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kezia had swimming at 6.30am then the rest of the day was spent at the ice rink for her birthday party.

this evening we were all exhausted and watched a film

we’re back in to a routine now – esther schooling by bus and kezia by foot

both girls had swimming this evening so jane went to the gym and i went for chips with warren in a hotel lobby

Look at this cool girl. Kezia had her first day at Albany Junior High today. It seems to have gone very well. Esther made it to school and back on the bus.

I have been for 2 walks with Pearl and a coffee with Debbie.

Dave went to work and came home.

Well, exciting day today.

Dave ordered his first salad from Subway.

Esther started her new school and had a good day. Good for you Esther!

Kezia got her braces.

This was a far less painful and traumatic exercise than she had imagined, which is great.

This morning us girls went to the school bus stop to check up on the bus Esther will be catching. All good there. Then I went to my church office job and a friend came to look after the girls. This afternoon Pearl had her stitches out and the girls had violin lessons.

This evening Kezia and I took Pearl to her first dog obedience class. It was a bigger set up than I had realised. Kezia counted 39 dogs in 6 different classes.  Pearl did not disgrace herself. Phew.

Dave went to work and came home tired.

public holiday today. perfect weather

jane and the girls went to the beach with chums

i went to the Laneway music festival in town with my next door neighbour and his cousin.  it was a scorching day and after 7 hours in the sun we decided to head home.  and i’m now listening to the headline ‘tame impala’ live on the radio rather than squashed in a carpark with 10,000 other people.  probably for the best.

for those that are interested in such things, i saw kings of convenience (excellent), street chant (rubbish),

 

the eversons (very excellent)

lawrence arabia (very excellent)

Phoenix Foundation (good, last song very excellent)

real estate (ok), alt-j (excellent), divine fits (disapprovingly way below average), bailterspace (very excellent), yeasayer (not my cup of tea)

 

 

highlight for me because of the unpredictable noise was ‘a place to bury strangers’ who managed to smash up four guitars between them whilst playing

 

half a bass guitar

 

it was one of those concerts where you’re glad there’s a safety fence between you and the band, to keep the band from coming in to the crowd (which they still managed to).

here’s the finale including the forced removal of guitar strings and chuck-age

church (printing labels and sticking coloured dots on the new equipment), then new church friends for lunch (lots of laughing) then neighbours over for a swim (more laughing)

this evening more swimming and some skyping.

i had a parcel left for me at church.  at least i think it was for me.

we went to the Warworth show today

here’s Te Radar.  he’s off the telly

 

we saw a fluffy rabbit

some fantastic photo sculptures

 

some sheep shearing competitions

some shocked shells

a cow with a hump like a camel

and some cattle rustling

then this evening we did some gardening/tidying/moved the tramp(oline)/swimming

Got the new worship team roster out today. Hoorah! , lots of the day spent faffing over it, emailing, printing and posting.

Esther had a friend over and has now gone for a sleep-over at the friend’s house.

Kez went to the beach with the Eaverys and then to swimming for the first time in ages.

Dave and I had a nice walk on Takapuna beach while waiting for Kez.

esther went to les miserable with a friend today and kezia had a friend over here

jane bought a pearl guard for the car

i had a big meeting at work which went ok because lots of people were on holiday

and this evening esther and i watched pirates of the Caribbean