School Holidays and Rupert Turns 4

On the 11th of October Rupert turned 4! He had a very cool birthday with lots of great presents including a new bike, some Lego and Paw Patrol gear.

 

Rupert had his Birthday dinner at Sally's house with some of his cousins and neighbours.

 

During school holidays we decided to pitch our tent down by the river. it was lots of fun although the boys were a bit scared by the windy weather during the night.

 

We also had a few drinks to say or final goodbyes to our wonderful au-pair Catherine Orton who left us to head back home to the UK this week.

Some Progress On Our New House

After months of waiting we have finally had some progress on the house. The water tanks and septic tanks have now been installed.

 

 

 

 Also Don bought a sleepout on Trademe and dismantled the roof before loading it up and bringing it to Masterton. A big thanks to Henry Bunny for all his help.

The lean-to at the back of the house is to be demolished to make way for a new extension.

And our wonderful au pair Catherine had a birthday this month.

 

Charlie is 5!

Our beautiful Charlie is now 5. Wow what a great milestone and boy is he ready for school. 

 

Charlie's farewell from Masterton West Kindy.

 

We went bowling to celebrate, Daphne loved it.

the most rain we've had since we moved here

Charlie now joins Alby at Fernridge Primary School 

Grandma and Grandad visit

Grandma and Grandad Rutherford came to stay for a couple of weeks. We had a great trip out to Castle Point and they spent lots of time helping us on with jobs around the place.

 

 

Grandma showing the kids a shrivelled old rat!

 

 

Daphne is growing fast

 

Rupert getting an Xray for a broken bone in his foot thanks to an accident with a garden fork.

 

We love having BBQ's on our river bank.

 

Coffee with Dad.

Exploring the park near Mt Holdsworth

 

And spending time with our wonderful neighbours, Georgie and Craig, their children and their horses!

 

Don Has a Car Accident

On March the 13th I was involved in a nasty car accident that put me in hospital for 5 days. A vehicle that didnt see my car smashed into me and shunted me into oncoming traffic which lead to a head-on collision with a van.

I had a broken shoulder, munched knee, fractured nose and eye socket.  It took me 4-5 months to recover from the injuries and the symptoms of a mild head injury and concussion.

It was a big shock as you can imagine and has made us appreciate the happy lives we lead and the people that love and support us.

This is an article from the sentencing in September.

Alby turns 6

We have had a very disrupted year this year and the blog has not had much attention... here's a few updates.

On March the 8th Alby turned 6! Amazing to think 6 years has gone by since this little guy came into the world.

We kept it pretty quiet and had a family party at home after school then we all went bowling and had pizza. It was so much fun and the kids loved it!

Also we had Uncle Malcolm visit for the day and it was great to show him our house project.