Friday, June 29, 2012

Michael's Medieval 30th

On the 16th of June, yes that's youth day, we celebrated Michael's 30th birthday by hosting a medieval themed birthday party... Everyone played their parts well by dressing up and getting into character... Only one person, Evaleen van Blerk, guessed the murderer correctly by examining the evidence carefully... I must say it was great fun to organise, and even more fun to enjoy with the many great friends that God has blessed us with here in Scottsville... Thank you to everyone who contributed to make the evening a wonderful one...


Aileen- Winner of the best dressed... She made her own dress by hand...

Lindsay- The murderer...

Roy and Trish- The king and queen

Steve and Tania

Michael and I

The sheriff listening in on a conversation


Bribery and corruption

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Surprise Umtentweni Holiday



This past week Michael surprised me with a holiday to Umtentweni (South Coast- Durban) for our 3 year anniversary... He had been organising it for quite a while and only told me just in time to do shopping and pack... It was such a blessing to be able to take time off as a family and just have some fun together!... Thank you to the Dreyers for letting us stay in your flat!...

The sea view from the flat we were staying in

Enjoying our first day at the beach
 On the day of our anniversary we took a drive to Ramsgate for a special lunch at the Waffle House and spent the afternoon on the beach down there....

Large and in charge




The beach back at Umtentweni had a really cool little tide pool which was great for Jono to play in... He did however try to crawl around and ended up swallowing some sea water...


Yesterday we spent the day at Ushaka Marine World... We went down some water slides, river ride, saw the seal show, went to the aquarium, and of course my favourite thing- saw the dolphin show!... What an amazing day!... Jono also went down his first slide on his own... It was only about the length of my body and I caught him at the bottom, but still I think he was very brave... He's gonna have loads more fun on the bigger slides one day...


Michael going down the largest water slide in Africa



Waiting for the dolphin show to start

Gambit- the 46 year old dolphin- showing off his hula-hooping skills



Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Fun in the sun and fun on the ice

Earlier today we drove down to Durban with some of the youth to have some fun ice-skating and going to the beach... It was funny to watch each person who went ice-skating fall and get soaked in icy cold water and Michael sliding on his tummy across the ice... A lot of them have some nasty blisters on their feet now though, but I think they would agree that it was well worth it...

You'll never take me down...

Caroline bravely skating on her own

Jemma and Kirstin

What's that funny looking thing daddy?

After being in the cold ice rink we visited the warm beach... Jono looked like a sand monster by the end of the day with sand even in his nappy and ears, but he had loads of fun... Thanks girls for a fun-filled day!...

Our "normal" family

Robyn

Jono and mommy

Jono looking cool

Aimee

Tracy pulling faces at Jono

Kirstin

Caroline


When you get over the hill...

Last Saturday we attended the surprise 40th birthday party of Louise Houghting... She is the wonderful lady who is our Church office secretary... It was a special western themed evening planned by her family... Thank you Louise for the great blessing that you have been to our family already; we pray that the Lord will continue to grow you more into His likeness and continue to use you in His service...

The birthday girl

Jono learning funny faces from Amanda Webb

Alex

Kirstin, Dave and Tracy Webb


Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Albert Falls Dam

On the Sunday after Jono's party we all went out to Albert Falls Dam for a picnic lunch, before my parents and brother had to fly back home later that evening... Michael and his dad took a dip in the dam, Jono played in the car with Ryan and we just chatted and enjoyed some time together as a family...


Jono enjoying time with the old ladies- Oma and Granny
And here are some funny faces just for fun...





Friday, March 30, 2012

Jonathan's Cars Birthday Party

Wow, I can't beleive how quickly time has flown by... My little boy turned 1 on the 17th of March... I marvel at the great blessing he has been to our family and for the great miracle that God has given to us in giving Jonathan to us to raise... Our prayer for him is that he will, even in his young age, know God at work in his life and that Christ would save him at an early age...

We had a Cars themed party for Jonathan at our house which was great fun to plan and to host... We had all sorts of fun decor and snacks, and Jono especially enjoyed all the company... It was a great blessing to be able to have both Michael's and my parents down for the weekend... Jono apparently took his first step when Michael and I were out, but he's still not walking so we're waiting patiently to see him reach this next big milestone...


Our puppies bonding with my dad the night before the party

Jono enjoying his cymbals from mom and dad
Thanks to Ryan for helping me decorate the tables so beautifully

Some of the yummy food... Thanks Mom Perzl for the racecars and Mom Lear for the Sausauge rolls and cheese puffs

My attempt at Tow Mater cupcakes

Jono's Piston Cup cake
Making his entrance on Lightning McQueen

Jaden playing in the ball pit car