May

Jess came up in the holidays and we went out for dinner with Granma.

Jess got Pili's baby furniture. 

We went out on the boat to Waiheke for the day when Steve came up.

Ruth came up for a few days and we went up to see Clinton and 

Delwyn brought Brodie over for a visit:-)

We called into see Leverne's freshly painted house

We went over to Carol and Arnold's for dinner and we had a look at her truly amazing Quilt that she had taken 5yr's to complete! Wow!

Here's my 1st attempt at patchwork quilting:-) I really enjoyed doing it:-)

Our 33rd wedding Anniversary

Lew bought me a beautiful bunch of flowers which happened to match our entrance painting :-)

Mother's day lunch Junia and Brandon came over for:-) We were able to sit out in the sun not bad for mid May

23rd May Meg turned 99yr's old!

We had a birthday party a for Junia too

The most exciting of all the neighbours house wrap came off after being there since before Easter last year!:-) The Scaffolder's gave me fifty fits as I watched them dismantle it! 

No. 2 :-)

April

We went out for a lovely day with Brian and Eleanor on the boat to Waiheke

   

Lew did the Takapuna swim again, Go Lewy

We went out to Clinton's for a Hangi with some of the friends

We had some American's come over for a few days, we took them up north

Wayne was over for a few days so we took him out on the boat for a fish, he wasn't into it until he caught a fish and then he didn't want to go home

Brandon and Cam came out for a day

I went for my favourite walk around the Mount while Lew was working

We went for Anzac weekend to Hawkes Bay to Jenny and Pete's, we did some beautiful rides around with Jenny

I loved the autumn colours

Caroline came with us on 1 of the rides

I had such fun shopping for the kids and getting materials for the kids quilts

Sunday morning at the Lindroos

I couldn't believe how big some of our beets were. There was a real big crop of persimmon's this year

At our beach 1 sunny day

March

Waitangi day we went for a walk up Rangitoto

Rob's Headstone has been put in place

We went down to Christchurch to help Jess and Steve shift into their new house

Stan helped to start getting the garden sorted

Inside shots

Jess getting the veggie garden sorted

Paige and Dan came to visit

These were some of the helpers for the shift, Jo bought us fish and chips for dinner:-)

Saying bye at the airport

We did the Otago Rail Trail with Coral and Steve 

It was beautiful and we had lots of fun together

Back in Queenstown and Arrowtown. We had the night with David and Lynece

We had a lovely time at Amanda's Baby Shower

Junia showed me her collection of baby clothes that she has kept from her kids:-) They were in amazing condition!

Feburary

Brandon and I down in Rotorua by the Lake on a picture perfect day

Music Point Sunday Lunch Picnic Spot

Anne and Frank came up to stay for a few days

We  had a lovely few days:-) One day we went out on the boat for a day

 We went into the city on the ferry one day

We had a ladies day out to St Margaret's Gardens with Eleanor, Marilyn and Leverne

We went up to Clinton and Anna's for a Hangi and caught up with Philip and Co

My beans this year grew like triffid's! I couldn't reach to the top of them :-) We loved our Feijoa's again this year

This is the 1st year my Frangipani has flowered :-)