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Jul 18 2010

My dad turned 60 today

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It was my dad’s 60th birthday today and the family and some friends joined him at my parent’s home for an afternoon of food and fun to celebrate.  So, actually, this was my 67 minutes… because the family hardly ever gets together like this.  I’ll do a charitable 67 minutes another day;)


My brother Carl (of the medical poetry fame) taking his nut very seriously:)

Terry who is visiting from Columbia at the moment

Bacon wrapped cherries braaiing on my dad’s new Weber

… and my dad’s cousin Dave and his wife (who live in Zimbabwe)

This was too funny, she would shut her eyes every time the ball came close to her

Because Terry was around, my mom had to make her famous chocolate eclairs for dessert:)

Connor was the “Bafama Bafama” goalie for the day


Connor was trying to work out the numbers, and eventually decided that dad was 16!! He was delighted:)

It was an awesome day with my family:)

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

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Sharon (60 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 3:48 pm

Looks like you all had a fabulous time. Lovely family photos

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 12:45 pm

Happy Birthday to your dad – the pictures are just beautiful. Those eclairs – oh my word! My tummy is grumbling. I just have to say that I still love your hair.

Cheryl - July 19, 2010 - 9:34 am

Looks like everyone had a fantastic day celebrating such a special day. So sorry we couldn’t be there but we were with all of you in spirit.

Firefly (284 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 9:33 am

You guys look like you always have so much fun at family gatherings

Denise (6 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 7:46 am

What amazing photos! Looks like a fantastic day and Happy Birthday to your dad!!

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 7:24 am

Thanks my girl for the lovely photos!! .. and thanks for all your help yesterday … to all of you .. mwah .. big hugs and thank you to our wonderful children! We had the BEST day surrounded with family and friends :)

amy2boys (13 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 4:24 am

What fantastic shots! I love the goalie – so cute. And the eclairs OH MY GOODNESS. Yummy.

Michelle - July 19, 2010 - 3:09 am

Happy belated 60th to you Dad from all of us in NZ. What lovely family photos, it looks like everyone had a great time.

Secret Agent Mama - Mishelle Lane (86 comments.) - July 19, 2010 - 2:27 am

Jenty, what great party shots!! Cheers to your father on his birthday!!

hip chick (12 comments.) - July 18, 2010 - 11:03 pm

Great pictures. It sure looks like a fun time was had by all.

Jun 26 2010

174/365 – it’s my birthday

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I’ve had a good birthday today.  Quiet… but good.

The stuff list on my other blog was just the trick, and I got a whole host of things from the list:)Because I didn’t get up to much apart from shopping and kids stuff and having dinner at my parents’ house, I thought I’d make today’s blog post with photos taken everywhere I went (apart from the shops)

My birthday actually started last night, when Madelein and her clan came over and we ordered take-away pizza from Colcacchios… that has to be the BEST take-away pizza we’ve ever had… and we managed to order wheat free pizza too!

I got so many compliments today about this perfume… even Connor told me that I smelt really nice:)

I finally, finally have something from Le Creussett

Oh and I just love these tulips that I got from my mom yesterday… and I just discovered the macro function on my new lens!!

I went to the opening of Tranquil Body Therapy at their market stall in Lifestyle Garden Centre… definitely buying stuff when I go there again tomorrow as I’ve discovered that Leigh-Ann’s (she owns it) kids creams are made without sulphur and sulphates!!   And the mens range looks quite good too.

Then it was dog walking time in the most beautiful golden light

And finally my mom’s famous chocolate cake…

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

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Angel (192 comments.) - June 29, 2010 - 10:25 pm

It looks like a fabulous celebration nonetheless!

Andrea - June 29, 2010 - 7:28 am

Belated bithday wishes!

Andrea - June 28, 2010 - 8:19 pm

Belated birthday wishes!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - June 28, 2010 - 12:56 pm

Happy Birthday! Great to see you had a good day.

Wenchy (49 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 11:02 pm

I love the tulip picture

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 1:02 pm

Oh .. just love that golden glow – magical !!!
Blowing you another birthday kiss your way …. love you lots Mom and Dad x x x

Cheryl - June 27, 2010 - 12:23 pm

So glad you had a happy day and spoilt with some of the items on your WISH list. Love the kettle! So pleased Mum baked her traditional cake for you!

SwissTwist (2 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 11:40 am

Happy happy birthday, it looks like you had a wonderful and got that gorgeous kettle!¨

Stella (25 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 8:31 am

that kettle!!!… sigh.

Girish (78 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 7:56 am

Wish you many many happy returns of the day. Beautiful shot of the cake. And others as well. The pup’s are really growing up fast.

Bron - June 27, 2010 - 6:39 am

A belated Happy Birthday! It looks like a perfect birthday celebration

Marian (14 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 4:09 am

Happy Birthday Jeanette – looks like you had a lovely one! Many happy returns of the day! :)

Corey~livingandloving (70 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 12:54 am

happy birthday! :) looks like it was a great one. :)

Melody (5 comments.) - June 26, 2010 - 10:59 pm

Lovely spoils there…that turquoise kettle is beautiful! Happy happy. xx

JessicaGiggles (13 comments.) - June 26, 2010 - 10:49 pm

Looks like a wonderful birthday was had!

Jun 13 2010

Wenchy turns 14 again

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Wenchy celebrates her birthday in style every year.  I don’t know any other adult that has a birthday party every year, and this year it was held at the Spur… that’s right… the Spur! The theme was soccer, and there were balloons and party packs and there was even a candle to blow out too!

I didn’t take very many photos, but I do have a few…

The lady herself…

… and Sir Noid making a speech

… and blowing out the candle

… Wenchy’s son Liam as the resident photographer

… and the cutest kid there… Abigail… drinking a beer and then eating a lemon.

… ooh and not to forget her big blue eyed sister Logan…

… and my favourite moment that I spotted…  don’t you love her multi-coloured nails?:)

lastly, the party boxes for the adults that contained a soccer inspired Angel cupcake

I think I should have a party for my birthday in 2 weeks time too!!

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Fiona - June 14, 2010 - 3:16 pm

That looks like fun!!! I think everyone should always celebrate their birthdays. It’s one day of the year thats all yours :)

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - June 14, 2010 - 12:01 pm

Great to see she had fun. Celebrate, that’s what I say.

Gilz (177 comments.) - June 14, 2010 - 9:54 am

Stunning party…loved the theme.

Paul Jacobson (2 comments.) - June 14, 2010 - 9:45 am

I am a big fan of having birthday parties although I’ve been a bit slack the last few years and haven’t had one.

Janet B (55 comments.) - June 14, 2010 - 8:47 am

What a fabulous idea! I am having a “soccer lunch” theme at my house on Wednesday. Family coming from Natal, so I thought I would get some of the “gees” into them, as I believe there’s no excitement in Hillcrest! LOL!
Looks like you had a lot of fun. Now I hope this comment posts properly! :)

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - June 14, 2010 - 8:41 am

Lots of fun !!!

Paul Furber (1 comments.) - June 13, 2010 - 10:33 pm

Lovely stuff Jeanette.

Wenchy (49 comments.) - June 13, 2010 - 9:56 pm

I so love the pic of Noid and his baby. Thank you my friend. xxx

May 08 2010

Bradley’s 7th birthday party

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Bradley had his birthday party today.  We invited a few school and home friends to join us for a game of  Ten Pin Bowling at Brightwater Commons and then for lunch at the Spur.

The kids had a blast.

They all enjoyed the bowling even the littler ones.  But there were a few lessons learned.  If I did it again, I would make sure that all the bigger kids were playing in one lane, and the littlies in the other.  That’s because the littler ones gave up very quickly, and the bigger ones couldn’t really play properly, and they kept having to play for the others just to get the board moving.

And as for the Spur… to have a kids party there is so NOT relaxing for the parent.  It’s far more stressful than doing it at home!

But the party was for the kids, and Bradley loved it… so it was all worth.

I’m not doing it again though!

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Angel (192 comments.) - May 10, 2010 - 10:17 pm

I am so glad they had fun! I love the photos- such determination!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - May 10, 2010 - 8:53 am

Love those first two pictures. I am glad that you mentioned re. the Spur – I was considering this for January.

desi (85 comments.) - May 10, 2010 - 8:10 am

looks like loads of fun!

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - May 9, 2010 - 6:52 pm

They had so much fun! May have all been stressful for the grownups but the children had a ball!!!

Michelle - May 9, 2010 - 1:51 am

It look like the kids had fun. Love the photo with Connor holding the ball & the look on his little face, so cute. Fabulous cake as well. Happy Birthday again Bradley!! xxxxx

Wenchy (49 comments.) - May 9, 2010 - 12:19 am

My favourite shot is also the one of Connor.

I do the party thing… year in, year out… and now I have extra kids and that is fabulous lol as I love kids parties.

Sharon (60 comments.) - May 8, 2010 - 9:40 pm

I absolutely love that shot of Connor holding the ball! I’m glad Bradley had a good time :)

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Mar 15 2010

72/365 – Lance’s 40th birthday

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It was Lance’s 40th birthday yesterday, and we had such a full day that I didn’t get a chance to edit and load the photos!

We took it really easy yesterday, just as he wanted it… he’s not interested in having a party so we’re actually going away for a night this coming weekend to celebrate. We spent most of the day at my parent’s house, where we had a braai (barbeque) and my mom made her famous chocolate cake with the now traditional smarties on it… and 4 candles, one for each decade:)

Having a laugh are Brian, my dad, Elaine and Lance

Connor got very tired towards the end of the afternoon, and the only thing that he wanted was a granny hug and a story:)

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

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Alet (37 comments.) - March 17, 2010 - 3:43 pm

Happy birthday Lance. Looks like you had a wonderful day!

Angel (192 comments.) - March 17, 2010 - 8:33 am

Such awesome smiles!!!

Kirsten (1 comments.) - March 16, 2010 - 1:22 pm

Such lovely photographs. I also want to Thank you for visiting Photography by Kirsten last week, I appreciate it.

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - March 16, 2010 - 7:06 am

Lovely photos! I miss the brightly coloured Smarties! :(
Connor is such a huggable ‘sausage pie’!! :)

Meriel - March 15, 2010 - 11:20 pm

Gorgeous pictures – such relaxed joy. There is also a striking resemblance between your dad and Lance.

Lauren (9 comments.) - March 15, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Flip, those are amazing pics. x

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