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Monday, 11 Jan 2010

Kindy's out n the summer hols roll

We're just into week 2 of school/kindy for M's summer hols at the moment, at the family Ray we have been super busy and me n M have been up to our usual Blue Peter specials - maybe all that TV watching and 4 years at Art & Design school may not have been in vane after all! And how can we not go for a free pottery lesson at our fave haunt Te Papa too to start off our second week of creativity!



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Sunday, 29 Nov 2009

Beach over jetlag

After mom and Marj successfully arriving and an early night, I thought it only proper to take them to Scorching Bay for a day of rest and relaxation on this beautiful beach on an apt scorcher of a day too. Little did they know that Myles had an itinerary of games in store! One of which mom christened 'basket chair rugby!' This consisted of Myles playing catch with them and his throws becoming a little more challenging to catch with each turn! Needless to say it wasn't before long when my mom attempting for the all important catch for her turn leaned a little too far over and ended up collapsed in a heap to fits of side splitting giggles all around! As an antidote to this energetic fun Myles next activity was a genteel paddle followed by some epic sandcastle building. Thank you soooo much mom and Marj for making the trip to see us and this was the first day of many fun and laughter filled days to come - perfect you might say :))
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Saturday, 21 Nov 2009

The Piano

After being together forever and always knowing that Craig played the piano so beautifully it seemed only fitting that as a first anniversary present (that being 1 year in NZ) we finally had a piano in our home. It is just wonderful to hear and watch him play and it seems he's passed on his talents to Myles who is happy to join in and also to 'tinkle the ivories' himself from time to time. It feels like a reward in some sense for being brave and mad enough to put ourselves on the other side of the planet and kind of start again in a way. And has become a real focal point for us all and yet another creative outlet for Craig to wow us with - is there no end to this man's talents!!! We do love him so :)


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Friday, 20 Nov 2009

DIY with Dad

As we've only got a back yard in our current house we thought it'd be a great idea to grow some veges and so Craig being the DIY expert set about with constructing a planter for us to grow our own. As you can see Myles also has inherited the DIY gene and so the work began. More pics to follow no doubt on it's progress and said vegies!
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Thursday, 5 Nov 2009

Sparkler Fun

Just before our venture out to check out the amazing fire works of Wellington we invited our neighbours over for a bbq and a few sparklers to celebrate bonfire night. A bit different to our UK ones where it's winter and normally chilly - we were able to enjoy the outdoors without the cold and a few sparklers rounded off the evening nicely. John, Kay and their children Tara and Sammy have made us feel really welcome and are the kind of neighbours you hope you will have whereever you move to!



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Saturday, 24 Oct 2009

Mount Victoria Lookout

Anna and Myles enjoying Mount Victoria lookout, great views also of the city - we live 'straight down' from where the two of them were sitting admiring the view! and our house is just on the edge of the town belt bush (forested area) which you can see that encircles this area.

The Lookout from Craig Ray on Vimeo.

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Friday, 23 Oct 2009

Myles and Anna Dancing

On Labour Weekend Pete and his daughter Anna came down to see us for the weekend. For those who don't know we met Pete, Sara and Anna on our first flight to Auckland via Hong Kong and they are one of our closest friends in New Zealand. Here is a beautiful video to enjoy of Myles and Anna dancing in the moment - enjoy!

Dancing in the Shell from Craig Ray on Vimeo.

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Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009

Directed by Craig Ray!

I just have to do this for Craig - since purchasing our new Panasonic GH1 camera his talents for recording our adventures on film have been just amazing, I am not biased at all! Anyways for those of you who'd like to see all the videos in one go here's a link to Vimeo for ya - enjoy :))

The family Ray's video's on Vimeo

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Thursday, 1 Oct 2009

The Creation of Tinkie the Robot

Yep that's his name according to Myles - what else can you do when it's torrential rain outside anyway - we do love a good homemade robot in the Ray house just a shame it can't do the housework!

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Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009

Sunday chillin' with Little Bushman

Sunday was the reopening of the City Gallery in Wellington, as the queues were large the council put on some bands to entertain us. So we just chilled out and listened to a band Little Bushman who we think are awesome or Choice as they like to say here :)) enjoy



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