Thursday, February 2, 2012

Talor's 1st Day of School

And finally...this past Tuesday was the start of the 2012 school year. Talor started Year 2 and this was the first year that he was required to wear a uniform. Again, I know that I am biased, but he is one cute kid! FYI - the first few days have been GREAT!



Let's end it with this...we have some cute kids! Thank God they look like their mother!!



I promise I won't wait so long to post again. Happy New Year everyone!

Bush Walk in the Waitakere Ranges

One of the trips that we took over the summer was to the Waitakere Ranges - a local mountain range in West Auckland. We spent a bit of time in the visitor center and then went on a cool bush walk. It took around 45 minutes (round trip) and we all enjoyed ourselves. We even saw some cool things along the way. A week or so later Shell and the kids went back and walked it again...sorry, I don't have photos of that.






We even saw a waterfall (if you can call it that)!



I believe this was the wood pigeon that we saw.


We got a bit wet on our walk. It didn't slow us down...much.



This is a tui. It's a cool bird.


Something Different...

Okay, I know that I haven't updated on my garden this summer, but let's just say that it was good. We have enjoyed eating a few zucchini's, tomatoes, beans, pumpkin, and strawberries (I feel like I am missing something). Anyway, here is a picture of the initial harvest of tomatoes. They are so sweet and many don't contain a lot of pulp/seeds! YUM!!


Layla, Layla, Layla...

Hi everyone,


I know, I know, it's been a while since our last update. Sorry about that. Needless to say, we have been enjoying ourselves since Christmas Eve and have thoroughly enjoyed our summer break. Unfortunately, we are all back at school and work now so here are a few updates as to what we have been up to in the past month.


First, let's talk about Layla. I know that I'm partial, but I have to say she is one cute kid. Also, the talent that my wife has is AMAZING! Shell made most of Layla's outfits in these. Here are a few pictures of both Layla and also Shell's talents. In these pictures you'll see Layla out and about over summer - music in the parks, hanging out at home, playing at a playground and picking strawberries. Like I said before...we've been busy! Enjoy!