Our wee jaunt to America (minus the gastro bit)

 Those apricots were AMAZING.  I never expect to re-create tihs experience in my life.  It was too sublime.

 So excited!  I took photo of us all!

 No comment really....

 Can you see how  happy I am??  Chuck time!  Ruby slippers!  Air con!!

 The AIDS quilt (well, a tiny part of it)  - there are just no words...

 Again, no words...

Meg met Selena...  Aunty Chuck really came thru on this one!

We are with Colt!!

Maike has a new haircut!

She just could not be cuter!

ABs vs Ireland

Some things make me happy.
Chocolate is one.
Icecream is two.
The All Blacks is right up there with #1 I think.  I can even put up with winter since it means we get the ABs on TV.  I won't mention the score.  I don't want to rub it in...

School visit to the marae

Seb's in here if you look closely....

And this is probably what should have been expected

When I saw the other photos of maori in a waka, all dressed up in traditional dress, rowing along quietly I thought "hmmmm, there will be some people that are going to be quite upset by this group participating in the celebration due to certain aspects of our history" but then I saw this photo of another group in a waka and I thought - "yip, that's more like it."  And I guess I'll just leave it at that.  (except to say that I expected more of a bare-bum protest)

Sporty Spice

The boy at the back, with school socks on, is my son.  What you can't see in this picture is that it is soooooo cold that I only got out of the car for 30 seconds to take this picture.  It was 5.15pm on a Monday night and he was at practice.  This weekend he was Best Effort Of The Day in hockey and scored both goals.  He was all hot and sweat from running up and down the pitch, and was so excited that his team finally got a win. We are used to him always playing sports, but we know that for those of you that read this, that don't know Sebastien should know that he lives for sports, and he is really solidly built.  I haven't been able to tackle him down for over a year.  Je t'aime Sebas xxx