23. August 2023 19:08
by Rene Pallesen
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At Lake Pukaki there is this little beautiful chapel at the lake.
Again this is a really photographed location and much more busy than I remember it.
23. August 2023 19:08
by Rene Pallesen
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At Queenstown we did 4 days of skiing at the Remarkables.
The boys did two days of lessons and were with me the other two days. Some friends of our joined us in Queenstown, so for the other days I had Tod to go with, who is a very decent snowboarder.
Aiden and Lucas are both becoming good skiers, but especially Lucas is getting really good to the point where I can bring him onto black runs.
Although Kim is still very much a beginner she still did two days of skiing sticking to the beginner slope where there is a 'magic carpet' lift. I did see some improvement to last year, but she is still too scared to go on the proper lifts.
I bought my own ski boots last year and brought them along (my feet are not compatible with rental ski boots).
Every year we are allowed to spend a certain number of working days on charity events. Last year I did some with a group from work, but this year I was offered to join Cisco on their charity for "Cure our Kids".
This is an even that mainly focuses on providing a support framework for parents whose kids have Cancer with the thinking that if there is a good support for the parents then they will be able to support their children better.
The work we did consisted of going through pallets of boxes with parent folders and then from these remove unwanted items and inserting new leaflets. A team was also going through other boxes to sort through what could be used for xmas and what needed to be ebay'ed off.
4. December 2011 03:47
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend Kim and I met met up with the mothers group for a christmas meet.
Because the weather was nice we decided to meet at the local playground and at the same time I could take some photos of the kids.
The playground has a plastic boat which makes it nice and easy to keep them contained in one area.
27. November 2011 07:48
by Rene Pallesen
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They have now set up the christmas tree in East Gardens. I was trying to find a goot spot to take a photo from without use of a tripod and without being chased away by security.
This was the best I could come up with.
27. November 2011 07:48
by Rene Pallesen
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27. November 2011 07:48
by Rene Pallesen
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On the weekend I was cutting down some of the bushes in our garden. Very quickly Aiden discovered that it was fun to play in the pile of leaves that I'd left behind.
27. November 2011 07:47
by Rene Pallesen
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The other day we were at Eastgardens shopping centre.
Lego had an area set aside where the kids could play with Lego (obviously to get the parents to buy them Lego for Christmas).
Obviously Aiden (and Dad) had to play for a while.
And Aiden also did some drawing (or at least he was playing with the colour pens)
27. November 2011 07:47
by Rene Pallesen
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Last weekend we went with Lachlan and Na to Darling Harbour for dinner.
This also happened to be the night of the Christmas parade in Darling Harbour.
So there was a lot of entertainment such as the Three Wise Men.
And lots of people dressed as Santa.
And Elves.
