The Deck is taking shape!

Should only take a few days and it'll be ready to paint!

Rose and Ella's birthday bash!

We had a great day today at Rose and Ella's birthday bash. Heaps of kids there, was a cool bunch of people!

What a day! The French doors are in!

Well! Operation "Get Heaps Done" is in full swing... The french doors went in today and we'll finish the deck over the weekend. The only problem today was that the doors were straight - the house isn't!

The new Deck takes shape!

Sarah, Jack and I working on extending the current deck. This week we have the new french doors going in from the lounge to the front garden. Should be a lot more practical for Jack and Sarah ;-)

Jackson helping mum in the garden

Some large pines felled today

Sarah and Jack Chilling...

Jack At the Tractor show!

Welcome Baby Samuel Dobbs!

Our good friends Jess and Peter Dobbs recently bought a new baby into the world. Samuel Ryan Dobbs was born wieghing 8lb 1oz pounds on the 26th Feb, 2008 to overjoyed parents :-) Welcome to the world Samuel! Your brother Timothy, your puppy Flynn, Darren and Kates boy Jayden and our wee lad Jackson will make sure you've always got a playmate as you grow!

Here's some photos of the new blessing...

Hanging with Mates on the Lake!

We took off this day for a day on Lake Hood with Ben, Rose, Ella and baby Grace. Fantastic day had by all! I think we had the oldest boat on the lake but was still fun - it's a speedy wee thing...

Julian's Big Fishing Day!

I decided work was getting a little stressful so took a day off last week to go fishing up the Opihi river With a mate - Ben Vivian. It was good and I hooked two fish, but we thought there was better water upstream.

We took off to a gorge just below Fairlie which was absolutely beautiful. Walking up the ridge looking down to the crystal clear pools below we spotted a number of trophy trout. Fished to a few of them, but they were spooked easily. Great day though! Here's some photos...

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Daddys New Hat!

I thought it was time for a new fishing hat seeing as my favorite one disappeared ;-) Jack loves the new one though... better keep it away from him or I'll lose it.

Ella and Jack Hanging Out

Don't these two look like a cute couple?