It's a New year!

I always like new years. It is a time of renewed hope and anticipation for the coming year. It seems full of possibilities. Although I can't believe my time here is going so fast, I am excited for the coming year. It is sure to be an interesting one if nothing else.

I dropped Kim off at the airport on Friday and said a tearful good-bye. We had a great time together and I felt so blessed to get to spend the holidays with such good friends. The Le Roux's were very hospitable to share Christmas with us and we enjoyed great food and conversation and watching Abigail open her first presents.

Kim, Marc, Rebecca, Abigail, Gwen and I then set off on the 12+ hour drive to the Eastern Cape to our Fish River holiday. We stayed at the dirty dancing hotel (Not really...it just felt like the dirty dancing hotel because of Uncle Neville, the activity coordinator and all of the family fun activities we could partake in) and enjoyed the pool, miniature golf, ocean, hiking, and lots of reading. It was a very relaxing and rejuvenating time. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. After a week, we returned to Joburg and showed Kim some of the sights including the Apartheid museum and Lion Park.

It has been a good holiday, but I am ready to get back to work again. I definitely missed my family over the holidays and was thankful for the sunny weather and lack of Christmas trees because it didn't feel like Christmas, just a really nice holiday. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and you are excited for what God has in the coming year.

The beautiful Le Roux family

Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

Me and Baby Abigail


New Years cracker fun