December

My Summer Garden was looking quite beautiful

The Hydrangea's were very vibrant this year

Once again I haven't managed to blog these in order!

We went out for a day on the boat to visit the Knowler's in the Bay of Islands

New Years Eve we were out on the boats with the Barnett Clan, Cathy and Leon and watched the fireworks at Paihia from the water

 The kids went out for Andrea's birthday

Breakfast with Heather and Russell

Andrea and Laykn

Brandon and Lew meeting Brodie

Having a stroll on the Strand Russell

Sunday Lunch at Russell with the Vickers, Mick and Adelle and Lacey

 Liz and I went to visit this Flower at the Botanic Gardens that takes 10yrs to flower and smells like rotting flesh! It was about 3m high! Most incredible.

We had some delicious dinners at Graham and Kaylene's, including Christmas Eve

Marilyn Beck was over for Conventions so she came to Visit, The Stronge Family became friends with the Becks on their trip to the US in 1966

We had some Yoga Classes at Cockle Bay, It was an awesome place to do yoga

Liz and Alton were staying while Altie recovered from his hip replacement. We had fun preparing for Christmas Lunch

It was all very delicious

 I made Liz and Altie a Personalized Calendar

We went down to Christchurch to visit Jess and Steve, We went out to Sumner 1 evening for the boys to have a surf

This was our Christmas present to ourselves that's in our en-suite:-)