Love in Action Journey

What a special day. My little girl just turned 6 years old. Angelee Hope is a ray of sunshine in our world and we just love the way she is always laughing through life. Her eyes sparkle when she laughs ... and she laughs so easily ... right from the belly!!!  Here are some pics from her special day. Tomorrow is her party, so today has been filled with opening pressies, blowing up balloons, decorating, baking and lots of laughing :)   Sparkler fun!  Getting a little shy ;)  Ice cream fun! Sisters and the best of friends! Thank you Lord for these precious one whom You have entrusted to Brett and I! They are such a joy and delight in our lives.  Love Janine

I am so excited to be able to finally welcome Spring back into my garden!!! It still feels like Winter, but if it's Spring day, heck I am going to wear a dress that represents Spring to me :) As I walked around my garden and saw the sweet fresh new flowers and green leaves appearing back, my heart celebrated the faithfulness of God! Come take a peek at some of the places in my garden that make me smile.  Behind me is one of the first plants we bought when we moved into our house. This "Delicious Monster" makes me smile every time I walk past it. It stays green & shinny all year long.  When I sit on my veranda, this is the beautiful tree I look out at. It never ceases to delight my heart. Depending on how the light catches it, it shines multiple shades of green. I love how it stretches out over our gate and there are a host of little birds who nest all year long in it.  This is our Coral Tree in the middle of our back yard. In Summer it is lusciously covered ...

Oh my goodness! Is it really 2 months since I last posted?!? I must admit - I just all of a sudden lost touch of blog land and the ability to juggle enough energy to be posting on a regular basis. I had a quick chat with a fellow fantastic blogger this week who managed to kick my butt back into gear. Thanks Pretty Pink Ribbons . So this is really just a short and sweet "hi" to say that I am finding my creativity again - even if just for the little things.  Love Janine

I don't have a "Makeover Monday" post for you today as I have 4 extra specials staying with me for 2 weeks which means no spare time for any make-overs, but I can say that my heart is so full from having special time with my beautiful big sis and my very precious 3 nieces.  Having moved away from all my family when I got married means that any amount of time given with the ones I love is valuable and precious time to me. I so love seeing my girls playing from the moment they wake up to the very last moment that their eyes can possibly stay open until. Family. Such a precious gift!!! All my love, Jan 

If you are new to my blog, I just want to let you know that if I am going to blog - it's going to be honest! It's going to be true and real to where I am at. So ... having been warned, I'm kinda just blogging away after negotiating one of "THOSE" moments with my eldest. It's holidays here and we have family staying with us which we are loving. But that also means that it is super late and  everyone is over-tired. Now taking into account that this is a female dominated house at the moment (it's my hubby and with our family guests including me and my kids ... there are 7 females in this house!!!) which means there are a WHOLE LOT of emotions that are bound to erupt! My daughter and I just did the erupting and now that she is fast asleep and the volcanic ashes have settled, my heart feels heavy. On top of that, my cat is attacking the front door with a vengeance to come inside which is annoying me beyond words (and if you are wondering why I have not let her ...

Handsome hubby and I got to share such an amazing memory together today - we went to watch the world cup live in our city. I am not much of a sporty girl, but patriotism for the land that I love has won me over to support the soccer and what fun to share the adventure with my gorgeous hubby! The game was Switzerland vs Chile. Everywhere we looked we saw die-hard fans all dressed in red. We shared our corner of the stadium with some wild Chile fans ... and their team certainly did not let them down! We took our vuvuzela's and added our cheers to an amazing crowd. Here are some pics from this special memory we shared today.  All excited outside the stadium with our family. A friendly policeman took our pic :)  The stadium starting to fill up while waiting for the game to start. So cool seeing everyone's excitement and patriotism.  As we festively say in South Africa "Ki Nako" ... "it is here" and I am so stoked to have been able to see some of it live! Opening...

The girls have been so excited about Fathers Day (and so has my man!!!!!) We have been making cards, transforming biscuits into cars, baking, baking and more baking, cooking and shopping for daddy. My dad lives in another city, so I don't get to see him today :( But it was such a joy to watch my girls loving on their daddy today. I always think that there is such an amazing bond between a daddy and his daughter and it is one of my biggest joys to watch my children and the love of my life grow and develop this amazing bond.  The girls give daddy all their art pieces and pressies. Best pressie of all is the kisses though. Look at that proud daddy's smile :) Yup ... silly time is always fun time! Leelee recons these winter slippers double up as great ear warmers too! Tianna hasn't outgrown a good game of "peekaboo" quite yet ;) I am so thankful for my precious husband who is such a wonderful father. I love that I can see so many of his traits, characteristics, quirk...