Monday, August 29, 2011

Church Camp - River of Joy

We went on our church camp this weekend to River of Joy. It is about 20km from our home. We stayed in a lovely chalet and the grounds are beautiful. There is plenty of space for the kids to play and a lovely hall for our meetings. The kids had so much fun and we didn't see Callyn all weekend as he played with his good friend, Michael, all weekend! He didn't even surface to eat - we had to call him!

Our guest speakers were Mark and Collette from Johannesberg. they used to live in Ballito and led a church there and now they have a church in Jhb.

It was Vicky-Lee's birthday party and all the kids were so excited! The cake was made by her big brother, Matthew, who is 17. It was delicious! The icing was marshmallow fondante - it even tastes good!

Jordy loves "baby Caleb"! She has always called him that as we have another Caleb in our church who is "big Caleb"! Baby Caleb is exactly 2 years younger than Jordy but he is almost as tall but Jordy treats him like a little brother and always holds his hand and looks after him!! It's too cute! In the bottom middle picture, Caleb is kissing his big sister, Jenna, and on the left he is kissing  Jessie!
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Spring is in the air!

We made this bird feeder the other day. There was a big blob of peanut butter covered with bird seeds and the next day it was all gone. The birds must have loved it!

I noticed the rose bush outside Callyn's bedroom is starting to flower!


Yay! We can't wait for warmer weather where kids play outside in the sand pit and the pool!


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Sunday, August 21, 2011

7 Dams

Last weekend we all went riding at 7 dams. There are some steep rocky bits and also some water crossings! At this one, Callyn was scared at first but once he saw his Dad ride through the water, he was confident enough to try! And then he did it a few times and even helped Jordy with her bike!





At the next crossing, we had to ride over a little wooden bridge floating in the green, slimy, smelly water. Jordy insisted on trying but went too slowly and toppled over into the horrid water! It was so funny but she cried as she got a fright and said it was cold! And boy, did she smell! Unfortunately there are no pics!
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Roxy's Birthday


Roxy turned 3 today and Callyn and Jordy insisted on giving her a party!



Callyn put 3 candles in a chocolate cup cake and lit them (with my help).



And she even blew them out all by herself. She did share the cup cake with Chucky!
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The Pool


We had the fire department come to fill up our pool that has just been fibre glassed. The kiddies were so excited and watched the whole procedure! We also had some paving done!
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