we stayed at the party until around 10.30pm then headed home as we were variously tired
then we were up early this morning to spend the day at mahurangi beach with friends from church
we were the first to arrive so grabbed some shady space near the beach front and within a few minutes the rest of the gang had turned up
one family brought to kayaks along and the kids spent most of the day in the sea bobbing about
occasionally the adults were allowed to sneak out and go for a walk to admire the views
but the most part of the day was spent supervising the swimmers and chatting with friends
and swimming with ducks
we left late afternoon to get home for tea and packing as we’re off up north tomorrow for a week. normal service will be resumed upon our return !