Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A few random photos from June...

We've had some great rainy days as well as gorgeous sunny days which makes it perfect for the kids to play outside. We've also been letting the chooks out of their cage in the late afternoon and they just love it! So many places to scratch around and look for food! Olivia gets a bit worried that they won't go back into their cage at the end of the day, so I told her to get the scraps bucket (I have a nice enamel one) and take that outside, clang it a bit and show it to the chooks and they'll follow her. Sure enough, they get so excited about the prospect of
some scraps that they're after her in a flash!

and follow her straight into the chook pen

This boy can spend hours outside digging and playing with his trucks

Work on the backyard continues each Saturday if Rod can use the machines from work.
Here he's put in a pipe for the water from the gutters and one for subsoil drainage

Devon is in his element when Rod brings the bobcat home


Sunday after church...making an icing for the cake

and our Sunday night game - scrabble :-)

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