The last few weeks have been super emotional for us as we heard about the passing of Jason Powell. Fortunately Ella was able to fly down to Cape Town and attend the funeral, which was both special but difficult. The morning started of turbo early in order to get the twins ready, us ready and El to the airport in time for her 8am flight. We managed well but then heard that El's flight was to be delayed 40 mins, and then 5 mins later, that it would be delayed 4 hours! We panicked a little but committed it to prayer and unbelievably they managed to sort El out on a 9am flight, so she only landed an hour later than planned. I fetched the twins after creche and had the privilege of having them both to myself! Hard work, but well worth it. Jessica was up in JHB so she joined Ant and I for supper, bringing pizza and good company. El's flight was due to land at 00:50, so once the twins were asleep I got the coffee pot on and headed to bed for an hour or so before waking up and ensuring that Ant was wide awake, with coffee in his hand, to be on standby for the twins whilst I headed off to the airport to fetch El. El had a full day of seeing family and friends, and came back with an even greater longing for our home city. We continue to pray for Nicole and family.
Eli and Grace grow ever more active and mobile, they really are a blessing every single day! Last weekend we decided it was high time to buy high chairs... which, after a short trip to Baby City, we did. Whoever invented high chairs is a genius! They have totally made meal and snack time so much easier for us, and especially for El who often has to feed the twins alone because I'm at work. The chairs that we bought pack away nicely in the dining room and have wheels, so we can easily move them around as needed. They can also recline, so if supper goes pear-shaped, we can just recline and bottle-up!
Anthony has returned to Cape Town and our house has returned to just the four of us.
El's birthday is on Wednesday and I have some surprises up my sleeve, I can't believe that she'll be 27, really awesome, but it does mean that my next birthday is the big three zero. GOD has been so good to us, as we both near our thirties we are so blessed to be married and have two amazing children.
As you can see from the pics, it's been really cold this winter, so we've had to keep well dressed to keep warm. Eli and Grace look so cute in their bulky clothing and have been so good as we layer them in outfits. Grace likes to pull Eli over, but he likes the attention, so they play well... so far.
That's all for now! Missing you all so much!
Monday, 26 July 2010
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Finally, we have finished our TV cabinet! Just in time too, as Gracie took her first few centimetres of independent mobility on Sunday evening... scroll down for the clip if you haven't seen it yet.
Eli has not been too happy the last two days, just really niggly and not sleeping well, so we're all feeling a little exhausted. El has been going to gym again and is feeling fit and strong, her yoga classes are pretty turbo, so she's been feeling it in every muscle! I will hopefully be joining gym too, just need to find out the details through Discovery.
We celebrated Catherine Smit's birthday with her and the family on Sunday with a tea after church and landed up staying for lunch and well into the late afternoon. Letti is visiting at the mo, so it was a chilled and enjoyable day for us. Whilst we were there, we discovered that there is yet another hole in the fence between their house and our cottage as we were greeted several times by Fox and Pooh bear, Honey is too big to fit through... Hopefully, with all the renovations and new building, a new fence will be erected.
Anthony is still staying with us and hopefully we'll get to see Ian in two weeks time as he'll be up here for work, and then the following week it's Ella's birthday, so lots of exciting things planned for that! But it's all a surprise, so you'll have to wait to hear about that.
This Saturday we will be having a pap & chakalaka drive with our home group, we've asked the church to donate the goods and we're going to package them into family parcels for our mission team to take out on Saturday afternoon. We also have a ton of blankets and jerseys to send out, so it should be a busy Saturday.
Missing you all tons,
LOTS of love and blessings
Eli has not been too happy the last two days, just really niggly and not sleeping well, so we're all feeling a little exhausted. El has been going to gym again and is feeling fit and strong, her yoga classes are pretty turbo, so she's been feeling it in every muscle! I will hopefully be joining gym too, just need to find out the details through Discovery.
We celebrated Catherine Smit's birthday with her and the family on Sunday with a tea after church and landed up staying for lunch and well into the late afternoon. Letti is visiting at the mo, so it was a chilled and enjoyable day for us. Whilst we were there, we discovered that there is yet another hole in the fence between their house and our cottage as we were greeted several times by Fox and Pooh bear, Honey is too big to fit through... Hopefully, with all the renovations and new building, a new fence will be erected.
Anthony is still staying with us and hopefully we'll get to see Ian in two weeks time as he'll be up here for work, and then the following week it's Ella's birthday, so lots of exciting things planned for that! But it's all a surprise, so you'll have to wait to hear about that.
This Saturday we will be having a pap & chakalaka drive with our home group, we've asked the church to donate the goods and we're going to package them into family parcels for our mission team to take out on Saturday afternoon. We also have a ton of blankets and jerseys to send out, so it should be a busy Saturday.
Missing you all tons,
LOTS of love and blessings
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