Well we arrived back from the beach house today. It was sad to leave as the past few days were awesome, it was just us three and Mum and Dad with some beautiful weather. Yesterday Casey, Charlie and Dad went out in the boat and had a great old time being gone for over an hour. Needless to say Charlie slept well last night and didnt get up until 9am this morning....a treat for sure!!
So back to work Monday it is but a new year and new challenges will be good.
Off to my best friends little sisters wedding tomorrow, should be fun.
Off to bed for us all now xx
Friday, January 6, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Year - 2012!!
Well it has been far too long since we have posted any news and one of my resolutions for the new year is to maintain this!! So here goes..............
We just celebrated our New Year at the family beach house and were lucky to have some special visitors from America!! My host brother from my 1995 exchange programme in California, Ken and his lovely wife Adina came and stayed with us for a night. The weather was not so good but we had such a lovely catch up. It was great. The weather has fined up so even though I have come home to work for one day I look forward to heading back to the beach house and spending some quality time with Charlie and Casey.
Charlie is now two and a half years old - scary to say that when you see how long it has been since I posted anything!! He is just a sweetheart - gorgeous just like his Dad and cheeky - just like his Mum! We love him to bits and every day is so much fun with his vocabulary growing - one of our favourites..."mmmmmmmm Delicious!!!"
Casey is doing really well although suffered a bug over the past few days but is on the mend now. His work is one his major passions at the moment which is so great to see and he loves working for his company, Tonkin and Taylor. I see him there for many years ahead.
My work is going well - I look after the Accounts Payable team which services a large amount of companies located in NZ, Australia and Asia. I work with great people and although the job is a challenge at times with a team of 14 I do wake up each day looking forward to what lay ahead.
My family in NZ is fine - both my brothers has two boys and both them and their families are doing well and keeping busy. Mum and Dad are well and finding themselves spending more time at the beach house with Dad doing some serious alterations over the last couple years.
I had the pleasure of heading to California in August to be a bridesmaid in my dear friend Natalies wedding. It was such an awesome trip and I will post a couple pics. Thanks Nat!!
This past year saw us selling our first home here in NZ and we are renting until we figure where we want to buy next in Hamilton. We are looking forward to getting ahead financially this year and enjoying time with family and friends. We have our first visit from Judy (Caseys mum) this March so we look forward to that and will be taking another week off to enjoy some sunshine at the beach house!
Well I will continue to post more and will shortly add some photos.
Love to all
C3 xxx
We just celebrated our New Year at the family beach house and were lucky to have some special visitors from America!! My host brother from my 1995 exchange programme in California, Ken and his lovely wife Adina came and stayed with us for a night. The weather was not so good but we had such a lovely catch up. It was great. The weather has fined up so even though I have come home to work for one day I look forward to heading back to the beach house and spending some quality time with Charlie and Casey.
Charlie is now two and a half years old - scary to say that when you see how long it has been since I posted anything!! He is just a sweetheart - gorgeous just like his Dad and cheeky - just like his Mum! We love him to bits and every day is so much fun with his vocabulary growing - one of our favourites..."mmmmmmmm Delicious!!!"
Casey is doing really well although suffered a bug over the past few days but is on the mend now. His work is one his major passions at the moment which is so great to see and he loves working for his company, Tonkin and Taylor. I see him there for many years ahead.
My work is going well - I look after the Accounts Payable team which services a large amount of companies located in NZ, Australia and Asia. I work with great people and although the job is a challenge at times with a team of 14 I do wake up each day looking forward to what lay ahead.
My family in NZ is fine - both my brothers has two boys and both them and their families are doing well and keeping busy. Mum and Dad are well and finding themselves spending more time at the beach house with Dad doing some serious alterations over the last couple years.
I had the pleasure of heading to California in August to be a bridesmaid in my dear friend Natalies wedding. It was such an awesome trip and I will post a couple pics. Thanks Nat!!
This past year saw us selling our first home here in NZ and we are renting until we figure where we want to buy next in Hamilton. We are looking forward to getting ahead financially this year and enjoying time with family and friends. We have our first visit from Judy (Caseys mum) this March so we look forward to that and will be taking another week off to enjoy some sunshine at the beach house!
Well I will continue to post more and will shortly add some photos.
Love to all
C3 xxx
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Meeting Grammie and Grandpa for the first time!!
Dad (Ken) and Cathi were at the airport to meet us and it was a lovely reunion with them meeting Charlie for the first time.
It was a long first night as with the time difference Charlie did not want to go to bed until about 1am. At least we all got to spend some quality time with Charlie and hang out!!
It was a long first night as with the time difference Charlie did not want to go to bed until about 1am. At least we all got to spend some quality time with Charlie and hang out!!
Ken and Cathi with Charlie after his first bath in California!!
Trip to California - Sep/Oct 09 - Departing NZ
We left New Zealand for our flight to San Francisco at about 8pm on Sep 23 and had Charlie all ready to go in his pajamas.
Mum drove us to the airport and saw us off - we were so excited but anxious about the plane ride with Charlie!! We are happy to report Charlie slept 8 hours of the 11 hour flight there so we were very impressed. When he was up he was happy to look around and enjoy the flight and the other people.
Charlie excited for his first trip on "the big bird in the sky"!!
Family shot at the airport - getting ready to leave Nana.
Mum drove us to the airport and saw us off - we were so excited but anxious about the plane ride with Charlie!! We are happy to report Charlie slept 8 hours of the 11 hour flight there so we were very impressed. When he was up he was happy to look around and enjoy the flight and the other people.
Charlie excited for his first trip on "the big bird in the sky"!!
Family shot at the airport - getting ready to leave Nana.Tuesday, October 27, 2009
We are back!!
It has been a long time since I have posted any news so will be doing a few catch up posts soon!!
We had a fantastic trip to California and also have just spent a lovely long weekend over at the beach!!
Charlie is now approaching 5 months of age so we are thoroughly enjoying him and the new things that come about everyday with him!! He has recently started to eat food and I have attached a photo of this for you to see.
Will do the catch up posts shortly!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Charlie - 3 Months Old
Charlie and Casey - he is his fathers son!!!
Having a great time on his mat
Too cute!!!Charlie is now 14 weeks old!! It is hard to believe where all this time has gone!!
Charlie is doing really well and learning new things all the time. He has started to reach out for objects which is pretty cool as he tries really hard to focus on getting his hand to go where he wants it to!!
He is giggling and talking so much more now which is so nice as it feels more like he is communicating with us.
He has his three month immunisations this month so it will be good to get those out of the way.
Mum and Dad have returned from Europe and could not get over how much he had changed. He has a real fuzz of blonde hair on his head - it is so cute!!
Only a little over a week until we go to California - wooooo hooooooo!!!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Week 12 - First Rugby Match
This past week we had a special visitor from the California - our good friend Gordon. We decided to make a trip to Auckland to watch our local Rugby team (Waikato) play one of the Auckland teams (Counties Manukau). It was such a great day and Charlie did really well in the car and at the game. As you can see in the picture he was quite interested in what was going on with the game! It was a great day out.
Other than this all is going well with Charlie although he has had a cold but he is fighting through it and seems happy enough. Just lots of sneezing and coughing and runny nose.
Looking forward to Mum and Dad coming home from Europe next week and hearing all about their trip and also it is 3 weeks until we leave for our trip to California!! So exciting.
Casey, Gordon and Charlie
Charlie passed out on the way up to the Rugby.
Other than this all is going well with Charlie although he has had a cold but he is fighting through it and seems happy enough. Just lots of sneezing and coughing and runny nose.
Looking forward to Mum and Dad coming home from Europe next week and hearing all about their trip and also it is 3 weeks until we leave for our trip to California!! So exciting.
Casey, Gordon and Charlie 
Charlie passed out on the way up to the Rugby.
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