Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Final October Photos

Meggie and friends picnic on Makara Beach

The teens getting their bonfire started to cook sausages for lunch.

Ice cream and milkshakes before heading home.

Holidays over - the little two on their walk to school.

Ellie performed in The Tempest for The Shakespeare Festival. She was one of only four girls chosen from her year to represent Marsden and she did an excellent job. 



Josie models the bag she made in Design Tech during the Marsden Fashion Show.



Katie (on right in white t-shire and blue skirt) models the skirt she made.


Margaret and Hugh in a photo sent by Rob.
Meggie and her friends ran in the Tough Mudder and loved it - Sophie in front, Meggie and then Katie Reed jumping in.

Meggie is in the middle in the black t-shirt and Katie Reed is in the rear of this photo in black.









Well done you gorgeous girls!
If you follow me on Facebook you would have read about the drama surrounding this enormous Weta that was in our house. The focus of the photo is terrible because I was standing WAYYYYY back and zooming in.

Katie and her crew dance in Pump's production of Romeo and Juliet. Again not great focus due to distance.

She also had a speaking role.


Ellie was awesome too in her first ever dance production.





Sunday, January 24, 2016

More October Fun

Josie spent the weekend in Waikanae with her friends Amy and Sashi.

Meggie gives in to the coloring craze. 

Aika is still cute.

We prepare for summer by FINALLY buying a barbecue - and Dugald assembles it.



We make our first lunch on it that very day.

Meggie is part of a group that got to talk to the Prime Minister about changing the flag.


Dugald and I traveled to Auckland for Ant's 60th birthday - here are some of the Howards. L-R Kate, Tom, Wills and Ant then Ann and Roger, Ant's brother and his wife.

Our nametags.


Ant and Bill Morrison





Dugald and Annette Ellis (wife of his cousin Kim)

Debs, Maeve and Bill
So proud of these two - they both got "Dancer of the Year" for their Hip Hop classes!!

Josie using Aika as a phone stand. 

I'm not sure what we were watching here!

Josie and Katie trying out a mud face mask.