Anna Taljaard's Baby Shower

I had the distinct privilege of organizing and putting on my first baby shower for a dear friend of mine, Anna Taljaard.  We are so excited for the Taljaards and the arrival of little Adriaan (pronounced Aah-dri-aah-n) in a few weeks!  Anna has been on bed rest so we held it at her home after morning church and had some of her closest friends to come and celebrate with her. 

Here are some of the decorations I made for the special day...

And here is what the Dining Room looked like when I was done.

I did not work alone!!!  Anna's wonderful mom helped with flower arranging and preparing the food for lunch, and each of the ladies that attended brought something sweet for dessert. 

Lynette Botes was a huge blessing in that she supplied all of the utensils and things for the shower...

First on the agenda after lunch was gift opening.  I organized a group gift with a few of the ladies so we gifted her a pack and play, a thermometer and a baby food spoon.

Then it was time for dessert and tea which was absolutely delicious!!!

We had Anna participate in a few games - like matching the sock with the person who brought it, and a baby trivia game where I had asked Lonngren a series of questions which I video-taped and then got Anna to guess what his answers would have been.

All in all we had a great time of fellowship and fun together for the afternoon!!!

Forest Lawn

What a beautiful Memorial Park this is!  If I actually wanted to be buried, I would want a spot somewhere here, amongst the beautiful architecture...  But I don't...  Anyway!

Andrew took me to the Master's Chorale performance of "Handel's Messiah" which was held in Forest Lawn's "Cathedral" which houses the largest painting in the world - The Crucifixion.  It was such an amazing experience!

After the concert we bumped into some friends of ours, the Birds.

We took a walk around the building and admired the view of the city at night.  Thanks hubby for a wonderful date!!!  Here are some of the pictures I took during the evening...

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Boys Will Be Boys...

Today I went to visit Melissa Pidal and spent a few minutes outside with the boys playing in the courtyard...

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Dinner with our Favorite Birds...

Andrew and I love the Birds!!!  They have become such dear friends to us and I love spending time with Amy and the boys.  They really are the sweetest little guys ever!  Yet, despite our friendship we had never had them all over for dinner so we got right to it and had them over this evening.  It was a great time of fellowship and fun, which ended with the boys each taking a turn on the guitar...

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Lyle Comes to Town!

Lyle Wetherston and I are from the same home church in South Africa and both served in the high school ministry there.  Liz and Lyle are dear friends of mine, but now live in Australia and have a little daughter.  Liz asked me to go shopping to buy some clothes for little Emma as prices over here are way more reasonable.  I had so much fun choosing out little girls outfits for them!!!  Here are a few of my favorites:

Lyle is in town to catch up on sleep after his long flight before heading off to Mark Dever's church for a Weekender there.   We invited Lyle over for breakfast one morning where I fed the boys a real three course breakfast!!!  Fruit Salad, Scones and cheese and then Bacon, Eggs and mushrooms on toast.  They, needless to say, polished off just about everything with great ease!!!  

It was great to see Lyle again and catch up on all the news.  After breakfast Andrew and I dropped him off at the Grace To You building so he could meet Phil Johnson for lunch.  

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Walnut Street

Today I walked home after driving the Mitchells around as they do not have their driver's licenses yet.  I thought that on my walk back home it would be fun to snap a few shots of "Seminary Lane" or "Walnut Street".  Here are my photo's!

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