Eugene, the budding carpenter ;-)

The young man has been bugging me about this for several weeks now, and yesterday we shot out to Bunnings to get him some tools, a fold-able workbench and bits-and-pieces so he could build a desk. He was ecstatic and was super-impressed that he got a whole toolbox of goodies....they grow up too fast though, don't they :-(

Unpacking the bits before he started assembling his workbench.

Testing the cordless screwdriver ;-)

Starting to assemble his workbench...

Work begins on his first ever project, a small and basic table.

Well, almost square, but he did them 100% himself. Proud dad!

The little wooden table taking shape;...dad had a couple of beers while observing. I could get used to this!

Done!

He is super-proud of his desk, as he should be.

Karla se Voorstelling - Dankie Here, ons is so dankbaar!

Vandag was vir die Aussie-Van's 'n groot dag. Sestien of-so jaar na Karla se doop is sy vanoggend aangeneem as beleidende lidmaat van Jesus se kerk. Hy het ons almal baie getoets met die jare, maar ons ook so baie geseen, en ons is dankbaar dat ons uit genade vandag ons doop-belofte kon nakom.

Karla, ons is baie trots op jou ook ons liefling, en mag die Here jou altyd op sy hande dra, net soos Hy nog altyd gedoen het.

(Fotos: Cornelius, dankie boet!)

Bles-kol, be gone ;-)

'n Simboliese doop deur Karin en ekke.

Geno by die video & sound desk.

Karla Year-12 Ball. How can this be? She was only small yesterday??!

So, on Friday it was Karla's Year 12 (Matric) Ball....time just keeps on flying! Still can't really believe it. I was lucky enough to snap some of the photos of the big day. Karla looked amazing and stunning all at the same time (no Dad-bias here folks). Ryhan made a very handsome partner and they looked very elegant together. It was a usual Perth summers-day, so the temperature was still at 35 degrees when the Limo picked them up;...poor lads in their suits :-(

Karla & Ryhan in East-Perth. Note the necklace Karla is wearing; can you see it in the photo below?
And before that it was worn by Karin's Mum too :-)

...don't know the bloke with Karin, but he had a lot of hair...

Karla and her group of friends. Will be interesting for them to all look back on this in 20 years from now.
L to R: Stephen, Sara, Karla, Ryhan, Steph, Sophie, Blake, Lauren, Joseph, India and Matt.

Karla - Starting Year 1 in 2005, and starting Y12 on 1 Feb 2017...our girl is growing up :-(

Taradale Primary, Napier, New Zealand
2nd May 2005 (on her 5th birthday) 

1 Feb 2017 - The first day of Year 12 (Matric)
Applecross Senior High, Perth, W.A.