Photo update

New pc

Just a very quick update.
We are all fantastic and are really enjoying baby Leon. He will be 4 months on 2nd of May....I can't believe how quickly time has flown. He is a gorgeous happy baby and as soon as we get some photos on this new pc, I will post them.
In the mean time here is a pic I drew in paint yesterday. The kids thought it was just beautiful. It took me about 15 seconds.....imagine what I could do in a few hours. lol

Photos

He's here!

Leon Iaveta Rutter Barnett
Born January 2nd 2009
8lb 10oz (3930 gms)

The kids are besotted with him.

Darcy just can't believe he has a brother.

Update

Twister and homemade pizzas

The kids had a game of Twister a few days ago which was great as they've hardly used it since we got it. DD11 was just about to topple over as I took this pic.



It was DD's 11th birthday yesterday and she had 2 friends over for the night. They made beautiful pizzas for dinner. They were so yummy.

Rainbow Springs

Today we went to Rainbow Springs.
We bought a special year long pass so we can visit as much as we want.

We had a picnic in the sun first which was lovely.

We saw lots of birds.

We were most impressed by the walk-in enclosures.

2nd wedding anniversary

I got some gorgeous flowers for our anniversary...


....and a home made cake. Aren't I lucky!!






Talking on the phone.


Hannah was so busy talking to her best friend on the phone that she hardly noticed me tying this ribbon in her hair. She left it in nearly all day and it looked so cute.

Happy Fathers Day

This afternoon we had a family barbecue for Fathers Day. It's been quite a while since we all got together so it lovely especially for the kids. They stuff themselves silly and then have a great time playing together while the adults sit around and gasbag (for non-Kiwis that means talk lots!!)
Hannah made an apple pie for her Granddad from scratch, even the pastry and it was gorgeous.
A few people thought it ha d been store-bought. She's turning into quite the little chef.

She's has been watching lots of E! channel on sky lately so this is her impression of trying to avoid the paparazzi!

Long overdue update

Last month Hannah and I went to the OpShop concert that was here in Rotorua. We had been waiting for it for over a month and were really, really looking forward to it. I was 15 weeks preggy then - although you can hardly see my bump!!


After the concert we lined up for autographs and we were able to get a photo of Hannah and the lovely Jason together. It's taken with my phone so it's not that clear, but still an awesome memento. I told the band that it was Hannah's first concert and they were really neat about it. They all signed a big poster that one of the advertising people gave her which was a huge bonus as they weren't giving them to anyone else. (Later that week we got it laminated and it now holds prized position above her bed.)
We both had the BEST time and can't wait for the summer concert season so we can go see them again.

It's snowing!!!

The start of our shed

We finally had the concrete poured for our double garage. We've been waiting for ages to get it started and it was so exciting to watch it being done.





It's going to be half garage/workshop and half playroom. It means we can move all the crap that clutters up the house out there and we can have a tidy house for once!! You have no idea how exciting that is for me.
Watch this space for building progress.