Marg and Petes 30th Wedding Anniversary

Smiths' 30th Wedding Anniversary Party - 26th July 2014

Pete and Marg.

The main reason we headed home for a short time, was primarily for Marg & Pete's party (plus some skiing!). Michael went back to the farm to help out with party preparations, and helped Pete with the lamb for the spit.

The Lamb after Peter, Chris and Michael prepared it.

There were quite a few people invited to the house, a huge amount of food and beverages on offer - and everyone is rugged up well!

Shahn's Parents - Darryl & Robbie

Chris and Egbert - getting amongst the spit

Bethanne and the fairy lights (she was hating getting her photo taken, love it Bethanne!)

Karen, Pete & Marg and Margaret

Trying to get all the Smiths' in one photo was a a feat! (and Shahn)

Chris and Alex and his broken leg.

Jukebox blearing and some dancing after dinner. Geoffrey and Barbara

Everyone present at the party, great turn out!

Karen and Marg grooving

Diana and Alex

Marg and Pete dancing

All the ladies singing and dancing their hearts out

After dinner yarning with some beverages

Egbert and his workers I have forgotten their names.

Richard and Darryl having a chat

Ohhh Bethanne loves having her picture taken

Egbert and Karen

…. again

Love on the Dance floor

Dancing fun

Reg, Sarah and Margaret

Margaret, Bethanne and Karen

Peter, Margaret and Bethanne

Shahn on Ellie

Shahn and Ellie, looking good

Bethanne and Ellie, just before Ellie threw off Bethanne

Ski trip NZ 2014

NZ Snow Trip 2014

18th July - 28th July 2014

After Chris picked me up from Queenstown, we drove the long way around to Wanaka (not over the Crown Range). We stopped at Lake Dunstan and it was flat as, with awesome reflections.

Diana looks to be contemplating life as she looks back towards Queenstown…..

Gold Rush huts.

Michael, Diana and Alex enjoying a few beverages at Cadrona Hotel

Diana, Alex and Jenna at Cadrona Hotel.

Alex, Diana, Michael, Jenna and Dallas at the Irish pub in Queenstown, good beer and Mulled wine it was freezing.

The food was amazing…….

In the Ice Bar Sub Zero, cool fun

Ice sculptures

Ice table hockey, good game

Alex and Dianna enjoying the temperature.

Heading up into the snow

Michael in the Snow. So cold icicles formed on his mo and the neck warmer and goggles froze every time he went for a run down the hill.

Alex and Michael heading up the slope.

Michael in the Snow

Jenna

Michael and Jenna, enjoying the fresh powder

Hitching back to Wanaka, D and Alex had left to get a X-ray, got a ride with a really nice family from the Philippines.

Jenna, Chris, Dallas, Michael and Dianna (Alex was off catching fish for dinner)

Check out the view

Chris enjoying the view

Playing Pictionary, Mindtrap and Trival pursuit, all $1 game from the Arohanui hospice during uni life back at Nash street Palmerston North, Good times. All while having a few quiet rums/ beers. Excellent night.

Michael and Shahn, only got one day up in the snow together but it was worth it. Although we lost Bethanne when we were heading to Captains Run.

Michael and Shahn

We headed back to Invercargill way to catch up with Michael's parents and rest of the family, as it was Marg and Petes' 30th Wedding Anniversary (another blog to come with pics!)

Off on a bike ride up into the long wood's, we met the neighbours and had a chat.

Chris and Karen on the ride, looking cool.

This movie is not that great as a lot of the footage was just iced up camera from the very cold weather, so I only had getting off the chair lift with Alex, and I missed getting any footage of Dallas, while she cut up the slopes, but hope everyone enjoys it.