We flew home on the 4th and arrived on the 5th where we walked from the international terminal to the domestic one to board a plane to Wellington to have a birthday dinner with the boys and their girlfriends. It was so lovely to see them all and to give them all a real cuddle.
We stayed there a few night and then went back up to Auckland where Beth picked us up from the airport and took us back to Thames. Wayne and I stayed there a night and then took off up to the caravan - he just couldn't wait to get there and get the boat in the water...unfortunately the weather wasn't very kind.
but we did catch these two good sized snapper.
Wayne and the family secretly organised a surprise party for me to be held on the 15th and this was so nice of them but also so naughty. I think Wayne still has the bruise. It was great to catch up with family and friends. I am not sure I will forgive them for not telling me...a little warning would have been nice.
We then drove back down to Welling to spend Christmas with the boys. They did us really proud in that they had organised everything and we had nothing to do but eat, drink and talk with them. We love you guys.
We are now back in Singapore after arriving on the 31st December. We went down to the waterfront to watch the firewoprks and were absolutely amazed at how great they were. We were also amazed at the crowds of people and they were so well behaved even the ones who were on the bridge with us and it took us 40 minutes to cross the bridge.
It is now back to work time and time to get an agenda set up for some more travel this year.
