Steam Scene

This was a family trip to Steam Scene. We spent the morning riding the cute little trains. You get 12 rides for $10. It is a wonderful to way to spend a warm morning (very strange weather for the middle of winter) without spending too much money.

Porters Pass Snow Day

In the July school holidays we took the boys up to Porters Pass for a play in the snow. There is a great spot just before Lake Lyndon with a steep slope for fast sliding, and a long run off so you don't end up on the road. We had 4 fantastic hours of running up the slope to come down in a couple of seconds flat. Joshua and Nicholas discovered that Mum and Dad are big kids too! I discovered that as adults we don't bounce as well as we used to. Thankfully there isn't a photo of my little accident. (Three weeks later and my tail bone is still sore!!!)

The First Winter Snow Storm

Nicholas had his first memorable experience with snow this year.


This is one of Josh's great photos. This is the result of the snow that slid down the boys slide.


This is Nicholas and Joshua in a cave at Sumner after a day driving around looking at the snow. The boys didn't believe us at first when we showed them and told them about Lyttelton being on the rim of an extinct volcano. They were also a little afraid of climbing through a small hole into a pitch black cave after me. I had to keep taking photos with the flash to convince them that it was ok.

James' 35th Birthday

Nick and Josh were on hand to help James blow out heaps of candles on his birthday.