Today is June 1 here in NZ. We’ll be out of touch for a few days as we are going out to the mountains this weekend. Monday is a holiday here (Queen’s Birthday, even though it’s not really) so it’s a three day weekend.
Two things of interest however before we go. Biggest [...]
We’ve seen a lot of the South Island in the last 11 months. Nearly everything that we wanted to visit had been covered except Hanmer Springs. As it is only a 1.5 hour drive from Christchurch, we took a little day trip there a couple weekends ago.
Hanmer Springs is the primary thermal area [...]
To help make the transition back to Minnesota smooth for Quinn, we have been talking a lot about our house in MN and all of his buddies and cousins back home. I decided to put up a posting for Quinn so that we can easily access photos to help remind him of our home in [...]
Our church here in Christchurch has only one service each Sunday and it’s not until 5 PM, so Sunday’s have been a bit more open for us in the last few weeks. Today, we decided we would take in one of the local tourist spots, the International Antarctic Centre (or Center, if you’re so [...]
Daddy taught me how to use the computer tonight (Mommy thought I was in bed, but Daddy woke me up to write this as a surprise). I have always liked pushing buttons so it was pretty easy
I love my Mommy so much that I’ve been telling her “You’re so pretty” all the time [...]
God’s Masterpiece Is Mother God took the fragrance of a flower…
The majesty of a tree…
The gentleness of morning dew…
The calm of a quiet sea…
The beauty of the twilight hour…
The soul of a starry night…
The laughter of a rippling brook…
The grace of a bird in flight…
Then God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other,
And [...]