Sculptures by the Sea

Thought I may as well make the most of these last few warm summery days and the fact I only have one child to look after :-) and go to Cottesloe beach. I went last week with Annette because it was a very hot day and they had the 'Sculptures by the Sea' expo there, so we checked out that out too. Some very way out there stuff (like sculptures of dead kangaroos with all their insides hanging out) but also some really neat ones, like the watch. making sand castles with Olivia

Annette being vain and taking photos of herself

Olivia and Annette in front of the old sea containers

Love this one!

Another good one

Giant plug

amazing detail

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Cottesloe beach - just in case you'd forgotten what it looks like Tin ;-)

Busselton

So finally here are some photos of what we got up to while in Busselton for the Labour Day long weekend! We left late Thursday afternoon already so at least we had all of Friday to enjoy down there. Paul and Ingrid and Dad and Mum were there Thursday too. Friday was beautiful and sunny so we headed to the beach which was only a 1min drive from our caravan park :-)

We had the beach pretty much to ourselves!

Digging a 'pool' for the girls to play in

Courtney and Olivia enjoying their pool

the van der Schaaf family :-)

On Saturday we headed down to Yallingup (a 20min drive south of our caravan park) and spent the day at a beach there.

Naomi and Olivia in the freezing cold water


with my wonderful sisters Renee and Annette

Naomi, Olivia, Courtney and Chanel enjoying their dinner

what girls do on Sunday between services...paint their toenails

What guys do between services...read magazines

On Sunday evening, my aunty Rianne had organised for a few family and friends who live down Bunbury/Busselton way to come to our caravan park after the afternoon service to still celebrate her husband, Michael's birthday - he's my mum's youngest brother. So then I finally got to meet my cousin Klaas, his wife Lindy and their 3 kids, who have now been living here for 2 years!

Annette, Ilonka (another cousin), Lindy and Klaas jnr

Heidi and Aunty Rianne catching up

Dad and his brother Klaas, who's here with his wife tante Fenna from Holland,
visiting their children Klaas, Ilonka and Eric

the 'Bosman' cousins - Albert (lying down), Roald, Raymond,
Renee, Anisha, Rensha and Rolinda

There must have been some sort of hot rod club gathering over the weekend
because there were very cool hot rods every where!
This one and his caravan were in the same caravan park as us.

Monday morning - Rod, Olivia and I went for a walk along the beach and it was just magic!

It was just so flat and calm, but an hour later the wind had picked up,
the clouds had come in and it was all wintry and blustery!

Girly group shot before we left
(minus Annette)

Comparing tummies (again)...I win hands down!
Who would have thought Ingrid would have her baby by that Saturday!

And of course a last one of Opa and Oma with their 4 cheeky granddaughters
Naomi, Courtney, Chanel and Olivia

27!

Yep! That's how old I turned on Wednesday! Bit scary seeing as then it's only 3 more years till I turn 30...mmm, now that sounds old! But who cares really; you're only as old as you feel :-)

Well, I had a nice relaxing day. In the morning I went out for coffee with Olivia, Mum, Annette and Marleen and Elisa at a really nice cafe/restaurant up in hills not that far from our house. Nothing beats an iced chocolate and cheesecake! In the afternoon I didn't do much...just went to the library and then caught up with Sonja who was up from Albany for a few days while her hubby Eric was in Sydney for work. They've just had a baby girl so I got to see her and have a little cuddle :-) At night Rod had a (short) meeting and Mum and Dad popped round for a cuppa.
Olivia was sooo excited that it was my birthday, it was quite cute. She was telling Rod exactly what he had to do...put up streamers and balloons, get a birthday cake and candles etc. And in the morning, when she saw the decorations she remembered it was my birthday so she raced back to her bedroom shouting, "I've got a present for you!" So after hopping back in our bed and opening the present (a rain gauge) she says, "Oh, I've got another one for you!" and off she goes again. I can't wait to see her reaction when it's her birthday - she's really looking forward to it because then she'll be 3 and then finally the baby will come! It must be hard waiting for all these things to happen when you're so young.

Marleen, Annette, Mum, me and Olivia enjoying our
drinks and cakes...yummy!

This cream is sooo good!

Happy chappy Elisa

And just a photo of my big tummy at 34 weeks. I've almost had enough of being pregnant now...sick of getting up every hour at night to go to the loo, sick of not being able to enjoy my food at night, sick of not being able to lie in bed comfortably at night...ok, that's enough whinging. I just can't wait to meet this baby and hold my very own newborn again! I'm sure these negative thoughts will pass...we're going camping with my whole family at the end of the month so that's something to look forward to :-)

Olivia showing off her big tummy - she has a baby in there too you know

Shed extension

So here's a bit of a photo update of the work Rod (with the help of his mates) have done on the shed extension...it's getting there! I can't wait till it's all finished so we can clear out the office a bit and get it ready for the baby...only 5 more weeks till my due date! This is what it used to look like...

Tearing down the old shed

Using the bobcat to clear and level the dirt

Up goes the frame

In goes the concrete floor

Bacon and eggs for brekky for all the helpers
L-R: Marcel, Tony de Man, Paul B, Ed Bruning, Rod and Michael

Olivia the supervisor

Finishing off the concrete with the helicopter

Mike and Rod putting up the frames for the internal walls.

Mike's a roof carpenter so it didn't take him long to knock up the frames. They've now also sheeted one wall and Dad has started putting in the wiring for the lights and power points! The first section is where we'll park the camper trailer and next to that will be the garden shed (rear) and the storeroom (front, where the window is). Looking good hey!

Australia Day

Ok, so it's been a while ago that we had our Australia Day (Jan.26) long weekend but here's still some pics of what we got up to on the Monday...spent most of the day at the beach of course!

Oom Jaap, Rod, Dad (snoozing), Mum and Tannie Yvonne
Courtney and Olivia enjoying their burger rings

Olivia enjoying her LCM bar from Oma

some beach cricket action with the 'neighbours' who were also from the church
(Tim & Cora Houweling, Bert & Agatha Veenedaal,
Phil & Lisa Houweling and Rev& Mrs vander Jagt)
A tired little girl
At night we went to Armadale and watched the fireworks - Olivia's first :-)
She thought they were pretty cool...
...just very loud! She sat like this the whole time!