The weekend with a family birthday - Ron's 90th

Hi,

We had a lovely weekend in Wellington (me and Toby) while Mike went to Whakapapa with the Snow Crew and Jase went to Auckland (on Sunday morning).

Iced latte with Andrew on Friday - turned into lunch.

Moxley checking out the deck

Model cat

Our other model cat

And they do like each other - sometimes.

I was supposed to get a photo with Col - but she got called away to the real photo shoot.

The wee cat was lounging into Smudge because the suitcase dipped down where they were.  And eventually, Moxley was lying on top of Smudge, her eyes finally shut in sunshine, sleepy bliss.  And Smudge decided that was a little too familiar and threw her leg around Moxley's neck.  It was amusing to watch.  Moxley decided that was a little too uncomfortable, and they eventually separated.


Mike had a migraine on Saturday up at the snow.  Probably too dehydrated again - he needs to sort that out and pre-empt it with a lot of water.


Saturday saw frantic tidying from us - laundry mountains and carpet cleaning.  Smudge had decided Toby wasn't keeping her dirt box clean enough and that spot of carpet looked way better.  And what's more - she could use those handy tracksuit pants lying there to cover it all up.

Hahahah.  Hopefully it teaches Toby a few things. 

I went out with the boys and got groceries to sort things out.  Dropped Jase at work and generally chilled out after the cleaning chaos. 

Toby and I headed to Tawa for the Bichan family birthday - Ron's 90th birthday. Technically on Sunday (same as Jase) but the party was Saturday night.  And what a great time it was.  Food, speeches, lots of memories talked about.  Yep - it was fun.  Toby said he loved it too.

Tawa Union Church was the venue - and the dinner was catered.  I got vege options - eggplant and kofta.  And salad.  Yum.  The cake was amazing - but full of fruit and ginger. 

Everyone was there - so it was good to catch up with people I don't see a lot.

Black hole cake!

Iona did the talk for the first generation of kids, and a few of the grandchildren also talked about their memories of Ron.  Ron's brother in law also talked.  And there was an awesome song.  To the tune of the "Do ron ron".  Or whatever that song is called.  What great fun.

Mike's mother was also there - up especially for the event.  We'll see her next weekend too.  Yay!

Toby and I dropped off Mike's mother and I may have grabbed some Maccas for Toby on our way home.

Next morning I was up early to take Jase to the airport.  Then back home and taking Toby to some games shop.

Board games - what...?

We chilled until Mike got home super late.  I was dead to the world already - poor guy.  He wanted a lift and I was asleep.

But he had a great weekend.  Best snow conditions he's seen up there.

Hope your weekend was good too.  Toby has exams today - fingers crossed.

Love,
Angela