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Clemency Back to School

Clemency Back to School-4, originally uploaded by Craig vR. Clemency started back at school today in Christchurch. She is going to Elmwood School in Merivale where her cousin Luke also goes. She has a new uniform, which is “disgusting” according to Clemency, and she was a little apprehensive about a new class full of kids […]

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3 Months of Ketchup (catchup)

I know everyone wants to see photos of the US Road trip, but I have to clear the back log and hold you all in suspense. So here is a summary of the last three months in Irvine with a whole bunch of photos. 44450 AUGUST:  Back in August it was fill in time after […]

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Clemency wins big money (for a kid)!

The Irvine Company apartments, which we live in at the moment, ran a back to school art contest for kids based around the theme of “What do you like best about living in your complex”. As a summer activity (to fill in all the spare time) Clemency entered the contest. Her theme was a picture […]

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Turtle Rock Rockets Season

43399 It has been another great season of summer swimming with the Turtle Rock Rockets and the Irvine Swim League. Clemency and Hadley participated for the second year with the local swim team, enjoying the spectacle that is Irvine swimming. This year Hadley was still too young to compete in the full swim team but […]

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Clemency and the “UP” party

Last Friday (29th May) we planned to have a 7th Birthday party for Clemency at the Movie theatre for the oppening day of UP, the new 3D Pixar movie. It was a great idea and quite origninal by her friend’s standards (no Pump-it-up here thanks). But oh what an experience it turned out to be…..

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