Tuesday, January 21, 2014

July and August

I did do a post on May and June earlier on, so here's a few photos from July and August...

July
 got to get them started young...

 pancakes for lunch with Naomi

 out for dinner with Glenn and Leonie and Mike and Kathryn for Rose's (far left) birthday 


Our biggest project inside yet, was to rip out the carpet in the games room, dining room and passage and the tiles in the kitchen and get it replaced with vinyl planks.
 bye bye dirty carpet

 Rod had fun getting the kitchen tiles out; 
I had fun cleaning the dust from everything when it was all done! 


a big improvement

We spent a day at the zoo with Fritz and Viv and kids as it was school holidays and they were up in Perth.
 Devon, Samuel, Olivia and Jasmine


 echidnas


 still happy and smiling at the end of the day :-)




August
 mmm, licking out the bowl after baking!

 A nurse came to talk to the Kindy kids about her job and I was asked to stay and help with the activities afterwards which was fun.  The kids could try out lots of different things to do with nursing and hospitals...like using crutches

 Devon keeping a close eye on the drip

 listening to his heartbeat

A day at the playground at the beach...






For more photos from Levi's 1st birthday check out Renee's blog here
xo 

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