A week back from camping and this little guy discovers he can move forward, not just in circles on the spot!

Can't get better timing than that :-)

October has come and gone in a flash!  We enjoyed 2 weeks of holidays at the beginning of the month, which included a trip to Albany, a day at Araluen and just relaxing in general.  We spent a day out for Rod's birthday, had a party for him a week later, went to League Day and had a very interesting mission presentation by the Wildeboers amongst the everyday things. 

On to some photos...
- Albany -

 public holiday Monday saw us head to Cheyne's Beach with

 Glenn, Leonie and family and Fritz and Viv and family

 dolphins in the waves

9.October.2012
We caught up with Ingrid one morning to have nice snuggles with little Clayton

 Clayton 5 weeks and Levi 6 months

 11.October.2012
We spent a day at Araluen during the holidays with Mum, Annette, Heidi, Marleen, Mary, Diane Moesker and some other church people.  A group of volunteers run activities for the kids which is always fun. 
All the tulips were gone already but there's always lots of other other pretty flowers and interesting plants to look at. 

Olivia doing the clay activity with Marleen's girls Caitlin and Elisa as well as Skye and Vince vdVeen

 going for a 'train' ride :-) Olivia's on the second row and in 

front of her is Skye, Courtney and Vince

 Devon and Anya

20.October.2012
Rod's birthday fell on a Saturday this year so we headed to AQWA for the day

We all loved it, there's just so much to see and learn about the wonderful and amazing sea life off our coast! 

in the tunnel under the huge aquarium

bad phone photo quality but my camera battery was dying and I needed one with the birthday boy :)

at the touch pool

7 months old

hanging out in the hammock

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