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14 January 2015

2 Years Later

So it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged! Over 2 years! 
A lot has happened in my life over the past 2 years and I’m sort of recommitting myself to start blogging again. I’ve had two busy years and I want to take this year a little slower. Spend more time with my family and blogging. 

But first here is a bit on what happened to me!
I finished school and started working for my dad in his Health Shop 4-5 days a week.
The shop is now a complete family business! Which is really great.

I stopped Ballet as my teacher stopped giving lessons and I started Archery! Yip, what an amazing sport!

I did surprisingly good in archery and got NASP (National Archery in the Schools Program) WP Colours in September 2013, along with my two brothers, CJ and Josua. 

In February 2014 I got my NASP (National Archery in the Schools Program) S.A. Colours. 

Then in July 2014 (over my birthday), my mother and I went to Madison, Wisconsin, USA for the Worlds and All Starts Tournaments. Left to right, my dear Mother, Me, Roy Grimes, President of NASP and Wilhelm Greeff, President of NASP S.A.

We stayed/toured USA for 3 weeks and it was an absolute incredible experience!

South Africa got Second place at the All Stars.

We also spend a week in Nashville, Tennessee with Mrs. Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies.

I got to meet some amazing people, and Pen Palls which was incredible! Me and Mercy Campbell! 

This was at Rashida Jonson’s 18th birthday party with the theme 50s! 

I also stared my own business called One Spoon At A Time - I make healthy snacks for my dad’s health shop. I also give baking workshops for children and give children baking parties.

My family is all doing well too! 

All of us Children started Karate last year September too. This was taken last year (2014) at the Year End Prize giving.

My dad is a great boss and my personal archery coach! 

My mother is having her hands full with my 6 younger siblings since I’m not home that much anymore. I do miss the time spend with her though, we do still go out on dates together every now and then. It’s always So much fun!

My big brother CJ is doing well too, 20 years old already! He finished school last year and is now giving Archery lesson along with editing movies and a bunch of other really cool stuff.

Josua my 14 year old brother has grown up quite a lot too in the past 2 years. His also helping out once a week in the Shop. He is the one that loves the Karate the most of the family too!

My sweet little sister Danika who is 11 now (not so little anymore) is a little artistic girl that loves to paint and draw! I also love spending time braiding her long hair! 

Andrew is 9 years old now, a very detailed boy that loves to ask questions. He is also great in 
building contraptions, his bed is really cool and full of contraptions!

David is 8 years old, our little athletic brother that loves to climb trees and build lego!

Daniel is 6 years old, he loves to bake/cook with me in the kitchen, as then he can have the left-overs. He knows exactly what everything is and were to find it in our kitchen! He always has a smile on his face too!

Michael is the current youngest family member who will soon be 5 years old. He is a very busy and funny little boy and loves to do everything along with his big brothers!

The years went by quickly since I was so very busy all the time.
As the year came to an end I realized I needed to slow down, and appreciate life more, write about it again, etc.

In November last year, I took the bus to go visit my best friend and her family for a weekend in Sedgefield.
They live on a beautiful farm near the woods. That weekend I realized life doesn’t have to be a rush.  I need to take life a little slower.

So here I go, my year of Rest. I have asked my mother and a friend to keep me accountable in doing so! 

I hope to do many more posts this coming year!
Blessings 


10 November 2012

Our Children: The Way We Build the Nation.


I found this article in the new Above Rubies #85 magazine and just had to post it. THIS is why I love living in a big family and why want a big family myself when I grow up! Totally love this:

Our Children: The Way We Build the Nation.


Children are wonderful.
They are beautiful.
They know how to get your attention.
We adore their chubby cheeks.
Their cute ways.
Their big innocent eyes.
Their little pitter patter of feet.
Their unending questions at they seek answers.
They are our flesh and blood.
They hold our DNA.
They are our future.
They are our heritage.
They are our true riches (money and possessions cannot compare).
They are gifted, talented, and creative.
They are tomorrow’s leaders.
They are tomorrow's provision for our family and nation.
They are tomorrow’s security.
They draw love and many other virtues from us.
They make us a charactered people as we build character in them.
We must take responsibility for them so they will in turn take responsibility for us.
Without children there would be no family.
No Home, Sweet Home.
No Family vacations.
No birthday parties.
No romances. 
No Weddings.
No future work force.
No future soldiers to fight evil.
No future fathers and mothers to raise children.
No babies.
No families.
No nation.
It is foolish to raise cats, dogs, and goldfish to satisfy our paternal and maternal instincts. 
Animals and things are no substitute for children.
By refusing children we accept the destruction of our nation.
Parenting children in NATION BUILDING.
Our western nations have become increasingly sterile, selfish, spoiled, and boring.
We have sacrificed our families and nations on the altars of selfishness, careerism, and materialism.
With smaller and smaller families we have become lonely, deprived, unfulfilled, and without character.
We have little, if any family to come home to.
No laughter, no singing, no natural family to entertain us.
We have no one to care for. We have given what little we have to daycare.
No one to love.
In turn, we have no one to love us.
We have been deceived.
We have created our own holocaust.
We have destroyed ourselves through contraception, sterilization, and abortion.
Pro-choice is the choice of destruction.
We are swiftly breaking the generational chain.
The dynasties are quickly ending.
Hell claps its hands.
Heaven weeps.
What have we left to live for?
By the grace of God, every Christian husband and wife should aim to build a dynasty for God.
The world, heaven, and all creation waits to see what can come out of your home.
Every home should be a little church-the father/pastor, the mother/assistant pastor, and the children the congregation.
Give your children your very best effort.
Your home is you sculpturing studio.
But, you are not sculpturing clay, stone, or paper mache.
You are sculpturing flesh and blood.
As your children are molded in the ways of God, by the enabling of the Holy Spirit, you are sculpturing nothing less then the glorious likeness and image of Go.
Could anything be greater? I think not.
The whole world is waiting. Heaven is waiting.
All creation waits for the manifestation of the “sons of God.”
It is the desperate need of the nations.
What are you waiting for?
It is high time to stand up and take your place in the greatest building project of all time - THE FAMILY.


By Colin Campbell 
Above Rubies # 85.

16 July 2012

My 15th Birthday

Hello all my blog readers, I know I haven’t been posting much on my blog lately, but today I would like to show you a few pictures of my 15th birthday, Wednesday the 11th.


The evening before my birthday, my mother booked places for 3 people (my dad, my mom and me) to the Lindt Chocolate Winter Warmers Course! The chocolatiers demonstrated how to make a Chocolate Fondant Pudding, a Chocolate SoufflĂ© and a Chilli Chocolate Tart (don’t worry it doesn’t burn!).
The Chilli Chocolate Tart mixture.
This is what it looked like baked and cut. 
Making the Chocolate Fondant pudding.
Me piping some of the chocolate Fondant mixture in to small bowls.
After the pudding was baked they popped a white Lindor ball inside.
Then turned it over and added a scoop of ice cream, it’s delicious!!

They also showed us how to make an amazing Chocolate Soufflé.


Filled to the very top!
It rose quite a bit!
It was a wonderful evening and I really enjoyed it.
The next day, my mother took me to a baking shop, where we ordered a few chocolate molds. I also went to play tennis in the afternoon with my brothers and sister and in the evening my parents took me out for dinner. It was a really special birthday, thank you to the best family in the world for giving me such a lovely birthday!! 
Happy Greetings

04 June 2012

Moldings And Fillings Chocolate Course.


On Wednesday my mother and I did the Mouldings and Fillings Lindt Chocolate Course and I would like to show you some of the photos!
Me polishing the molds.
Me, spraying the mould with a paint brush, under Scott’s supervision.

The decorated moulds.

Filling the moulds with chocolate.

Chocolate Rain!
An extra creamy ganache made from chocolate, condensed milk and Amarula liqueur used as a filling, YUM!

Chocolate!
Me Piping.




This one looks like it has a heart on!
They boxed all the chocolates we made during the class, so my mother and I had lots of chocolates to take home!
My mother took this picture of me and I just love it!
We had such a great time, if you like being creative in the kitchen, I highly recommend you do one of the Lindt Chocolate courses, it’s SO much fun!
Thank you so much to the Cape Town Lindt Chocolate Team for making it such a great experience!
And thank you so much mom, for doing this with me!
Chocolate Greetings
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