Our eight seater van is full. No room for visitors or more children. Perhaps the time is coming for a bigger vehicle!
October 16, 2004
February 06, 2004
Wigram Air Force Museum, Jan 13
Okay, so I'm a bit behind in keeping this site up to date. Our family plus my Dad had a very enjoyable visit to the Wigram Air Force Museum, here in Christchurch. Although I've lived in Christchurch for almost 16 years, I'd never been there. It is WELL worth a day long visit, if not longer. Above is Daniel (3) and Matthew (6) sitting inside one of the planes. Air Force Museum
January 15, 2004
Katrina at Pigeon Bay, Jan 8
My beautiful bride spent many a weekend at Pigeon Bay when she was younger, thanks to her father's interest in sailing. Here she is at Pigeon Bay again, with a portion of Holmes Bay in the background.
Crab Hunt, Jan 6 or 8
Philip, Matthew, David and Daniel love searching for crabs beneath the rocks at Pigeon Bay. It was a bit cooler on the day of this photo, hence the need for jerseys and trousers instead of the standard fare of shorts and t-shirts.
Camping at Pigeon Bay, Jan 5-9
We spent five days tenting at Pigeon Bay, along with Katrina's parents Wayne & Edna Radford, in the early days of January. What a delightful time we had. Wayne rowed the boys around in his little dingy (which became affectionately called "thingy", as in "the dingy is a thingy"), the boys rowed themselves in Wayne's canoe, and a sail or two in Wayne's yacht Maranatha. The weather was not too hot, and apart from general sleeplessness on the first night, the boys did very well. We'll do it again soon.
December 30, 2003
Michael and Katrina Have 23 Hours Away, Dec 29
Wayne and Edna looked after the boys for 23 hours while Michael and Katrina had a day away together -- the first time for many years. We stayed at The Chatterley Manor, which used to be the Highcroft Country Club, where we stayed during our honeymoon in 1994. Well worth it! www.ladychatterley.co.nz
December 04, 2003
December 03, 2003
Family Camping Trip at Leithfield Beach, Nov 29-30
We pitched our tent at Leithfield Beach over the weekend of November 29-30, 2003. We almost had the camping ground to ourselves (although with five little boys running around, you'd hardly think that), the weather was perfect, and our tent site wonderfully sheltered from the wind from the beach. The boys finally quietened down at 10pm on the Saturday night, but then slept until 7.30am or so on Sunday morning, which wasn't too bad. We'll have to do this again sooner rather than later, and for a longer period. In the photo, David and Daniel are playing "race the waves" on the beach just before lunch on the Sunday.
Lunch at Kirwee Show, Nov 22
Twas cold at the Kirwee Show when lunch time rolled around, so we parked ourselves and our two fold-down camping tables between a couple of vehicles. Some people passing by thought we looked very funny ...
