the rotorua run!

well after lots of training and preparing.. i entered the 10km, and Hamish did the 21km. i was freaking out thinking i would come last, but yeah both did suprisingly well... i came 86th out of a pack of 400.. (11th in my catagory) and hamish got 26th out of about 650 people.. (11th in his catagory)... we were both pretty stoked.. felt it was not to bad going for my first adult running race. hmm now need something new to train for... london half? anyone else keen?

bad TASTE indeed

Ohope outdone itself with the worst outfits imaginable for nat's going away party... what an awesome night.. booze and ugly costumes, can't top it!

Easter - Jack Johnson, Frisbie, big surf, happy hour & family

had a tip top easter! Lots of Wines, chocolate, beach - chilled times, and sweet sweet music! 

We went down to Taranaki for Jack Johnson, and spent the long weekend with Hamish's family in Fitzroy.  Had a few days to chill out before my family came to stay, and the flatties from ohope.  We had the meeting of the parents for the first time, which went no worries, and they got on like a house on fire. (My stressing was for nothing.)

The concert was AMAZING! Hamish's mum had organised a tasty picnic for all of us enjoy, and when Jack came out, he turned it on bigtime. He just cruzed out in his jandals and played his songs, and it was all so relaxed and chilled. 

Spent a heap of time showing everyone the Naki sights, loads of time at the beach and indulging in happy hour. The surf got up to about 7foot while we were there, and the boys braved it. The surf is really different down there! huge dumpy waves.. not really my cuppa, so played lots of frisbie and games of touch on the beach. It was a sweet weekend, was cool to have that time with the family before boosting, and show the boys around Taranaki. 

xxx

Mount Edgecombe Tramp, and the Lake Tawarewa falls

What a weekend - bananna chips, BBQ's, Bush whacking, and Beach extra large wines.

Well... after almost a year of driving down to Ohope, and seeing Mount Edgecombe, WE finally did the day tramp up to the top. In true us style, we got a weeny bit lost, and a 2 hour walk took a good five. We ended up bush whacking, without a whacker... hmmm... not fun! got totally scratched up and was pushed to breaking point! Views from the top were unbelievable, and was totally breathtaking, and amazing to have done... howewer I'm beginning to wonder about tramping, i dont think it agrees with me at all, so it may be the last for a while!
After the mission down, we did another short tramp to the Lake Tawarewa falls. Pretty outstanding as well, and after the morning was great to jump in the lake and have a swim.
x

Matakana - Kama's wedding and Auckland

Another awesome weekend, this time up in Northland for Kama's Wedding, and Auckland catchups. Weather was absolutly miserable, and poured down almost the whole time! lots of coffee's in the cafes avoiding the wind and rain!

Boosted up on Friday night, and spent the weekend in Hamish's family appartment. Such a sweet spot! It's right in the heart of the city, which is pretty cool that everything is such a short stroll away.

Went up to Matakana on Saturday with Koren and bloody hell we were late because she had been boozing to hard the night before! We only saw the 'I do's', how embarrasing!
Felt very Auckland with high heals on, and sinking into the mud, beautiul place though, loads of vineyards, and rolling hills. Love it.
She got married in a quaint little church because it was wet, and was followed by a reception at the local hall. So beauts to see her, and little Tegan. Aww...

Sunday was lazy and hungover for both hamish and I - He went to the Auckland races with some boozy uni mates, and got on it hard!

One of the bfm summer series concerts was on in Albert park on sunday, so we went and chilled for the avo and watched MC tiki do his stuff! Was mean. That sort of treat makes me miss the city.

Had an appointment on Monday and opened our UK bank account.. wheels in motion now, things are slowly and surely coming together!