Random photo challenge.........

My friend Jenna in Seattle has challanged us to putting a random photo from our album on our blogs.  We are given the month and number, so this in photo#8 from January last year.  Well I hope it was January last year, it was taken the day before the twins 4th birthday......

Michael.....

Our nephew Michael arrived from the UK on the Sunday before P & G's birthday, he is over here to travel a bit and to see the sights of NZ. He is finding it very hot, (well it is very hot). Much better than a cold British winter I say! The girls absolutley love him, poor bloke doesn't get a minutes peace and quite all day! The pictures are taken from the top of Mt Eden, and I also have put in one of Auckland city

More photo's from our holiday....

Our trip to Tairua....

For the first time as a family we went away for a holiday in New Zealand to a place called Tairua which is on the East Coast, in a place called the Coramandel. We had such a wonderful time, the weather was great, the beaches superb, and what made it even better was that our friends Beck and Andrew were down there as well. In fact it was Beck who got us down there in the first place, so we have her to thank for a great holiday. They only stayed a couple of houses down the road from us, so their kiddies and ours just went between the two all day. It reminded me of what it was like growing up when I was younger, you know how you were always at your friends house? It was fabulous. Becks and I went walking most mornings and always enjoyed a nice coffee on route! My brother Jonny and his girlfriend Lisa also came down, we all had great fun!!!!!

Christmas Day...

Here are a few pictures from Christmas Day. We had a great day, Jonny and Lisa come over in the morning..... we ate lots of food. Then we had lunch....... and ate lots more food, and last but not least Mum came over for the evening ....and we managed to eat some more! We ate for NZ! In between all this festive eating we did open some presents, and spent the day relaxing, we had no choice really we couldn't move, only the girls managed to get moving!

My birthday...

The family

Me and my Mum, just think 42 years ago she spent Christmas in hospital!

John and Lizzie

Beautiful flowers that John got me for my birthday!

On Christmas eve was my 42nd birthday (should I be revealing my age?), so we all went out for dinner and had a lovely meal, and I didn't have to cook. Bonus!!

JJ....

John's friend JJ arrived on the 22nd of Dec to spend three weeks with the Walsh's. JJ is a very brave man as he is a bachelor with no children, and I did warn him before the trip there would be no sleep ins!! I needn't have worried he took to the girls like a duck to water, here he is on the trampoline when he thought no one would be looking (Can you believe it Chrissy?)