Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Last week Rod had to work in Jurien Bay (about 3hours drive north) for the week, so, seeing as it was going to beautiful weather and we could stay in the house where he stays, I decided to head up there with the kids from Monday till Wednesday! It was a nice little getaway, good to see what Rod's been busy with, to not be lonely at home while he's gone and to relax and soak up some spring sunshine :-)

The house we stayed in with Rod, his co-worker Brent Geurts and
Des Heys who was also working up there

On Tuesday we said hi to Rod at the job site and then headed into town to this great playground which is right on the beach.

After playing on the toys for a bit we moved down to the beach and I built a pool for the kids. I didn't plan it very well, because none of the waves went near it to fill it up with water, so here's poor Devon trying in vain to get some water in it!

chillaxing, or rather, roasting...

time for a bit of lunch on the grass area

and then of course an ice-cream

This was Wednesday morning...had a little walk on the beach

and then popped in at Rod's job. He was polishing concrete on the top floor
so we had to climb up the ladder every time and then Rod would let us
go down the 'lift' (the contraption to the right) to get back down :-)

polished concrete folks!

Rod and Brent hard at work - trying to get the hand polisher thing working again.
It'd decided it had had enough

1 comment:

tintin said...

Ahhh.. thanks for the update :) What a happy family!! LOVE the photos!! btw... your kids behave so well for selftimers :) or did you get a passer by to take the photo's? lol
You look so happy and relaxed!! Didnt see little bubs though ;)
Nice that you could come and visit Rod... he must have liked that too!
Liefs from Tin

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