Yesterday was a big day. A new chapter in the family as Dad married Ali in a lovely ceremony at the beach. Here’s a few photos from the day. I totally enjoyed catching up with old family friends.
Was nice to see all the 4x boys together as well, doesn’t happen to often and great to see the young kids all playing well and just enjoying the chaos.
Was great to see Julie up from CHCH, Clarks, Mounces, Evans, Elmsleys, Wilsons and more from the past.
All the best Dad and Ali!
Some photos from our latest trip with the Stones from Auck. We headed down the Wanganui for a few days on canadian kayaks. Hard work but lots of fun, Awesome family time!
For the last day of the school holiday we all went to Rotorua and did the Luge. Jack and I did the Zipline and we also got a visit in to the Classic car museum! Big day!
Here’s a snippet from the Stonecrew mucking around up the road. Jack’s just learnt to snorkle and Livvy is slowly getting the hang of swimming… Note that Livvie jumps up and bites me at one point!
I did a mission with my wee boy Jack today. I took him backcountry to teach him about fly fishing and see if we could get him into his first trout.
We took off about 5:30am, under the cover of darkness after a hearty breakfast. Chilled out at Lake Lyndon to watch the sun come up.
We first went up to Lake Pearson and did some spin fishing and fly fishing practice, before heading to the Porter River.
This is Jack fly fishing in the first pool on the Porter. With a little ‘Dad help’ I got him into about a 3-4lb rainbow using a small Hare & Copper nymph. He fought the fish for a few minutes and then got busted off!
Jack hooked into a big trout.
Further up the Porter (we walked about 3km) I spotted a nice trout behind a rock. I ducked down a cliff, stalked it and got him first cast! It was great for Jack to see a fish, then see me stalk, hook and land the fish .
Proud dad feeling chuffed.
And here’s dinner! Oil, butter, rosemary, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper!
Yum!!
We took a wee holiday to Auckland to see the family and have a break. Here’s a few random photos…
Check out Jack’s new school uniform for Weedons School in West Melton (Christchurch)! He’s pretty excited about it all. Oh well! End of an era and the start of a new one! Our baby’s growing up!
Just a nice pic of Jackson taking Paddy for a blat.
Jackson was in the Leeston Santa parade the other day so Sarah and I popped over to check it out and cheer him on. He did great and loved it! I think he was a ‘Super Bat Man Tractor Driver’??
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