We went to Stanford a while ago, and I blogged part 1 of that post here: Stanford Country Cottages. We stayed at the most beautiful little Poppy Cottage and enjoyed a weekend break as a family. We went for long walks, played in the garden, the sprinkler. We played, went down the river in a canoe, visited the market, the brewery, the diary farm. We had long, lazy afternoons in the garden and a braai. Tea on the porch, wine on the lawn - under the trees. It was magical. After a lot of ups, downs and changes at home: Daddy took us all away for a weekend spoil to have us all to himself. We loved having all his attention too, without the distractions of work, television, laptops, phones... I literally switched my phone off the entire time.
On our way home we stopped in Betty's Bay for a big family lunch with my brother Paul, and the beautiful Kat. My mom makes the best food and spoilt us silly with roast chicken, baked cauliflower with cheese sauce, bread, gravy, rice, salad, pudding... The Sunday works. With full tummies and happy hearts, we all went sand boarding and it was SO much fun. Kat and I took flattened cardboard boxes hoping we could slide down the hill, but we couldn't. Not even with wax. Noah loved every minute too and everyone fell a few times. I am very good at sand boarding as long as I don't stand up. Graeme is terrrrrrible at it in general. I was shouting from the bottom of the dune "Don't worry baby you have OTHER talents, like you can design... and you're good at your job... and you make really good spaghetti and meatballs... YOU CAN POACH EGGS" which made all the other dudes at the bottom of the dune laugh a lot (sorry bups). I included a picture of him falling for you. I actually only have pictures of him falling. I really enjoy it when Graeme is bad at any outdoor activity, because when we climbed Lion's Head, he took a photo of me every time I had to stop to catch my breath. He has 11 photos, that he showed to everyone. He also keeps telling people that I only got to half way, but I actually got two thirds of the way because I stopped at the chains and ladders. Apparently I had left my abseiling equipment at home. I thought we were going for a 'fun walk', not doing stuff that actually requires an indemnity form to be signed with National Parks. He obviously climbed all the way to the top and I waited on a rock in the sun for an hour. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT GRAEME SUCKS AT SAND BOARDING *cough*
It was so nice to get away for the weekend, really. We realized we had actually never, ever gone away together just the four of us. Isn't that completely bizarre? It was so nice to reconnect and figure a few things out together and really bond with the family. The bunny house is full of warmth & laughter all over again. We've also started a few new ventures that I can't wait to tell you about. We're doing some decorating, gardening and lots of fancy admin stuff like seeing accountants about tax things and getting ourselves ready (on paper) to buy a house. The house. The right house. Here are some pictures of the four of us, just us - and of Graeme falling. Enjoy!
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