Family weddings are so much fun!

My niece got married on Saturday. What a fantastic day it was. It was a real 'boeretroue' (I don't know how to translate that. Literally it would be a farmers wedding, but that is not what it is at all - maybe old school? Somebody help, please!) The reception was in the church hall and all the food, flowers, cake, decorations were made by the bride's family. Her uncle baked the cake. Mom's sister did the flowers and her mom and stepdad made all the food. I think this photo says exactly what kind of day it was. A day filled with joy about two young people who still believe in marriage. So often today people are so busy trying to find the best venue, the best photographer, the best caterer that they forget what it is all about.
This is the bride and her father, my brother in law.

This was Hannah's first experience of a wedding. She has only been to a couple of funerals when close family members passed away. She did not know what to expect at all and when we got to the church, she asked her mom, in a very loud voice: "Mommy, do we HAVE to cry?" Needless to say, there were lots of smiles all round.
When she saw the bride, she was completely bowled over. She came to me at the reception and asked if people were allowed to speak to the lady. When I said yes, she wanted to know if it was allowed to touch her at all. I took her to Wilma and said that Hannah just wanted to say hallo. Bless her heart, Wilma bent down and gave her a big hug. That sealed it, Wilma had a shadow for the rest of the night.
When we said grace I happened to peek at Hannah to see what she was doing and could not help myself. I had to quickly snap this photo. I am sure God will forgive me for this one.

The next photo is of my two youngest with their cousin. Wilma is exactly a year younger than Ankie and her brothers are the same age as Juan and one between them, which meant that they were very close growing up. It is such a gift to have cousins.The last photo is just here because I am very proud of myself for managing to take it. I saw the snail in the church garden and just snapped it.

Tag, you're it!

It has been a while since I did the challenge on Sunday Stamptacular. I have had this card ready since Monday, but just didn't get time to sit down and post it. It has been one of those weeks. The card is going to a male colleague. As usual, I had to make a card that had enough space for everybody to sign and write a message. Nothing better for that than the trusty tag. There are enough tags for everybody.
The papers are all 7Gypsies. I just love rhese colours. Cardstock is Bazzil and the ribbon is from my stash. The image was stamped in brown and is from Crafty Individuals. Hope you like it and I posted on time. The tags were cut with my Cricut. (What did I do in the time before the Cricut?)

Oh, before I forget. How do you like my new blog header? My son designed it for me. If you like it, leave him a comment please. He says I only say it is awesome because he is my son and I think everything he does is cool! LOL

Who wants pumpkin?

This is my DS, Juan, harvesting his first pumpkin of the year. Since he was a little boy of 4 or 5 he has always had a vegetable garden. It seems like everything he plants, just grows. These Hubbard Squashes were nearly swept away in a terrible rainstorm we had, they were hit by hail and yet, he still managed to grow amazing pumpkins. This one weighs 3.8 kilo's and he is like a father that has just had his first son. The stupid pumpkin is on display in my entrance hall for goodness sake!

He hates photographs and yet, I was told to fetch the camera and take pictures to document this momentous occasion! He even told me to please put it in my blog, so please ladies leave him a comment and tell him his pumpkin is the best pumkin you have ever seen! LOL

He even told me he would pose for any photo I wanted if I promise to scrap the pumpkin. My DH took him to the local Supermarket to have it weighed and the owner told him that he would buy his crop from hin if he wanted to go into farming. The upside is that I got really nice pictures to scrap, so watch this space, you might just see a first ever. A LO dedicated to the relationship between a man and his pumpkin!

I scrapped today, but with this photoshoot I haven't had time to take pictures, will try tomorrow.