All posts tagged Holiday

Auckland Family Trip

by julian on August 9, 2013 in -- Jack, -- Julian, -- Sarah, -- Olivia, Family with Comments Off

The Stone crew popped up to Auckland this week to see the Auckland family. I’ll post a few updates, but here’s a few pics from a nice day out on the water today. We went to Waiheke, Matiatia, Rangitoto and Mototapu. They all loved it. Livvy was a little nervous of the speed but got the hang of it in the end.

Olivia’s “Now you see me…” magic…

The Karangahake footbridge…

Jack at Waihi mine. What a huge hole in the ground!

Say no more…

The kids love their gran…

If you ever wondered what a pack of prize nut bars looks like, here’s a good example:

Livvy having a bit of fun at Grant and Liz’s place.

Some quiet time with Grandad.

We took the kids for a trip to the Auckland Museum. They had a ball, but Livvy was pretty tired. Still was quite an impressive place to visit.

And who’s the big kid at Mac D’s playground?

It was a pretty rough flight home but we got there in the end!

Julian’s Fishing Trip

by julian on February 22, 2012 in -- Julian, Fishing, Friends, Holidays with Comments Off

Here’s a pile of pics from the recent fishing trip I did with the boys to Northland and the Bay of Islands. We took a whole week off and spent it with the lads just relaxing and fishing. We have the best wives!

On the trip were Gavin, Wess, Grant and Frank… Caught plenty of fish and heaps of sunshine!

The Stones take on Australia!

by julian on December 6, 2011 in -- Jack, -- Julian, -- Sarah, -- Olivia, Family, Friends, Holidays with Comments Off

I’ve put some photos below from our recent trip to Australia (Brisbane/Gold Coast). We popped over for the week to see Sarah’s sister Jess, Lee and Mel, Leeanne and do the fun parks!

The kids were all great and a great time was had by all!

Here’s my man-wagon (shopping cart)…

At the Aussie Zoo… (Devoe and Jackson)

The beautiful Leonard girls…

“Alice the camel has…”

Watching the big Aussie Zoo show…

Livvie is jealous because Bug has teeth!

Livvie’s first rollercoaster!

Dang! She loves horses!

At Seaworld with the kids. Didn’t get much photos there but we saw some shows and had a great time!

Saying goodbye…

Next trip – Fiji!!

Holiday in Hanmer!

by julian on July 25, 2011 in -- Jack, -- Julian, -- Sarah, -- Olivia, Family, Friends, Holidays with Comments Off

Here’s some photos from our holiday in Hanmer Springs. We went up there for a few days to have a break from CHCH. Had a great time! We were with Rich, Aimee and Nim Poole. They’re pretty cruisy guys to hang with and we managed to do a few fun things. Played in the snow, café’s, bike riding, walks, Indian food and movies.

My personal hilight was convincing Sarah to take a dip (in the snow) at the Hanmer Springs hot pools one night. We just soaked in 37 degree awesomeness until we turned into prunes.

Here’s Jack thinking about throwing a snowball at Rich!

Livvy in her snow suit looking like a cute pink blob!

The family climbing a wee bank… Jack slipped down soon after the photo was taken. He loved it though.

I took my boy for an adventure on his bmx and my bike down to the local river. There was a track beside the creek which was pretty muddy so we had a blast of a time. Wore him out nicely!

This is the view from the bach.

We had a pretty hairy drive back from Hanmer. The roads were fairly treacherous but we all got back ok. When we got back though, we were greeted with a totally white Christchurch and even our place was covered!

That’s Sarah’s car below under the white stuff!

To end off a great weekend Jack and I made snowmen… Cool eh!

Our South Island Holiday!

by julian on February 26, 2010 in -- Jack, -- Julian, -- Sarah, Boating, Family, Fishing with Comments Off

Sarah, Jackson and I recently hooked up the boat and went on a holiday to the Marlborough Sounds and Lake Rotoiti. Here’s a few photos from the trip. It was great fun and we just relaxed for the first time in ages. 🙂