happy new year

I am having trouble with various applications crashing on our computer: no photos until w can fix it... we are back from 10 days with family and friends and many happy memories to end the year with and start this one "filled up". Hope you have a happy new year and are also filled up and ready to go. Happy summer! for the next few weeks we will be swimming lessoning, and clearing the thigh high weeds I have come home to then sowing seed and planing our winter garden and harvests.

West Coast tripping

We have just come back from a few days in Punakaiki, on the beautiful west coast. It was stunning weather (which i think is not the norm  on that part of nz), and the kids coped admirably with the long drive. the coast was beautiful, and hanging out in our own space for a while was lovely. We are celebrating tobin's second birthday today with a lot of music, his favourite thing!  A few more days with lovely husband home, then back to normal.