We got wet camping

Wringing out the water

So it rained, and we got a little wet.   Swimming under the waterfall was awesome.

Oscar helping

The waterfall and swimming

Going Bush at Pukeroa National Park - King Country

So, we need to escape for the long weekend, so joined with the McMonagle whanau and went bush.  New experiences for Oscar and Anneke. Quad riding, flagpole raising, caving and exploring the stream.  I managed to go mountain biking with Erik, this time I knew the tracks better than him.  Cooked up fry bread, and slept in a tent.  Great times sitting around the fire stove at night.  Have to do it again next year.

The campsite

View from Flagpole Hill

Oscar learning about Quadding

Blue Duck stream below cave

Building blocks

A few delays, as the block layer was ill, but finally the blocks are being laid, and it is easier to imagine the finished rooms.

The wash house and cave

3 children's bedrooms

The mancave and washhouse

The state of the front

Footings

Exciting stuff, the footings are going down, and we have a better idea of how the buildings are going to fit together.

Quinn's bedroom

The wash house

The West Wing

Combining 2 households will not be easy, so building the West Wing at Wychwood crescent has begun.  3 bedrooms, a wash house, cave and sauna.  Ambitious, absolutely, but anything is possible.

3 bedrooms will fit here

The bedrooms will finish here

Shower, sauna and cave

Shower, sauna and cave

Gina's Car Park

More of the Wellington zoo

Riding the wooden hippo

Quinn beating African Drum

Tighe   - moving with Art

playing in the Himalayas

A safari in Wellington

Great to see Oma Ans again.  The children always enjoy visiting Wellington, this time it was a safari to the zoo.

Cooling off at Taupo on the way

The Pelican that could't fly

Ruth's favourite

The Meercats facinated Oscar

The porcupine for Tighe