Lew n Merle

Lucinda ( Clare's youngest daughter) sent these lovely photos of their family recently

Lew putting his hand to painting:-), we had this photo put onto canvas and I wasn't ever happy with the colour in the downstairs bedroom so he doctored it:-) It looks great and He had fun doing it:-)

Our Family room is finally sorted:-)

I couldn't resist taking this photo of our 1st Roses of the season:-)

Jess came up for a couple of days in the holidays:-) We had fun at some cafes,

Brandon's 30th! Quite a milestone for mum!

We went out to the Jervois Steak house for Dinner with Granma to celebrate

We went down to Tauranga for a day, we called into Nick and Alice's, we hadn't met Carter before:-) We had a beautiful walk around The Mount.

Kaylene had a big Birthday, we went into the city to The Federal Deli, it's like a New York Deli

Ross and Ruth came to stay on their way to Fiji, We went into the city on the Ferry and had a fun day:-)

We went down to Janet's funeral, and stayed at Bryce Delwyn's.

We went out for a day sightseeing, We visited the Gannets in Muriwai

And Piha

Ponsonby Central

The beautiful Rail Trail, from Paeroa through to Waihi

We went for a hike with Kaylene, part of the Hillary Trail out at Piha, it was so beautiful

I have just learnt how to do collage with my photos for the blog so have had fun doing theme photos:-)

Arrived safely, so good to see them all:-)

Opening the parcels

Kingston seemed happy with his hat:-)

Sunday Morning photos

Sunday afternoon walk at the lake

We went on a bike ride with some of our friends in Canada, Nancy Anderson's in the bright yellow, Kevin and Bev, and Jim and Alice-Anne

We Cycled the Rail Trail from up the back of Kelowna down to Osoyoos

We met Roxy and the kids for a drink in Penticton

Nancy wasn't too sure about crossing this damaged bridge!

We met up with the NZ Motor Bikers in Osoyoos :-) Anna and Delwyn and I were reminiscing with the Caesar Salad. The kids loved having a sit on the bikes

Roxy and Wayne meet us at Osoyoos and we camped there for a few days by the lake

Savannah having fun:-)

Don't you love the cross of Nikita's arms

Kingston was most excited about having a bonfire but we were only allowed a gas one:-)

We visited the NK'MIP Desert cultural centre where we saw some snakes! Along with warning signs about them!

We loved the Indian Sculptures

Roxy was very happy and proud of her veggie garden

Kingston was most excited about starting Preschool

The girls room, there's just a few pretty little numbers in the wardrobe!!!!

Some of our sights as we drove down and back to San Fran

We had a look at the beautiful Crater Lake, it was covered in cloud when we arrived and it was only 4 deg's

Exploring San Fran, Having the famous Clam Chowder in a bread bowl at Pier 39, We had dinner at the Waiheke Island Yacht club along side Micheal Faye. It's amazing seeing the Seal Colony right there in the middle of the city!

Watching the exciting races

We met up with Adrian and Petrea Kells and the girls

We loved walking the streets in San Fran, the old attached housing was awesome

The roads were amazing as they went up and down the hills! When we were driving sometimes we'd get to the top of the brow and couldn't see over the top as to where we were going!

We went out for a visit to Alcatraz, it was pretty amazing

Going through the Redwoods on the way home was awesome:-) On the coast it was about 18 deg, then coming in a short distance to go through the Redwoods the temp rose to 35 deg's!

It was great to get back to Wayne and Roxanne's and to see the Grandies

One day we were off to pick up Kingston at preschool on the bikes and I got myself ready with a little girl watching! I put my bag over my shoulder and next thing she's finding her meeting bag and I look over and she's got it over her head:-) Then she's asking for her sun glasses!

All set now and ready to go:-) Snacks and her drink bottle, with a little clean of her glasses on her tee-shirt! Don't you luv it:-)

Kingston and Nikita having their Lemon and Honey Drinks, Savannah having fun with her dinner, Nikita's got her armaround her little sis while they do some reading:-), K n N showing me the worms they found.

I think she's a shopper already:-)

2nd Birthday time for Nikita

She's opening her 1st present from Aunty Jess:-), The yellow striped skirt went on and we couldn't get it off her for the party:-) I loved having cuddles