Vist from the Twins

It was so nice to see Daniel and Emma again, even though it was because of tragic circumstance, they had lost their Grandmother just after Christmas.
The family are all doing very well, and the children were so happy to play with Rachel as they hadn't been with any children their age, since the death with all the comings and going that they had done. Emma and Daniel look so much like their mother.

Visit to the Saxon Seven

We went to visit the rest of the family on boxing day, down in La Lucia. Rachel had a ball of a time playing with her 2nd Cousins (I think that's what they are). First she was playing with Kaitlyn building blocks, then it was notice that she was playing hide and seek with Tessa, pressing their heads against the window, to try and find Kaitlyn. We mustn't for get the budding Architect in Uncle Garth, who also joined the fun. It was great to catch up on news that was happening in the extended family, who now refer to themselves as the "Saxon Seven", rather appropriately

Fun in the Sun

One of Daddy's and Rachel's presents for Christmas was a "slip and Slide" or they call it a "splash and shoak"
Daddy put it up the very next day and fun was had, lucky the weather held up and Rachel as able to really enjoy the fun in the water. Not to sure where we are going to use this slide once the drive way come up, but we'll jump off that bridge when we get there, for now Rachel has really been making the most of her time with her parents as have the parents with Rachel.
Rachel is such a blessing to this family!

Christmas fun for everyone!

Christmas time was a very busy time for this family, having had Christmas eve dinner with the Morris clan, and then after Christmas day service having Christmas lunch with the Yon-Ellis family, fun was had by all. The cousins, Evangeline and Rachel, ate their dinner by themselves, like really big girls. They really enjoyed Aunty Eve's traditional Christmas fillet. By the end of the evening Rachel was so exhausted that even Aunty Bee couldn't get her to smile.
Presents on Christmas morning were enjoyed by all, but with Rachel the most important thing was opening the presents up, needles to say, Mom and Dad never got to open any presents this year as their little Christmas elf, was there. The bubble bunny was a really hit, and the girls had endless fun catching the bubbles and dancing around them.
The Christmas lunch was just as exciting, and filling, and everyone enjoyed themselves. Rachel was spoiled again with a lovely tea-set, that she used to make us all tea after lunch. Daddy got spoiled as well, with clothes. By the end of the evening Rachel gave us a great show with her Christmas necklace that has dayglow colours in the dark.
Jesus really blessed us this Christmas with all the fun and laughter, even though she couldn't have the Olds with us. God willing one Christmas soon!

Things have changed

I know, I know it has been a long time since there has been an update, almost 2 years to be exact. Well, I thought you should know we are all alive and well. Rachel has grown up so much. As you see in these pictures over the last 4 Christmas's. Rachel has turned into a real young lady. Mom is finding it hard to keep up with the lady like things that she wants done. But she is such a blessing. Lets hope that this is not going to be the last blog for a while. We hope that time becomes available to keep everyone up dated.

It is so hard to believe that time has gone so quickly. We all had such a wonderful Christmas and we pray that 2011, is full of fun and laughter. Mommy is studying at the moment and with the support of both Daddy and Rachel, Mom should be able to complete this coming year with flying colours.
Till next time!

Visiting Time again

This time we got a chance to go and see Rachel's Cousins in Greenwood Park, Jizelle is now 4 and Romano is 7 years old, they have great fun playing with Rachel and watch out for her alot. Rachel loves playing with Jizelles shoes and always hides them from her. Rachel has been so blessed getting a lot of hand-me-downs from Jizelle, so one day she will get those shoes she loves to hide from her at the moment.

We also got to see our good friends the Scrooby's, we had a braai and also got to swim, we got delayed Christmas presents that Rachel enjoyed opening for all of us, even their little dog, Angel got in on the fun.

Our trip to Mitchell Park

Rachel had great fun at Mitchel Park, this was our second visit to the Park and we notice a difference in Rachel's intrests, she was more curious about the birds then the monkeys or other animals, which I found very intresting. She also loved the big fish. Great fun was had by all that Day.