The first Christmas Post of the year!!! Excited much? Mark your calendars, for today the 3rd of December is the all-time Melissa’s Best Day of 2009 Winner. Don’t ask why, just tip your cans and wine glasses and give us a big ol cyber hug! Thanks. Now, on to Christmas. I started and finished ALL of Ethan’s shopping today with …
Living off the land. Or trying.
I am soooooo excited about my vege garden this summer, I haven’t felt this excited since the summer of 2006 which is when we moved to opposite land and I couldn’t stop planting shit because we had a GARDEN AND WE DIDN”T LIVE IN AN APARTMENT!!!! Anyway, here is what I have planted so far; This is the sunny bed …
How many dogs & Jacks can you fit in a Pulsar?
The answer is Molly, Marley, Louie, Ethan, Dave and I. We took the pups out to Muriwai last weekend for lunch on the beach to lament the end of daylight saving and to celebrate the fact that dogs can go on the beach all day now! Everyone had such a good time, little Marl surprised us by swimming in the …
My Handsome Boys
How cute are they? We finished March with a landslide of birthday parties, I took this pic before the guys left for Josh’s 4th Birthday party. Being Ethan’s social coordinator, driver, gift shopper and gift wrapper does not leave time for normal more mundane things, like……laundry or vacuuming. Oh well! Follow
Jack Family – VIP’s at the Summer Series
Thanks to the amazing bFM and my uncanny prize-winning abilities, Dave, Ethan and I were given the deluxe treatment on sunny Sunday at the bFM Vodafone Summer Series. I won 2 Nokia Music Xpress cell phones each with $200 credit plus a VIP picnic spot at the concert, complete with a massive banquet – entrees, lunch, desert and a cooler …
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 the sky and as it was a work day there was barely anyone there. Lucky …
New Years Eve Part 2
Just to keep tradition alive (2007 pics here), we headed down to Waiake Beach again for another picnic dinner, this year with the Rhodes Family. It was a beautiful evening, the kids and dogs had so much fun. When it got dark we pulled the wagon back up the hill to Nick and Debbie’s house to see in the New …