My little Helper

Kael came to spend the afternoon with us, after a little play with Maia she went to bed.  Not one to sit around and do nothing Kael got stuck in and helped me sweep up ALL the leaves out on the driveway, man there were heaps!!  He didn't grumble and was quite happy with his rake and broom.  He only took a couple of breaks to chase Lolly cat.  After a good solid hours work we came inside and he down 2 bikkies and a big glass of juice - well deserved!

Out the dining window

Today sitting at the dining table looking out at the beautiful day, I captured a few nice things to share with ya'll.  These being part of the beauty of where we live.

Harakeke - Flax

Piwakawaka - Fantail which was fluttering around 

Some boats chugging by

1st Month @ Dawnhaven

Well even though no one had commented on whether to keep the blog going, I thought I better keep it up every now and again just for my own records as it is good to go back over and see what we've been up to...  So here is a house update...

Our first month in the house has been great.  Good to have our own space again and to get our things out of storage.  Our weekends have been busy with a few projects and we've had a few troopers on hand helping out which is AWESOME!!!  The first big project was emptying the pond which is had DANGER written all over it, emptying it was one thing, keeping it empty was quite another and involved Dean digging a drain to put a drainage pipe in.  The boys did a great job getting it to the point it is now, 1/3 filled with scoria.  Now the next part is to fill it right in and turn it into a garden of some sort.    The other mission we had was to put curtains in the house, as it was just too cold without them and not very energy efficient.  So the Mum's helped with that job which was great as it involved a bit of sewing and I'm a bit clueless when it comes to that!