This is the view looking out from the beach at Broad Bay. That is our canoe loaded up with the local kids.
This is a sample of some of Grandads fantastic photos that span many years of family, hunting and fishing and generally getting out into nature.
This is a video of Corbin's 5th birthday party at the Board Bay beach. It was a great day and many of his friends turned out to have a slice of cake and a bunch of fun. Many thanks to mom for doing the lions share of the work and organizing the event so well.
Skylar getting a very exciting present from her Grandma in America. This was a real tough one to get into so good job packing this on Grandma! Skylars other grandparent, my dad Len, is the young looking fellow who offers help in opening the box. This has been a real great gift as Skylar has got a lot out of it, reading about the history surrounding the time period that the doll, Caroline, is from. All the American Dolls are set in a historic period with history books and clothing that represent their period. She's learning lots of American history in a personal enjoyable way. Skylar went on line recently and we visited the American Girl shop in New York, she was (we were) amazed at what happens there-hairdressing, a hospital and a cafe--just for starters and that is for the dolls!
This is the inside downstairs of our new house with the kitchen in the background and a door through to the bathroom stairway and spare bedroom just past and to the right of that computer chair. It really is great to be in a decent sized house again and not to be squeezed in like we have been for a while. We have views overlooking the bay, walking distance to the beach, and we are surrounded by native forest and birds. The kids are loving expressing themselves in their own rooms. Spring will bring even greater adventures, as the city is building a bike path just outside our house that is adjacent to the water. The kids will love biking closer to home more often. :-)
This is the inside downstairs of our new house with the kitchen in the background and a door through to the bathroom stairway and spare bedroom just past and to the right of that computer chair. It really is great to be in a decent sized house again and not to be squeezed in like we have been for a while. We have views overlooking the bay, walking distance to the beach, and we are surrounded by native forest and birds. The kids are loving expressing themselves in their own rooms. Spring will bring even greater adventures, as the city is building a bike path just outside our house that is adjacent to the water. The kids will love biking closer to home more often. :-)
Chinese New Year at the Chinese Gardens in Dunedin. It was a great event with Machen and her troupe being one of the top billed entertainment acts. They received the most applause of any of the entertainment this night. It was packed and Skylar and Corbin had to get up high to see everything that was happening, they aren't afraid to get up on top of things no matter how high or safe (un) .
More of grandads hunting photos, I will add a bunch more and will also add comments regarding the people and the places in them at a latter date.