Day at the Beach

We bought the boys wetsuits on trademe (kind of like craigslist) and had planned to take them to Auckland for the beach.  The weather in Auckland was not so delightful so we did not get to play at the beach.  All I heard for two weeks was when can we wear our wetsuits.  Back in Christchurch we finally had a day of beautiful sunshine and not much wind so we headed for an afternoon at the beach.  The water was freezing, but it didn't faze the boys and they had a blast!

 

UC Navs 2012

This is a video we put together for the students highlighting some of the activities we did with the University of Canterbury Navigators group this year.
Thought you might like to have a look...

UC Navs 2012
from UC Navs on Vimeo.

Auckland

We took so many pictures on our trip to Auckland that is was easier to just put it to a little video then try to post lots of pictures.  The main reason we went to Auckland was for the NZ National Navs Conference. It was so encouraging to see what God is doing around the country.  While there we were able to play a bit...some on our own.....and some with our Kiwi friends!  Hope you enjoy!

 

2012 Class Pictures!

 LOGAN

AGE 8

Year 3

Logan has two teachers this year 

Mrs. Girdler (Monday, Wed, and Friday)

and Mrs. Taylor (Tues. and Thurs.)

He is in the 3rd row...third from the left!

We are very proud of Logan this year as he is doing very well in

school.  He loves science, art, and non fiction books.

His best friends are Raymond and Lewis!

 LANDON

Age 5

Year 1

Landon's teacher is Mrs. Gelton and he is standing

right next to his teacher which when you are

5 is the best spot! Landon has done so good this year

adjusting to school all day!  He loves learning to read

and it getting so good.  He also loves music time and

we often find him singing the songs he learns around the house!

We are so proud of him.

His best friends are Karl and Reece!

LEVI

Age 4

Levi is in preschool but is closer to 5 everyday!

In NZ you start school literally the day you turn 5!

He is excited to join his brothers in February but in

the mean time loves exploring and enjoying extra time

with mom and dad!

We are so proud of Levi for his love and independent spirit!

 

International Day

The boys had an International Day at school and they were able to represent the United States!  They were very honored and proud to hold the USA Flag!  It is amazing to me how international Christchurch really is.  Just at our small school there were over 30 Countries represented!

 

 

Bowling with the Students

One great thing about working with Uni students is that our kids love spending time with them. A group of the students got together to go bowling and have some dinner together. I am grateful that my kids have such great young men and women to look up to!

Science Birthday Sleepover!

For Logan's 8th Birthday all he wanted was a sleepover with science activities. So of course without thinking his mom said, "Yes! That sounds fun!" And fun it was. He had four of his classmates over. We made volcanoes, slime, and discovery bottles.  In between we ate pizza, had a glow in the dark hunt, played Pictionary, and watched movies. It was fun and a night Logan will always remember!

Happy 8th Birthday Logan!

Logan...can it be true? Are you really turning 8?  I can't believe how much you have grown this year!  You have become such a young man of God and we are so proud of you.  This year you have worked hard at school and it shows, made great friends, love swimming lessons, explore and make science experiments everywhere you go, become an excellent artist, and most of all you have sought truth out! You have had a desire to read your Bible and search for God!  If you did all this when you were 7 and can't wait to see where 8 takes you!  We love you our first born son!!!  Happy Birthday!

 JUST LOOK AT ALL THESE AMAZING MEMORIES!

School Swimming Lessons 2012

One thing that I love about the New Zealand Schools is that every school has to give swimming lessons.  Our school goes everyday for two weeks.  I mean really who wouldn't want to go swimming during school! Math or Swimming....not a hard choice!

 

Landon loves the bus ride there!

 Safety Day

 

He Loved the boat!

  

Logan swimming against the current!

 Too much fun!

 

Safety Day Rocks!

Snow Day 2012

So I know it has been a long time since I last posted on the blog and for this I am sorry!  Why?....you might ask.  Well, mainly because life has just been day to day busy and surviving.  We have been very busy with our ministry which is great news and busy with the kids.  The last couple of weeks the kids have been sick and were tested for whooping cough (which I did not realize that you can still get if you were vaccinated, but I guess I was wrong).  We are praising God that the test came back negative.  We were all ready to get back to school and normal life when we were hit with SNOW!!!!  They say it hardly snows in Christchurch but this the second year in a row we have had snow and the schools have closed!  Since we had a clean bill of health we went out and played in the snow, ate snow, and stayed warm by the fire!

 Waking up to snow!

 Snow Angels

 Our Snow Man...Levi got too cold and went inside

Yummy Snow with Juice Snack