Trip to the Zoo

Well since the weather was so beautiful on Monday Talor, Layla and I went to the zoo. I think it is probably one of Talors favourite places, he gets so excited when we are there and he runs from animal to animal commenting on them all. :)

I think we are going to try and go again with Daddy on the weekend. Here are some photos of our fun day

I think Layla found her hat ties more exciting than the animals!!



Talor almost to the top of the slide. . . . . . . . and now at the bottom! :)

Happy Fathers Day - New Zealand

Good morning everyone,

It's another beautiful Sunday morning here in Auckland. Layla has just gone down for a nap, Talor is watching Winnie the Pooh, Shell is making breakfast and a cake for me, and I'm typing this.

As the heading shows, it is indeed Fathers Day here. It was my turn to sleep in this morning, so that was a treat in itself...but the kids also got me a home brew kit and a new travel coffee mug. So sweet. We don't have anything planned really, but if the weather stays nice we'll have a fish n' chips dinner at Mission Bay with Shell's family. It's not supposed to stay nice, however, so if that's the case we'll go to Wagamama's (a Thai, Japanese, Chinese etc mix style of restaurant).

Yesterday was also a nice day here. It started when I got up with the kids and let Shell sleep. It was her turn. Talor had a hot chocolate and watched TV and then he, Layla and I played until Shell woke up. Later, the oil got changed in our cars and I went to the Auckland rugby game. It wasn't the best game, but the weather was nice and our team won.

Three more weeks until school holidays and my mom and Jud come...we're looking forward to that.

Well, that's about it for now...a big happy birthday to Tom in Texas. I don't know how old you are today, but we hope you are having a good birthday.

After uploading some photos off the camera just now, I noticed one that I hadn't seen before. Shell took it the other day when Layla was getting into books/recipes that she wasn't supposed to. It was too cute not to include.

A Beautiful Spring Day

Hello again everyone! Today is Sunday, and we woke up with sunshine...amazing! It's been a long time coming, but it was a welcome sight. We had a nice breakfast and then decided to go play. Layla went down for a nap, so Talor and I went outside and worked. We moved around our "garden," or what there is of it at the moment, and also found some worms that Talor called "snakes." We had a great time digging in the dirt, planting new potatoes, and putting stuff under the house and in the shed.

After about an hour or so doing that, Layla woke up and sat outside in her bouncer while Talor and I played with a ball. He's using his golf club better and better each time he plays with it. He'd probably be able to beat his Uncle Tom and Uncle Dan already.

After a few wagon rides around the driveway, Talor had a haircut...as dad always says, "bald is beautiful!" He didn't care for that all that much, so we had to take a "semi-naked" wagon ride across the road for a chocolate treat as a reward.

He just got out of the bath and is now watching Shark Tales while waiting for lunch and a nap. We've had a great time on this beautiuful spring Sunday!

Good morning big wide world!

Well, I thought it was about time that we joined the rest of the internet world and started a blog!
So..... hi, this will give you a little glimpse into our world and hopefully keep everyone in touch with what we've been up to. Both Jon and I will be adding to this so feel free to comment in :)

We were all woken up early with Miss Layla deciding that that 5:10am was wake up time, so with the whole house up before the sun, it was decided that a big breakfast was in order. At the moment Jon and Talor are busy making pancakes for breakfast, mmm....

Nothing else is planned for the day, the rain is here again so we will probably just stay inside. I got Talor the movie Valiant out from the library and he seems to like it, so I'm sure that will be watched a couple of times.

And just a couple more photos from the bath last night... both the kids love the water and would spend the whole day in the tub if they could.

Gotta love the new Ecobubs Wool Pocket Nappy!!!!



Last weekend we had a great trip to Waiheke with all the family to celebrate my birthday and Dad's. Thanks to Amanda (and Row) for organising and to Mum and Dad. We stayed at a batch called the Hen House and yes it did have chickens, and yes we did have fresh eggs for breakfast both mornings! Talor thought the chickens were great and I would love it if we could have chickens at our place but the council has different ideas!!! We took the car ferry across on Friday lunch time and Jon joined us on Saturday after his rugby team played their last game, which they won 39-0. The weather wasn't too bad, and we ventured out to see the local market and of course to pick up Jon. Here's a couple of photos,
The car ferry on the way over, love the hair Grumpy!