So much for Summer!!!!

Yes, its true - it seems like the weather has changed, and fall is making its final approach
:-( Compare the 2 photos here, first one taken only 3 weeks ago, and the other one taken yesterday! See the difference. Also, the days are visibly becoming shorter and the temperatures have dropped 10C since last week! Well, Summer was fun while it lasted.

Liesel had been on a picnic this week with Nathan and the lady that arranges the Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) group in our area. They all had a wonderful time and Nathan absolutely loved it! So, on Saturday morning we headed off to one of the parks in the area for a family picnic! The park was in a stunning setting with a playground, a covered lapa, a pond (which you could skate on in winter) and a sledding hill. After a good lunch and some compulsory time in the playground, we ventured back home for Nathan's nap. He was so exhausted from the playground that he slept for almost 4 hours, about twice as long as normal!


On Sunday, we went to church and had a good sermon by the pastor, entitled "Trust God, but lock your bike!". The pastor says we must make use of our "feurons" (when you use your common sense, you use the neurons in your brain. Now if you combine faith with your neurons, you get "feurons"). Afterwards we met Marianne, the MOPS organizer, in the child care wing of the church. She is a lovely lady, and she introduced us to her husband Phil. They were so warm and friendly, that they invited us out to lunch with them that afternoon. Unfortunately, Nath was in desperate need of a sleep, so we took a rain check on that. Phil told me about the men's ministry of the church and how the men have been going on outings together, even white water rafting!! That sounds like my kind of men's ministry!

After church we headed home, where I chatted to my mom on Skype, spoke to my sister and her family on Skype with our web cams, and then later spoke to Liesel's parents in Botswana. I love the weekends as it's my time to catch up with family!

Till next weekend then, just pray that I won't be sending photos of snow in next week's blog ;-)