Well, it’s been a great year and the time has come to return to Minnesota. We are really excited to see family and friends again, but before we leave, we thought it would be nice to put up a little recap in pictures of our time here.
Well, here is the last of our New Zealand travels (though we are behind in posting some others, so there will probably be more even after we get home!).
Wayne, Quinn and I took the TranzAlpine from Christhchurch to Greymouth. The TranzAlpine is considered one of the great rail journeys in the world and it didn’t [...]
Quinn has come a long way with his vocabulary and I think most of you will be surprised how talkative he is. We had a funny thing happen today and I thought I should share.
We were out doing some shopping this afternoon and in one store, Quinn was telling the cashier “I’m two”. [...]
Just thought I would post some of the photos that Nathan sent to me of what the Green farm looks like now. Since Nathan has been home he has been working really hard at not only getting the crops in, but also, cleaning up the farm and creating some great spaces for a new garden [...]
We hope you are all enjoying your Father’s Day back in the USA. All three of us were thinking about Grandpa Dale and Grandpa Roger (and Grandpa Ed, too!) this weekend. We also want to wish Dale and Marge a happy 41st Anniversary on Friday. Time flies, huh?
We spent [...]
Once we got to Mount Cook Village we set out on a hike to see Mount Cook from a closer vantage point. We were quite proud of Quinn for hiking with us, although we ended up carrying him most of the way. (He is too tall and heavy for the backpack now!)
Here is [...]
Just wanted you all to know that my friend Lisa is running Grandma’s half marathon this Saturday. We ran it last year together and had so much fun. Since I can’t be there to run it with her this year, I made this for her to let her know that I am cheering her [...]
This weekend we had a three day weekend because of the Queen’s birthday, so we decided to take a long weekend holiday to see one of our favorite places in New Zealand, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki and Mt. Cook. We had a fabulous weekend and were awe struck by the beauty of this region in [...]