9. January 2014 11:16
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25. December 2013 05:12
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Aiden got a new bike and helmet for Christmas. He was very proud as it was the biggest present under the tree.
The helmet is a combined bicycle and climbing helmet (cost more than the bike) so will see if I can also find an opportunity to take him climbing in the new year.
25. December 2013 05:09
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As usual we celebrated Christmas Day with the whole family.
There was a lot of Christmas presents this year, so the kids must have been good.
Even Father Christmas paid us a visit...
It was a big group this year.
24. December 2013 05:05
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23. August 2023 19:08
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The west coast of New Zealand is really beautiful.
It is not very populated and there are not a lot of tourists either as it is hard to get to.
We did a lot of walks in the area both around beautiful lakes and also at the beach outside Fox Glacier and Franz Josef villages.
23. August 2023 19:08
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Lucas is growing up really fast and him and Aiden are now best mates doing almost everything together (including fighting).
16. December 2013 04:57
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The other day I found this in our garage.
I had to look it up...but it turned up to be a blue tongue lizard but without the stumpy tail we normally see.
I asked Kim if the kids could keep it...but she screamed and said no, so I released it into our garden.
16. December 2013 04:55
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You can tell that Christmas is approaching when Banana's in Pyjamas is wearing a Christmas hat...oh and then there is the cute Santa's helper.
Driving back towards Queenstown we had to go through Wanaka. Boy, has it changed! It used to be a small place with maybe fifty houses, but now it is a proper town with lots of cars and traffic.
It is very scenic approaching Lake Wanaka, and the lake itself has this tree growing in the water that photographers from all around the world come here to take photos of.
23. August 2023 19:08
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A place that I have always found really magical is driving through the Lindis Pass.
Kim doesn't think much of it, but since I visited it the first time, I've alwas found the rolling hills and the colours absolutely stunning.
23. August 2023 19:08
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Kims highlight on the trip was to go up on a real glacier.
She had booked a helicopter tour that would take up up on a section of the glacier between the two major ice falls.
This is a section of the glacier that Andy and I dreaded having to walk through 20 years ago when we were climbing higher up on the glacier. Mind you, back then there was probably another 100 metres of ice on top of where we landed on this day.
23. August 2023 19:08
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Driving from Christchurch toward the west coast we passed the Castle Hills boulders.
This is a phenomenal place to go climbing if you are a good boulderer. It is also quite scenic to just go for a walk.
We saw lots of people with their bouldering mats (a soft mat to land on when you are climbing).
23. August 2023 19:08
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At Mount Cook we did a long 10km walk to the start of the Hooker glacier.
It is a beautiful walk where you walk past the Tasman Glacier and Muller Glacier before you eventually come to the Hooker Glacier lake.
The lake was frozen with an iceberg floating around in it.
25. December 2022 18:12
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As usual, we did a family thing at Kims sisters house.
At home I had Aiden make Havregryns Kugler (oat balls).
15. December 2013 07:42
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