Missing Nadine

It has been just over two weeks that Nadine has been away in the States.

I find myself feeling miserable every now and then, and have realised its because at that moment I am missing her soooooooooooo much!

So thought to make up a list of some of the reasons we're missing her.

We miss .................

Early morning Family Prayer.

Early Mornings hearing her leave for work.

Lovely meals "A la Nadine"

Happy chatting at the end of a day.

My Window Live Messanger Buddy.

The tick of her lap top keys when she answers e-mails and writes on her blog.

Her Blog..lol

Her Shower Gel fragrance......lol

Shopping on Saturday mornings

Watching Chick Flicks together

Seeing her beautiful smile

Hearing her cute giggle.

Teasing her. (Luke)

Tickling and bugging her. (Dad)

Listening to sisters catch up chatter.

Emails with inspirational quotes and stories.

Hearing about Shimbala. (work)

Conversations about spiritual things

Dad cell phone ring tone..."I Love you baby....."

My Cell ring tone..." ring,ring,ring.."

Hearing about whats she's up to right now.

Knowing you so far away...makes us miss you more

Love you Nadine

xoxo

Bon Voyage

On Tuesday 27th April Nadine boarded a flight on Delta airlines at the OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg.
Her Destination......Sacramento, USA....for 4 whole weeks..... Lucky girl.
We went to bid her farewell on her EXCITED way.

She was so excited to be on her way we left for the airport at 3:45pm

Fetched Granny and Gramps on the way.

Some Tender Moments with Luke ...and Dad

Just before she went through the gates

Wishing you aw onderful trip Twinkle Toes!.. Make evey moment count.

Love you lots and miss you.

Mwhaa

Wonderful Surprise

When I was in High school I had to change Music teachers as my teacher became ill.
The music school that I then attended offered classes in many instruments and formed an orchestra, in which I played the violin. (we were just all beginners) The reason I did violin lessons was because my brother had played and so we had 2 instruments in our home.
But I always have wanted to play the flute.

Well last week I had a wonderful surprise!!
Rob bought me a flute.

My Darling husband had remembered all these years that I had the desire to play this instrument. THANK YOU!

I am so excited to be able to learn to play this instrument. I really love the sound of flute music.

Our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Zeus developed a tumour on his left leg in about October 2009.
The vet said it was cancer and that it would eventually move to his lungs.

So very sadly we had to say goodbye to Zeus. I took him to be put down on the 1st March.

Zeus was 9 years old and a delightful pet. He loved to swim with us. He enjoyed jumping onto Luke's bed to say goodmorning. He always wanted to be where we were. Loved sneaking into the house to lie at the door. He was very affectionate and an excellent watch dog. We miss him.

Okay, so I know its more than a month later now....... I am getting old now so a bit slower.

2009 found us celebrating our traditional "Christmas Eve" Dinner twice.

The first with our good friends.

The Jordans ( who were in Australia on the real "Chrismas Eve")

Elder Jordon is not photographed as He is on mission.

And the Stolps.

Can you believe it?, didn't get a picture of gorgeous baby Samuel, he slept the whole evening.

We feel so blessed to have them in our lives. We love you guys.

The second one with Granny and Gramps and it was delightful to have my grand nephew Ray join us.
I just love Christmas Mornings, we all shared our feeling about the Saviour this year, and it was a touching experience for me. I am so grateful that we have a knowledge of Jesus Christ and understand He is our Saviour.

After opening gifts and enjoying the delight of others as they received gifts choosen with such care we had a wonderful breakfast, outside under the trees.

Living in Sunny South Africa allows us to enjoy the outdoors on Christmas.

Had such fun playing water Volleyball..

Please note Rob makes it impossible to win... he made Nadine laugh so much she couldn't even focus on the ball never mind hit it. Gran and Gramps were hosing themselves. And Sasha HAS to be on the winning team.

What a lovely time of the year, where we get to spend lots of time together.

Lukes Quote of the Day.

"Give love a chance and it will perfect everything it touches. If you have no other quality than the quality of love, you can succeed with it alone. Without love, even though you may possess all knowledge, you fail."