Luke's 1 year Professional pics

Granny Di

Grampa Roy

The Three Generations

Smash a cake

Great Granny Walsh

Lauren's 30th Birthday

Tanja, Neve, Brian, Josh and Gran

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Auds and Ash

Me, Mom and Barbs listening to my candle singing happy brithday to me - Thanks Barbs!

Cutie li'l Amy O'Connor

And her big bro Matt

Dad taking Luke for a walk around the garden

Evil Uncle Brian sneaking Luke a sip of beer - HA! Caught in the act - the camera doesn't lie

Suna and Holly with my li'l man

Holly and Bronwen

Dave, Adriana, Ian and Dad

And to all my other friend who came but didn't feature in the blog - thanks guys! I blame my photographer! Daryn, Seth, Robyn, Di, Nick, Anna, Monique, Yolande, Danielle and Cuan - you guys rock :-)

I had a very special day

Mosaic Workshop April 2010

I decided to bring Mark into my world of crafts and so we went to a Mosaic workshop. We both had a great time

(I promise he did too!!!)

See - I told you so - look at him beaming from ear to ear!

And the result was awesome - we have two beautiful stepping stones by the pond outside

Elephant Sanctuary April 2010

We went to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hartebeespoort where they rescue Elephants, rehabilitate them and then re-introduce them into the wild, they do this by forming a new herd with the rescued elephants. Unfortunately there is little space in South Africa for the new herds, but the herds go to places like Namibia and Zambia and are placed in protected reserves where they are monitored for about a year to ensure their safety. What amazing creatures they are.

We started off the morning brushing the elephants

Although Luke was a little wary of the animals, he was brave enough to touch them

We walked with them hand in trunk. It's so wierd because you actually hold their trunk partly inside so you can feel their warm breath each time they exhale. The walk also gives you a clear feeling of how strong their trunk muscles are.

After the walk, we fed them some nuts, they love them and kind of grab them from you - I thought it was quite freaky. They hold them with their trunk and bring them to their mouth to eat them.

What beautiful Gentle Giants they are

Simba and Luke had a great time

We all did!

And by the end Luke was ready for a nice morning nap in the car ride home.

Neve Embeth Pearce 16 Feb 2010

It's a GIRL!!!!

What a cutie pie

Luke 10 - 11 months

Luke Showing off his 2 new teeth!

Who knew a dog's water bowl and a watering can could be so much fun!

Look at my cool hat!

My li'l grizzly bear