Time for a bit of an update again...

Olivia had taken out a book from the library about things to do with modelling clay so these two decided to make a porcupine that was in there.  

aren't they cute?

School has been going again for 3 weeks already but before that we could enjoy 2 weeks of holidays. We just had a nice time taking it easy in the mornings, visiting a few people, going to the library and Olivia had a craft morning which was organised by some ladies from our church.  But the highlight of the holidays had to be a trip on the train to the city.  We ended up going with Ingrid, Courtney and Anya, Annette and Damon, Renee, Oom Jaap and Tannie Yvonne, Marleen, Elisa and Caitlin. The weather was just magic, the kids were all well behaved :-) and all in all it was a really nice day out. 

Friday, 20th of July 2012

the kids enjoying the ferry ride across the river

Oom Jaap and Tannie Yvonne with some random South African lady and Marleen on the end

our beautiful city!

just another glorious winter's day...

G'day Mum!

just chillin'

Elisa and Olivia enjoying the swings

After a little play at the park we headed back across the river and went to watch this funny show called 'Big Top Olympians'... a cross between circus acts and events played at the Olympics.  The humour was very dry and most of it went way over the top of the kids heads but I thought it was pretty funny :)

this guy was doing the men's gymnastics on the rings, except he didn't have rings, he twisted the ropes around his arms!

Men's gymnastics - floor routine...

all three contestants in their very sexy outfits...

 

hello Renee!

 she's such a champ of an aunty...she looked after Levi just so that

                     I could watch the Olympics show, seeing as no prams were allowed in there

My aunty Connie came over from Melbourne to spend a week in Albany with my Aunty Rianne who is undergoing chemo to treat her cancer.  After her week down there she spent the weekend in
Perth so we all caught up with her at Dad and Mum's on Sunday after our afternoon church service.

Sunday, 29th of July 2012

all the tantes...Charlene, Tannie Connie, Annette and Heidi

Paul, Mum, Marcel and Justin

Levi having chats with Opa

watching old (and embarrassing) home videos

 This was the Monday when Tannie Connie left; Mum rang to say that they were going to Gloria Jeans for a coffee so would we like to join them?  Well, who's going to say no to that?!

 Devon and I, Marleen and Caitlin, Tannie Yvonne, Tannie Connie,

 Mum, Damon, Jorden, Heidi and Dad enjoying a cuppa

such a beautiful sunny day!

just for a change...

our 4 month old happily playing under his play gym

3 months

                  Levi has found a friend in the mirror

Here are still some photos from a post that I started on a while ago...
I'll try to get some more recent ones up soon!

Olivia showed him for her news :-)

love how he has to stretch so much when he wakes up

our three gorgeous blessings

waking up is a big joke

and very tiring!

Having chats with Dad

and Nanna
(just over 2 months here)

March celebrations...

Once again we had a very busy month of March celebrating birthdays and anniversaries.
Anya could celebrate her 3rd birthday on the 7th, then on the 11th Dad and Mum could remember 35 years of marriage and Marcel turned 21! We all went to their house that Sunday to enjoy coffee and cake together...

Marcel with his nieces - Anya, Naomi, Courtney and Olivia
(Chanel must've been hiding somewhere)

a fancy wakeboarding cake courtesy of Renee :-)

Then on the 13th Olivia turned 6 and had a few of the girls in her class over after school for a party.

Hooray for Olivia!

the birthday girl with her butterfly cake

playing pass-the-parcel

and pin the tail on the donkey

one spoilt girl!

On Saturday the 17th we had a BBQ dinner party with friends and family to celebrate Dad and Mum's 35th wedding anniversary. It was a perfect autumn's evening for it - no wind and not too hot or cold. The company was lovely and the food delicious.

Renee and Ingrid put together a photo board displaying
some memories over the past years

check out my trendy Mum and Dad!
not sure who the lady with the long hair is...

Oom Michael, Dad, Annette and Damon

Devon was quite obsessed with this chair all night

enjoying each others company in
Paul and Ingrid's beautiful gardens

the men cooking up a storm

Then on Monday the 19th we could celebrate our 7th anniversary and Devon's 3rd birthday!

he got a drill set and lawn mower and the trampoline was a present
for both their birthdays

a front end loader from Opa and Oma

a toy bin, golf clubs and colouring book from Anya and Damon

gardening stuff from Nanna, Pop and Rosie

hip hip hooray for Devon
Don't you love his shirt? Viv painted it for his birthday

and a close up of his cake - I had some fun using my new piping kit

and the birthday boy with all his presents

for dinner we got takeaway and went down to the park to eat it
They have a cool flying fox there which we had fun on...

On the 23rd Renee turned 18 and Courtney turned 6 so the following Saturday we went to Rockingham foreshore for a get together

sisters with the birthday girl - Charlene had to work
We also got told that morning the very special news that Paul and Ingrid are expecting
a baby in October! So there's actually 3 pregnant women on this photo :-)

and the men: Rod, Paul, Marcel, Justin and Damon

and just a picture of the little bag I sewed for Courtney's birthday