another nice day today. church this morning was good
and as is becoming traditional we popped in to the bakery on the way home for sunday lunch breadery. they’ve got all their decs up
then we had some new friends to visit: Mike and Sarah and their 4 kids. They were introduced to us via email as they are friends of esther’s and kezia’s godparents in the UK as Steve worked with Mike. They are in NZ for at least a year and have just arrived in auckland.
they were really nice and it was funny being old-timers ourselves now !
after lunch we went to Long Bay for a dip in the sea (i watched) and a play on the park
we sat on the grass area next to some people who were having a barbeque on the beach on a warm summer’s day under a pohutukawa tree (the new zealand christmas tree). You can’t get much more kiwi than that !
as we left some people started drumming on the beach – can you spot them and their rather large drums in the picture ?
and here’s some news for you. our local video store has changed names and is now known as Video Ezy (which we call Ezzy which is one of Esther’s family nicknames). They heart movies you know. i think someone much have lightbulbed that strap line up.
esther is out doing her last flippa ball of the season and everyone else is exhausted ! Shame we’ve got work tomorrow.