the visitation begins

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very exciting day today – our good friends the laughlands arrived in auckland

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after various organisings first thing we drove over to the airport and waited for them to emerge from the international arrivals door.

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which they eventually did

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then it was a drive back home for chatting and belated xmas gift exchanging

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i got some uk bic biros – hoorah !

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the rest of the day was spent chatting and game playing by the kids and trying to stay awake (very successfully) by our visitors

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here’s kezia in a fancy new xmas top

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oh, and andrew and i took the kids on a walk in the rain this afternoon which involved some scooters and a few slides on the flying fox.

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it’s 9pm and everyone is feeling a bit jet lagged (including the simpsons bizarrely) so that’s it for today.  see yas