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I was a bit quiet the last weeks. I've been so busy lately so it was good to have some time with the family. Let's get into it. It was Friday at long last. The day starts of at 4 am and everyone is busy to get ready for the long trip 700km to Gauteng. While everyone is running around to do last minute stuff we he a small sound from outside and to our surprise the was a little baby dog so unexpected we thought the baby's would come later in the month.
After my husband sorted out the baby and his mother we could start packing again. Five o'clock everything was packed and ready to go 80km to kuruman. There is many small towns in between like vryburg.
Vryburg is called the Texas of South Africa because it is the country's largest beef producing district. Ottosdal was the next town its a small town with a few shops the roads there are in a very bad state most of the time we drove on a gravel road
and the dust was just as bad. But nothing could change the happy mood and we took it as an adventure . We went through many small towns and big one's . Klerksdorp is one of the city's we had to went through.
All the photos were taken from inside the car so the quality is not as good as i like it to be but you still can see the things that stand out for me. Potchefstroom is a large city many people go there to study. And now it was 30 km from Vanderbijlpark and that meant that it's 30 to 40 minutes and then we could see our family who we didn't seen for six months.That was the longest half-hour of the day for me. When we arrived at our family's home it was tears and laughter all together it was very good to see everyone again lots of kisses and hugs later.
It was time start the weekend. But when my youngest son arrived it was the best feeling.
One can miss your family but when a momma misses her children thats another story only one a mother will understand. The family arrived one by one and it was not long before the where 30 people and it was a full house. The music where playing people dancing and kids running around playing. It was a fun gathering. We stayed up until two thirty that morning. And early the next morning everyone was up and we started to prepare for my granddaughters first birthday. I can surely say many hands make light work. It was balloons table decorations and food, salads,sweets.
All the food was home made by me except the cake her uncle bought it for her.
It was a busy morning we just made it before my son's in-laws arrived. You know they always say a mother in law is the bad one but this in-laws they are a different breed haha. They formed there one group and did not talk to us only with my daughter in-law and son but that was no worry for us there was lots of other guest. I always make a joke and say we will never sit around the same fire and now it's no joke anymore we didn't sit around the fire with them. The kids were playing and jumping on the jumping castle they had lots of fun. And what is a party without someone getting hurt there is always someone. So this one little boy kevin his a real wild one he climbed on the top of the jumping castle and loses his balance and fell. He was out of breath for a minute but after a cold wet cloth and cool drink he was at it again. We did the cake smash and the little one enjoyed it to much.
Time fly when we have fun and when you sit down and just look at everything and everyone you love you know time to say goodbye is just hours away it's a sad thought. But the day did not stopped there. We had lots more fun dancing and nice food and the best of all is the company. And all the story's that you hear is heart warming by eleven o'clock people started to say goodbye. The remaining guests party right into the early hours of the morning. The weekend was almost over but we still had the Sunday to enjoy with the family my sister and her family came and we enjoyed ice-cream and cake together.
It was a laid back occasion. But then the cleaning began and it was not long before everything was done. We didn't go to bed late because we had to head home early Monday morning. Goodbye is the saddest thing to do for me. I would rather say see you next time or until we meet again. And then we hit the road.
I must say it was a fun weekend but it's always good to be home.
Thanks for reading