Friday, April 30, 2010


Ava's certificate for working hard on her facts up to 10-
Her teacher winked at her while she came up to the front to get it!
30 April 2010
5:15 pm
NZ

 Date Night (just before the call to come home)
9:45 pm
Roswell, Georgia


Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Homework Blues
29 April 2010
6:30 pm
NZ

Springing into Writing
7:15 pm
New Prospect Middle School

Wednesday, April 28, 2010


Fruit Salad . . . Yummy, yummy!
28 April 2010
5:30 pm
NZ

 Trash Talk
8:15 pm
Sweetbay Circle

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

 What's hanging on your fridge?
27 April 2010
8:40 pm
Invercargill Kitchen

 
Miles to Go Before We Sleep
4th Grade Book Report
9:30 pm
Kitchen Table

Monday, April 26, 2010

 Calgon take me away!
26 April 2010
Some time during the witching hour
NZ

 I Can Ride My Bike With No Training Wheels, No Training Wheels, No Training Wheels
7:15 pm
Sweetbay Circle

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The following takes place between the hours of 3:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
24 Junkies
25 April 2010
7:10 pm
Mom's computer, NZ

 Playing With the Queen of Hearts
7:45 pm
Kitchen Table, Alpharetta






Saturday, April 24, 2010


Drinking chocolate and mallows, perfect end to a brisk autumn evening
24 April 2010
9:45 pm
NZ

 Birthday Wishes for Chad and Glen Paul
10:30 pm
Atlanta, Georgia



Friday, April 23, 2010


Ice cream for afternoon snack and coke in a bottle for dinner, I must be the bestest Mum ever!
23 April 2010
7:00 pm
Hell Pizza, NZ
 "Orange You Glad It's Summer" Pedicure
5:30 pm
Alpharetta, Georgia

Thursday, April 22, 2010


Finding our happy eyes
22 April 2010
6:00 pm
Invercargill Dining Room
An Evening on Memory Lane with Friends
9:20 pm
Home of the late Allen Thornell
East Atlanta, Georgia

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Learning the New Zealand National Anthem for Choir tryouts in 12 hours!
21 April 2010
7:45 pm
NZ

 Film Festivities
7:15 pm
Midtown, Atlanta

Tuesday, April 20, 2010


Dinner literally blowing up in my face!
20 April 2010
5:20 pm
Invercargill kitchen

Satisfying a Hankering
9:40 pm

Monday, April 19, 2010

If you glue it, they will come- New Zealand vision board
19 April 2010
9:30 pm
Invercargill

 Park Rash - Skidding Along the Woodchips
5:15 pm
Ocee Park


Sunday, April 18, 2010

And for dessert. . . molten chocolate cake!
18 April 2010
6:30 pm
NZ
Sunday Night Popcorn Party
7:20 pm
Party Palace - Sweetbay Circle



Saturday, April 17, 2010

Date Night indeed- not as exciting as the one in the movie!
17 April 2010
8:45 pm
Reading cinema, NZ
 
We Must Be Moving - Randy is Sorting Books
11:00 pm
Basement

Friday, April 16, 2010


Playing Pinball
16 April 2010
7:10 pm
Hell Pizza, NZ
 The Future's So Bright . . .
6:15 PM
Front Porch

Thursday, April 15, 2010


Ava's well balanced plate
6:45 pm
15 April 2010
NZ Dining room
Dejavu for Mom:   The Babysitting List by Kennedy
10:25 pm
Sweetbay Circle

Wednesday, April 14, 2010


A picture speaks 1000 words
14 April 2010
8:40 pm
Dead to the world, NZ
 Nothing Like A Deadline to Bring out the Taxes Folders
10:00 pm
Kitchen Table


Tuesday, April 13, 2010


A clean room for 30 days = a new duvet cover
amazing how easy it is to make the day of a 14 year old
13 April 2010
9:20 pm
Invercargill bedroom
 Birthday Wishes from the Kiwi Cousins
5:45 pm
Alpharetta, Georgia

Monday, April 12, 2010


Six degrees of Kevin Bacon
12 April 2010
8:00 pm
NZ
 Needing a Vacation to Recover from the Vacation
7:30 pm
Alpharetta

Sunday, April 11, 2010


Turtle on a Fergburger. . . Does anyone know what a hungry turtle says?
11 April 2010
4:45 pm
Queenstown, NZ
 Nothing Like Coming Home to a Natural Gas Leak
Camping Out in the Aired Out Room
1:30 (technically Monday)
Alpharetta

Saturday, April 10, 2010


Seals on the coast
10 April 2010
3:10 pm
Kaikoura, NZ


Mel's Infamous Vacation Creep, a Detour on the Way Home
7:20 pm
Panama City Beach, Florida

Friday, April 9, 2010

Brandon and the kids breathed a big sigh of relief that this obscure out of the way
attraction I found in the guide book was closed for the day.
9 April 2010
5:18 pm
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere(Ava's description), NZ

We had SO much fun!
6:45 PM
Norwegian Pearl
Bahamas

Thursday, April 8, 2010


796 steps. . . in the rain . . .worth every step!
View from the top
8 April 2010
5:30 pm
Eastcape lighthouse, NZ

 They Even Have Chocolate Sushi
Chocoholic Buffet, Norwegian Pearl
10:30 pm
At Sea











Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Zorbing- another awesome Kiwi invention!
7 April 2010
4:30 pm
Rotorua, NZ
For Once, I'm Not the One Crying "It's Too Crowded, I'm Going Back!"
12:00 pm
The Baths, Virgin Gorda, BVI

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

We all scream for ice cream smothered in homemade chocolate sauce- Thanks Pam!
6 April 2010
8:30 pm
Whakatane, NZ
 Tattoo from the Cat, our sea turtle snorkeling boat
6:30 pm
St. Thomas, USVI