Mothers Day, I like it

Mothers Day, I like it

I am celebrating a wicked mothers day by blogging on my new iPhone! The stars have finally aligned and all my wishes come true. Aside from Ethan’s obession with my new phone (he assures me that 5 year olds need iPhones too) we had such 

Our house was full of flowers…

Our house was full of flowers…

One day it wasn’t and then the next we had bouquets out the ying-yang and we were all sad.  Baby Peanut had missed the bus and it was a BIG shock.  I never in a million years had considered that I would miscarry, or that 

School Holidays #2:  Fishing w/ Nana & Grandad

School Holidays #2: Fishing w/ Nana & Grandad

The weather has been pretty lovely for Autumn which is good, but bad because of the drought and our empty tanks, but Ethan made the most of it with a little fishing trip where he got to practise hooking ’em and releasing  ’em!

School Holidays #1 – How to Train Your Dragon

School Holidays #1 – How to Train Your Dragon

Ethan doesn’t often want to go to the movies, he has ten trillion better things to do but he wanted to see this movie.  Dave was away for the day on a fishing charter and I was the pre-req first trimester exhausted so a movie 

March……march on

March……march on

When almost a month passes with no bloggy, I must be in a serious funk.  I am all funked out that is for sure.  March has brought with it the stress and pressure of preparing all of our company’s media for the Auckland Boat Show, 

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

Today marks the first day of Autumn.  We have harvested an awesome crop from the vege garden this season and now have more  tomatoes than we can eat!  Dave has just whipped up his usual batch of late summer hot sauce with our tomatoes plus 

Summer Camping

Summer Camping

Our long awaited 4 days camping finally arrived last week and we had a blast.  We returned to our old faithful spot Mangawai and even scored our most favourite camp site, #1 Rum Alley Dave and I were so happy for our little break……so was 

$12 Well Spent

$12 Well Spent

I haven’t purchased ANYTHING for a while now, since Christmas really so I was heading into dangerous territory when Ethan and I headed to the shops to kill an hour before swimming yesterday.  Farmers were having one of the perpetual sales though and they had 

The Flip Side of Parenting

The Flip Side of Parenting

Yes it’s true.  There is one.  It’s not all spectacular family outings and cute photos of Ethan and his dog.  There are days {like today} when I simply don’t know what to do any more.  I have run out of  good parenting tips and ideas, 

Welcome Baby Chloe!

Welcome Baby Chloe!

Another couple whom we love has joined the fab baby club – KC and Greer are the proud parents of beautiful baby Chloe.  Congratulations guys she is gorgeous!