THE KRAZI KIDS GROW UP PART I - SHIRLEY

A while back I Posted a series called KRAZI KIDS. I am going to move on from that and show you briefly what came next.

In Krazi Kids l - Shirley, she was in matric and planning to become a nurse. That did not happen but life has this strange way of not letting us decide our own fates, you will see now how her plans followed a very different path! Take a look.

We have jumped forward 4 years since Shirley left school. During that time  she worked as a Personal Assistant to a businessman in Johannesburg. It earned her a good living, but her heart was not in it, so she attended Legatts Academy of Design  with a view to becoming a clothing designer. 

With that under her belt, she wanted to raise some cash for herself while deciding in which direction to take her design carreer,  so worked in the food industry as a waitress at night where she not only saved some money, but fell in love with her boss, who was the manager of the restaurant she worked in. They spent 1 year together overseas, travelling through Scotland, England, and Canada. They arrived home and announced their engagement and were married not long afterwards.

They were married in a little chapel in the Drakensburg Mountains which was beautiful.

After the ceremony the pictures were taken outside with the view of the Magalisburg Mountains surrounding us. Here she is with her new husband and ex boss!  (He became a Manager to a well known 5 star hotel in Durban. And many other hotels over the following 13 years.)

 Months went by, and what do you know, look closely, a baby! This picture was taken In Durban at Mitchell's Park.

  Now wasn't she worth the wait!! Enter Victoria-Leigh Gail Vels. Who is at present 13 years old, but she still needs to get there!

 

  As time went by, when Vicky now 22 months old, she was listening for her baby sister's heart beat. She loved the coming baby until the baby was getting around, and then tried to shove her into the rose bushes whilst her new sister was in her walking ring. That would be the start of sibling rivalry?

However, we need to get to that point, so enter Jessica-Laine Vels. 

There were to be only 2 children for this little family.

Growing up with them has been an adventure. They have travelled but lived in Cape Town for many years. The picture above is one of my favourite, and was taken during their time in Cape Town.  

Arn't they gorgeous? Can you believe that two sisters can be so unlike one another. Victoria-Leigh on the left takes, after her fathers side of the family and is dark, while Jessica-Laine takes after her mother.

  Today they are living in England, and this picture was taken in December with the first snow man they made, clever girls!


Shirley home schools them which I think is a very brave venture, but they are all doing very well.


A very successful ending to KRAZI KIDS1 don't you think!?