July - September 2011

PAISING GOD FOR OUR BLESSED LIVES IN HIM!
KEI MOUTH HOLIDAY
The July hols have arrived and yey we have taken some time to be away as family. We took a trip down south to our favorite beach place - Kei Mouth. We had a wonderful break a little chilly as it was the winter hols but hey we still had some beautiful days out and about. MJ celebrated his birthday and we did our famous trip to the tree house for their YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Chocolate mud pie and had him blow out some candles to celebrate.
The twins did a little bit of fishing with Baba and daddy and they each caught their first proper fishy so they were really proud of themselves we took pictures to prove their “BIG CATCH” – this is no fish story!

We also enjoy a ride up the river to feed the fish eagles and Tan was most excited that she actually caught the eagle on camera this time! This was also the first time that the little boyz actually saw what was happening and just loved retelling the story of "the birdie that came swoosh and got a fishy"! In all we had a wonderful break with loads of food, rest, relaxing and enjoying Gods beautiful coastline.


SLUMBER PARTY
For something fun we decided to carry our pillows and blankets down stairs and do a slumber party with the boys in the lounge. We sit and laugh now as we look back on what seemed like a fantastic family night – ;0) Our evening ended with Mark and I lying on the floor – our blow up mattress decided to give up its air holding capacity so come 12 midnight we were lying flat on the floor!!! Then Mac the dog continued to bark so we let him in and he kept creeping up close and and trying to share our small mattrass space with us! Then to crown it all we used the cushions from the lounge chairs to sleep on after our air mattrass disaster and they got flatter and flatter and flatter the floor bed was HARD in the morning!!! Yes memories and yes we enjoy making them but have decided that a camp out in the lounge will have to wait until we will be sure we have a proper comfy sleelp over sleeping bed !

SCHOOL FUN DAY
This was a most exciting term as Troyd prepared for their big fundraiser at school and then the day arrived when we could go to enjoy pony rides, skittle throwing, darts, prize winning, jumping castle fun and mom even had a try at making pancakes to help on the day.
Troydie had is first big school outing with first trip in a BIG BUS! They all ventured out to the UMGENI BIRD PARK and what a load of fun they all had. Tan had the privilidge of being one of the assisting mommy's and so enjoyed spending the day with all the kiddies looking at all the beautiful birds.










SHIPWRECK
We had a ship wreck and land on our coast line this month and we took the boys for an outing to see the ship up close and on the beach. It was a blustery day out but we still had a great time and view of the huge ship!








CAMPING WEEKEND - MTUNZINI
Seen as the weather was a little cooler we thought we would try the north coast where in summer you would die of HEAT in a tent. We went camping at a place called Mtunzini. Yes it did prove to be a great fun filled weekend – we got to try out our new tent which was very comfy. The camp site was lovely and quiet with buck, zebra and loads of monkeys. The boyz loved the jungle gyms and the trampoline right nearby before they were out their PJ’s they were out there jumping.
We had one day of a visit to the beach to climb and play on the sand dunes
And one beautiful day of a trip down the river on the boat and enjoyed a lovely swim at the river mouth.









HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREYSON AND TRYSTON
WOW the little minki pinkies have grown too quick !They turned 3 this month. We had a wonderful Builder Party.
With sand pit fun, jungle gym climbing and swinging, wagons with wooden blocks to build towers and Lego building blocks.
A highlight was the construction time where they got to build an airplane or boat out of wood and this proved to be great fun with hammers and nails.
They all had a wonderful time and so enjoyed their”digger cakes” filled with brownies!! YUM








They even had a BIRTHDAY RING at “Granny school” and so enjoyed the chocolate cake and crowns they got to wear!!










FAMILY
We got to celebrate with Tracy (Mark’s sister) on her soon to arrive baby boy and had a lovely tea time out with all the family. We are all so excited and praying for the safe arrival of baby Simon.


GARAGE FUN
The boys have so taken to building after the builder builder party that they now have their own work bench in Mark’s garage and spend several Saturday mornings building with wood and nails. Great fun for dad to have some special time with them all.





MINISTRY
Camping in the berg
We did the ridiculous this winter and travelled up to the Drakensberg Mountains to CAMP with the young families group. YES it was FREEZING but we all had electric blankets and blow heaters to keep us toasty warm at night. The kids loved the open spaces and the time to camp and enjoy with all their friends. We had wonderful fellowship and formed even greater friendships it was a fabulous weekend for all of us.
The Ladies met this semester to look at inner and outer beauty and had a visiting speaker to show us how to add to your outfit using a scarf. It was a great time of encouragement from God’s word on having INNER BEAUTY for Christ.
The Craft ladies met to learn how to MOSAIC and Tan so enjoyed learning a new craft together with all of them.
We as a young families group all went to a talk by an international speaker from the UK - Rob Parsons. He spoke on parenting and marriage and was a huge inspiration to all of us. Was a great outing for all the young couples they thoroughly enjoyed it.
Mom’s Group
Our mom’s bible study group has really grown in care of each other and friendships have started to grow and form together it has been wonderful to be a part of it all. We have had many fun outings so far this year, picnics to the local parks for the kids to enjoy open spaces and feeding ducks, sharing our wedding albums and memories with each other, book club afternoon where we each shared a book title and author that has inspired us, Milkshake outing on the beach, recipe swops and pizza making arvies. In all we have so enjoyed our time of fellowship and even more grown in God’s word as we have started an in-depth study of the Spiritual Arts through the book of Philippians. What a challenge to be a child of God and to live it out every day!
NAVIGATORS CLUB
Mark and I had the privilege of heading up the Children’s Bible holiday club again this year and what a blessing to have this time to speak into the hearts of children. We had the theme of “THE SEA“ and called it “Navigators Club”. Each of the leaders were a sea creatures e.g. Shark, jelly fish, dolphin etc. We had loads of fun game time with lots of running around, competitions, prizes and fun. Tan (who was the “SKIPPER”) led the worship time with a moral story from the life of TUGGIE the TUG BOAT, some singing with the guitar, taught bible memory verses which was a huge hit done with pictures – the kids really responded well to this. Mark who was “THE CAPTAIN” told the bible story of the day which was one of the sea stories from scripture, Noah, Jonah, Feeding of the 5000 etc. We also had a small group craft time were we made or colored or created something “fishy” e.g. painted fish made from egg cartons, sand art on Starfish necklaces. In all we had about 40 kids each day and so enjoyed the opportunity to encourage in the love of Jesus.

That brings us to the end of another semester in the lives of the Wilby Fam – thanks again for your support in prayer and love of us. We thank God everyday for all that each of you do for us.
God Bless you in a special way – In his Hands
Mark, Tan, Troyden, Treyson & Tryston