Catherine Turns 6!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHERINE!! On the 25th of September, Catherine turned 6 years old. Here's the birthday girl and the cake Randel baked for her!!

Auckland Zoo

We've just spent a very enjoyable Sunday at Auckland Zoo doing what you do at a zoo, having a picnic lunch and enjoying our day together. Here's a video of us feeding the giraffe who wraps his HUGE purple tongue around the celery stick before putting it in his mouth. Very cute. The meercats and otters seem to be favourites as well.

Benji

Here is the latest addition to our family, Benji the Papillon. He's adorable although it's taken me months to actually mean that when I say it!! :) Benji is slightly smaller than our cat, Sophie and thankfully they get along well (most of the time.....) Benji keeps us on our toes (literally - by running up the road to catch him after he "escapes" out the front door) and he makes sure we don't leave things lying around (a nice way of saying that he chews up anything he finds on the floor) :) Benji has wormed his way into all of our hearts over the past few months and I couldn't imagine life without him now.

First school ball

Well, here she is. My oldest daughter Sarah with her boyfriend, Nathan. They attended Sarah's first school ball and loved it! She loved her dress, was spoilt with new high shoes and a friend of hers in the beauty business did her hair and makeup. All in all she had a "ball" and is now looking forward to the next one. On dropping Sarah off at Nathan's house from where they left to go to the ball, he presented her with a bunch of roses. We managed to get a photo before leaving them to enjoy the night.... Sarah is the oldest of the four girls ....If my calculations are right - 3-4 school balls each during their student years - this would have been the 1st school ball with 15 still to go....... :)

Kylie Minogue

I'm so pleased. We have tickets to see Kylie Minogue when she comes to Auckland in December!! Randel's always enjoyed her and I haven't been to a concert since Tina Turner in Durban, South Africa in the early 90s..... We are really looking forward to it - I believe her concerts are spectacular - costumewise, stage, dancers etc.... Her first concert sold out in 19 mins earlier yesterday and while browsing the net last night, Randel found they had just released tickets for her second show and snapped two up!