Surfs up

Last week Friday and Saturday was an early taste of summer. So we hit the beach.
Ben had his bucket and beach stuff from his b'day and I rediscovered the joy of sandcastles.

I didn't really think he would go for the water the way he did and so I kind of forgot to take his shirt off etc. But he didn't seem to mind. When the waves hot him - he just laughed it off.

Party time!

Ben is one tommorrow.

But he had his party on Saturday. It was kind of a new / weird experience for me, but lots of fun! I am a person who 'runs' lots of events and usually don't feel the pang of 'Will this work?' or'Am I in control?' But funnily enough I had a hint of those anxieties on Saturday. On one hand, getting a 1st b'day party off the group is like shooting fish in a barrell but at the same time, it's kind of like trying to make a birthday cake from scratch; unpredicable.

But some things are constant - like blowing out a candle.




Some of Ben's posse.

All bissfully unaware of each other.












Sometimes it takes a bit of warming up for us blokes to find our place at a shindig like this. . .












But present time is happy time

Not quite ready to walk and push means he is ready to sit and ride.










More shots soon

Scott

Here we go . .

Baptising Ben was good and signifiacnt. As a friend of mine said, we are welcoming Ben from a Christian family into THE Christian family and handing him over in God's hands.

Gotta be happy with that

Maybe a little bit of an anti-climax in the sense that Hayley are I were committed to those promises for the last 12 months, and even the 9 months before that. But it's good to get it out in the open to be spured along by the wider family.

But we did rope in Meryl and Richardt as godparents which was and is and will be a blessing. You'll catch them below. and below that . . .



Fritz stepped up and baptised the little guy. Another great pleasure for us all. He was OS when Ben was born so it was tops he could be a part of Ben's life in this way. Thanks mate, top job!

Ben was baptised on sunday!
Pics coming, hang on.
For now, just imagine a little baby with a wet head.

Scott

It's magic

Remember this?

It was one of my all time favs.
I found it for Ben the other day on a bargin table. Bargin table?! Can you believe it!
Would you find Shakespeare on the bargin table? Homer?
Probably.
Anyway, we've got moonface and the gang now and in a year or so, when Ben stops trying to eat the books and listen to them instead, it's going to come in prety handy . . .

Scott