Kids

Little Miss Layla definitaly has a big personality and will often play up to the camera, these are just some of the faces we get on a daily basis

Talor figured out how to make 'handprints' on the window one morning and though it was the best thing ever

Layla has finally started letting me put her hair into pigtails... here is the first attempt :)

And this is Talors favourite reading material...

School Holidays

With Jon being a teacher, we are lucky enough to get holidays every few months. I thought I would show you just some of what we got up to during this last break.

Zoo with friends....

Play in the park....

Feeding the eels (supposed to be ducks, but Talor had way more fun with the eels) and themselves bread....

So all in all it was a great couple of weeks!

A great day fishing!

Hi everyone,

Last week Wednesday I was lucky enough to be invited to go fishing in Tauranga. Although we weren't totally successful with regards to catching "keepers," we still had a blast! The pictures below show me at the helm of the boat as well as one of our two "keepers" caught by skipper Mike - a John Dorry fish that was very tasty. The bottom three are of me holding a Barracuda that I reeled in and eventually fed to an albatross.

Overall, it was a fantastic day out and a huge thank you goes out to Skipper Mike and his daughter Sarah. They were amazing hosts and A LOT of fun to hang out with for the day. I am sure that the next time we go out we'll have even better luck.

Happy 4th of July!

Good morning everyone,

Last night we had Shell's family over to celebrate the 4th of July. We had a BBQ (in the rain a little), potato salad, and apple pie. It was very good! After dinner, and before the kids went to bed, the weather settled and we were able to light some sparklers. The kids loved it!

Matai House Banner

Earlier this year we were asked to create a banner for Matai house, the house that I am an Assistant Dean for at Pakuranga College. Since I have no creative ability at all, I enlisted the help of Shell, and this is what she created. It now hangs over the office door and looks REALLY good! We have been getting a ton of compliments on it...as you would imagine. Well done, and thanks Shell!

Motat

Motat (Museum of Transport and Technology) had free entry last month so we took the kids for a morning of exploring....






Driving the train and the church where Mum (Pauline) first got married, it use to be in Blockhouse Bay but got moved into Motat.









Well they finally caught him......

Checking everything out!


And walking back to the car... gosh I can't get over how big the kids look in this photo!

~ Shell

So proud of him!

For all of you who havn't heard, Jon applied and interviewed for an awesome new job as 'Assistant Head of English' at Dio, a very high class school.

This is a great career move and we are so very proud of him!!!!

This is the school he will be teaching at from the end of July http://www.diocesan.school.nz/default.aspx

We love you hun!!!!!!

~Shell