Day 29/47  Well it has only taken us 8 years, but we have finally made it to Hanmer Springs!  (And of course we are already wondering why on earth it took us so long!)  It was yet another gorgeous day, and we decided last minute that we would make the most of Stephen's last 'official' day of holidays and head to Hanmer Springs for the day.  It is something that we've always been meaning to do ever since we moved to Christchurch, but we've just never made it.  So sometimes last minute decisions can work the best!

We got there around lunch time, so grabbed something to eat and then heated to the Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools, and what a fantastic place to spend the day!  The boys both had an absolute ball, loving the little kids' play area and going down the little water slides!  We also went around the "Lazy River" and hung out in the big pool for a while before 'warming up' in the rock pools, just beautiful!  After an icecream it was back in the pools and the family pool this time.  Hayden even put his head under the water twice (once by accident!), which if you know Hayden and his fear of water, was a huge, huge thing for him!  He really did have the best time, and has been asking constantly if we can go back again!

We ended up staying so much longer than we ever thought we would, so it was a bowl of chips for the boys for dinner before we made the two hour drive back to Christchurch, getting home around 8.00pm.  So you could definitely say we had a great day out, and yes, we will definitely be going back again - and not waiting another 8 years either!

A couple of photos today.  I didn't get my camera out too much while we were there, but I did grab some fun shots of the boys coming down the waterslide together.  Mind you, trying to get Hayden to come down at the same time as Austin was a major effort all in itself!  I've also added in a photo of the four of us (since it hardly ever happens!), taken by the Hanmer Springs photo team : )

The boys...