The one that we think should be voted the nicest, kindest and coolest guy at BMX. Kyle Whittle in action at Kempton Park BMX track. We love watching him in action and know that no matter where he is lying at the beginning of the race he fights and comes through at the end (when he's not wearing jeans!)

Well a quick update on the happenings over the past few weeks.

Tarryn passed her driver's license test. 1st time. She was so excited and sent me an sms that said yay, yay, yay. I figured that meant she passed. Now she is looking for a car and wants a Toyota Yaris. I am postponing for as long as possible.

Kiara got accepted at St Dunstan's college and she is counting the months until high school. Her Cape Town trip in the July holidays to visit the family has been cancelled because the school is taking the kids on a Cape Town trip in September and I can't afford to send her on both. Hopefully she will get to meet up with her beloved cousins then.

Devin is starting his first proper exams tomorrow and I haven't see much studying happening. We will see by his report card whether he needed to do some work or not.

We had a lovely weekend of BMX racing and Devin did so well he got 2 bronze’s and a silver medal. I got this amazing photo of him when we got home, he was wearing one of his medals and riding in the driveway. I had just changed the camera setting from sport to portrait when he came zooming past me. I love this shot!

We went to Sun City for the long weekend and I celebrated my birthday with my kids, mom and one of Tarryn’s friends. We had a fantastic weekend of laughter and photo’s.

It’s been a very busy time at work with a big project going in for the new National Credit Act. We also had the terrible news that one of our colleagues was killed in a car accident last week.

The weather has been awful. I don’t do winter very well and dream about Hawaii.

Keep warm those of you in SA
regards
Natasha

Look how brave I've been, you know I do not do the experiment thing but my hairdressers were keen to play. I am still getting used to the new shade.

How freezing is it? I am totally spoilt because I get from my house into my garage and then drive directly to an underground parking at work, but today I had to actually walk outside, exposed to the elements, to get into the hairdresser. Wow, if this is May I am not looking forward to June and July.

Well, this change to the slideshow has taken me forever. At least I think I have got it now. I intend to have one slideshow for friends, one for family and one for scrapping pages. Thats the goal. I was tagged by Karen about a zillion days ago and have not done anything about it. So here goes, 7 random facts about me:

1) I read Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach every morning.
2) I love Woolworths fudge with orange pieces and chocolate in it.
3) I always drive with my headlights on.
4) Tracey White is my all time favourite scrapping person.
5) I adore my job.
6) I follow the gold price every day.
7) I am a terrible hoarder.

Hope there are still some out there that have not been tagged, Candice, Mrs Nosa B, Allison.

Thanks so much ladies, it's such a great feeling to have the scrapping gurus' comments. The flower centres are Karen & Company metal brads from the K-Ology range.

Made this page inspired by Karen's Bundu weekend class, sorry that the scan is so awful!.

Cheers

Natasha

Here is a scrapping page I did on Kiara from a class that Claire designed.

Tarryn

Well , we are entering another phase. Tarryn is now 18. It seems impossible that our little 2kg baby has now blossomed into an 18 year old beautiful girl. She is going for her drivers license in May and I am not looking forward to that phase. I already sit up and wait for her to get to friends houses safely on weekends after their partying or else I have to fetch her in the middle of the night.

She now has a boyfriend called Trevor and he is a lovely guy. They spend all day together and then spend the whole night on Mxit. Young love is such fun and watching them brings back so many fond memories.

She was so excited to go to a club for the first time and very indignant that the bouncers didn’t even ask for her id!


Kiara
Is still mad about SIMS and has every one of the packages. She has got a fabulous set up at home with a super fast pc and a flat big screen. She also has her tv and dvd with surround sound in her room.

Her pet rat died and she was very upset. She went on the leadership camp (just 1 night) and loved every minute of it. I wish that their school still had fun camps for the kids. I think it is so good for them.

Her greatest wish is still that Michael and Samantha would move back to Gauteng as she misses her cousins intensely.

She did very well in the inter house gala and got a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

At the end of the term I went onto the school website and found out that she made top 10 in her grade!

Devin
He was also in top 10 this term and got a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the gala.

He is missing out trampoline that somehow got split right down the middle. They cost a fortune to replace and the tear can’t be repaired.

This past weekend was Devin’s first SA National champs at BMX. He was in the expert class and managed to qualify in the first leg for the finals where he got a 7th place. I was most proud of him when he didn’t qualify but wanted to stay to support the rest of the guys. I got lovely photos from this event.


Work
Aziz our current CEO is moving to another division and it was all very exciting waiting for the announcement of the new one. For those that worked here, Fernando Moreira got appointed so we can look forward to new and exciting times. I am working on a number of large projects and still love it although recently the opportunities have been quite tempting.

I passed my exams and got my ISEB software testing certificate!

Weekend at Bundu
We had a fantastic time in Nelspruit and did some lovely pages. My mom came with us and so did my kids and Tarryn’s friend Melissa. They had a great weekend too. Met some lovely ladies from Durban and a brilliant new teacher (to me) Karen from Tzaneen.

Digital scrapping
I have been buying digital kits like mad, not done too much with them. I took an online class with Sam Ellis and did the digital page on Devin. Will post later.

Blog
I have been re-inspired to update my blog. I need lots of help to get it the way I want it but as with everything, it takes time to learn all the tricks of the trade.

Granny
My mom in law has been in hospital with severe headaches this past week and so far they have not established exactly what the problem is. Probably vertebrae in her neck that are causing problems. The good thing that has come out of this is grandpa has been eating dinner with us at night and that is such a treat for us!

Ballito
The waves at the coast caused havoc recently and the Ballito beach was hardest hit. Scott, my brother in law sent me some photos of our beach. Luckily the flat is on the first floor, one unit had an armchair sized boulder that went through the trellidor.

Still doing the bookclub and supperclub thing as well as school Parents Association and BMX meetings.
The other day I had a lovely day reading old cards and letters from Richard, Dale, Jeffrey, Neil, Bobbi and Moira. Letters that are all over 20 years old and brought back so many memories. I have been inspired to do some pages about this time of my life.
Regards to all
Natasha