Weekend Entertainment - 28 / 29 June 2008

Saturday night, we went to monthly dinner at Alexia's... food was very good, and hopefully your Waiter is Jacob which will ensure good service for the evening. Have a look at our monthly dinner club blog for our reviews: http://www.monthlydinnerclub.blogspot.com/.

Sunday night, we were all sat down to watch the Euro Cup Final, Germany vs Spain, on the big screen at The Meirings... and wasn't it a great game:-) Janine, Vannessa and I were supporting Portugal -I mean Spain:-) ... and Gathry, Mike & Anthony were supporting Germany. I'm so glad the ladies got their way in the end!

Next weekend, we'll be watching the Formula 1 at Silverstone again on the big screen and again at The Meirings - looks like we're making a habit of this... but all welcome to join us. Hope to see you there.

Franschoek Motor Museum: 10 June 2008

Another spot that's well worth a visit if you're in the Franschoek area is the Franschoek Motor Museum which you will find on the L’Ormarins estate. The L'Ormarins wine tasting is also well worth it, and although we had stocked up at the Wacky Wine weekend we couldn't leave the estate without buying wine and their delicious port. The estate is well kept and by far the best one we have been to, the service is top class too.

Here's the link if you would like more information:
http://www.fmm.co.za/

Wacky Wine Weekend: 6 - 8 June 2008

If you've ever considered going to the Wacky Wine Weekend, but each year it passes you by then do yourself a favour and diarise it for next year. If you're fussy in terms of accommodation then you'll need to book accommodation now already for 2009!

If on the other hand, you're ok with sleeping in a tent for the weekend, then we highly recommend booking a camp spot at Arabella. It's the place to end off on the Friday and Saturday evening as they have a great live band - Fishbowl - that plays until the wee hours of the morning. they are awesome and sound better and better with each bottle of Arabella Shiraz consumed. At R30 per bottle, it's a bargain not to be missed.

The camping is for Freeee. The wine tasting for the weekend will cost you R40 for a passport which entitles you tastings at all the wine farms that partake in the Weekend. We visited 12 wine farms - our favourites were: Viljoensdrift, Excelsior, Mooiuitsig, Arabella

My advise - diarise this event for 2009. It's well worth it:-)

13 September 2007 + Nearly 9 months

Next week Friday will be 9 months since our Angels were born. Part of me wants to retain this blog just for them. However, I've realised that we need to live in the NOW and they will always be part of our lives in whatever we do NOW and Always, so I've decided to continue blogging again...

So what else has been happening in the Walsh Household? I'm currently on 2 weeks leave, spending some quality time with my one and only. Mike will be going off to Nigeria soon for some flying so I need to make the most of every minute with him:-)

Jordan is busy studying for his exams. He is in Grade 5 - and yes, writing exams already! So far he says all of his exams have been easy...

This weekend we're off to Robertson for the Wacky Wine Weekend. That should be fun! Will blog a bit more on that when we return.

Of course, we also have added 2 Dachshund puppies to our family - Diesel & Vegas. They are nearly 6 months old. Diesel is 3 weeks younger than Vegas, and it seems Vegas is the fast learner and also the more selfish of the 2. We need to start training them now. It's all in the repetition and praise or so I've read, so I'll start with that and see how long it takes.

Here are some pictures...