Life in the Boom Family is never dull! Here I share the latest dramas and joys.

My darling mum who is 91 has been unwell lately. Dad  has been her full time devoted carer for so long, but can’t cope single handed anymore. So Penny (my twin) and I have been taking turns staying the night with them. I was up there last night. What a beautiful time I had with them! Mum is so patient and loving, even though she’s in pain with ulcers… read more | 3 Comments

Angel has been nesting under beds for the last week – in fact she tore up a lot of my old letters that Milly had under bed…the very ones Kate wrote about in her blog. Grrr. then yesterday she ripped a mattress under Ellie’s bed. Chris had commented only this morning that she was looking way too fat…and then at lunch time I noticed she had milk in… read more | 1 Comment

Last week I took Milly in to sit her restricted driver’s license test. We had been primed to expect a possible fail and were told that they’re failing 70% of people. She was a tad nervous, but I felt she was as good as any of my other children that had passed and didn’t really know what we could do to make her a better driver. So off she went… read more | 1 Comment

My daughter Kate has been going shoeless for six months now and has set up  a campaign to raise money to sponsor education and uniforms for 1800 children over the next five years. Read all about at www.facebook.com/shoelessnz There will be a concert in Hamilton on the 17th May 2013 and a big shoe sale on 8th June… read more

At last I’m allowed to tell the news! Where the Crickets Sing has won the 2013 Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year Award for 2013 in the Children’s Category (8-12 years) It is open to all countries, but I’m guessing most entries were from the States.

This is the email notification I received last week… read more | 7 Comments

We just hosted a farewell party here for Courtney, one of Milly’s friends, who is heading off to study. Everyone had to come dressed as a fictional character…here are just a few of the fun costumes… read more

I drove down to Auckland last week to begin a ten day tour – speaking at the national home schooling convention. It was fun being on my own for once in the car. Turned on some great music and sang at the top of my voice. And then I stopped the car to watch the most beautiful sunset unfold. The rays stretched into the heavens just like we all… read more

It’s been a busy time in the garden and orchard lately. I’ve had so many tomatoes, some of which are waiting for me to deal with them in the freezer. But I have made lots of pasta sauce, and some of Annabel Langbein’s country harvest tomato sauce – delicious!
I also had a great harvest of damson plums… read more

We’ve had a busy time here of late. Last Sunday we hosted the church picnic.  Had about 130 people come out – they all sat
on the lawn and had lunch; There were egg and spoon races, sack races, cricket games, volleyball and swimming. Fun! A dream come true for me – I used to say to Chris while we were building the house that one… read more | 1 Comment