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Thankful Thursday

It's great to be accessing the internet on a Thursday...it's been a long while since we did one of these!

Hard to believe that it's been 2 months since we arrived from Buenos Aires already! Jorja is 14 months old today and over the last 8+ weeks we've unpacked, moved into our new home, caught a few colds, experienced all 4 weather patterns and either loved them or hated them, met some new friends, brought home a couple of party boxes from 1st birthdays and loads more!

This coming weekend we celebrate Bonny's 50th birthday, Gramps George's 80th birthday, Pops' birthday and Woman's Day. We are also heading up Bainskloof in Wellington to enjoy a few days of roughing it at Coaton Cottage. We're packing as lightly as possible, to make space for enough fire wood!

Next week's activities is for a whole other blog! Will post some weekend pics when we return as well.

Today I am (especially) thankful for:

1. Birthdays - new births, 1st birthday milestones and big birthday blessings!
2. Time out - from usual ol' things to do something fun like camping in the mountain!
3. Visitors - the friends and family who've come around to our new home over the last month and blessed us with housewarming gifts, excellent company and great 1st month memories!
4. Jorja's progress - new words, new facial expressions, a little height, another tooth and a growing smile!
5. A good night's sleep on Tuesday :)

Comments

  1. michelleAugust 5, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    nice to catch up again, but where are the photos? hopefully it won't be too long before the next blog.

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