Lorna married

Well what aWhistle-stop tour of the U.K. this time! But we wouldn't have missed Lorny getting married to Dan for the world. It was great to catch -up with friends and family even though it was very brief. Huge apologies to those we did not catch up with; Gareth's Auntie Marian, Uncle Bryan, Cousins Matthew and Cathryn and families, friends Lynn and Nick, Bob and Dee, Kath and Haimish, Pete and Anj...

It was a real treat to shop at Cribbs Causeway and Cardiff, even though somebody swiped my card and spent $ 1000 dollars of our money in U.S.A.

Lorna looked like a princess on Her wedding day it was fantastic to see her sooooooooooooooo happy, looking forward to her and Dan hearing the patter of tiny feet, with grand children closer to home for mum and dad.

Come out and see us soon, I know a few of you have plans, you are all more than welcome we'd love to see you.

I had a birthday party the Saturday we got back after flying in on Tuesday! It was fun with apple and quince schnapps and Turkey rolls.

Gareth's team unfortunately lost in the Rugby final, and Gareth announced his retirement mmmmmmmmmmmm We'll see !

We are hoping to get fit again and do an off-road half marathon with some friends. We waved off Our good friends Dallas and Steve and their boys Jordie and Teina, they have left for a new life teaching inHongKong.

Enjoy these photos !!!

Turkeys and Merryn's b.day.plus half marathon

Just to catch up in the right order.....Merryn had her 2nd birthday, Sarah baked her a humungous chocolate cake! I spent four days up in Auckland on my Personal Trainer Course learning heaps of new stuff. Then my friend Mel and I trained for an off-road half marathon, we trained really well, then both got ill just b4 running it...We went anyway! It was a pretty tough run, especially for Mel ( first comp. she had done). Next my friend Marty picked me up for a full day of Turkey- shooting. As this year I wanted to provide my own turkeys for my mid-winter birthday party. We headed down to a friends farm...Thanks Kirsten and Paul! eventually finding some Turkeys. Paul stopped the Quad bike, Marty gave me the shotgun and they both said " off you go" I was like aaagh( in my head) i lined up my first victim through the sights and " bang!" first shot I got one. I was a natural...later on I shot 2 birds with one shot! I totalled 5 turkeys and Marty matched it. All in all a successful trip, then we had to pluck them and do all the other yukky stuff. But it was worth it!