Donna's First Poem

Donna reciting her first poem....

The Coolest Baby Shower

Nora organized a fantastic Baby Shower for Shella and Kwasi. 

I haven’t laughed so loud and so much in a while, it was brilliant! The games were fun and mind twisting, the food was amazing, the weather was perfect, but the best part was the wonderful people! 

 How amazing it is to be part of God’s family, that even in a place like Dubai, United Arab Emirates, you can come together from 4 different continents and celebrate the coming of another blessed miracle from our awesome Creator.   God is so merciful to allow us little glimpses into heaven, to get a minuscule feel of what it will be like when we all come together from every tongue and every nation and praise God perfectly, forever!

Praise God for brothers and sisters in Christ, and especially for the newest baby brother that is to arrive very soon!

God bless you Shella and Kwasi!

Birds of Prey Show

We went with the Yongs to the Birds of Prey Show just outside Mirdiff.  My favourite was the American Bald Eagle.  What an unbelievably impressive creature.  I felt very honoured to hold him-I even feel a bit American because of the allegiance I have to their bird!

It was such a privilege to witness-up close, the amazing creativeness and ingenuity of our Great God!  All we saw were “birds”, yet each of them were so amazingly different, and so, so, so cleverly designed to ensure its survival. 

Praise God for His birds!

Their website:  http://birdsofprey-show-dubai.jimdo.com/  

My Birthday...

What a privlege to spend my birthday with my favourite people! We went for a very yummy brekkie at Shakespear's and then went to Barsha park (again!). It was so special to have fun with the girls and Ryan: God's best blessings on "my" day!

Unfortunately I put my camera away for the rest of the day, but it carried on being a great day! Kate and Warren came over for Mexian and a movie (How to Train Your Dragon) and chats-a brilliant end to a brilliant day!

The Archer's and Karientjie's Visit

We had such a great visit with the awesome Archers as they stopped over in Dubai on their way back home to SA.  Even through the fatigue and jetlag, they were all so brave! The kiddies got along so well, that was just so special to watch! The sweetest friendships have been formed-hopefully ones that will grow and continue forever.  And as for us adults... we got along pretty well too!!  We had great, deep, real discussions, everything from practical biblical living to the love of shaving...  It was all good!

At the same time Karien also stopped over on her way back home from a year in Korea (or Japan, or China, or somewhere Far East), and it was just so good to see her and catch up on things- there was alot to catch up on!

A blessed time of fellowship, we thank God for you all.   

Hannah's 2nd Birthday

So our little baby girl is now REALLY not a baby anymore.  She's turned 2-and is cuter than ever!

Hannah wanted to go on the train for her "happy birthday", so we caught the train and met Uncle Buck for a yummy brekkie at the Mall of the Emirates.  Later that afternoon we went for a swim, to test the new goggles that Donna had bought for her birthday, but that ended in birthday tears.  It was her "party", and, well....

Next day saw the delivery of 2 birthday cakes from Amo, our very very kind local fairy godmother. (Well there were actually 3 cakes, 2 for Hannah, because she turned 2, and one for Donna, just because...).  Hannah had such fun cutting and singing Happy Bithday and blowing out the candles, we must have repeated that process at least 5 times, and it just got funnier each time!  

I had to call the troops to help eat the cakes, so the Neals, the Yongs and Listers met us at the al Barsha park, and the kids had a jol.  (I then went around the park and gave away free cake to whoever wanted or whoever was too polite to say no, not that anyone would say no to pink Hello Kitty cake!).

That was the end of Hannah's birthday, a bit random, but a great 3 days!  Hannah loved it, singing "Happy Birthday to Hannah" throughout all 72 hours... it was gorgeous and so special to watch.

Ryan, Donna and myself are so thankful to our Lord for our Hannah, she has brought so much joy and laughs into our lives. 

We love her so much!

Granpa Diggers and Granny's Visit

The visit with Granny and Granpa was a full and fun one. We had such good times laughing, sharing, being silly, playing and just being together. 

I enjoyed this Christmas so much!  We had such a blessed time spent with family and dear friends.  And all the food was delicious-my dad's deboned, weber turkey probably winning the Christmas food of 2010 award! 



The last day of of my folks visit was spent on a Dhow out on the RAK sea.  It was an unbelievable experience, a day I will always treasure and look back at fondly.