The Stone Crew Blog » Family http://www.stonecrewblog.com Julian, Sarah, Jack and Olivia's diary... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Visit to Akaroa… http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/visit-to-akaroa/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/visit-to-akaroa/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:25:57 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/visit-to-akaroa/ We took off for a drive with the kids to Pigeon Bay but Livvy had other ideas. She did a full on car sick power chuck in Sarah’s new car.

With no spare clothes, we detoured to Akaroa and got a cheap shirt and pants. Had fish and chips, walked around in the blustery wind, checked out the lighthouse and drove home. Was a nice day!

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/dam-kids/feed/ 0 Christmas at the Stones! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/christmas-at-the-stones-2/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/christmas-at-the-stones-2/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:56:12 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/christmas-at-the-stones-2/ Jane, Simon, Zach and Jed came down for Christmas this year (and New Years). We loved hanging out with them and the kids had a blast (when not killing each other.

Here’s a few pics (and some of the new pony, Milo)…

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Livvy going for a ride on Milo…

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Toasting marshmallows over the fire…

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Jackson getting professional riding lessons from Mum…

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2012/01/christmas-at-the-stones-2/feed/ 0 The Stones take on Australia! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/12/the-stones-take-on-australia/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/12/the-stones-take-on-australia/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:39:43 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/12/the-stones-take-on-australia/ I’ve put some photos below from our recent trip to Australia (Brisbane/Gold Coast). We popped over for the week to see Sarah’s sister Jess, Lee and Mel, Leeanne and do the fun parks!

The kids were all great and a great time was had by all!

Here’s my man-wagon (shopping cart)…

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At the Aussie Zoo… (Devoe and Jackson)

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The beautiful Leonard girls…

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“Alice the camel has…”

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Watching the big Aussie Zoo show…

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Livvie is jealous because Bug has teeth!

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Livvie’s first rollercoaster!

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Dang! She loves horses!

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At Seaworld with the kids. Didn’t get much photos there but we saw some shows and had a great time!

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Saying goodbye…

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Next trip – Fiji!!

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/11/xmas-spirit-has-arrived-at-the-stones/feed/ 0 Stone’s adventure walk at Glentui Bush! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/11/stones-adventure-walk-at-glentui-bush/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/11/stones-adventure-walk-at-glentui-bush/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:56:51 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/11/stones-adventure-walk-at-glentui-bush/ We all took a nice family walk today. We’re heading to Aussie soon for a holiday and wanted to try out the new baby backpack. Works like a charm! She didn’t fall out so that’s good! I think the walk was about 3-4km up some fairly steep tracks. Much fun!

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She was a perfect angel! I also let her play with the BMX bike chain and she taste tested the tyres! Real country girl!

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My wonderful family!

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Little miss cheeky – Olivia!

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The Vivians. Great mates…

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Jack, Ella and Grace…

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/08/some-family-photos/feed/ 0 Holiday in Hanmer! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/07/holiday-in-hanmer/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/07/holiday-in-hanmer/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:19:52 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2011/07/holiday-in-hanmer/ Here’s some photos from our holiday in Hanmer Springs. We went up there for a few days to have a break from CHCH. Had a great time! We were with Rich, Aimee and Nim Poole. They’re pretty cruisy guys to hang with and we managed to do a few fun things. Played in the snow, café’s, bike riding, walks, Indian food and movies.

My personal hilight was convincing Sarah to take a dip (in the snow) at the Hanmer Springs hot pools one night. We just soaked in 37 degree awesomeness until we turned into prunes.

Here’s Jack thinking about throwing a snowball at Rich!

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Livvy in her snow suit looking like a cute pink blob!

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The family climbing a wee bank… Jack slipped down soon after the photo was taken. He loved it though.

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I took my boy for an adventure on his bmx and my bike down to the local river. There was a track beside the creek which was pretty muddy so we had a blast of a time. Wore him out nicely!

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This is the view from the bach.

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We had a pretty hairy drive back from Hanmer. The roads were fairly treacherous but we all got back ok. When we got back though, we were greeted with a totally white Christchurch and even our place was covered!

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That’s Sarah’s car below under the white stuff!

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To end off a great weekend Jack and I made snowmen… Cool eh!

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Oops! Livvy lost her face!
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