Thursday, February 5, 2009

May already !!












Hi Everyone , feels like we have been lying low for a while …so thought a little update was well overdue :)

I hadn’t realised how long it had been (January !) , so I will just dip in with a few highlights and make little mention of the swine flu which seems to have hit mass hysteria levels down here… we are now the first (and only) country to offer Tamilflu over the counter with no need of a pescription....

So .... the big highlight for March was Sian turning 3 yrs old … we had a party at home which always seems to work well and Sian donned her “Good Witch” outfit and cast some spells on her brother … she invited a few friends over to get loaded on cake and goodies … all in all a very enjoyable day ….















Before we knew it we were conscious that Autumn was soon to be upon us, Deb booked a surprise trip down to Papamoa for 4 days - bliss …. Its only 2 ½ hrs drive from Auckland and the kids love it . It was stunning weather for the full stay , so we made the most of the beach and the pool - Reece and Sian had a ball …..









































Onto other news .... Reece and Dad have now both signed terms for football clubs (we do officially call it football down here after years of calling it soccer ! … please ) - surprisingly didn’t see the news on the backpages of the daily papers … the laugh is we have signed for rival teams a bit like one signing for Everton and one signing for Liverpool….. So its Reece for Bay Olypmic and Dad for Waitakere City ….Footy is huge here - Bay Olympic has 15 teams at the 7 year age group alone so they all play each other in their own league ….

Deb now knows what the term, “football widow” means on a Saturday :)









Still with a sporty theme - I finally, after all these months managed to complete my first ocean swim a couple of weeks ago ,,,, I had trained for one before xmas but got ill 3 days before so this time I was ready. The good news is I finished in a respectable 1hr 10mins and towards the middle of the pack - a record 1280 swimmers turned out for King of the Bays. … all I could think about for the whole swim was to make sure I got out of the water and didn't pass out out in front of a crowd of 2000 people watching on the beach! got to admit it , I have now been bitten by the swimming bug on this one , so intend to do a couple more later in the year …. Target is to get under 1 hr ….























That's it for now ... otherwise I find these little blogs sit in "draft" for ever . I will leave you with a little news clip that is a couple of months old but still good and looks at the ill fated attempt of 2 would be escapees from a local new Zealand courthouse ……. brainless is the only word that comes to mind.



Cheerio’s for now ...will try to better at keeping in touch in the months ahead ....
Phil

We will leave the update on Debs suspected broken ankle and dislocated rotator cuff injury for later ….. We are just coming to terms with this …. and will also hopefully will be able to confirm some dates for my trip to the UK ..:)