end phase 1: farming and begin phase 2: climbing

before we get to business, i just want to say i still miss you all oodles. nancy just came out and visited, so that was toally sweet. we rocked new zealand hard core. now, i'm beginning new zealad phase 2... travel around and camp and rock climb as much as possible. i've taken a long enough break... it's been like 2 months!!! so i am in town for another day or two until i hit the road and see where the rocks take me... did i mention i am now an expert manual car driver on the left side of the road? because i am ;)

but anyway, to catch up, here's some christmas pictures:
here's the boys body surfing and kayaking on the insane ocean:

toby's baywatch photo:


here's the boys going tubing/kayaking down the river of death (the clarence river):

the weather really got nice then and the farm still looks great:


here's toby with our christmas tree:


here's the christmas fun!! (did i mention toby wore spandex... because he's sooo cool):






yeah we did a bit of work on christmas... moving some cows across the street:


yes, we got dressed up for dinner:


here's how sweet the fishing was right after christmas:






now, here's some shots from nancy's wonderful week in nu-seel-hand:
we did a good bit of driving:


here's where we stopped along the east coast between kaikoura and christchurch:




i was reunited with castle hill:




on the road to tekapo... lupins!:


finally, the lake and nice weather:












then we were on the road again:


we stopped at mount cook:



then we were off to wanaka... where we went to puzzling world:




and that's all for now... i'm off to pick up the car. it was getting the window fixed... it had a bit of a crack in it. talk to you kids soon. much love!!

replies:
nancy: i can't be bothered to think of something to say... we just spent a week together and it was bad ass!!! love you. cheers.

jessi: i am an ass. i totally got your card and chuckled over it for a bit then forgot to thank you for it. it completely made my day. i love you so much. i hope your ears were burning because nancy and i talked about you. only good things, don't worry. we just love you so much.

stella: nancy said she failed to give you the red book. i kicked her ass for you. i hope your break is going well and that you've gone on some sweet climbing trips. i miss you tons. umm. it's totally sweet that rob killed a beaver with the back of a hatchet. i am really impressed. give him my compliments. and the first step to being able to do that is being able to watch someone do that... so you are amazing. and i love hearing from you, as always.

jay: your pictures are great! i'm glad to hear you had fun out west. i think you are totally hard core!!! i guess you're probably back to your studies, so i hope that's going well.

steve: i love your posts. you crack me up. i was glad to hear alex visited and that you had a fun break. nancy said you guys were pretty busy being sweet. that sucks about the workload at school. if i had money i would send it to you so you could visit nancy. i think she's going to visit you sometime soon. she was talking about it. miss you still. oh and good luck with those programs you applied for. you never know. they are really sweet.