January 28, 2020 |  The holidays are over for another year, and now it's time for the first day back at school photo!  Hayden is Year 8 this year, and Austin will be in Year 9!

January 3, 2020  |  Our holidays are coming to an end, so it was time to take our annual photo of the boys on the seat under the tree!

Here's a link to last year's post, which also has the links to the previous years' photos!
https://kyliedouglass.blogspot.com/2019/01/summer-holidays-day-2143.html

January 2, 2020  |  There's been a lot of backyard cricket played these holidays, in fact I think there's been a few games every day!  So a couple of photos today...

January 1, 2020  |  Happy New Year!  The boys both stayed up last night.  It was the first time for Austin and he had been asking for days.  Austin being Austin there was no worry he wouldn't stay awake!  Hayden was all about the new decade!

It was a little later start to the day today - but not by much!  We had a very quiet, relaxing first day of the new year, and went out for a lovely lunch with Mum and Dad.  A strange day though with the smoke from the Australian fires making its way across the Tasman.  Crazy to think we needed the lights on inside at 3pm today!

A photo of the boys with Granma and Dea before we headed out to lunch : )

December 31, 2019  |  The last day of the year, and the first really Central Otago hot day.  The boys have had a couple of quick water fights these holidays, but today the water balloons came out, and they were able to have a great time with the water.  Now to get a few more days like this!

December 30, 2019  |  This afternoon we hit our favourite bike ride into Alexandra along the first part of the Central Otago Rail Trail.  We headed to the swimming pool, then after a cool down, headed back home via the trail again. 

It's a great 9km bike ride, and being a flat, easy ride, it's great for the kids too.  Austin lead the way in and with a couple of photos stops and water breaks, it took us 50 minutes.  Coming home with Steve in the front and a bit of a back wind (and minus Austin who caught a ride home with Granma and Dea), it was a quick 30 minute bike. 

A great way to spend the afternoon!

December 29, 2019  |  The best part of mini golf... the ice cream afterwards!