First Steps

Anna took two very determined steps yesterday and as you can see below, she is very chuffed with herself!

Our New Home

Some photos of Bloxham village, Oxfordshire...

Stonehill House (we occupy the ground floor only!)

Part of our back garden: perfect territory for Philip's hammock!
(Photographer: Ben Schonken)

A village lane with the parish church spire in the background.

And even more holiday pics

At the Lindstroms; On the beach with the Pfisters; More stunning views from the Nahoon boardwalk

More SA pics...

With the van Harms (five kids in a pool made for one!); Story-time in the hammock; Cindy, Kim and Josh; Sarah deciding whether to have the Spur burger or the rump; Cooling down in the Lindstrom's pool in Gonubie; Pete, Jon and kids on the new Nahoon boardwalk

Daar op die plaas...

Translated: "There on the farm" for you Pommies reading this!

Ben and Brad watching the "locals" pass by on Peter and Lindsey's farm

Life is tough in Africa...

J-Bay

We spent a great few days with Philip's parents in their new home in Jeffrey's Bay and caught up the Schonken clan.

Christmas Day in SA

We spent Ben's fourth and Anna's first Christmas on the Featherstone's farm and had a fab Christmas lunch at the Manderson guest house outside Stutterheim.

Relaxing on the deck after Christmas lunch; Anna and Mel sharing a joke; Princess Kayla and her cool gifts; Jon enjoying his third slice of cheesecake.

We're back!

We are back from our holiday in the South African sun and are happily settled in our new home in Bloxham, Oxfordshire.
We will be posting all our holiday and new home pics over the next week so watch this space!