Teagan starts at Westlake Girls. Covid. Lockdown.
Cows. Yurt. Mission Concert. Jodie! Sam on Spirit of Adventure. Workshop bench. Lambs! Otago Rail trail. UK & Europe.
Wellington. Moved into new house. Chickens. No chickens! Sam at Westlake Boys and academic awards in Art and English.
Almost ready to start building! Teagan at St Doms.
Mum and Dad visit. Road trips. Sam starts at Liston. Pony. Buy land.
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Orlando!
Goodbye Hilux Surf :+(
Took Alys to Queenstown for her birthday.
Great holiday on the Coromandel. Alys starts at Riverhead School.
Alys finished her course with fantastic marks.
Alys's uni course going well. Surf club is over for this over this season. Sam has started karate.
Alys has started her university course to train to become a high-school teacher.
Teagan started school. We've all joined the surf club at Muriwai. Sunday mornings are spent on the beach; the kids playing games that give the basics of the skills used if they become surf life guards. Great fun.
40!
Sam started school.
The years shot by and now Sam and Teagan are 5 and 3.
The safe arrival of Teagan Rose. :+)
Nothing to report!
Sam is walking (nothing is safe!), there are signs of first words and his 'character' is definitely showing!
Sam is crawling and exploring everything! Summer is on the way.
The safe arrival of Samuel David. Enough said! :-)
Moved house - bought BBQ and mower (essentials) and an inflatable pool (luxury).
The bigger tent has been tested at Muriwai and passed! Took 2 hours to put up - which isn't too bad for a first attempt! House hunting and selling is going well - a few hiccups now and then!
Pretty much more of the same, except for that it's winter and so it's rainy and cold. Not so much camping, surfing or snorkelling but we have made it to the beach a couple of times. Bigger tent is on its way as summer approaches. A long weekend is booked at Tawharanui in December.
We both now have jobs - and we actually like them! Alys works as the office manager of a landscaping company and I am the IT Manager at a company that provides incentive programs to other businesses. We've done a lot more camping and now need a bigger tent! We've been surfing, snorkelling, experienced Art Deco weekend in Napier, seen Mama Mia, had dinner at the top of the Sky Tower and more.
We've painted fences, milked cows, rounded up sheep, searched for missing pigs (long story!) We survived Christmas, just. Alys put her knee out and I put a hole in my leg - however both are heeling well. We moved into our place in Auckland and have just about finished unpacking. Been camping, surfing, snorkelling, walking, cycling and shopping! Next up - jobs!!