A Beautiful Day at Scorching Bay!

We had an amazing morning playing at the beach. Hudson and Isaac enjoyed playing with their trucks in the sand, learning to throw the frisbee with daddy(the really white guy on the beach), and taking loads of water to and fro from the water to the beach in their dump druck. Josh took a short bike ride and I swam in the chilly water in my wet suit. What an enjoyable day! There have not been as many pleasant beach days this summer due to the weather, so we are very thankful that we took advantage of the sunshine on this particular day.

 

 

 

 

Pure Isaac

 

 

 

 

I just love Isaac's love for life, energy and fun!

Christmas Day

The first thing that Hudson said when he saw the Christmas tree with all of the presents was, "WOW!!!!" He ran up to the tree and grabbed the matching Christmas doggies from Grandma Felix, then he ran down the hall, opened Isaac's door to his room, and placed a doggy on Isaac's pillow next to his head. It was so precious.

We shared a lovely breakfast with our teammate Sarah, who has been living with us, and then we opened some presents. Thanks family for the Christmas well-wishes and gifts. We had a great day and enjoyed watching some of you open your presents over the web cam.

 

 

 

 

Isaac is watching his new Penguins video, while wearing his new shirt. They boys loved this funny video from G&G Felix.

Staglands Nature Reserve

Josh and I took the boys to the Staglands Nature Reserve out in Upper Hutt (just past our favorite Organic Blueberry Farm). The boys enjoyed feeding the ducks, fish, geese, swans, donkeys, bunnies, and guinea pigs. I had a lot of fun watching the boys and seeing all of the animals, aside from my painful encounter with Mr. Donkey. (He tried to get to the food stashed in my jacket as I reached out my hand to pet him and he bit the inside of my arm! Ouch! Instant welt/bruise and man did it hurt.) Still, we had an memorable time. Hudson especially liked the silly goats that followed him around for awhile. They were so hyper and crazy and Hudson loved them. Isaac seemed to appreciate the fat rabbits lounging in the sun the most and daddy enjoyed honing in on his growing photography skills. All in all, it was a great day. h

 

 

 

 

Gingerbread House

Sarah gave me a Gingerbread kit as a present. There is actually a very long story behind why the kit was brought to our house as a gift, but I don't have the time to share that part with all of you. :) We had a great family time piecing together our tasty little gingerbread house. Josh and Hudson made a nice team. Hudson sat on daddy's lap for about an hour as they worked on the house. Isaac and I made, well, a different kind of team. We were more interested in laughing, and eating, than concentrating. I was pretty tired that day and enjoyed laughing with Isaac and watching daddy and Hudson more than anything. It was a lot of fun!

 

 

 

 

Last Day of Morning Kindy

Isaac has been attending a morning play group at Grace Kindergarten since he was around 2 1/2 years old. It is based out of our home church here in NZ, and it is run by a member of our church as well, Pip McGee. Isaac loves learning, interacting with the other children, riding the bikes, playing in the sand pit, and doing any kind of outdoor activity that involves expanding energy! He really thrives in the environment that the teacher's have created amongst the children at Grace Kindy. What a blessing. Here are a few pics from his last day at morning Kindy. Isaac gave away bouncy balls for his parting gift and we all had a picnic lunch at Khandallah Park following the last morning session.