Hakas at the Christmas ZC-Dec 2007

At our Christmas zone conferences, each of our zones planned and performed a Haka, the traditional Maori war dance. They all did a wonderful job and were terrific, even our American and Canadian missionaries loved to do the Haka. It was wonderful!!

Christmas Zone Conf Dec 2007

Here we are beginning our Christmas Zone Conf. We had a gift exchange in each one and had a great time.
Here I am with two of our sisters. Then we also played a game where there were teams of six and each was assigned two letters. Then they were to spell a four letter word by four standing in the correct position with the correct letter and two sitting down at either end of the team. The fastest to get there was the winner. Fun was had by all. Lastly, Elder Stanton, one of our missionaries who tore the ligaments in his foot, (which then became infected because he developed blisters) sitting down to watch and enjoy the festivities.

Time Spent with Mahana, Ken and Friends

Here we are during our travels with Mahana, Ken, Geri, Emily and Robert. We are in Akaroa enjoying the sunshine and shops.

Here is Mike relaxing in the Christchurch Cathedral square. Mike and I are relaxing together. We couldn't have asked for better weather for traveling during October. Lastly, we are enjoying freshly caught crayfish (the size of our rock lobster) cooked and deliciously sweet.

More seals.

This wasa fun sign that we saw. It is posted right before a hairpin turn. We had a good laugh for the day as there isn't any way that someone could go around this corner at 100k/hr. We have seen this before at various places on our travels and always wonder if the workmen installing the signs chuckle at the thought of someone trying to go that speed.

Our day at the seal colony.

Tuesay, our time :), we took a preparatin day and went to see the seal colony. It was a two and a half hour drive from our home over the Remutaka Mountain range. It was a beautiful day about 65 degrees and sunny. The scenery was fantastic.Once we arrived there we saw this lighthouse up on a promontory. To get to it we needed to walk up 250 stairs. We did our stair[Photo]master and exercise for the day. My legs were definitely burning. As you can see from the pictures there was hardly a cloud in the sky. It is hard to believe that we are in the season of winter.

Our day at the seal colony continued

Along the way we saw hundreds of sheep with their lambs right by the side of the road as well as seals just sunbathing on the rocks by the sea. It was a glorious day and we had a great time. We also stopped in a town called Martinborough to have lunch a cafe. We saw two of our missionaries out and about doing their work on their bikes. After lunch we bought them a snack and hung the bag on their bikes. (They were off walking around town knocking on doors visiting people.)

All in all it was a great day.

Have a great day yourselves.

August Cattle Drive 2007

Here we are looking at all the cattle as they are moved from one paddock to another. Lots of memories of every kind.