Another HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I Celebrated my 34th Birthday this week!

Can you believe it!

34!

I can't!

How did I get here so quickly...

 But, life is good again... seems to be back on track...

I have this wonderful man in my life that has helped me find my Joy again, helped me feel calm, happy..

and then there are these people...

Each one holds a special place in my heart... a little family.. somehow we have come full circle and we are a family again... we are happy ... content!

and of course the two little munchkins.... here with my Brother in law, Eddie...

my sweet, sweet girl Jessica and my nephew Wardus, little busy bee!

Our family could not be complete without the busy-ness and happiness that these two bring.. they have completed our picture!

 We had a lovely day filled with fun and all the people I love the most!!

Here's to many years with all the people of my ♥!

XXX

Her Nursery School Christmas Party...

There was swimming (at 2 years old she is a real little fish in the water)

and more swimming...

There was jumping

a puppet show

Balloon bending

A nursery rhyme concert with little angels as the stars of the show

and...

a Christmas gift  of course....

We had such a fun day! Packed with busy babies and some awesome moments....

Hooray for Christmas time and the time we get to spend together!

Sweet weekends...

Our weekend was filled with sweetness.... from real sweetness in terms of delicious dessert decadence (will tell you some more a little later), to sweet cousins visiting and a seriously sweet Saturday spent with 4 generations of ladies (in the pic in the middle (right), there are 4 generations of eldest daughters)!

We spent a wonderful day at my mothers house, with my sister, gran and my mom's youngest sister. Mss J took to her cousins (whom she had never met) and they were absolute darlings! It was a day of splashing in the baby pool, lots of cuddles and love shared between family members....(as featured above between Miss J and my darling sister)...

September = Spring in South Africa (volume 1)

September marked the arrival of spring in South Africa.... beautiful warm weather.... sunny days and blossoms on the trees .... it has been a beautiful month... Over the next few posts I will share some of the things we have been getting up to this spring...

This past weekend was so warm that Jessica and her new best friend from across the road Jason decided that they needed to cool down...

We had such a fun day! The sprayers were put on and the kids got to play in the water (at least watered the grass at the same time is the way I justified  the wastefulness of this little indulgence).

Some spring blooms seen in this collage just begged to be captured....

Oh!! How I love Spring and the promise it holds. Warm, sunny days and another winter past....

Restoring weekends.......

Our weekend away: these photo's are actually in the wrong order... so you should be looking at them from the bottom up, but I just didn't have the time to try and upload them again, these took ages to get on here as it is ....... happy viewing.....

Jessica in pensive mood ......... note comment about water and being calm lower down ......... great when you have a 2 year old :-)

Hubby very busy rigging the boat for the first time. Had to scratch heads a bit, but got it done in the end....

Mommy and Jessica on the paddleski late afternoon ......... the most glorious sunsets!

Daddy having a ball on the water ..... hiking out and sailing that little boat to the nines!!!!

YAY! We love it at the Dam....

That's it ... boat rigged and ready to go.....

Jessie enjoying the view .... the water had such a calming effect on her!

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So back on the subject of Sunshine.... this past weekend was one of the best of examples of how nature just restores your soul....

We have this weekend spot where we go to recharge... we do a little sailing.... relaxing.... reading...

Lazy days on the water and under the trees....

It is what we do to stay sane.....

Sunshine ....

I love sunshine.....

Yes, I know everybody likes sunshine, but I love it! Iwas driving home yesterday, and this ray of light came through my windscreen and I realised I LOVE SUNSHINE! With our seasons changing and the winter chill fading, our souls come out of hibernation and Sunshine seems to feed that....

My happiest spaces are filled with rays of sun.... from happy days on sunny beaches, to quiet afternoons with a book and a ray of light shining through a window. From fun days sailing on the dam, to sleepy afternoons on a blanket under the trees...... they all have one common thread.... sunshine.......