Anneke's Pool Party

Vlad the Croc got a workout

Make a wish Anneke!

Pool party time for Anneke's 8th Birthday.  Ethan, Holly, Mia, and Maia joined the family at the pools.  All Anneke's favourite food - popcorn, peanut brownies, L&P, and chips and twistees.  Happy birthday Anneke.

Anneke's 8th Birthday

Happy Birthday Anneke

Valentines Day - Why I don't celebrate...

Why I don't celebrate Valentine's Day

Valentine's day is supposed to be a day where we pay special attention to our loved one, buying flowers and gifts and generally spoiling them. The idea is to remind those we love just how much we love them.

But shouldn't every day be like this? Love isn't something you celebrate just once a year -- every moment of every day should be a celebration. I'm always treating my love as if it was Valentine's Day, in the way I prepare dinner, open the car door for her, sneak a candy in beside the hot drink I make for her, send her love notes at work, surprise her with unexpected gifts, even the way I look at her when she wakes up in the morning. If I needed some artificial date on which to proclaim my love, then that love wouldn't be worth very much.

I love my wife constantly -- shouldn't I show it constantly too?

Eye Surgery

So Erik has got new eyes last Thursday.  The PRK treatment has left the man with sore gritty eyes.  Four different Eye drops, 4 times a day.  Had fun shopping for sunglasses on Saturday, but Erik overdid it, and had needed pain killers and sleeping tablet that night.
The contact bandages came out yesterday, and everything is blurry, but not so sore.  There are moments of clarity, and it is great to see Erik wandering around without his glasses.