The weekend with Lesley and Wally in town

Hi,

What a whirlwind social weekend - and it was such fun.  Made me connect with my inner (very deeply buried) extrovert self.

Met Lesley and Wally off their plane late on Friday and settled them into Marion's flat for their holiday birthday weekend!  Wally celebrated his birthday on Sunday!  Woot!  We chatted to them for a while before leaving them to enjoy the place to themselves.

Saturday we were up for brunch with Lesley and Wally at Thunderbird - and joined by Celia and James.  Very pleasant morning.  Mike and Toby went to the gym for the afternoon.

Alpacas!  Courtesy of Beth and Chris

Last undergrowth removed - it looks so good

Bucket list achieved!

Smudge looking mighty fine - and a wee bit dusty

Ethan arrived for an overnight with Toby and Mike and I headed to Sprig and Fern (after sorting out pizza for the boys).  I left everyone there (dropped a woman called Kate off at her place) and went to visit Celia and Eva's birthday party.  Celia's parents were there too helping with the smooth running of the after-Zelandia stuff.  We set up the telescope and all the girls did the requisite "oohhhh" and "ahhhh" as they all looked at Jupiter.  Easy to see the bands and the 4 Galilean satellites.

Dropped Celia's parents home and crashed into bed.  Up for Yum Cha with Sally, Andrew, Anita and JR.  Toby loved it - I really appreciate how Anita and JR make Toby feel included when he is in their company.

Back home and then off to Beth and Chris's place to say hello, feed the alpacas and try and start an old motorbike.  Mike got a ride on a ride-on mower, fulfilling a bucket list moment.

Dropped Lesley and Wally at the airport, got some groceries and home to bed.  Oooshhh!  What fun!

Have an awesome week!

Love,
Angela