Day 9/47 It has been an incredibly busy week of packing up client orders in time for Christmas, catching up on the washing and housework, and then a late night of packing last night. But this morning we were finally on the road and off on our ‘Christmas’ holiday!

Most years we head down to Central Otago to my parent’s holiday house for a couple of weeks of backyard cricket, bike rides, board games, picnics and every now and again even maybe a few minutes to sit down with a magazine to read! At the end of a hectic year, we all look forward to our holiday in Clyde.

So today we made the long drive down. It’s not that long of a drive, but sometimes it can feel it when Hayden is asking “How much longer” every 5 minutes! Thank goodness for technology and portable DVD players though! (In Hayden’s words, today’s trip was “Three movies long.”)

We usually stop along the way for some lunch, and with a one year old in the car, there’s often an extra stop or two! Luckily today it was a gorgeous day when we stopped in Omarama mid afternoon for a bit of a run around and a play. So here are the boys enjoying the swings, and even a photo of me today! As I’ve looked back over the past year, I have so few photos of me with my boys, so as part of this Summer Holidays Project, I want to try and get on the other side of the camera at least a few times!