Stevie's mum and sister flew over for 10 days to see us. So we decided to show them around the South Island. The arrived on the Friday. We gave them time to catch there breath before we started the tour. Saturday consisted on Showing them around the CBD to see the earthquake damage, the re:start mall and some street performers. We finished the day heading to Sumner and taking a walk on the beach. Sunday we took them to the Farmers market, around Riccarton Ma...

14th July 2013 Kelly got up before 8 to get a head start as her flight from Christchurch was at 5 that evening! We all just managed to check out on time! The weather had turned and the snow storm was setting in so we left as soon as possible as it was going to be a slow drive home and we really wanted to avoid using the snow chains! We stopped off again at lake Tekapo for lunch. This time it represented a different scene. The snow had set and covered the lake....

13th July 2013 It's my birthday...whoop whoop. I woke up all excited and opened all my cards...Kym and Kerry are clearly sick of me moaning about starting an exercise regime so they have bought me an exercise ball and some weights....no wonder the boot was so low on the drive down! And Mark continued with surprises not only did I get some great new clobber we are going Bungy jumping today....he really has come through! (Meanwhile Chris ran out for a 'toothbrush...

12th July 2013 This will come as a shock to you all....we had an early start this morning!!!! We are heading to Queenstown for the weekend for my birthday....yay! Kym woke all of us up at 6 and it wasn't long before we were on the road, although not before we stopped off at McDonald's for a take-away breakfast. From what I saw off the drive it was beautiful (most of the time I was sleeping...it's what I do!) we saw Mt Cook several times as Kym kept screaming tha...

Quick update. The day has finally arrived, The girls are pleased getting away from Arlen (our landlady), We have managed to find our own house, just behind the Mall. Its perfect for all of us. Chris has moved with us. We have kitted out the house into a man cave, complete with a dart board and mini golf. We are now looking for a pool table for our double garage. There were a few things that we need to to pick up along the way, but came at a bargain. Like to recl...