Sophia's Birthday

Some pics of the kids unwrapping presents on Sophia's Birthday last year:


(the phone was actually's Christopher's gift, but it ended up being the best present of the lot... even trumping the trampoline!?!?) 

Next I'll post some pics of her actual Birthday Party!

Getting my Awesome back

First post of the year... its taken a whole January for me to stop being unsure & anxious, and just start being Awesome.  

And of course, Happy!

It's a decision you make.  Simple.

Deciding to take on the beautiful world of photography full time was a natural one, albeit scary. Putting off to make that decision was what was causing all the trouble and stress!

I've been given some amazing gifts by Matty to launch into a professional career, and I'm about to complete an intensive one-on-one course with a renowned Cape Town Photographer.  With a little more equipment, I'll have the know-how and confidence to take on more & bigger projects!

Can't wait to share the details of my journey with you, but in the meantime, I'll do brief "catch-ups" and long overdue updates on what's been happening over the past few weeks with the kids and the holidays.

Yours in Awesomeness

Happy Holidays

Yip, the time has come... we're off on to visit my Mommy & Matty in Germany! 

Looking forward to some snow (we put an order in for Sunday) and the Markets, Christmas Eve Dinner and seeing the kids faces on Christmas morning.  I also wouldn't mind some pretzels, wine, cheese and a good game of "Siedler von Cataan".

Even though there hasn't been much activity on the blog in the run up to the holiday, there's plenty to look forward to when we get back, such as:

Sophia's (long overdue) Birthday Party post

Christopher's Horse Show (yes, another one)

Renovation updates

The impending flight/journey with two kids to Germany 

and of course Holiday Pics!

a small section of the Christmas Market in Stuttgart

Wishing Everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a safe Silly Season.

See ya'll in the New Year!

Much Love,

Only at work

I've been scarce, I know.  But for 2 good reasons, and 3 not-so-good reasons; the latter being:

5.) I'm a queen procrastinator! {...um, I'm convinced that I work better under pressure?} 

4.) If I can't keep all my ducks in a row, I try to loose them altogether {that way I don't have to count them later}

3.) I keep on getting interrupted by people/projects {ok, maybe this is actually a good reason, BUT I'm sure that with better time management this can be improved on}

My good reasons are:

2.) organising my crazy life to allow a worry-free holiday in Deutschland! so excited to go and see my mommy & matty, but wrapping up all kinds of to-do's at home is keeping me really busy.

1.) my number one reason is that I'm actually WORKING too... yip, doing some freelance jobs turning VBD's {very boring documents} into FFP's {f&*%ing fantastic presentations} - the problem with actually finishing these projects, which would allow me more time to blog is = see first reason listed #5 = PROCRASTINATION! vicious circles.

So in the spirit of office work, which I'm actually quite enjoying, even though it's mostly from home ;) I wanted to share some gems picked up from Pinterest, I'm sure a lot of you can relate:

This is my favourite ;)

Wishing you a very productive Thursday with very few office-dinkies to deal with! 

Halloween Party!

My friend, Nicola, decided to throw a little Halloween Party for our little people, so on a sunny Saturday morning, sitting in the garden with a glass of bubbly and good company... we celebrated the good life!  Again ;) 

The kids had a great time too, they got to dress up and ran around screaming and shouting... although this is something that they tend to do a lot of lately, with or without the scary outfits.

These kiddo's have been friends for most of their lives!

Nicola, Melissa, Jane and Hot-stuff-Sophia

Everybody: JUMP!

Thanks so much Nix for another great day with great friends; the décor, treats and cake were all awesome xxx