Rainbow ...........
Helen and Jon laughing at Grahams Drawings!!!!!!!!!!
Competition was getting intense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( There was only ever going to be one winning team though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Helens burnt christmas pudding
Smoke alarm wafting!
Dr.Doolittle
Green Lipped Mussels
Woke up to sunshine...but no family. Felt quite sad when we first woke up as we we're so far away...opened a couple of prezzies..see full waterproofs on Graham for fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spoke to family on the phone and then got ready for the day, At 11.00 we set off to our friends Chris and Paul in Havelock North, they are a couple we met when we first arrived in Auckland. They live in the Bay and we have been in contact since we arrived. They we're really good to us the first week we arrived in the Bay and just wanted to come home!!!
Arrived...and the house was buzzing...they had friends over from the UK. The kids had been bought a pool table and so typically Graham and I challenged them to a game...or two! Had a great catch up, drank blackcurrent and ice cream smoothies...lots of nice chat, and then we headed off up the road to Helen and Jon's.
Got there about 12.30...set the table and did all the prep work for the meal together. Sat out on the decking and chatted..it was a nice day. Their very 'sensitive' smoke alarm kept going off so we ended up fanning that a lot of the day!! We ate about 4.00...outside on the balcony. We had Green Lipped Mussels to start, Snapper Fillets and Veg for main meal and....christmas pudding for pud...well, it was supposed to be Christmas Pudding ( see photo)...it ended up burnt ( Helens cooking!!!!!), with plastic stuck all over it...she cut all the plastic off and served it, we took one mouthful and looked at each other....and we're desperately hoping Jon would say 'we can't eat that!!'...and he did...tasted of plastic and burning!!
After dinner we played the 'rizzler' game...Graham won everytime! Then we played pictionary....and the HOLLANDS won!!!!! Had a great time and a good laugh.
Had cheese and biscuits later on ...and then we all rolled into bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Day had by all...but we would have killed to come back to the UK for the day!!
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