In May we moved to the beach where we knew NO ONE. Very exciting and a little scary.
Braxton was accepted into the school's yr 3-4 basketball team even though he was only yr 2. He was by far the smallest kid in the league and his team won the finals :)
He's the one doing the peace signs :)In August their daddy moved away so they don't get to see him every weekend anymore, only during school holidays which is really dum for them :(
Also in August we had an amazing trip (all expenses paid) to the South Island (NZ). It was truly a trip of a lifetime! Here are a couple of pictures....
That's me on the end of a bungy cord....NEVER AGAIN
The view from a resort we stayed at in Queenstown
Charly and Braxton on the tobbogan - they LOVED it!
And ofcourse, Charly's angel .... get it?
The view from the gondola in Queenstown
Charly girl also turned five while we were away and started school a little while later. She has settled in REALLY well and has a new best friend called Gemma who just arrived from England.
Christmas was a success. These kids were so good all year Santa rewarded them :)
We had a nice morning at home together, then we went Christmas Carolling at an old folks home (when I told Brax that we were gonna go and sing to old people he got all excited and said, "yay we get to see Nana & Grandad!" ha ha ha ).
In the afternoon the cousins came over and we went to extended family/friends for dinner. It was awesome. WAAAAY too much food, but a beautiful view right on the water front with heaps of kids and heaps of things to play with.
My little dancer in her new togs
Christmas day was sunny and beautiful. And a few days later it rained. My wee darlings were s'possed to be cleaning their rooms but instead I busted them jumping in puddles and using the hose to increase the puddle :) Charly went crazy. She loved it even more when Brax drenched her with the hose.
Well that brings us to 2009. The kids are in Wellington with their dad. I spent New Year's Eve singing on karaoke and laughing too much with my new mates here in Papamoa.
It'll be a great year.
Hey you have a blog! I haven't even looked at it yet, but I'm pretty excited. Are you still going to do Bebo?
ReplyDeleteCute Christmas pictures. You sang karaoke? That would be funny to see. Chris' family always does karaoke, me not so much.
ReplyDeleteIs that your humungus window behind Charly in her togs? That looks awesome! Ok, I'll let someone else comment now :)
OMGosh! Your children are so cute! I still cannot believe that we have children when I myself still feel like I have so much to learn.
ReplyDeleteWell, I hope that you are doing well in your digs by the beach. Oh how I wish we were living by the beach…I really miss those days when I could go surfing right after classes. Maybe someday. Islay and Noah keep asking when we are moving to Hawaii and Aubrey was really looking forward to being there this year. So I guess that means that I have to get my okole moving and start finding work back home. Did you hear that Jenica moved back to Hawaii?
What great pictures! I can't believe how much the kids have grown up--they are SO cute! And yes, I'm just now finding your blog via my blog and note that your last post was in 2009. ;)
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