Merry Christmas 2007!

Hey there everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We celebrated up at Brook's parents house in Palmerston North with my parents there as well. Because Peter worked on Christmas day (I know!!), we had a wee celebration with him and a reduced Stiles collective in the morning. December 14th was our 5th wedding anniversary! We went out for dinner then had a walk along the Petone foreshore and came home by 8pm - I think we are getting old already! Just before Christmas we went to Beth Thomson's "Fluro" 21st birthday party, which was full of crazy outfits and lots of fun. I am off to visit Sarah in a couple of days now and staying for the entire month of January. I will try to update our blog from there. Brook will be kept busy helping the builder with our bathroom renovations. He is a sweetie! Love Katie

Whangaparaoa retreat

Hey Team!
Just went on an awesome retreat about an hour north of Auckland with the Blueprint/Zeal crew. We had a great time in the sun, lots of laughs, fellowship and discussions. Brook even went for his first swim in the ocean for about 2 years!! There are a couple of photos of little scamper who unfortunately got put down coz he was real old, blind and too much to manage for mum. Loved that dog, he was very special and we treasure finding him up in the wilderness of the Tararuas almost 9 years ago. Pets are a real blessing in life but it sure is sad when its their time to go. 2 pets in one year is pretty tough too, bilbo is hanging on in there for the moment!! love katie