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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.

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.

Scrapbook Slideshow

Scrapbook Slideshow

2008 – Scrapbook style~

2008 – Scrapbook style~

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Ethan gets a New Bed!

Ethan gets a New Bed!

Due to “Ethan’s Fantastic Birthday” closely followed by “Ethan’s Fantastic Christmas”, space has been at a premium in the little boys room.  He needed a new bed and a new bookshelf so we killed two birds with one stone and purchased a bunk set with only an upper bunk!  Floor space reclaimed and a new desk for the little scholar;  I have never seen him so proud of his room, he didn’t get down from his bunk until dinner time and could not wait to go to bed!

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Ethan gets a New Bed!

Ethan gets a New Bed!

Due to “Ethan’s Fantastic Birthday” closely followed by “Ethan’s Fantastic Christmas”, space has been at a premium in the little boys room.  He needed a new bed and a new bookshelf so we killed two birds with one stone and purchased a bunk set with 

New Years Eve Part 2

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 

New Years Eve Part 2

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 Year.  The kids were supposed to be ‘camping’ in the poker room, but when 11.45pm rolled around and they were still up we conceded defeat and Ethan, Freya and Mckenzie were able to watch the Sky Tower fireworks display with us.  It was such a nice way to finish a great year.

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Ethan was a great help and pushed our loaded wagon all the way to Nick and Debbie’s

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New Years Eve Day

New Years Eve Day

Santa/Nana/Grandad bought Ethan a bait catcher for Christmas, perfect gift?  yes.  He had pretty much been holding his breath in anticipation of catching those sprats; After he had discovered this ‘new species’ , he counted how many fish he had caught, only to find out