We had a free day today so visited Gran and Poppa, then took the kids to Jump to play on the trampolines. Later on, it was a nice family dinner.
Nice to see Jack gardening with Grandad… Planting beans 😉
Followed by a cool family dinner…
Another successful annual Bro Tip! We headed to Great Barrier again on a fairly calm weather pattern. Nothing much over 10 knots the whole time and a bit of glass.
We tried a bit of everything, and caught Kahawai, Snapper, Red Snapper, Cod, Trevally, Blue Maumau, Black Maumau, Terakihi, Kingfish, Shark, Granddaddy Hapuka etc. Lets just say the freezer is stocked for a while!
We even had a 2.5m Bronze Whaler Shark munch fish heads off the boat (Simon hung them on a rope). That shark hung around a while, pretty awesome sight!
I Hooked a 5 foot Hammerhead shark on a live bait and it stripped out about 300m of line in a minute. That fought hard! Even used the gimble on that one!
We spent time at Channel Island on Glass and hooked into 3x massive kingfish on jigs. They fight hard! I got broken off on 20, 100 and 130lb line! Next time wire trace!
During a Marlin session, we towed a few lures off the back of Barrier and a Marlin rose just in front of the boat. It doubled back and chased the lure but didn’t commit. Next time 
Great trip. Simon is a great brother and friend, and I really love this annual trip.
We had Vishal and Gopika down for a holiday, so took them for a nice walk to the Devils Punchbowl in Arthurs Pass. Decent walk, good fun, great company!
Some pics from Jack’s 8th birthday. Great time had by all!
And today’s workshop lesson was all about hot metal, grinding, sparks and mig welding! I’m sorting out the workshop so he actually played with heaps today! We also played with all the air tools and Jack AirHammered a small hole in the garage floor. All good fun for a young boy!
That’s Ferg above showing Jack how to do it…
Here’s a nice shot of Livvy and Glenny cooking up a storm! They love playing in the kitchen! I hope Livvie can get a keen interest so I always have cookies in the cupboard. 
This is Glenny, Livvys best mate, they play each week and cause havoc.
Here’s a pile of photos from Sarah’s Gran and Poppa’s 90th party. They’re an awesome couple of oldies, totally in love, still living at home. We think they’re awesome. Jess, Kyle and the kids also came over from Aussie so was great to catch up with them too…
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Livvys mate from Auckland…
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