Grade Three Camp and Grade One Dinner

It has been a very exciting time at school. Natasha's grade have been away at Maldon for a school camp overnight. It all went well and Tash came home full of stories of phantom door knockers and girls who screamed when the lights were turned off, you know, usual kids camp stuff. Emily attended her Grade One Dinner last night and got all dressed up and went off to dine and dance with her classmates. Here are some photos of them as they took part in these events. The photo of the two Ems is after the dinner when they both were still surprisingly tidy and clean.

Crusoe Reservoir

Today we explored Crusoe's Reservoir. It was a nice 3.3km walk around on a loop track.

Kids Character Carnival

Well we are back home again and we enjoyed an activity filled weekend. Here are some photos from the Kids Character Carnival.

More holiday photos

This week we have been to Waiheke to see Wayne's Dad. The photo is of Skippy the dog and Natasha. We had a lovely lunch with him and a rainy ferry ride back to Auckland. The rain waited until the kids played on Onetangi Beach which was good. All the other photos are of my newest cousin Francis (Frankie) and her brother Alex. The kids all played together and had a great time.

Stacey turns eight

It is great that we were able to see Stacey on her birthday this year. The cousins had a great time at MacDonalds. Here are some pics. For more cousin photos go to David's blog and there are more birthday photos here

John & Kelly's Wedding

We are in NZ at present for the purpose of attending John & Kelly's wedding. It was a lovely ceremony which we were honoured to take part in. The venue was just beautiful as you will see from the photos. Another highlight of yesterday was meeting John & Kelly's gorgeous little daughter Emma. Natasha & Emily were flower girls and Rhys was dressed formally for the occasion. For more wedding photos have a look at www.karamika.blogspot.com they were the official photographers of the day and they wrote some lovely comments regarding the kids and my jewellery as well which was lovely.