Friday, December 28, 2007

October, November, December 2007

It's been awhile since we've updated the Blog, but we've been crazy busy lately. Willem's still working hard at Seven and has been traveling quite a bit for work. He has been to London twice, then South Africa, Atlanta and lately Helsinki, but is now finally done with traveling.

We went to the Tumers in Corvallis, Oregon, for Thanksgiving and had a great time. We drove for 8-10 hours, but it was well worth the rest, company, wine and great food we had when we were there. We just wish they were closer.

Liam and Danni is growing fast. Danni has been great at sitting up and since her 7th months has been showing signs of crawling. She knows what to do with her upper body, but her legs keep slipping out from under her. She manages to scoot all over the place though and we have to keep a close eye on her. She's still a good eater and smiles and hugs are abundant. Liam is doing a lot of imaginary play and still loves animals in particular sea creatures. We took him to the aquarium the other day and he threw a dozen tantrums when we had to leave. He is quite a talker and when he gets going he doesn't stop.

We currently have the Smitte visiting us from South Africa and are having a blast. We cooked a turkey for Christmas dinner and had the Harvetts over. They brought appetisers and dessert. Nothing like great food and great company and wine to go with:)

The cousins are playing all the time and we never have a dull moment. They took the red Subaru yesterday and drove down to Southern California for a bit of sightseeing, in particular Disneyland. Nisa and Janca's top pick for the holiday:) They got MP3 players and digital cameras for Christmas and has not stop clicking and playing tunes since.

Mandy is having a great sales month....we need it after all the holiday spending. December is the month for everyone to stock up on wine and champagne...thanks for that. The year went by so fast, but we are looking forward to 2008 and hope to see a few friends and family when we visit SA in March.