Happy Christmas!

One of our favourite videos to watch at this time of year to reflect upon the greatest gift given to all mankind from our Heavenly Father -- our beloved Saviour, Jesus Christ. We wish all our family and friends a very happy Christmas! And in the words of Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus. May we not only make room for the Saviour in our lives, but choose to walk in His light daily."

Ramblings from a 23 year old...

On the 26th of November I, Lauren, turned 23! To celebrate, Jarom did his utmost best to make me feel incredibly special and loved by spoiling me rotten (although I hope people don't describe me as rotten)! Leading up to said day, J kept inquiring what I would like as a gift. Seeing as my dear husband will never purchase a Chelsea shirt, the only other thing I desired was to decorate our home to make it feel, well, homey. Yo. So after cleaning up after the painters (oh yes, our flat has been painted beige) J took me to Vincent Park, handed me a certain amount of bucks and set me loose in Mr. Price Home! Dream come true! After searching that store high and low for suitable decor, we settled on assorted sized frames for our wall, a clock and 3 blue and silver pillows on clearance for R50. When the pillows rang up at the cashier it registered as R25 a pillow! What a sign! Thank you birthday luck! We dashed home to hammer some picture hooks in wall and scatter the pillows to spruce up the place. Check it out, our haven is slowly but surely coming together!



Looks better yes? To be added: pic of JHB Temple.

 Thinking the awesome day to be over, J suddenly took me off to Tasty Thai for the best Thai food ever, which we took to-go, and ate overlooking our pretty city at the lookout point in Beacon Bay. After which, J whisked me off to his final surprise of the evening to watch the latest HP movie! The entire day was brilliant! I have the best husband in the world! Thank you J for being the man you are! The best of the day was being able to spend it together.

P.S) Thank you family and friends for the birthday cards, emails, sms', etc. You all added to the joy of turning 7 years away from 30. :)