Our First Christmas Tree

 Little Rosa.

First the lights.

Then the ornaments and garlands.

Rosa will get into the ornaments?

A Great job done by all.

Merry Christmas 2011

Singing with the elders helped us all have the Christmas Spirit on Christmas Eve.

 Elders: McDonald, Leach, Houston, Critchfield, Zarbock, Khanyile and Pres. Ladle (in back)

Christmas Day dinner at the Ladles: ham, funeral potatoes, carrotts, christmas jello, crescent rolls and
apple pie and ice cream. These are wonderful elders. From the front: Elders Khanyile, Leach, Critchfield, McDonald, Houston and Zarbock and Sister Ladle on the left. We have the BEST Zone. It will be hard to say goodbye in February.

Kirstenbosch-National Botanical Garden

The clouds were so beautiful.

We sat for 1 1/2 hour on a bench just taking in all the beauty.

Bird of paradise.

Protea is the national flower. There are many varieties.

I loved how the brochure said, "Botanical gardens are living museums." Kirstenbosch is the largest of the 9 botanical gardens in South Africa. The forests here were surveyed in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company.  The gardens began as most, a little here and then progressing to the beautiful gardens we saw.