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...

Visiting from New Zealand

Last week Saturday I went to visit my friend from high school who is visiting from New Zealand, Michelle Geyer... She left just after we finished matric so I haven't seen her in a really long time... It seems that New Zealand has had quite an impact on her... She now has quite a nice accent and is working part time at a christian creche and studying part time as well... Her sister Tracey has grown so much since I last saw her... She is now in what is the equivalent of grade 11 in South Africa...  I also saw Alicia there and we all had a great time of catching up... Really fun morning...

From left to right: Alicia, Me, Michelle