E - Vida

The rest of December has been busy too, but not quite as incidental! For those who read my last post and thought it to be a little light on detail, I would agree with you. My reason for this was not to make light of the big happenings, at all. Instead, it was rather to give you a bit of perspective without dumping an information overload on you! The last month was probably the craziest month of the last year. Maybe even of the last 3 years combined! From exciting new beginnings to scary reminders of how precious our family members are to us and how quickly a situation can change from every day occurences to what just happened? ! And that's how we head into the Festive Season of 2014...

After a very busy month, the curse of load-shedding that's been rocking our country (again) is almost a blessing in disguise - at least in some cases you are forced to just sit quietly in the dark and catch your breath! Let's start at the beginning of November, when we moved house...preceded only by the big packing day week before. BEFORE AFTER Simultaneously, we helped P-J's folks and Gran Jean move too. Before we'd unpacked even half way, we welcomed Simon back to Cape Town, with his new wife Dorothee. We welcomed them right into our now more 'accommodating' home...It's the least we could've done after they patiently helped us on the official moving day! Give or take a few days, and I was off to Swellendam for the Coronation Double Century event, and this time, with Andel and his cronies following closely behind, leaving P-J with the kids and the boxes. ETA Team 1 By the following Friday, the Klaasens made their big rev