Christmas Day, a little bit late....

So we flew to Wellington on the 21st, and arrived at Laura's grandparents house about 15 mins later,... They live in an old house (well as old as anything can be in a country so young !!), on a hill overlooking the harbour, port, and the airport... It is sooo nice :)

So we spent some time doing touristy things in Wellington, like going to the top of Mount Victoria and looking out over the whole of Wellington, and seeing the city on one side and turning round to see the port and the sea... Was nice... We also went to Te Papa which is the museum in Wellington, and we looked around that for a bit, but we went especially to see the Pompeii exhibition... That was real interesting, but slightly strange to be on the other side of the world and see an exhibition of something that in relation is so close to home !! haha... However, the most exciting part of my time in Wellington, was going to the area of coast where Helms Deep from Lord of the Rings was filmed... It actually looks very strange, its just a cliff and a rocky beach and then the sea... Anywho, i still stood exactly where Legolas said to Gimly... 'Do you want me to describe it to you, or shall i get you a box'... Haha... Laura and I re-enacted the scene :)

So then it came to christmas eve, and i had to go to church, which was the worst experience of my whole entire life !! When we got home, it was quickly in to bed and sleep, otherwise santa wasnt going to come...

On christmas day, we all woke up real early apart from Bradley, so we woke him up and then went to open all our pressies... Was fun.. After that we went to Lauras Auntie and Uncles house for the day where there were more pressies and we had christmas dinner... This was interestin, because it was served in a buffet style.. So we all just helped ourselves to everything, and there was a lot of salad and stuff, but i stuck to all the traditional parts, which were there too :) and they even made gravy for me :) :) :) because they knew that northern girls love gravy and they dont even like it, so i felt dead special :)

Ermmm then on boxin day we got in the car and started our 6 hour drive to Ohope Beach :)
We had set things up the week before so it was all sorted when we got here, and it was boiling, so we jumped straight in the sea :)

Since then we have just bummed about at the beach... We went to see the lovely bones and sherlock holmes at the cinema, they were both good :)

Errrm tomorrow its New Year Eve and we are going to our friends beach house in Waihi... So that should be gooooooood :)

I will be the first person in the family to see in New Year.. a whole 13 hours ahead of UK and 11 hours ahead of Cyprus.. So be thinkin of me :)

Love you all... Xxxxxx

End of Term

Ok, so its the end of term... YAY !
Term finished on thursday, and after a prize giving assembly that went on wayyyy too long, it was time for all the kids to bugger off, and all the staff to hop on the bus to the secret location of this years staff end of term lunch... This year it was at a winery, called Viligrads.. It was sooo nice, all drinks were on the school tab and then we had a gorgeous buffet style lunch.. Yummy.. So after that we went to Daves house (IT teacher), and had the after party there until about 10.30... Then Laura, Andrew and I went back to the flat so i could get changed, and then we headed into town..
At about 2.45 we decided that we had had enough of town and headed back to the flat, on the way we all decided that swimming in the schools outdoor pool would be a mean idea... So that happened and after showering and warming up we all snuggled up in the living room to watch DVD's until about 6.30am !!! Poor Andrew had work at 9 ! haha.. He didnt turn up till like 11 though.. Ooops, im not a bad influence :)

Not much else happening apart from headin to the beach most days, until we fly to Wellington on the 21st and stay with Lauras grandparents for Christmas :) xxxxx