Some Sunday Fun :)

Just BECAUSE.... we CAN!!!

Last night when just relaxing at home, luke and i decided to have some fun... I absolutely love these photos of my little brother! Isnt he just so handsome!!! Love him to pieces!

"GRIN"

This one has to be one of my favourites out of the bunch of him and i...

SHOCKER!!! Mom is kissing me!!! AHHH!!! hahaha

A mothers love!

Can you feel the love!!?!? he's trying to strangle me here...

Funny face??

Classic Moment!So SO FUN!!

Daily Gems...

Weathering Storms with Optimism “There are cycles of good and bad times, ups and downs, periods of joy and sadness, and times of plenty as well as scarcity. When our lives turn in an unanticipated and undesirable direction, sometimes we experience stress and anxiety. One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic. Perhaps when difficulties and challenges strike, we should have these hopeful words of Robert Browning etched in our minds: 'The best is yet to be' ("Rabbi Ben Ezra," in Charles W. Eliot, ed., The Harvard Classics, 50 vols. [1909–10], 42:1103).”L. Tom Perry, "Let Him Do It with Simplicity", Ensign, Nov. 2008, 7

Kodac Moment....

Ok so i have decided that every Saturday...Hopefully, i will post a kodac moment either from my "picture archives" or just a lucky shot i happen to capture at any given time... 

Here is my first one, This was taken at my Aunt's Farm in Hermanus when i was on my vacation in CapeTown last December. I've been playing around with my photoshop with new actions and brushes, 

Dinner at Casalinga...YUM!

Wednesday night was one of those rushed days... but we unwound by going out to dinner at this fabulous Italian Restuarant... Casalinga... Very exclusive, it is one of those resaurants that unless you have made a reservation there is no way you could just walk in on a whim and have a table.
Surprisingly for the middle of the week, it was really really busy, full even.  And useless fact... Gary Players daughter owns and runs it.

It was a nice break for the middle of the week, the food was divine, and so was the company.

Me & Mina, My favourite girlie...

Gian Franco...lol we have a inside joke about this particular pose :)

Mina & Kirsty

Aunty Liz, my other mom away from home at the moment:)

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Random picture, but truly really cool, they had this upside down christmas tree hanging from one of the ceiling beams, who would have thought? It makes it easier for walking around, and gives more space in the restuarnt

Us Girlies

Happy Birthday Mommy!!!

Happy birthday mom! You are one of the most sincere and wonderful people i know!
Thankyou for your kind spirit and your support in everything! Ever since i can remember i have to just ask and you were always willing to help us out, or give advice! My life is truly blessed because i have a mother like you to call mine.

A Child's Angel

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.

So one day he asked God:

They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow

but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?

Among the many angels, I chose one for you.

She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.

But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile,

that's enough for me to be happy.

Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day.

And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.

And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me,

if I don't know the language that men talk?

Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear,

and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.

And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?

Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.

I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?

Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.

Your angel will always talk to you about me and

will teach you the way for you to come back to me,

even though I will always be next to you.

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven,

but voices from earth could already be heard,

and the child in a hurry asked softly:

Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.

Your angel's name is of no importance, you will call your angel:

Mommy

...Author Unknown

Thankyou for being my angel mommy! I love you with all my heart! And i am so greatful that i get to spend eternity with you!

A Greatful Heart...Definitly! & Update...

I know i have stolen mom's heading from her first blog, but today i truly do have a grateful heart!

The saying "When one door closes another one opens" is most definitly true, and extremely valid!
Through out the years, despite trials and challanges that have come Mom and Dad's way, they have continued to stand strong and immovable, of course the high stress levels dont go away, but they persevered, and never lost faith that better things were around the corner!
After alot of prayer and fasting, Dad was offered a wonderful job over the weekend to be a General Manager over 3 companies!!! It truly is a blessing that this opportunity has come at just the right time!
When dad told mom and myself after church yesterday, we just started crying! This door has definitly been opend very very wide! Of course dad will hav to close the shop, which is no burden, but a great joy! lol as he just wants to get out of there, and the quicker we can get that done the better! And eventually mom wont have to work anymore again, and the biggest perk so far, NO WORK ON SATURDAYS!!!!
We are all so excited for this new and amazing growth opportunity for dad, i can already see a lightness in his step, and the happy daddy i used to know..:

Now for more updates, Mom has just been called to serve on the Stake Primary presidency as the 1st councellor, Mom is very excited about her new calling, and has already jumped right back in there. She truly is in her element when she has a stake calling. :) She will miss her babies in the home primary though, but great things lie ahead.
Sasha is writing her last exam for this year, i am so proud of my little sister, for her hard work and perseverance, which has paid off, because now she will be doing her honors year in Sports Science, and then following that her honors in Biokinetics... Way more patience than i have for studying, 4years was more than enough for me! lol
Luke is growing all the time! I cant believe he is 18 this year, and all that he has achieved, He absolutely loves his lizards, and dotes on them constantly, (me i run away from them!)
He is saving up to buy his ps3, and this new game, (which i constantly forget what its called....o wait is assasins creed)
As for me, i am taking one day at a time, i am starting to feel more like myself everyday, and i feel a lightness in my heart as i kneel and pray to my Heavenly Father each day in faith, and as i continue to live the gospel and do all that is required of me. The last couple of weeks/months have been a huge learning experiance for me on many different things.

I hope that you have all had a stunning weekend, and that the week ahead will be a great one!
i love and think of you all!

X

Daily Gem...

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the subscribsion from lds.org, where you can get daily spiritual thoughts, this is one that really stood out for me this week, and i felt that i should share it... it is from a talk that Elder Eyring gave, you can find it in the May Ensign


Testing Your Courage to Endure


“Even when you feel the truth of [the] capacity and kindness of the Lord to deliver you in your trials, it may still test your courage and strength to endure. The Prophet Joseph Smith cried out in agony in a dungeon: “ ‘O God, where are thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?’(D&C 121:1–2). . . .“The Lord’s reply has helped me and can encourage us all in times of darkness. Here it is: ‘My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes’ (D&C 121:7–8).”


Henry B. Eyring, “Adversity,” Ensign, May 2009, 24–25