Sunday, June 28, 2009

Ok, so you're probably wondering what have we been up to the last couple of months?! Well, here's a picture post to give you some idea :-)

We've been to Albany for Mike and Kathryn's engagement party... (May 9)

Rod catching up with his cousins Ashley and Jeremy

Heidi, Rose with (Sienna) and Kaffa (not sure why she's pulling that face!)

We also witnessed the baptism of "Sienna Lee", daughter of Darryl and Kara (Rod's oldest brother); they also have two sons - Ethan and Noah

This is the view I had on Monday morning from our bed! Nothing beats CWA cottages for accomodation

Olivia helping Nanna butter sandwiches for lunch

Annette coloured my hair...not that it turned out that special, but hey, we had fun :-)Doing something constructive while waiting for it to set

before we put the streaks in...should've just left it like this I reckon - I want
to go darker...


We've planted a new veggie garden...


We've been to the zoo! First time for Olivia and she loved every minute.

We took the train and the ferry there which was fun and lots of walking!

Saw Trisha the elephant go for her daily walk

YAY! Orangutans! Olivia couldn't wait to see them! She had been talking about orangutans for a while even before we thought about going to the zoo (not sure where she saw them), and well, I think they lived up to her expectations because she thought they were hilarious. They were doing roley poleys in a hesian bag and all sorts of cool tricks which was pretty funny to see. Well, Olivia couldn't stop talking about them when we got home - she would tell anyone who listened long enough all about the orangutans.

"Hilarious" - her latest saying


We've celebrated Elisa's 1st birthday
my cute little niece Anya

Courtney and Olivia enjoying the party


And of course I've been taking lots of photos of Devon and Olivia




2 comments:

Marian said...

Haha, I wonder how long Devon's hair is going to stand up!!!??? He's looking a lot like his little sister already though...

Erica said...

Yep, I've had a few people say that recently.
His hair is starting to fall flat at the front, but towards the back it still stands straight up!

At the Park...

Here's some photos I took of Olivia playing at the park down the road the other day.







It's Monday
It's raining - YAY!!!
Olivia is sleeping - YAY to that too
I chopped all my hair off on Saturday...eeek!
Daylight saving is finished! It was dark at 7pm last night; weird!
It's wintry...I love it, I might head for my bed too. Olivia was awake at 5 this morning, snoozed for a bit till 6, didn't take her Dad's advice on going back to sleep, so got to go in bed with Mum till it was a sane time to get up (only b/c her Mum was sick of listening to her whinge and whine). So I'm feeling a bit sleepy...
Anyway, here's some pics from Saturday night. The van der Veen tribe had a BBQ at Paul and Heidi's place for Renee's b'day. (They might be put on one per day b/c the connection is soooo slow.)

The boys looking at Dad and Mum's Melbourne photos

the Girly Whirlys -- Heidi, Charlene, me, Annette, Renee and Ingrid

checking out some funny video clips

Akaroa

Akaroa
This is the awesome view you get as you drive down into Akaroa, a little town about 1.5 hous from Christchurch

On the beach at Long Bay, Akaroa

A shop with character

Morning tea in Timaru

Christchurch

Christchurch
Our 'Kozy Kiwi' - accomodation while in Christchurch

Rod, Kathryn and Rose on the cool blow up trampoline thing

Sunday night BBQ at the caravan park where we all stayed: Darryl, Rose, Rod and Glenn

Travelling...

Travelling...
more beautiful scenery

Mt Cook - NZ's highest mountain


river near Lake Wanaka

Cadbury's Chocolate Factory!!!

Aren't I strong!

Christchurch Botanical Gardens

all a bit bleary eyed at 5am @ the airport

sunrise above the clouds - beautiful!

Zachary

mmm, Olivia gets to lick the beater!

Tastes good Mum!


my little gardener

A busy bee