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Weekends are meant to be spent outdoors - even if it kills us

I just love the pool, and lounging by the pool, and wearing flip flops and bikini's and sipping cold beers. 

This past weekend was so much fun, we had my family over, and we started arranging this weekend and looking for dates that suited all of us in July!  And then waited patiently for this past weekend to roll around.  We were a lot of people, small and large, and we all spent the time outdoors around the pool.

We also celebrated my sister's birthday and it was a surprise, despite the fact that Liam kept on asking me when we can give Tanja her helium balloons and the fact that my sister in law asked me and Albert (my brother) if we took the top of my car down and he casually replied that we could not as we had a car full of helium balloons...

We swam, and laughed, and braaied, the littlest van Wyk, the very cute Aldin had his first sleepover, his first swim, his first red velvet cupcake...and Liam of course keeps on asking for a baby.  Cute babies like Aldin make the rest of us imagine a world where babies are sweet natured and not colicky screamy purple kids like Luka.  Sorry dear Liam, the answer is still no, you can get a tamagotchi or a talking robot, maybe a car, but no additional siblings, learn to like the one that we have.

Jaco, brother in law brought along kegs of beer - amazing to have home brewed goodness on tap.  The senior van Wyks brought along cheese.  There were cakes and tarts and more food and drinks than there should have been.

Albert took me to gym, and it pains me to admit that he almost killed me, I am sitting here typing this with my pinkie, the only digit that is not hurting today, Albert, show some respect dude, I am eight years younger than you!

When I asked my littlest brother, the 5 year old Natan if he wants a sister, he promptly informed me that he is not interested as he already has three brothers and two sisters, who can blame him, that is enough siblings in anybody's book. 

So as we grow older and need more MAC to cover up the damage, spending time with the ones we love is just the most amazing thing ever.

So aged between zero and sixty three, what a weekend, look forward to seeing you all again soon van Wyks, Hamilton Atwells and my own brood of home grown van Rooyens xxx

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