Just picture it - 3am in the morning, I get up to tend to Eden, and as I open my bedroom door I see this huge bug crawling into our room. Seeing the sheer size of it I panic and wake Glen up, who can't see much because he doesn't have his glasses on. Anyway, this thing had crawled into his jersey which was on the floor acting as a doorstop. He recognized it as a PARKTOWN PRAWN!!! Thankfully Glen knows how to kill them and sent me to the kitchen to get a jug of soapy water. When I got back to the bedroom Glen had is jersey in his hands trying to shake it out, as he couldn't see where it went and thought it might have crawled into the sleeve, all the while he was telling me not to scream when I see it. All of a sudden it was there, right by his hand - we both saw it at the same time, but due to the fact that it was so close to his hand and caught him so off guard, he was the one who screamed. "AARRGGGHHH!!!" He dropped the jersey, grabbed the soapy water, threw it on the monster and then it disappeared under our bed. How on earth were we going to get it out, and how could we go to sleep knowing it was there - this started the search for the hideous creature. I heard it jump under the bed, and then there was silence. After about 10 minutes of holding my breath, Glen found it behind my side table - dead as a doorknob! Glen graciously disposed of it, but flushing it down the toilet!

 

Yesterday afternoon we had a crazy hailstorm, I have never seen hailstones so big! I would have hated to be out and about when it came bucketing down! Thankfully we were in the safety of our home :-)



We enjoyed a day at the Grobler's on Monday, where we all just hung out outside. The kids swam, the men braai'ed, the ladies chatted, and well...the pics say it all...



We are so blessed as a church to have another deacon added to office. Alan Krause was ordained on Sunday morning through the laying on of hands - and so recognised even in heaven as a deacon in our church. We thank God for him and trust that he will be faithful in his duties to God and the church and that we will see him become all God desires him to be.



Children really are a blessing from the Lord, and mine are no exception, of course! As I was going through the pictures I took this week, I saw one of Rachel reading to Eden. Something both Amanda and Rachel do often, and of course Eden just loves looking at all the pictures and having her big sister's full attention. I was reminded of a picture from one of my first blog posts of Amanda reading to Rachel. Not only are children a blessing to us as parents, but they are such a blessing even to each other.

The title of this post could have been 'Fun in the Sun' but how unlike me that would be - I HATE being in the sun, and avoid it at all costs. So we spent the better part of yesterday outside in the shade enjoying a lovely afternoon as a family - and of course we had a braai - which we have decided we really should do more often!

Eden was cute playing peek-a-boo with my hat...