The Stone Crew Blog

Jackson totally loves his sister…

My wonderful family!

Little miss cheeky – Olivia!

The Vivians. Great mates…

Jack, Ella and Grace…

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!

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

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

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!

This is the view from the bach.

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!

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

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

This was a blast from the past! Jeremy popped down to visit the other day. Was great to catch up and chit chat about horses and stuff!

here’s a lovely pic of Sarah, my awesome wife on her amazing horse Rhyan. He’s a superstar and a pretty good chap. Doesn’t she look happy!

Here’s a nice vid of Sarah and Olivia having a wee chat. She’s turning into a little chatterbox these days!

Sunday morning was gloomy in Christchurch so I grabbed the family and took them to Akaroa for a break and a fish. I was really proud of Jackson as he caught his first fish solo.

He dropped the line, hooked the fish and reeled it in himself. What a rush! Time for the big fish now! I’m feeling the need to take the boat out for a proper fish somewhere!

Why is it that when I get a lovely photo of Sarah Olivia has to poke her tongue out to spoil the shot…

“Wow Jack, what a big gun you have!”

Dad and Olivia being lazy. This is the way Sundays should be spent.

Look at the two of them just chilling on the couch. Aren’t they both gorgeous?

Sarah may look happy in this photo…

But I’m sure she’s a bit over being kicked in the guts by the bub!