The Olson / Korzenowski Family Blog: January 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

February Birthdays!

Seven Birthdays including a big one - Roger Wolden - he turns 70! The first of the cousins to hit this big milestone!

Paris Martineau turns "Sweet 16" on Feb. 5th.
She can now date!

On February 7th, Debbie Sunblad will be 61.

Conner Blair turns 3 on February 7th.

On February 9th, Jerry Sypnieski turns 66!

David Olson will be 32 on February 11th.

Jamie Hansen turns 33 on February 20th!

Roger Wolden turns 70 on February 24th!

There will be an "Open House" to celebrate
his birthday the day before:

Saturday, Feb. 23

Holiday Inn

Fireside Room

2:00 – 4:30

Hosted by his sisters Linda & Mary

If you are unable to make it –

send Roger a birthday card at:

Roger Wolden

37163 County Road 150

Frazee, MN 56544

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Cape Town, South Africa - Jan. 13 - 23, 2013

The whole family brought Kyle down to Cape Town, South Africa, where he will be attending the University of Cape Town for the Spring Semester which is actually their fall semester. While there we each got to pic an activity or site to visit. I picked surfing, Judy picked visiting the wine country (Stellenbosch), Brenden wanted to go hunting, Kyle did not care and Parker wanted to go diving with the great white sharks. We were able to do all of that and more. Below are pics that Brenden, Kyle and I took.

We had a great time and highly recommend you visit Cape Town! Oh – and it was fun driving on the left side of the road and using a stick shift with your left hand.

Blencathra Guest House
Where we stayed the whole time!

Panorama view from the deck. Great view any time of the day or night.

Our private deck off our rooms.

Gillian & Charles Wykeham - owners of the Guest House.

Great people and always helpful.

Ask Judy about recycling!

Aquila Private Game Reserve

All the women wanted this picture for their screen saver.

And in the afternoon - Pool Time!

Brenden wanted to go hunting while there and did so.
Can't wait to see the head above his bed!

Brenden with his hunting guides.

Camps Bay Beach - 5 minutes from where we were staying.

They had a great bar on the beach where you could get cheap beers!

While drinking the cheap beers you could watch a game of Cricket!

Hoyt's Bay

Slangkoppunt Lighthouse

Cape Point

We asked this woman to take our picture. She thought we wanted to have our
picture taken with her. So I took it!

Cape of Good Hope

Baboons

We were guest of Pru and Ian Ferguson at the Chapman’s Peak
Beach Hotel. Joining us were their son Andrew and his
girlfriend Camilla. Barbara and Dave Russel
and their son Rich also joined us. Camilla and
Rich attend the University of Cape Town.

Clifton Beach - also 5 minutes from where we were staying!

You had to park at this level and walk down stairs to get to the beach.

The boys getting ready to climb Lion's Head Mountain.

View of Table Mountain and Cape Town.

Camps Bay Beach is the beach you see.

The boys and I took surfing lessons at Muizenberg beach.

With our instructor Eric.

The colorful beach houses at Muizenberg beach.

Judy thought that she missed out on all the fun and joined the boys while I shot
photos of them surfing!

What the flags mean at the beaches. The only flag we did not see is a white one.

St. James Beach

A naked kid riding his bike!

Octopus Garden - a great place for beer and pizza after a day at the beach.

Shark Diving Unlimited - Barracuda - the boat we went on.

The shark cage we went in.

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They would throw fish heads and what looked like a seal out as bait to lure
the sharks in front of the tank so you could see them while you were in the cage.