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iSonto #9

This week we celebrated our wedding anniversary with a whole week of festivities! Dave took the week off and we have enjoyed outings as a family for breakfast, time at home, outings to the beach and pool, museums, and more! Here we are at Franklin, the town where we met in 2005 and where Sherrin was born in 1981. On our anniversary we exchanged gifts.


We got out the wedding album and DVD slide show. There are so many wonderful memories of God's goodness to relive!


Elnathan was determined that at least one of the presents for our Family Celebration must be a car . . . the bell he is holding here was enjoyed but quickly discarded as he searched for cars. Thankfully there were some cars from Gran Gran, brought over in 2009 and being carefully given in small numbers as he gets old enough for them.



Here are the cars.


Natey's memory verse was "Honour your father and your mother" Exodus 20:12


Mercy was good at rolling a ball while on her tummy. She also thrilled us many times when she said "Bye bye" and waved!



From garden to tummies . . .


Our first delicious cauliflower for lunch on our anniversary, along with roast chicken and other vegetables, and cheese sauce.

A book we enjoyed together was The Natural History Book which we purchased last year and kept especially for Family Celebration.


We are thankful for the opportunity to relax and enjoy each other, the generally lovely behaviour of the children, and the many ways we see God at work in bringing us together and giving us four wonderful years of marriage. It is an amazing blessing to have a beautiful beginning to our family which we can now celebrate each year.

  Isonto is a Zulu word for both week and Sunday, so Dave suggested it as the title of this little update I plan (God willing) to put out each Sunday.

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iSonto #8

We created a car from a box.




Elnathan was very excited to go on a walk to the community centre, and I was as well after a week of rain.We had a lovely walk and I considered it a privilege to have a little companion who informed me of things like "I can hear the sound of a bird Mummy"!! God is so good to give us a world where creatures sing.


Natey's memory verses have hit a snag with confusion between two with the word "world" in them . . . we have been learning songs though and talking about "In the beginning God created the world" while chalking!

Mercy impressed us with perfecting her skills at saying "da da da" and "car". She has also begun to shuffle when lying down and on her bottom. There is a tiny bit of moving from place to place happening.


From garden to tummies . . .

Our very own lemon to add to Moroccan Lentil Soup.

A book we enjoyed together was "Spot's Baby Sister" at playgroup at the community center.


We are thankful for a warm home, being part of a church, the fruit we are beginning to see in the lives of our children, the encouragement of God's word, and the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary this coming week. We have had four blessed years!!

  Isonto is a Zulu word for both week and Sunday, so Dave suggested it as the title of this little update I plan (God willing) to put out each Sunday.

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iSonto #7

Elnathan was excited about putting Daddy's hat on during a skype call with Gran Gran, and on Mercy Joy and on Mummy.


Natey's memory verse was  "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 15:16.

Mercy was happy to sit for half hours at a time pulling toys out of her basket. So sweet and peaceful! You can spy her behind Elnathan here. Natey is doing his first ever finger painting here! Last time I got it out he tried to eat it, but this time it was planes and boats and circles and diamonds and squiggles.



From garden to tummies . . .

Kale and silverbeet on pizza.

A book we enjoyed together was Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Dave and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this aloud together, and finished it this week. Any suggestions for what we should have next?

Encouragement, ideas and inspiration came from a page of John Wesley Quotes.

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”

We are thankful for the teaching we have received over the years about home and family life.

Isonto is a Zulu word for both week and Sunday, so Dave suggested it as the title of this little update I plan (God willing) to put out each Sunday.

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