Christmas Post #2:  The decorating.  It is done.

Christmas Post #2: The decorating. It is done.

Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful….“ It has now been raining for about 3 days and I’m not quite sick of it yet as I’m pretty sure I can see my veges growing from where I sit.  Yus. BACK 

It’s here!  It’s here!

It’s here! It’s here!

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! 

Living off the land.  Or trying.

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 

How many dogs & Jacks can you fit in a Pulsar?

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 

My Handsome Boys

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, 

Jack Boys

Jack Boys

  

Jack Family – VIP’s at the Summer Series

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 

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