2008 December

We went to Uncle Jumbos Party for the first time. The kids were kept busy from 6pm to 9pm while the parents relaxed with a drink or 2. There was a band, Noddy was there, and father Christmas came early.

It was that time of year again. Shirley was behind on her contract to ID ascidians for the USA based Sea Samples, a National Cancer Institute sponsored project. So the kids went to St Francis for a week. I also took a few days off and babysat them on the beach. A good time was had by all and the weather was great.

I was off from 20th Dec to 4th Jan, needless to say the weather was atrocious over that time.

We went to St Francis for Christmas this year. It was very quiet but enjoyable. The kids were spoilt rotten with too many presents again!

Kayra's 4th birthday on the 31st went well. We were blessed with great weather and the part continued into the night for New Years.

Hope you all had a merry Christmas and a great New Year!

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2008 November

Shirley was a bit behind on one of her overseas contracts, so the girls went on a weeks holiday to ouma and oupa in St Francis. It was the 1^st time for Jorja, all went well. They were very happy to see us, but wanted to stay longer!

Jorja has started cycling. She hasn't got the whole peddling thing, cant get the pedal right round so she does a forward / back pedal move to get around. Correction, it took her a day and a half to figure that out. She is now peddling like a pro.

Kayra went to open day at Beachwood, the pre-primary school she is going to next year. Shirley couldn't get the kids away.

The end of year office party went well, although the next day was a bit of a problem. There were a few karaoke divas that kept us entertained.

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2008 October

The braai is finally finished. Two weeks before Tim's birthday we decided to tile the floor and get it over and done. What a job, 151 40cmx40cmx4cm tiles @ 25kg = over 3 tonnes. It took us the Saturday to get most of the tiles down. The Sunday to do most of the trimming around the edges. And Monday to finish off and tile the table tops.

We had about 40 people around for Tim's birthday and can say the the braai is now well and truly tested and works fine. The braai area has made a big difference to the house and we are sure to use it very often.

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2008 September

Worked hard on the braai when the weather played with.

We spent and afternoon at the the miniature train tracks. Kids and parents enjoyed themselves.

We went to St Francis and for once the weather played with. For the first time the kids managed to walk most of the way around Shark Point.

Ouma Elze managed to reverse into our car. Luckily the damage wasn't too bad.

We went to Addo for a weekend. Aunty Brenda and Massimo were also there but we only saw them in the evenings. They were busy mapping the 4x4 trails for NavTeq. We were very lucky to see Rhinos at the water hole both nights. We also saw a hyena, not something that happens everyday.

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