the deep dark bush

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we had friends from church over this evening and played the junior version of cranium called cadoo.  it was very good.

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we did kids vs mums vs dads.  dads were rubbish and the kids nearly won, but one of the mums called a technicality on one of kezia’s answers which lead to the mums winning !

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the girls had orchestra this afternoon then i took them to the mall to buy esther a new watch

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meanwhile jane went to a church ladies breakfast meeting thing where one of her friends gave a talk about her life which was very moving by all accounts.

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then this afternoon we went in search of some geocaches.  we found one but gave up on the second one when we had to cross a stream.  we weren’t really dressed for such scramblings and jane needed to be back to put the chicken in the oven

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this fantastic little reserve was really dark because the forest was so thick.  it’s also next to new zealand’s highest security prison, so you could never be sure what or who might jump out at you !

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night all.