Extended Family Dinner

The night before the wedding (the wedding eve?) Uncle Richard generously shouted us all to dinner at Valentines. (Someone please convince Lone Star to accept barter card ;))

: : Adult table : :

: : Cutie : :

: : Uncle Richard and Grace : :

: : Uncle Simon, Danielle, Rita, Aunty Dee : :

: : First time in about 19 years that all five siblings have been together! : :

: : Group shot : :
{Sorry, not typing out all those names right now}

Danielle's Birthday || Ice Skating

Danielle organised to go ice skating with some of her friends and our family for her birthday this year. In fact, she sent the invitations before we knew what exactly she was planning!

: :Rachel | Happy skater : :

: : Monique : :
Do you like her dress?

: : Friends : :
Left to right: Monique, Danielle, Esther, Diana, Rachel, Lucy, and Abby 

: : And another group photo :) : :

: : Yes, I was there too : :
Why won't photos of me skating turn out well though?!

: : Rachel & Danielle : :

: : Gifts : :

: : Cake : :

Wellington Adventure! || Part 2

Click here to read part 1.

On Tuesday, Aunty Melissa had to get someone a birthday present (#scoreforme) so we hit a couple of shops after dropping Nana at her friend's place, then headed to a bowling alley for some fun.

A few more shops and a grocery trip later, we headed home for a few hours. Then out to a barbecue dinner, where I met lots of new people [and didn't take any photos]. 

Aunty Melissa, Olivia, and I made for the mall on Wednesday morning for a few hours shopping. (For some reason Harry didn't think that sounded very exciting, so we left him at home with Nana.) I tried on several things, but ended up settling with just a couple of bracelets (yeah, I can be great at window shopping ;)). Oh yeah, and the coffee was good! :)

Later we picked Uncle Bill up from work and went to the Fisherman's Table for dinner. 

Group photo :)

Cousins: Olivia and Harry

After that it was straight to the airport for my short flight home. *sigh*

To these:

Photoshoot || Jago Children || January 2013

 

Because Nana lives in Wellington and we rarely make the trip to see her nowadays, I thought it might be nice to take some photos of the family down with me {on my recent trip} for her to see. I got some cool photos and learned more about Mum's camera and Monique's, but somehow when I picked the photos to take with me I missed all of these. Oops! I snapped away happily and before long the number of images was in excess of three hundred! Here are a few of the better ones. :)

: : Selfie : :

: : Jarrod | | 14 yrs 8mths : :

: : Monique || 12 yrs 9 mths : :

: : Danielle | | 10 yrs 11 mths : :

: : Bryce | | 6 yrs : :

: : Maria | | 3yrs 10mths : :

: : Laura | | 2yrs 10 mths : :

Okay, that's my beautiful cat Snowbell ;)