Wednesday, November 23, 2011

11.11.11

I know it was a couple of weeks ago now, but the 11th of the 11th 2011 was a pretty cool day because:
1. I got to go out for morning tea with all my lovely sisters and my Dad and Mum. We just wanted to help Renee celebrate the end of 13 years of schooling! The graduation ceremony is tonight - can't wait to see her all dressed up...it doesn't happen that often ;-)

with the lovely Renee herself

such a beautiful setting at 'Mia Flora Tea Gardens'


Mother with all her daughters (and Anya)

mmm, such good cake! I think it was a flour-less chocolate cake
and of course a hot chocolate

Annette and Damon, Renee, Charlene, Ingrid and Anya,
Dad and Mum having a good chinwag

2. Glenn, Leonie and kids came up from Albany so that Glenn could give Rod a hand with putting all the retic in and laying the grass at our house!

very spoiled with roll on grass

Marcel came and helped finish it off on Saturday

and Olivia and Devon had great fun playing with Lauren and Hannah
bit bright kids?

Devon compacting the grass


and the finished product!

2 comments:

tintin said...

Another lovely update :) Just wondering if you had tea at 11:11 too :D
Man... your little sis is getting big(tall ;)) Time flies!! What is she going to get up to now?
Looks like a gorgeous place to visit! I have never been there before? In what area is it? Looks really nice and gezellig :)
Nice to see you all together too!! What a blessing for your dad and mum to be out with their beautiful daughters!!
And yes... I finally saw your belly :) You are looking really good! Hope your not feeling too sick at nighttime!!
Chat soon :)
Love Tin and HI from J :)

tintin said...

and btw... the lawn looks good too!! Wow... they have done so much work :) You must all be very happy with it! And I am sure the kids love it too :) Or are they not allowed to play on it yet? Hope the summer isn't too hot/dry for it!!
Enjoy the grass :) Now for you to plant some nice plants :) Cant wait to see it all in July :D

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