Summer Holiday!!!!!!

Summer Holiday!!!!!!

I had two BIG summer school assignments to complete and submit before we could leave on our trip and show Tara (our first visitor from the states) around the upper North Island.  So in a mad flurry the night before we left, I got them 

Snapper!!!

Snapper!!!

Dave and Nick had a primo after work session last night and returned home with the cooler full of snapper!  Go the soft bait, Dave reckons he is NEVER fishing with a pilly again! This was definitely Dave’s best catch to date!  

Snapper!!!

Snapper!!!

Dave and Nick had a primo after work session last night and returned home with the cooler full of snapper!  Go the soft bait, Dave reckons he is NEVER fishing with a pilly again! This was definitely Dave’s best catch to date!  

A random assortment…..

A random assortment…..

Redneck Hedge trimming   “Hey Dave, why don’t you go and weed-eat the neighbours bamboo while she’s out.  It’s bugging me.  Thanks.” We grow really big, yummy beans My friends have really cute kids Ethan is so smart, I’m just going to say it. 

The Candaru Su Song

The Candaru Su Song

A Dave and Ethan Original.  An informative ditty detailing the perils of swimming in the Amazon without a protective cup. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwUMYxxUoOM&hl=en]

Bonus Beach Day!

Bonus Beach Day!

Dad decided to take Thursday and Friday off this week, so who were we to decline? We drove just a bit north and lazed the day away at Shakspear Bay (yes that is how you spell it!).  It was so hot, not a cloud in 

“Tara from America”

“Tara from America”

(this is how Ethan refers to her) has arrived on her Big New Zealand Vacation!  She planned her trip almost a year ago so it wasn’t like she just popped in or anything, yet when she asked us last week if we wanted her to 

Blog Prompts

Blog Prompts

Well…..since Family Julz is doin’ it I guess I will too……. Anywho, Ask a loved one to use 6 descriptive words to describe you and report your findings. How well do they know you? Thanks  Mama Kat Weeellll.  Dave found this surprisingly easy (am I 

Fruit Leather

Fruit Leather

How beautiful is this?  Dave & I made this in our fancy new dehydrator last night.  Ethan and Mum picked the strawberries and 8 hrs later voila! This flavour was strawberry-kiwi and we also made strawberry-apple-banana which was the yummiest.