On Holiday....

Jayson has a two week holiday from school and we're really trying to A live it up! We attempted to hike to Rainbow Falls but it started to et dark and we had to turn back before we made it all the way. We went back the next day but decided to just park at the falls rather than at the other end of the trail. Less work, but still rewarding! Aidan found a bird's nest that he took for show and tell, which made up for some of the disappointment of not making it. The hike is sobeautiful that I decided to go back without the kids and run it. It's only about 7km so it's perfect to do once a day for a little recharge.

If you look closely at this picture, you can see why they call it Rainbow Falls....

Poor Aidan missed it....he was at school.

Walking back at dusk

If there is an accident waiting to happen, Aidan finds it! At least mud is soft.

When I took this photo, Jays and Aidan were having a brotherly moment (the good kind). Aidan told Jayson that he was his best (pronounced breast) friend. Jays very seriously replied "you're my best friend. I love you."

Jay took several pictures like this and claimed that he didn't do it on purpose. Was he fibbing or has my face become obsolete?

Another day we collected all of our cardboard to burn and built a little fire to roast marshmallows. They don't have graham crackers in New Zealand so we used some other kind of biscuit to make s'mores. Then Jay helped the boys peer through the telescope. The boys had the best time of their lives. As a matter of fact, Jayson really wanted to say the prayer for breakfast the next morning so that he could thank Heavenly Father for the camp fire. If that's all it takes, I have been trying waaay to hard.

Here's a picture of the back of the house. We live in the white half. Jay's parents built the top first then lifted it up onto beams to build the basement later.

The lens I had on my camera could not get a wide enough angle to show even half of the garden. Row upon row of tires stacked up with every plant imaginable sprouting out of them.

One day during the holiday we went to Rainbows End, New Zealand's only amusement park. What is it about boys and fast rides?

Charlie got to ride on his first roller coaster!