Just Photos For A Change

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Just needed to get some photos off to all of our fans!

Paris is going to school in Whangaparoa, New Zealand for a month. He has to wear a uniform and his school is called a college; Orewa College. He is in 10th grade which is equivelent to the 9th grade in the states. He is living with our friends Angela and David Howie and their two daughters, Nancy (16) and Anna (11). We will be picking him up again in a few years!

The following photos are of Natalie, David and I (Christie) traveling on the North Island. We drove from Auckland to the northern tip of the island and back down to the southern tip. Now we are in Queenstown getting ready to do the Routeburn Track which is a 3 day hut trip.

My birthday (Christie) was March 14 and for a present I got to see a Kiwi bird in the wild!

Today, March 26th, is Natalie's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE! She is 25 today.

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Photos

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE
Today is the day Natalie has turned 25!
She will take donations to her travel fund c/o Maybaums.

Uniform
Green polo shirt, grey shorts, grey knee socks and black leather shoes. Hmmm.

Auckland From Volcano
View into a crater with the city in the background.

Beach
Don't just stand there, get him off of me!

Sheep Wagon
This photo is for you, Nancy and Andy Carson!

Stone Store
The oldest stone building in New Zealand.

Te Weta
Nasty bugs

Pinnacle
We saw therefor we had to climb.

Fern Tree
Interesting pattern where the leaves fall off the fern trees.

Comments

[Wendy]

Happy Birthday!
Christie and Natalie. Looks like you are having a great time. Max and I are off to Glenwood Springs tomorrow with Caleb and Kini. Keep the blogs coming. We love them. Miss you, Wendy and Max

[lynn]

Isn't Chapel Hill, NC on your worldwide tour? Living vicariously through your travels - what a great adventure! Also it has been great to watch Paris get older - clearly a teenager. We (Lynn, Jacob,Zach) miss you and think about you often. Zach always talks about Paris and some of their funny stories together.

[haley]

hi!
it looks like youre having a lot of fun ! i love the pictures and i hope you willkeep having lots of fun!

[Murtha and Tim]

We have been enjoying viewing your travels through Paris´blogs and now, your photo album. What a great adventure! I think we are going to have to try that! You look like you're having fun! Tim and I are in Argentina for 2 weeks. We are visiting our vineyard (Tim always wanted to start a vineyard in San Miguel!) and traveling a little with our friend and business partner. Mostly business with some traveling mixed in. We are still in Costa Rica, feel free to visit if it is on your tour! Are you going to be back in Boulder by the summer? Maybe we´ll see you then! Keep on trekkin'...