Feb already? 2012!

Janine had a wonderful time at ISCF horse camp in Taumaranui. She flew to Auckland, stayed overnight with a family who also had a daughter going to camp, who drove them the next morning. After camp she caught a bus to Hamilton, stayed overnight with Oma and Opa, and came out with Marijon to join us at Whangamata. Erin came over as well, and Justin and Carol came for lunch! Justin lives in Holland usually, but he and his Colombian girlfriend were spending time in New Zealand and managed to be in the right part of the country to see us!
The beach was great - Gary and Kif had a house down the road, and we managed to catch up with everyone before Anna headed off overseas. The boys are into "Setters of Catan" and now so are our kids!  We enjoyed meeting various friends and "friends"and managed to swim, read, relax, and catch our breath in all of that.
Zach and Hannah are much more confident in the water and loved boogie boarding! We also managed to get the best of the weather - summer, you are such a tease!
Thanks to Parachute dropping their prices this year, we also managed to get in and see Avalanche City and Reliant K. Janine attached herself to the Knox group again, and we enjoyed catching up with the team, and meeting their fantastic new youth leader again.
We enjoyed the hospitality of Chris' sister Marijon and her husband Mike for a few days in Cambridge - thanks guys, you were awesome!
So, we're back at work now, the children are all at school, and Katarina is starting to get organised for university.