Christmas Day...

Christmas Eve boys ready for bed in their Pjs....



Christmas day down the beach.


Dogs did some swimming...





Then home for Steak on the bbq and Strawberry Pavlova for pudding....


Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year too!

Archie and his Frisbee and Football

Frisbee time....




Football time...

MR2 project cont...

More grey pictures!

New Driveway...

Now that the kids are both driving, we have more cars than we have space to park them.!! We've had to have the old driveway ripped up (pavers)and a new aggregate one laid.

Before....


During...


After...

At the beach...

With Barney...



and Archie...

Warming up.....

.......nicely over here....!


Lovely blue skies and the pool is ready...



Happy hot dogs....


Cooling down with some ice cubes...

Birthday....

Celebrated Louise's 16th by going out for a 'scary' drive..!!!

Wind Turbines

Took a day trip to Palmerston North to the nearest Immigration Office to get our passports stamped with our Returning Residence Visas so that we can come back to NZ if we leave for a holiday! The main road through the Manuwatu gorge has been closed for several months due to a couple of large hillside slips.


So, we had to take the up and over route which takes you close up to the Wind turbines...... They are huge..! See the tiny person at the bottom of the last pic!



Scenic views...



Typical busy State Highway from Palmerston North to Napier...


And last bits of snow on the ranges..

Who needs.....

......Axle stands when a log will do the job...

Spring = Veggie garden...

Veggie garden up and running for this year... Chillies, Peppers, Red onions, Rocket, Cos and Iceburg letuce and a few carrots.


And a couple of tomato plants...

MR2 Restoration project...

Dan's MR2 is under going a major refurb! First it was going to be just get it on the road, then it was just a few changes and now it's undergoing a major refurb which includes a total body respray.... I'll keep that from you for the moment but you'll be in for a surprise with the end product.

A few weeks ago the car was like this....



And the transformation continues....