. :)

"The Reason"-hoobastank