Kruger Park Lodge

Last year's holiday to Kruger Park Lodge was a really fun time to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature...

And I just loved being able to see my favorite flower, the frangapani, again... And this time I got to bring my own frangapani tree home... Thanks Cynthia...

And it was also good to be able to spend time with the family... It was especially great to see my cousin from Australia- Dudley...
Michael, my dad an Cynthia went on a quick ride down the river just outside our chalet, which was great fun but really tiring and hot... Of course I could only watch but I enjoyed taking photos of them just before they went under the lapa...

Then Dudley, Clinton, Michael and Cynthia decided to go an a much longer river rafting experience, which also proved to be great fun for them... One thing they didn't know until after the rafting was finished was that there was a crocodile spotted on the path that they took... Scary...

Another regular visitor was this little bird who found his own reflection to be the most fascinating thing around, and so every day you would find him flying madly up and down Stevens car pecking at his reflection...

All in all the holiday was lots of fun, and Michael and I were really blessed to be able to go with the family...

Aloha!!!

On the Saturday after my 21st birthday we celebrated by having friends and family over for a fun filled Hawaiian themed party... This came with the yummiest pina colada cocktails, fruit punches, 3 types of meat on a spit, a variety of salads and breads and lots more... After everyone arrived we played some games, the first was a fishing game in which different fish came with different prizes. We then played a drum competition, a hula hooping competition, a bubble blowing competition, a best looking fish face competition and one to see who could break a coconut open first... Ryan was very proud of cracking his coconut open before all the others, including LP... We then went on to enjoy the feast, well most of the guests actually took part in a treasure hunt first in a race to see who could find the treasure first... Surprisingly clues got mixed up along the way and the game was over much sooner than I thought it would be but all in all it was really fun... Towards the end of the evening awards were presented for the best dressed and for the winner of the treasure hunt... A few of the guys also decided to play limbo... I must say I was quite surprised at how low Vince could go... Thank you to everyone who helped out with the planning of the evening, especially my mom who did most of the work, and to everyone who could come and join in all the fun with us... It was a really special evening...

Ryan and I

The out-laws, I mean in-laws

My mom and dad



LP, Jason and Vince playimg survivor



Ryan with his cracked coconut

Jason opening his treasure chest

Best dressed, um, female...

Best dressed under 18

Vince doing the limbo

Me and my wonderful husband

A visit from the Louws

For the past few days we have had LP, Jackie, Grace, Netjie, and Rachel staying with us... It has been such a blessing to spend time chatting, playing board games and relaxing with them... It was especially lekker to have 3 little kids in our home and to see how they are all growing up...

Chocolate pumpkin cake

For a few months now we've been trying to think of how to get Glen to eat some pumpkin, and his birthday provided a perfect opportunity... Vince and I thought we would do this in the form of a yummy chocolate pumpkin pie... It's a very easy recipe, just take a box of instant chocolate cake mix and add about a cup and a half of pumpkin and an egg or two to get the right consistency and there you have it, a yummy cake... And the best thing is that nobody can tell it has any pumpkin in it, it tastes like normal cake... Glen really enjoyed eating the cake, but unfortunately after he found out it had pumpkin in it he couldn't eat any more of it and is now suspicious of all cakes...

Milky lane with the Sunday school

On Monday some of the sunday school teachers and the year for lifers took the SUnday school kids to milky lane as a reward for good attendance during the past term... There were 17 kids in total... Just imagine the confusion with the orders when the arrived at the table... But it was a fun occasion in any case...

Dad's 50th

Friday afternoon and into the evening was my dad's half century and Steven's 60th birthday party... I especially enjoyed making 3 collages for the party... One of my dad's childhood years, one of my dads more recent life, and one of steven... My dad had a great time and enjoyed seeing friends he hasn't seen in a while and also enjoyed recieving a surprise message from his friend Peter in Australia... Just for fun I have added a photo of my dad as a child below...

Whitney's kitchen tea

Last weekend was quite interesting, the first event was to go to Whitney's kitchen tea on Friday afternoon... It was very cool to be able to see her and Leyna again... And of course to see Whitney all wrapped up and looking funny sitting in a basket... Haha...