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PioPio and Inglewood

September 26, 2012

Photos of Dean and Peter working on the portable sawmill were taken out in the wop wops back behind Te Kuiti somewhere. Dean was thrilled to spend time with Pete, to see the New Zealand native bush and also to experience some kiwi forestry ingenuity. The photo of the family with the guy with the […]

Burnetts

September 25, 2012

Christchurch was cold! It was reverse culture shock having to use an electric blanket again but at the same time we sure were glad to have them to keep warm at night. A shock of another kind occurred when Dean and I were settling into bed one night. Dean had hurt his shoulder and was […]

Veronica is 8 years old

September 21, 2012

Another exciting event that occured when we were in Christchurch was Veronicas birthday. We took her out to Macdonalds then went shopping in the mall for her presents and then back to Burnetts for supper, ice cream and birthday cake. From Veronica is 8 years old, posted by Tuti Hess on 8/01/2012 (5 items) Birthday […]

Angelina

September 21, 2012

I had not seen my cousin since 1997 when my mom passed away. I remember her bringing flowers to put on my moms grave. We used to play together as children and then as we grew up we hung out together. I was at the birth of her first child when she was just 16 […]

Off we go again – on our way to Christchurch

August 1, 2012

From On our way to Christchurch, posted by Tuti Hess on 7/08/2012 (14 items) Kaikoura mountains and coastline. IMG_3720 IMG_3721 IMG_3722 IMG_3723 Going inland – more mountains. IMG_3725 Big waves. Going to see the baby seals at Ohau point. They hang out at the waterfall. Levi and Veronica looking down at the baby seals in […]

Crossing over from north to south

August 1, 2012

The day started out OK but it ended up quite cold in the end. The boat was delayed 2 hours so when we left there was only about an hour of daylight. Thankfully the crossing was smooth and there was a playground and TV on the boat to help keep the kids occupied. Woke up […]

Ange & Sara

August 1, 2012

It was great to catch up with Ange, Sara & the boys. It was too bad that we didn’t have a little bit more time with them. We were so impressed with Ange and how well he is communicating in English now. Well done Ange & Sara you have come such a long way from […]

The beginning of our trip down to the south island.

July 23, 2012

It was a really wet, cold day when we left. The desert road was treacherous, it actually snowed and everything was shrouded in mist. We were in the path of a squall all the way to Masterton. These photos are all that I remembered to take of our time in Masterton. We felt an earthquake […]

Bell & Sevi family dinner

July 22, 2012

From Bell & Sevi combined whanau dinner, posted by Tuti Hess on 7/08/2012 (10 items) Elliot and Phyllis in background. Maxine, aunty Sue and Wilma in foreground. Phyllisia Deane, Wilma Beckham Ngatai, aunty Sue and Maxine Hook. Jennypearl Waratini wearing the funny glasses. Father and son. Aunty Sues turn to wear the funny glasses. Eric, […]

Willowcreek Lane

July 22, 2012

From All Blacks vs Ireland, posted by Tuti Hess on 6/25/2012 (6 items) All Blacks doing the haka. Dad supporting the Irish Dean and Debbie enjoying the game. Capacity crowd – totally sold out! Nice, blonde girl in-front of me took this cool pic for us. This has to be one of my … IMG_3570 […]