Sunday, July 27, 2008

Storm Warning !

Hi Everyone …… hope you are all enjoying a nice warm summer (those of you in the northern hemisphere that is) . In stark contrast we are sitting here in the aftermath of the North Island being hit by the worst storm in a decade…….

The weather bomb - that’s what it’s being referred to as by the weather chaps - left a trail of destruction across the North Island, cutting power to more than 60,000 homes, giving us blasts of up to 165km/h, bringing down trees , flooding roads…oh yeah and half the nation couldn’t watch the All Blacks v Wallabies live on TV ….

We only got our power back on after 12 hrs of darkness ….. Reece and Sian loved it mind you, all one big adventure …..We actually weren’t hit that badly but then we are sheltered by the Waitakere ranges somewhat …the same couldn’t be said for those people who saw their boats ripped from their moorings and the 10,000 skiers from Mt Ruapehu who had to be evacuated off the mountain as 200km/h winds lashed the slopes…. The SkyTower was even closed because the spire was swaying too much …. :)





Enough of the weather eh…… things have been quite active despite the winter climate……we have still been managing to get nice walks on the beaches ( looking out for the beached orcas - one came ashore 2 weeks ago and had to be transported out to safety … I kid you not !) and give the little uns some exercise (code for tire them out so they don't wear us out :)) Reece and Sian both love exploring ... its really great to see.....





We also had our first trip to the planetarium - and possibly the last for a while - great build up until we got into the stardome , where I stupidly suggested that we were going into space - promptly left after 10mins as Reece didn’t think that space travel on a Sunday afternoon was such a a great idea …..


Anyway , going to fly ..that's our little update …take care and hope to hear from you soon …..
:) P

ps. Sian and Reece asked me to share with you their latest drawing


Saturday, July 12, 2008

Cooking Lesson Part 1

Hi Everyone ....

We've been cooking today - ice cream pudding ...... !! Thought you would like to see the master chefs at work :)

Cheerios

Sian & Reece