Friday, April 28, 2017

December!!

We started the month at Catherine and Glenn's for a fun dinner with friends before Tim and Jen moved to the Wairarapa.

I took the girls to "Family and Friends Day" at Crossfit and after a great workout I managed a selfie with Katie. Meggie was there but she wouldn't get in my photo.

My great friend from Mercy Ships days passed through Wellington for a few hours.  Teresa. her husband Mark, and I caught up before I went to Carol Service at Old St. Paul's. 

Meggie with Laura and Harriett before Carol Service.


Getting ready to decorate our tree.







All done!!

Meanwhile work has started outside - demolition of the deck.

And delivery of our storage container - kind of scary!

I needed to move Meggie's car the day the storage container was delivered - and guess what?  Dead battery. AA to the rescue, new battery delivered and installed within the hour. 


We had the cutest boys working on the house - our builder hired a bunch of seniors from Scots College to help with the excavation and Katie made the most of every opportunity to bake for them and make morning tea.


Delivered!!

Josie and friends hanging out before yet another dance.

From the school website - Katie and her championship handball team.

Josie performing in Midland Park.






Ellie and her hip-hop crew performed as well.







Josie also did some hip-hop in the street at the Christmas carnival.





Things still going at home - they are digging a moat around the house and taking off the cladding.


Katie baking again - this time Oreo truffles for the party we're hosting for our friends to meet the Martins and Samantha.

Meggie and Ellie organising the tramping supplies for everyone's backpacks for the Abel Tasman. 

Monday, April 24, 2017

November 2016

Cute pic I took off the school Facebook page of Ellie and Amelie.

And another off the school Facebook page of Katie and Emily with some visitors from China.

On Grandpa's birthday, at midnight, we had a very large earthquake. Of course Dugald was in Hong Kong!! It was a 7.8 that ended up cutting off Kaikoura and raising the seabed several meters. It went on for quite awhile.

Once the shaking stopped the girls decamped to my room and we had a slumber party to calm our nerves during all the aftershocks.

There were also pancakes and Christmas carols and dancing at 1 am.

The morning after.

Katie and Meggie went to Crossfit with me one Sunday morning for "Family and Friends" day - here we are at Tank afterwords getting refueled.

Meggie and I organised a fundraiser movie to raise money for her Fiji service trip - here she is with Mrs. Barlow at the theater thanking everyone for coming.

Josie and friends off to a Wellesley dance.

Ellie and friends going to the same one.


"Pack the Bus" at school to collect toys and gifts for the Wellington City Mission

Josie and friends help load it up.

Ellie and Maya having fun at ours baking a watermelon cake.

Ellie ready for her dance show with her friend Avani.