August celebrations

We've been at it again...partying! Last Friday night we all went round to Ingrid and Paul's to celebrate Paul's 37th birthday. I was having a nice game of pool when I glanced up to see who the visitors were walking through the door and lo and behold it's my Oom Jurien and Tannie Connie from Melbourne! Ok, so everyone else seemed to know they were coming over except Rod and I - haha, at least we got a surprise :-) They had flown in that afternoon and were leaving again Sunday night. So a very quick visit to join in celebrating, Paul's, Mum's and my Tannie Rianne's birthdays! We had seen Tannie Connie not that long ago, in April I think when she flew to Holland with Mum, but it's been quite a few years since we've seen Oom Jurien, so it was really nice to catch up with him too.
Saturday morning we had a delicious breakfast at Dad and Mum's to celebrate Mum's 55th and Tannie Rianne's 40th birthdays. There was bacon and eggs, pikelets, all sorts of yummy muffins, yogurt and fruit and of course, coffee, tea, and juice. The weather was perfect, the company great and it was just a really nice, relaxing morning.

Charlene holding Damon, Denise (cousin Renier's gf), Renier, Caleb (cousin Carlien's fiance)
cousin Raymond, cousin Albert and Oom Jaap

Andrew (standing), Renee, Justin, Annette, Oom Jurien, Mary and cousin Ilonka

lots of Afrikaans chatting going on here I think

all the brothers and brother-in-laws on the Bosman side of the family:
Oom Jaap, Oom Jurien, Oom Ian (mum's brother),
Oom Michael (mum's other brother) and Dad

Kelita and Skye (cousin Eric and Mary's daughters),
Clarissa (cousin Ilonka and Jan's daughter) and cousin Anisha

cousin Istvan, Reindert and Kevin (Jan and Ilonka's sons) and cousin Roald

Dad and Mum with all their girls (apart from the 3 in Holland)

and an attempt at a family photo - not a good time for Devon, who
wasn't feeling well and was well and truly ready for a nap

A quick happy snap on Sunday with the aunt and uncle before they jet-setted off again