Yes I know it's been a long time since I updated this, sorry!! I have actually tried, but had the thing time out on me at the last minute and not update, then got fed up with it. We are all really good, no winter ills yet apart from the odd mild cold (fingers crossed!). Connor is loving school and Byron and I are still at playcentre. I have rather a love/hate relationship with playcentre, as it takes up so much of my time, but is fantastic for Byron and we both have lots of great friends there. Only four weeks until the end of the term, I don't know where the time goes! Here are a couple of recent highlights:

At the end of April Bruce and I had a lovely weekend away in Queenstown, while the boys had fun with Nana and Poppa and the family in Auckland. It was the perfect time of year to go, the autumn colours were absolutely stunning and we had a lovely, relaxing time. Here is a photo of us in Arrowtown with those amazing colours behind us. It was overcast, but when the sun came out later it was incredible, like gold leaves shining in the sun.














Connor started playing football this term, and his team are all friends from school. At this age the games/teams are five a side and obviously they play on a much smaller pitch. It's pretty hilarious to watch, like a swarm of bees all chasing after the ball, but they have had a few games now and are improving every week. Connor absolutely loves it, and he and Byron (and Bruce and I sometimes) spend a lot of time kicking a small foam ball up and down our hallway into the 'goals' at either end.






























Connor got the 'player of the day' trophy in the second week, for scoring two goals. He was very proud!