School Farewells

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Today was the last day of the school term. Moriah Kindy presented Zeke with a scrapbook. See the video. At Kelburn Normal Maddy's class held a shared lunch and presented farewell cards. Jordan's class also made cards and group pictures. Then entire school acknowledged the girls at the final assembly. See the video of Maddy singing at the final assembly.

Harbour Capital Marathon & half marathon

Rachel completed her first half marathon in 2:23! While the time was within her goal, I know she could have done it in 2 hours had she not been chatting with her new friends, Fiona Davies, and Matt Churchouse (Maddy’s teacher). But then asking Rachel to go for 2 hours without chatting or making a new friend is about as reasonable as asking me to run a full marathon in under 2 hours. I finished in 3:55 (no chatting). Hey don’t we look good in the above photos? Rachel is trying to convince me to get my hair cut for an upcoming photo sitting she’s booked to complete our NZ album. If you think I should keep the long locks for the photo shoot let Rachel know today – The fate of my hair is in your hands.

Waikanae Beach

We spent the weekend on Waikanae Beach with our friends Kerrie and Iain and their kids Ella William and Freddy. The weather was not great but that didn’t keep the kids out of the water. slide show