Wacky Wardrobe

Mismatched yet still adorable. Man, I wish I could pull that off.

This is Bryn's favorite stance: bent over, looking between her legs. While doing it at church one Sunday a woman said to me, "Oh, you're going to have have another baby!" When seeing my surprised and perplexed expression at her declaration, she explained the old wive's tale that when your child starts looking between their legs like this, it is time to have another baby. Is that just an African wive's tale? 'Cause I've never heard it before.

Nursery

Bryn is 18 months old! And in the Mormon world that means...NURSERY! The nursery teachers let her attend 2 weeks early. The first Sunday she went she walked away, hand-in-hand with her BFF Canden, and didn't look back. I cried. (I cried?? I know! It was totally lame. In my defense, it was just a little crying. I sucked it up and then tried to remember what to do in Sunday School without a baby to tend to.) I must admit, I was pretty happy when I saw one of the nursery teachers in the doorway of the Sunday School classroom with my tear-stricken Bryn in his arms wanting to be with Momma. The next week I went to nursery with her. With the comfort of Mom in the room, she was able to enjoy the songs and activities, and realized that nursery is way better than adult Sunday School. The following week, her first official week of nursery, she stayed the whole time all by her self. And I didn't cry. We've all converted...nursery is awesome!

Durban

About a month ago South Africa celebrated Heritage Day, which meant to us: 3 day weekend! We took a trip to Durban, a city on the Eastern Coast about 5 1/2 hours away. We had a great time.

We arrived earlier than hotel check-in time, so we grabbed some lunch and took it to a park where a group of men were dancing and drumming traditional African music in honor of Heritage Day. It was pretty awesome.

We spent a day a Ushaka Marine World. We watched a dolphin show and went to the very cool aquarium. In the photo, Bryn was leery of the dolphin, but was willing to give a little wave to say 'hi' anyway.

We spent another day at the beach playing in the sand and wading in the Indian Ocean.

Africa's Santorini. Hopefully we'll get to go to the real Santorini someday, but until then...

Daddy and Bryn searching for sea shells.

Momma & Bryn

There was this huge wall built to create a pool of the ocean water (note to Chicoans: like unto One Mile). Justin swam through the pool to the wall. What a stud.