Hobbs Life

Ella's First Birthday - 1 Aug 2008

2008-10-12T21:40:00.007+10:30

I thought I should update our Blog, it's been a little while. Here are some photos from Ella's First birthday! This is her birthday cake made by Lisa McFarlane. Here's some photos taken at Kidzmania, the cool kids playground where we had her birthday.

Our Trip to Sydney

2008-07-09T22:58:00.005+09:30

We spent last weekend in Sydney as we are in our mid-year break from college. We had a great time catching up with friends and family. While we were there we went to the Hillsong Conference's Opening night before returning to Melbourne the next morning. Here's Ella after a 9 hour drive....

Rob's Visit

2008-07-09T22:55:00.002+09:30

Di's cousin from Tasmania, Robert (Rob) Parsell, made a short visit with us following Nanna. It was a nice time to catch up as we don't get to see Di's Tasmanian family much.

Nanna's Visit to Melbourne

2008-07-09T22:50:00.003+09:30

Nanna Hobbs made a weekend visit to see us here in Melbourne and we all had a really great time. Here's Nanna taking an opportunity to give Ella a bath. Ella loves being dunked with big buckets of water... here's a photo of it.

Winter Sunrise

2008-06-30T22:54:00.003+09:30

This is a photo of a recent sunrise we took... we get awesome views from our room at the Training College here in Melbourne.

Ella's First Haircut - 9th June 2008

2008-06-30T22:35:00.006+09:30

Today Ella got her first hair cut. Aunty's Robyn and Cheryl were on hand to make sure their niece was given the best possible haircare.

Mothers Day 2008

2008-06-30T22:00:00.003+09:30

Here's the Hobbs family on Diane's first Mothers Day. The video clip is from the Mothers Day meeting at the Wyndham City Corps, where Ella went and got her mum her first Mother's Day flower. Di had a great day and was spoilt.

Some cute moments with Ella

2008-06-30T21:30:00.007+09:30

Melbourne Taxi Street Protest - 30 April 2008

2008-06-30T21:14:00.003+09:30

Amanda, Di and I made our way down to Federation Square to serve cups of cold water to Taxi drivers who were involved in a street protest for better working conditions. It was a great opportunity to offer support in a practical and much appreciated way. It was even reported that our presence was a "calming influence". As you can see by this video clip the situation was "passionate" to say the least, before our arrival.

Ella Crawling

2008-05-12T01:14:00.000+09:30

Check out our baby crawling now!

Anzac Day Weekend

2008-05-02T14:15:00.003+09:30

This weekend we went camping at the Kinglake National Park and it was awesome. Here's Di and Ella enjoying the campfire. It was such a great break.

On the Saturday we went to the MCG to see Adelaide play Carlton. Awesome

Jolly Jumper

2008-04-26T09:18:00.004+09:30

Ella's friend Noah, has kindly let her borrow his Jolly Jumper and she loves it. Take a look at this clip.

Another Day out - 19th April

2008-04-26T09:10:00.003+09:30

Today we got up and gave Ella her first piece of toast... she's got seven teeth and loving chomping on solids.
Then we headed into Melbourne Markets for some treats...We got Ella her first football... well for us to play with for now. So we went across to the park to kick it..

A Big Day Out - April 11

2008-04-26T08:53:00.008+09:30

Today our mate Dave and the three of us went to Jehosephat Park in the Kinglake National Park in the Dandenongs.

Here's the three of us having a great time and Ella and her Uncle Dave having a dance. It is the nicest park with great bbq's
that night we caught up with Lauren and Slava from Sydney... great to see you guys.

Weekend in Torquay

2008-04-09T14:10:00.007+09:30

For Easter we went to Torquay, just 1.5 hrs south west of Melbourne, to be the guests at the Torquay Corps. As part of their weekend ministry they had a petting zoo, which Ella loved. Check out this cute clip of Ella enjoying the animals.

Kidzmania

2008-03-17T22:35:00.008+10:30

Today we got to go as a family, along with Scott, Leah and Noah Ellery to Kidzmania, a playground for kids in Footscray West. Ella had a great time playing with new toys and loved the ball pit... It was great because it's free until she's 9 months old. YAY!!!

Check out more photos here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=99628&id=669030314

Ella's first pet

2008-03-11T17:29:00.008+10:30

10/03/08

Ella is 7 months old today and she was given a great present from Aunty Robyn and Aunty Cheryl, visiting from Adelaide. They have made her a very creative fish tank, which Ella loves. Mummy says this is the only TV she's aloud to watch... Have a look at this clip.

Robyn and Cheryl we miss you already, you guys are great.

Ella's First Solid Food....

2008-02-09T17:02:00.000+10:30

Saturday 9th 2008 Tomorrow Ella will be 6 months old... who can believe she's already half a year old? Time is flying and our little baby is growing so fast. However today was a big one for Ella, because she had her first lot of solid food. Check out how well she did.

Sessional Photos

2008-02-09T07:25:00.000+10:30

Di and I had our sessional photos taken today but here are some casual photos we took while the professional photographer was at work. What a great team, we really have a wonderful session and the training staff are the best you could possibly have.

We thought we needed some photos of Di and I in our cadet uniforms, here they are.

Here is our Training Principle, Captain Stephen Court leading us on with OUR flag.

We are loving college and this weekend is our official welcome at Waverly Corps. Full steam ahead with classes also this week, both Di and I can't wait.

An Open Air Meeting: A Step of Faith

2008-02-04T07:35:00.000+10:30

Sunday afternoon. Bright sunny day. Pete and Jo Brookshaw, Scott Ellery, myself, Cpt. Stephen Court and some other "Prayer Warriors" cadets joined us as we hit the streets in Melbourne at the Victoria Market.

Pete had the guitar, Scott had drums and I had the flag. We played some popular tunes, including "I still haven't found what I'm looking for", "I'm a believer", "Lean on me" and others. People listened and some tapped their feet. In amongst the songs we each got up and shared a quick gospel message. As people sat on the cafe chairs sipping their coffee, they uncomfortably pretended not to hear us too much. But we did have a response...

One guy from Bejing, who was not a Christian and on holidays, came up to us, and Cpt. Court gave him a bible and got his details, and he said he would read it all and email Cpt. Court later on. He was genuinly interested in the gospel message.

Here's our Training Principal showing us how it's done! What a legend and excellent teacher!

life to the fullest you need Jesus... Just believe in him today. War Crys were handed out and one guy said, 'Ahh yeah, I'll take it. We love the Sallies!' Even after going hard with the message of Jesus... Kind of weird, but I think that says a little about Australian culture. They have huge respect for TSA, and even when we've spent the last 30 minutes preaching the gospel, the reply is one of respect. We pray that people begin to connect with our message of Jesus, and for the community to realise, that they can become Salvos as well!

Bring back the Open Airs. Do them well. Be relevant. Preach the gospel. God can use it.

NB: The body of this text was used with the kind and gracious permission of the strong and courageous Cadet Pete Brookshaw, for more of his excellent work check out http://revolutionearth.blogspot.com/

Ella Swimming

2008-01-29T20:33:00.000+10:30

We took Ella to the Melbourne Aquatic Centre for a swim and she loved it... we even dunked her a few times but she wasn't phased. She is sooooooooooo cute.

We are all settled in the college and tomorrow is our first day as Salvation Army "Prayer Warrior" (our session name) cadets.. we can't wait!! Not looking forward to handing little Els over to day care as we are so used to being with her 24/7, but at least we'll be able to see her between classes.. SNIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! We miss her already.... maybe they wont notice or hear if we sneak her in under the desk... she'll be quiet I promise. On the positive, she already has many friends who love the new little "baby" and because she is the baby of the daycare, lots of cuddles have already been promised. She'll love her new social life... it will be Mum and Dad who will be hiding in some corner crying, lol.

Stay tuned for more news.

Salvation Army Training College

2008-01-22T22:12:00.001+10:30

Di, Ella and I have arrived in Melbourne for Training college, check out this tour of our apartment.

We start Training next Wednesday we can't wait. Missing everyone but really enjoying following the call and going to college.

Father and Son - Nullabor Trip

2008-01-22T22:11:00.001+10:30

Dad and I drove across to Perth in Dad's new Toyota Prado, here is a photo of Dad and I at the great Australian Bight.

It was a really great time but a really long way, a really great adventure with my dad!

We also got to leave Aunty Chris's knickers on the Nullabor tree, enjoy this video clip everyone.

Christmas Day

2008-01-02T12:45:00.000+10:30

Ellas First Christmas Day

Check out all the photos on face book:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80643&id=669030314

Christmas at IKEA

2008-01-02T11:43:00.000+10:30

Here is our precious angel with her first photo with Santa. What a stunner.

There are more photos on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80613&id=669030314

Ella Dedication Video

2007-12-18T20:35:00.000+10:30

Christmas Pageant

2007-11-30T19:14:00.000+10:30

Here's some pictures from the Christmas Pageant
click on this link:
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=68829&id=669030314

also here are some cute photos of Ella as a baby
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=62717&id=669030314

Welcome to the new blog

2007-11-28T20:22:00.000+10:30

Greetings to all,

Welcome to our new and improved blog. It's new and improved because we're obviously no longer on an overseas adventure, and we now have a new addition to our family, baby Ella Broklyn Hobbs.

Keep in touch with the life of Pete, Di and Ella here at Hobbs Life.

More coming soon...