The outside decoration has begun, we have always named our places and this is no exception, seemed fitting 🙂 Luca even has a couple of “flatmates” , they are gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! Long weekend here, 4 days off for both me and Luca, wahoo! The last 3 weeks have flown by and been very busy so it …

On the last day of the school holidays I was going to give Luca a hair trim, turns out that he had been contemplating a change for a while and this is what it turned into… It makes him look so grown up! He loves it and so do we! So school is back and …

We made the most of last weekend and the end of the warm weather to hit the beach, taking Aria and Ted with us. It was a fun day, the kids even found a penguin with some babies. We took a quick look then left her in peace. Rich had found some maple syrup on …

The school holidays begin today and we have woken to a lovely sunny crisp morning. Rich and I find with the school year being cut into 4 terms that it goes by extremely fast! We have had quite a bit of rain lately so the clear day a nice change, although we do need more …

Happy Easter everyone! It is early morning here on Good Friday, I woke early and opened the door, the wind was warm and rain ,(which we desperately need), was in the air, as I write this raindrops have begun as you can see on our kitchen window above. It is very cozy in here, everyone …

The fire pit area has been getting lots of use of late. Fall is here and the days for the most part have been lovely. Yesterday we went hiking, a long one, 5 hours. The forecast was for rain but it did not come and was a spectacular day. We have a friends daughter staying …

We made the most of the awesome weather last weekend and headed to the Caitlins. This is a couple of hours south of us on the east coast. It has been many, many years since I had been there and I have only vague recollections of it. So, so beautiful! First stop the famous lighthouse …

The kids went back to school this week and it is now Waitangi weekend so Monday is a holiday – nice! Back to school arrived fast, here is Luca on his first day, of his last year of primary . He is in the senior class now , this year has lots of added responsibility …

The summer holidays are well underway and life is pretty blissful here….. Spending time at the beach always high on the priority list 🙂 With all the rain over the new year period there are a few puddles on the road down to the beach, much to Pica’s delight, she just cannot help herself! We …

Happy New Year everyone! This is a long one, it was an epic trip! We headed off to the west coast through Arthur’s Pass. Above is as we entered, pretty awesome! There are 3 passes through the mountains in the south island getting you from one coast to the other. We had done the Lewis …