Yes, we are staying here for another month. I guess Wayne is doing such a great job at work that they don’t want to lose him. He will stay on and continue on his project at ACC until the end of March, then we should be moving to another city. But I guess, at this [...]
Last Friday, Quinn and I met my friend Fiona and her daughter Samatha at Te Papa. There is a story hour/playtime called Storyplace that we signed the kids up for. Although Quinn loves to sit down and read stories with us at home, he has yet to sit and listen to the story in the [...]
Monster Cookies
6 eggs
2 1/4 cups of brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp corn syrup
1 cup butter
3 cups peanut butter
4 tsp soda
9 cups of quick oatmeal,
1/2 pound or 8 oz choc chips, 1/2 pound M&Ms
bake 12 min at 350 degrees
Just a short update tonight. It’s been a busy week and we’re preparing to pack and say goodbye to our friends here in Wellington. I’m really not sure whether it will be necessary or not, since I think our chances of staying in Wellington a while longer are now about 50/50. ACC wants to [...]
Quinn is very excited today. He gets to go to his very first movie. Wayne and I are taking him to “Happy Feet” this afternoon. We will update the website on what he thought of it and give it a Quinn star rating.
Well, we are back. Quinn gives it two out of five stars. He [...]
Here are some photos of Quinn with his new haircut. He sat very still for his haircut and got a lollypop for being such a good boy! He likes to talk about his haircut experience. So, next time you talk to him, be sure to ask.
After having a great time in the Wellington and Nelson areas, Wayne was finally able to get away from work and fly to Nelson and meet everyone else there. It was a beautiful evening and we drove from Nelson down to the Nelson Lakes area and a tiny town called Murchison. There [...]
Rugby is unique among major sports in that there are several “codes” or styles of play. Each of these codes has slightly different rules and thus the skills of the players will vary depending on which code they play. The main code both here and in Europe is called Rugby Union. It [...]
We’ve been in Wellington for over 7 months now. As you may have heard, New Zealand is a pretty active seismic zone and I was starting to think we would go our whole time here without experiencing an earthquake, even a little one. Gretchen was just fine with not being around for one, [...]