more friends from the UK

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busy days all round today

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jane went to janine’s house for her new prayer meeting. esther had a teacher training day so she went too to play with her friend amy.

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esther also got to speak to my mum on the phone which was nice to catch up

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i worked from home today as we were expecting visitors this afternoon.  Andy (above, standing next to his name set in concrete) is a professor at University London and i’ve known him for nearly 15 years through telecoms industry things.

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he and his wife Sue have been holidaying in new zealand for the last week and a half and were back in auckland for their flight home.  so it was really nice of them to spend their last half day with us.

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so, whilst the girls were at swimming, we headed off to Muriwai beach for a walk and a gander at the gannets

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then back home for a great meal and more chatting before they left this evening to drive back to their hotel so they can get their plane first thing in the morning.

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kezia’s swimming is going to change a bit from end of March as her Saturday morning swimming will move to Tuesday evenings so that’s worked out nicely for weekend sleep ins (starting April at least)

 

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