Thanksgiving Week

Top of the morning to ya!!


     We have had an INCREDIBLE week! God has blessed our family tremendously with great friends and meaningful fellowship. I am at a loss for words. My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude. There were around 51 of us for Thanksgiving feast and we had a lot of help!

    I have also included photos from our time on Saturday at Induna. We were invited to join friends geckoing and then a lovely dinner at Summerfields in Sabe.

We were honoured to have our grown-up-too-fast Melina as she prepared to head to the states with Sarah and Roberto for the holidays. She is SO beautiful!

These are mom's apple pies. She made 2 apple pies, 2 lemon meringue pies, 4 pumpkin pies, and I made 4 pecan pies.

Graham working his magic in the kitchen. (Not sure what he was making.)

Carl and Kyle making their AMAZING potato mash... They did not half-step and our taste buds went ballistic.

Caiden was dedicated to chopping garlic for a VERY long time. I lost track of how many cloves of garlic he used.

Never muzzle the Ox! We had some fingerfoods: caprese, crackers with cheese, and stuffed dates w/ spiced pecans.

The glorious mash. They used dried, sauteed biltong to South African-ise it. So much flavour!

We set the main table how we would at home... But with 51 people and limited supplies (our shipment has not arrived, yet), we could only do the main one.

The Brundyn children actually looked the part! Gabbi got them all excited about dressing up like Native Americans. Several Afrikaans guests asked me where they were from... They couldn't believe it when I told them that they are pure Afrikaans, as well!

Carla Brundyn, Melissa, and Rene chatting.

Caiden and Carl

My lovely friend, Charlotte! She is such an elegant young woman. I found an idea on Pinterest to use washi tape for labels on glasses. That way everyone could write their names down and keep track of their glass.

Dad carved the meat with the help of Shaun and Jesse...

The partners-in-crime! Martin and Graham.

As you can see by the edit, I stole my mom's instagram photo of the tables. By the grace and provision of God, we ALL fit. 

Carl invited us to join him and the boys at Induna for some geckoing. It. Was. Spectacular!

Yea... The sun was in our eyes.

Dad called ahead and had Induna charge a GoPro camera for him. We enjoyed watching the videos he got of our trek downstream in tubes. He also got a video of himself as he jumped off a cliff into the water. We're already planning new adventures to maximise the use of this camera.

After about three hours of geckoing, we all went to dinner at a beautiful organic restaurant at Summerfields  just 5k's from Induna.

They have freshly-cut roses and other floral arrangements on every table. The ladies all received a rose as a gift at the end of our meal.

Mom and Dad... They're so photogenic! 

Craig had to get a photo with Mom, too. :-)

Kyle, Caiden, Craig, Graham, and Mo. 

Gabbi and I. 

Mom took a photo of this for my grandfather.... We were loving all of the details at the restaurant. I look forward to going again, one day! 

"Well... That's all I have to say about that."