I have no idea what I’m doing or what I should be writing but AGAIN here goes.
We are now in Canada for those not up to speed; we are settled and happy and trust that we are where God wants us to be. That alone is huge! I left Ontario 6 years ago crying tears of relief (to leave) but returned joyful and grateful that God brought us back to a place that was home and is home, an amazing feeling to have when you haven’t known where home is for 10 years. So a quick update of what we are all up to.
Kenny is busy getting his own business off the ground and researching new ventures, an exciting time as he seeks Gods will for his work and how he will support our family. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. And that is exactly what we are doing.
Karin is busy being a housewife and mother to our 5 children. Not an easy job, but full of blessings and daily rewards. I am humbled that God would give me charge over these little ones and pray for wisdom to guide them and teach them about HIM. I love to take photos of the family and document our lives that way and hope to include a picture gallery on our blog soon.
Joshua is still our building guy who loves to play with Lego and other construction things, he has shown a great interest in carving and is learning that you have to be diligent to complete a project and that most are not completed in a day.
Mia will be 8 in a few weeks and is blossoming into a beautiful young girl. She is always asking if she can help and is such a blessing in the kitchen where she is learning to cook and bake with Mama. When she is not helping you can usually find her with her nose in a book, she loves to read.
Danny is still our rambunctious boy who brings just a touch of crazy to our family. He is our little maths wiz and enjoys being challenged to find the answer, he shows great potential with mathematics.
Samuel is 2 and chatting away in his little voice, he loves stacking toys and playing with the bigger children. He is a great little trooper and is happy to be with us no matter where we seem to be.
Benjamin is now 10months and crawling and standing up on anything including grabbing on to us as we walk past him, so we often find ourselves dragging a little body along as we try to get away. He loves his food and being pushed around in the laundry basket by the big boys.
Thats us for now, we are not earthly rich, but God has blessed us richly Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. We are trusting that God will continue to establish our steps and that we will know His will and glorify Him with our lives.






February was filled with some surprising snow with Kenny and the kids having lots of fun making giant snow balls and snow men.
May was the month in which Danny learned to ride a two-wheeler bike and Samuel started enjoying eating solid foods. Ouma also popped in for a visit and we learned that baby number five was on the way!
June is birthday month for the big boys. Danny turned five and Joshua turned eight. In June Kenny finally got the right supports in place to knock out the chimney and fireplace without the roof falling on our heads and he and Joshua got to work and completed in record time. June was a busy month for Kenny with lots of work repairing walls and ceilings and new cupboards being built as well as new flooring.
August brought some really hot weather and we even ventured to one of England’s popular beaches giving Samuel his first time on the beach which he loved!
September saw another visit from Ouma and the kids were thrilled to have Oupa join her for this trip. We also welcomed cousin Harriet Ilsley to the family and Mormor visited for a day on her way to Sweden. Kenny also went back to work.
October arrived so quickly with Samuel turning one on the same day Oupa turned sixty one! We had a lovely day of celebration with big lion cake for Oupa and little lion for Samuel. It has been wonderful having a baby in the family. He brings us all such joy and we are so thankful for his little life.
November finally arrived and after a two week delay we left for Natal, South Africa with lots of swimming, playing cricket, bugs and beaches! We also took a road trip to Johannesburg and the Kruger National Park. In Joburg we stayed with Elton, Debbie and their kids and visited a lion park with them where we could get really up close to these magnificent animals. In Mpumalanga we stayed with Trevor and Marilyn on their farm outside of Hazyview. We h 