See that rising sun? Couldn't we do this at 9 or 10? The boys were so excited to be in their soccer gear! Charlie is on the far right holding his ball.
Here they are later in the morning, look at the pretty leaves on the trees!
Charlie was delighted to have Dad back..here we are at Kelly's ice hockey game.
Our fancy car viewing continues, this time we spotted this at Kelly & Katie's school on Sat AM!
We also recently got to join our German friends (this amazing family that has kids that gel with ours) at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens near Johannesburg. We walked to a beautiful waterfall and saw the Eagles Nests, they have a webcam on the eagles...here is the link if you want to see them up close!
Note: Mom's organizing all kids for a photo & taking photos...reminded me of our soccer coaching days with the Scanlon family, Cathy & I would be busy yelling instructions to kids on the field, making substitutions, giving out band aids, etc...While our husbands would be chatting on the sidelines...
Here is Greg chatting with his buddy Heiko, just like we would find him on the soccer sidelines!
We also went to a great rugby game, we watched the local team the Blue Bulls beat the Johannesburg team, the Lions.
The music is interesting, some is in Afrikaans and some is regular songs off the radio. People around us were yelling all sorts of things in Afrikaans, I wish I had brought duct tape for the guy in front of me to keep him in his seat, he was very excited whenever the Blue Bulls had the ball!
Here are some of the Blue Bulls dance team, I liked how they ride around in the John Deere tractor, Katie likes to watch for when they get out of sync in their routines, Greg and I think they closely resemble the football cheerleaders in that movie called The Replacements...
Charlie now has rugby fever and we use the time when the girls are swimming after school to brush up on his kicking skills...
He managed to get it over the bar once in our whole session, but of course I didn't get that one on film. This is at the University of Pretoria practice fields, they have about 5 rugby fields in a row!
(beautiful athletic facilities)
Off to get ready for the week, I'm starting back to work part-time, I'll be working for US AID which is an agency I really don't know much about. So lots to learn and much to juggle! I feel so fortunate to have had the gift of time this past year, I've read many more books, planned some good vacations, and enjoyed being there to help the kids with everything as we all made a big adjustment!
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