Hello Everyone! We hope that you have had a wonderful holiday, and have a terrific 2011! We miss you all terribly, and hope to see everyone in 2011! First will be the family visiting in February! We are all excited, especially A!
As most of you know my mom and honourary Aunt came for a visit, which was wonderful! Everyone had a fun and relaxing summer holiday. They started with a tour of the North Island, and were ready for a bit of Christmas and relaxing in Christchurch. We went so see the endangered yellow-eyed penguin (Hoiho) in Oamaru, and poked around in Otago for a couple days. The penguins were the highlight of the trip for all! We also went to the famous Moeraki boulders (round boulders on the beach), which were cool but there were too many people there for my liking.
We went for a punt ride through Hagley park on Christmas eve, which was quite relaxing and lovely! Rowan keeps asking when we get to go on a little boat again. I felt like I should have seen Toad 'pooting' by in his motor car, and ratty and mole picnicking on the shore...
I don't think my mom and Aunt were too impressed with our boxing day aftershocks - only a 4.9, bt it was centered under Christchurch. Did more damage downtown, and the shops lost even more business on their busiest day! Many places downtown were closed but have since reopened.
Next on the to-do list is to find a place to live - our lease ends in early Feb, and we will have to leave our 'villa'
more later!
S
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