Thursday, 7 April 2022

Hui-tanguru 2022

Bobby started at St Dom's and we got Covid in March 2022!


Nervous but so excited and very ready



Bobby's such a good sharer...and by that I mean she chewed my ear off with every detail about her day...and I loved it!

First day back for Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

My master piece of the Encanto homestead for the wall of our bagbay

Dally's home sharing book....he wāhi motuhake (a special place).
She shared about the Newstead Cemetery



Our Come Follow Me learning this year is from the Old Testament so we learnt this song cause I was the only one in the family who knew it



Sunday arvo I think, it was obviously a tiring sacrament on zoom!

Caramel slice with caramilk on top

Our YW activity on this night was watching a movie called The Overcomer. It was a really great, feel good movie about a girl doing a cross country race. So afterwards we walked around our block together and I challenged all of the girls to train for a 1, 2 or 3 mile run in December

The night after the activity we did a 1 mile run cause Faith's classmates tricked her into thinking she had to do it for the athletics day (which was only 2 days later)


One of our family faves....schnitty and potato bake. I'm not sure where this guys veges are though

Girls date arvo (shopping for new church clothes)




Valentines Day surprise donuts in the kids bags

We now have Covid at this point so we ran along the front of the house for exercise. Annoying but couldn't give up the streak


A Stoney care package which was very well received





A Leone care package which was also a winner


A King care package which really hit the spot as well!


We did a few learning activities at home that the teachers set. The big girls really stung me with pretending to do work for a week but actually hardly doing anything so we had a huge catch up to do on the last 2 days of iso. Lucky Mummy's a miracle worker and we managed to suss everything




And a good ol' cheeseball to round off the month. It used to be a strictly christmas treat but since Faith asked for it for her 13th birthday it occurred to me that we can have it whenever we want....duh! Can't do it too often though cause it's dangerously peckish. Once a quarter seems about right :)


Sunday, 27 February 2022

Kohitatea - 2022

2022 has arrived and with it hope of brighter days ahead!


Magician Aunty B

Back to church at home again

Dally's finally got curly hair, of sorts

Learning the Books of the Old Testament for the Come, Follow Me learning this year

Faith's signature cake, no one bakes it better...and it's divine with my icing

Gross but the kids loved the dog roll Grandie gave us

Girly cousin crafty time

Mum 'n Dad chillin' at Parnell pools while the kiddies swam for a few hours

Faith and Ella were both assigned one lesson each during the holidays and Faith took it so seriously. She did a wonderful job teaching about the creation



Mum and Dad's date night in the city at Commercial Bay....

And Newmarket




Dally doing an interview with Grandad Sonny



Summer Squash lessons

Everyone in the family except me sleeps with their knees up like this

Faith doing her part time job....Dad's work washing

A date with these beauties in the city for the filming of a new reality show called 60 seconds....and lunch of course



Kids vax sesh...and they each got a $50 voucher for doing it!

Faith's first official tithing moment


Spending/wasting their money

2nd Annual Anniversary Weekend trip to Waiheke




Home church again while Dad was at the chapel