How awful - bloody Germans. It would have been very moving but I don't think I could go. Nearly cried reading your comments.
Onto happier things - Beer hall sounds fun , you would need to unwind I imagine.. London not far away now - Dad said to remind you to go to the Speights Pub when you are there and have a drink for him. We are all well, Morgan and Tamzin loked so cute for Halloween - wait until you see their outfits - Dinosaurs.
Love to you both
MUM
XXX
Interesting day for you guys then Hi Guys
Must have been an emotionally charged day...but sounds like you finished it off in the best possible way...WITH LOTS OF BEER!!!!
Certainly must make you wonder about the people who claim it never happened (Thanks Mr Iran and some local Maori activists!!)
Still was probably a good thing to do, just to bring a bit or reality.
It's thursday here, so guess you can't be far from heading to London, hope the rest of the trip has been good...and you enjoyed Amsterdam!!
I know everyone here is very excited about you coming back, really looking forward to seeing you both (less than a week now), but also looking forward to just catching up on the whole experience.
Happy shopping in London, and safe travels.
Love to you both.
Dad
Nice Hey guys,
Thats sad to read about the concentration camp :(
don't know if i could of gone through it, I liked the sound of the beer hall! Sounds like you guys are still having fun.
Not much news here really same old same old. Although being halloween tommorrow, Trace and I are dressing the girls up and taking them trick or treating, only to Mums, Grandma's and Lyn and Ewans and our houses, just going to make the boys answer the door!!! Also stink to hear about your camera but glad you got a new one. 9 more sleeps!!! wow it's gone really fast, can't wait to see you and for you guys to see Morgan.... she really is a funny little girl... Playing in her car lastnight she was getting road rage...we don't know who at...but she was screaming at someone, then she ran away from Brad all over the house because she had his remotes!! Never short of laughs with her.
Anyway best be getting on and do some work.
See you guys soon
Love Amanda, Brad and Morgan xoxox
hey Hey
yay for winning money!!
not much happening here it's long weekend and was bad weather sat but sun and today are beautiful!! Stu Trace tamzin, brad morgan and i are goin to the zoo or staglands yay!!
only 2 more sunday dinners to go yay!! see ya soon
Amanda
Hi Guys from a holiday monday Having said that, it's windy, cloudy and cold...so might as well be at work!
So a couple of sports updates...Wellington lost to Auckland 23-14. Very disappointing really, but Auckland deserved to win, so will take it on the chin....and...no complaints about the ref!!!
You will know by now that the Springboks won the world cup...however England showed all and sundry how to go about winning major tournaments...you can be flashy and show pony as much as you like, but at the end of the day, you guts it out take the points and mostly win the big ones!
Phoeniz lost 2-1 (losing goal in the 90th minute, against the comp leaders...so Stuart reckons it was a great weekend all round.
Mum is still sick (sigh!!), seems to have gone on forever.
Well done at Monaco...I am sure lots before you have gone and lost...sounds like a fabulous place...I might retire there!!
Well, am sure that Mum will send you a full on information filled newsletter...so carry on having fun!
lots of love
Dad
Cool Hey guys,
Sounds like you are really enjoying the trip which is cool! stink about the tour guide, i mean come on aren't you allowed to have parties there? haha funny.Not much news over here, apart from Morgan who now walks around the house going mumma....dadda.....poppa, it's so cute! oh yeah and now she loves shoes, on the weekends she makes me cahnge them about 10 times before i can get them on and hide the others.
Count down til you come back am really looking foward to it, it is so quiet with out you guys. Mum is getting better slowley after almodt 2 weeks of nit sleeping she came in to my house very excited that she slept alot better, so funny even for someone who isn't a morning person, oh yeah and brad says hi, he only gets snippets of what you up to, although we finally bought a computer the other day so now i can show him although i have to set up internet first....?
Anyway talk soon and have fun
love ya both Amanda Brad and Morgan
hi, sorry i have not sent you anything for a while. Stupidly busy at work right now. Sounds like you are still enjoying it. Do you not think that Paris stinks of piss? Enough about that lets just get it out of the way COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!! Thats better!! We are all fine, Stu has started working with us and seems to enjoying it so far (he will soon learn!!) I had a scan last week and the baby has 10 fingers and 10 toes 2 arms and 2 legs. I also want to say Abbey i was hovering at the weekend and I thought of you for some reason and really missed you. Stu is getting his room ready for you Jon and Tamzin keeps walking around with your photo. She still knows who you both are saying your names often. Her talking is comming along really well. Hurry up and come home, im hanging out to go to that cafe place in Plimmerton again!!!! miss you both sooo much take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bloody English!!! dinner tonight will be interesting - Not sure if Dad will be talking to Stuart, who is proudly wearing his English shirt (might not when he goes home). Suzie is down visiting Grandma for a few days which will be a break for me. Grandma is loving it - they have my old Mazda to drive around in. Are they cool people on the bus??? NZ play Australia tonight in league in Wellington - Dad will let you know the score. The final next week in the rugby is between Wellington and Auckland.
I am still not 100% - but have to go back to work tomorrow - so just a matter of getting on with it. Sure hangs around this virus.
I spent the morning helping Amanda do up Morgans room - looks really girlie now.so I went and bought her some trucks to play with at my place - there is only so many dolls you can have.
Sounds like the trip is fun so far - remember what we told you, buy what you want when you see it - you may never get back. Good on Abbey for getting the watch-sounds cool.
Better go - Dad is busy vacuuming (not a good day at golf) so I had better go and help.
Love to you both
MUM
XXX
rugby update Hi Guys
Thanks for the update, hope you are enjoying yourselves. Just to let you know that against the odds, Welington beat Canterbury in Chch last nite to get in the final of the Air NZ Cup....finally, some good rugby news!!!
Everything else is good, except mum is still crook, been a week now, hopefully she is strting to improve, however Jess has come down with something now, so it's healthy city at our place!!!
Travel safe, look forward to your next update (I am sure Mum will send you some more news as she thinks of it!
Lotsa love
Dad
Your a little tart!! First... it was so nice to see you guys, thanks again so much for coming up. Madison was not a happy camper when she woke up and you guys weren't here, she was all cuddly and sooky for the rest of the night - heart breakers!!!
SECOND... JON I told you to keep your trap shut!! Was not happy to see the money in the letter box you both suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you guys enjoy the rest of your trip - stay safe and fingers crossed for no hangovers.
Love loads Julz, Kristian and you number 1 fan Madison.
P.S I've put a couple of photos up on bebo Abbey if you want to copy them xxx
Duh! This thing is telling me there are database issues and to try and send again so you'll probably get this a gizillion times!
Forgot to mention that the 'eagle has landed' from the US safe and sound.
Talk soon,
Love, Mumxxx
What he said! What he said re the AB's bad luck, tuff, Pheonix a good option...etc etc
Anyway, funny reading your comments above re prices when Megan is telling me everything is 'cheap as chips' in China and put your order in. She's just asked me for your travel blog address so make sure you make a list!
All good here - haven't noticed the depression but man am I sick of hearing about all these emotions that I just aint feeling! Am I missing something - ah well, just think over the next 4 years we can spend another $50m (and some) to not make the quarters (just keeping it real) and do it all again then - reckon we'll rent out the house and go on holiday!
You both sound good and lovely to read your blog - hope the emails have been coming through and you're up to date with all the news. Love you heaps, take care of each other
Mum and Mark xxxxx
Please get us away from nz Ok basically anyone not in new zealand at the moment is lucky if i hear one more thing bout rugby!!!
yeah so basically thats all the all blacks lost to france AGAIN we are going to sack the coach and most of the dumb flags that we flyn on cars can be seen floatin in porirua harbour.
Anyway at least the aussies are out 2 yay woo hoo (someones gotta b positive)
Have fun in Paris You might be suprised they will most likely love you now!! Hopefully the giant rugby ball is stil up next to the eiffle tower!
be safe guys miss you heaps
jess
Yeah, NZ has a sense of entitlement to the cup I think. like we can just walk up and grab it and when we never do its a big shock. Im hoping Argentina can get up there and win it, its not impossible. And we will be wearing our jerseys in Paris...just maybe not in London...dont know if I can deal with the british...
Norway Go the English!!!! Who are we going to support now. Radio is all about THE LOSS - some peple say it is like some-one dying - get a grip. It sucks but it is competition and was always on the cards - News had poor people leaving yesterday to go to the semi finals - poor them - not. It was always a possibility and they should just have a great trip now. I did want to hug Daniel Carter - he looked so sad.(wouldike to hug him any-way) and Anton Oliver said the F...K word a couple of times on TV. Hawkes Bay beat Waikato and they hardly rate a mention. Norway sounds like what I thought it would be like - beautiful.
I still have this awful virus so spent the week-end in bed or on the couch - great and haven't gone to work today - being to the Doctor and he told me it was a virus so it must be. The weather here is terrible, very wet and windy - recycling bins blowing all over the road, sirens going off so it rather nice to be tucked up at home. Jess has the day off so we are reading mags and having soup. Wilson is going nuts because he hasn't been for a walk so hopefully tomorrow things will improve on all fronts. No other news
at this end. Say hi to Julie for me and talk soon.
Love to you both
MUM
xxx
Booooo Hey,
Yeah NZ is really depressed, but hey as you say it's justa game!
Weekend was good, didn't do a lot Mum been real sick all weekend poor thing she has the flu, so she didn't get to see much of Morgan cos i don't want her getting it again!
No news over here really just all plodding along!
Glad you liking Norway, it sounds really pretty.
Morgan is being a real laugh at mo, talking a bit more now, ... Shit seems to be a good word for her and bye-bye.
I asked her the other day where you guys were and her face lit up, gotta stop doing it, it mean really!
Anyway better go do some work even tho half the systems are down.. figure that out we are and IT company!!
Never mind.. Talk soon
Love Me and Morga... Ps she bit a little boy on the face at day care the other day..Stop laughing she a vampire!
Yes well At least Stuart is smiling. Its really interesting here...makes you relaise how some people have lost perspective, when the talk is about a nation in mourning blah blah blah...its a bloody game, and we weren't good enough...plain and simple. I think that at the end of the day we got found out becuase of our lack of hard play (and this team hadn;t played together), and the French just wanted it more.The sun didn;t come up here this morning (only cos it was raining....) but it will come up the enxt fine day!
With pepsi that price, you would be drinking buorbon straight i guess. It sounds really lovely there (although cold...thats a surprise)...look forward to the photo's! Please wear the All Black jersey in Paris...just to show that we have some pride!!
Enjoy the rest of the stay there...look forward to the next update.
Dad
Yay Norway Hey guys!
Know i only spoke to you this morning which may i add is great to talk! Hope you have a wicked time in Norway! I bet Abbey is really excited. As you know not much new going on here, weekend tommorrow which mum and i will spend most of tommorrow giving Morgan the spare room cos it's bigger. Having lunch with Phil today.
Anyway same old here miss you guys! Sunday dinners aren't the same...to quiet!
Take care have fun!
Love Amanda and one cute lil girl Morgan! xoxo
hi me ducks!! I tried to speak to you before you lleft my dads but he said noone was up. it was only 9.45 am!! Hope you had a nice time and they looked after you well. enjoy Norway and we will talk soon. xxxx Tracey
Heya!! :) It's great to read about your many adventures. Some of the pics were great as well. Finally got hold of the link for your blog from Phil, so yeah. From what I've heard, Morgan's birthday was all good. Didn't go myself, but I did drop off her present. Hooked up with the others afterwards to watch the ABs play Romania......well, more like run all over 'em. :)
Sports update: The Phoenix won their 1st home game 4-1 against Perth (YEAH BABY! Now a football nut ^_^) and Wellington won their game over the weekend as well. Oh yeah, ABs cruised to the quarters with their 85-8 win.
Norway next, eh? Well, looking forward to your next entry. Gotta go now. The both of you take care.
yay! go the rupert g! bro i promise i'll pay you back if you get me a hello deli tshirt (probably xs amercan sizes...)! pay you back... with wal stripping...
New York New York Hi Guys
Preps underway for the birthday party of the month/year/century/for ever....
Presents wrapped,decorations going up (Are yu guys having a nice Christmas over there???...feels like it here!!)
Fairy castle cake ordered (in pink of course), mum is scouring the streets for an outfit that will suit...you know the sort of thing...glamorous but understated, slimming no matter what she wears...must be purple, and last of all, must relate to fairies...I suggested that she get one of Elton Johns outfits!!! Mum Here -Dad talking shit again - he wants to be a pirate/fireman and sulking because I won't let have a huge axe thing instead of a sword - poor kids would be scared silly - except for Morgan who would just go "Oh O" bye guys have fun - back to Dad
Phew...Hope you enjoy Central park...I'd imagine it will be quite beautiful at the moment. No mention of shopping????
Ok guys...vacumming (or something on the list) calls, so I better go.
Keep having fun, and give our regards to David when you see him.
Mum and Dadxxx
Ny sounds Great!!!! Abbey day light saving starts this weekend and no its usually October but we get extra light time now. About 30 people will give you that info now!! Enjoy the rest of your stay in New York Tracey xxx
Hey guys!! Just read all your blogs sounds like your having a fab time which is great.
I can't wait to see you guys next week.. YAY!! You will have plenty of time to recover and gain all your energy for your contiki as theres NOTHING to do here so it will be a relaxing couple of days. And P.S your more then welcome to download your photos here - added bonus its free (which I know how great the word 'free' sounds when your traveling)!!!
MUM
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How awful - bloody Germans. It would have been very moving but I don't think I could go. Nearly cried reading your comments. Onto happier things - Beer hall sounds fun , you would need to unwind I imagine.. London not far away now - Dad said to remind you to go to the Speights Pub when you are there and have a drink for him. We are all well, Morgan and Tamzin loked so cute for Halloween - wait until you see their outfits - Dinosaurs. Love to you both MUM XXX