Moving house

When Cameron & I finally got out on our own in New Zealand we found this really cute 1 bedroom flat that we fell in love with from the moment we walked in. We've lived there for a year, and during this year we saw God's hand over our lives and the blessings he has bestowed on us (Thanks Aunty Syl & Uncle Sam, and everyone else who has been a blessing to us over this year). Slowly but surely we filled our little flat with everything a home needs, both physically and emotionally. We couldn't really entertain because of the space limitations but we enjoyed ourselves with everyone who happened to pop by.

Here are some views from our flat, taken the morning of the day we moved:

Beautiful sunrise...








(a peak of Mission Bay from our balcony)

Sadly after a year we have to move on. The space has become very restricted and with most of our stuff finally having come from SA we just cannot manage anymore. So we went on a search to find a bigger place and what a stressful time that was. I was two weeks out from the start of exams and with Christmas coming we just had to find somewhere nice, fast.

So a week out of me writing exams, we found a 2 bedroom house and within two weeks were ready to move. Finally on Saturday we moved out of our beautiful Parnell flat and into our new home.







Thanks to my darling husband we moved in without a problem. Cameron slogged along with friends of his to get us all moved in while I worked. (Thanks Felix, Kiri & Dan.)

We had to say goodbye to the era of our lives and I know that God has plans for our good, that will see us prosper and be a success. Here's to the future...

Ode to Family

You know the hardest part about being away from home is being away from family.

Our family is not only our parents and siblings, aunts or uncles, nieces or nephews. Our family includes all those people who mean something to us, people who have played a pivotal role in our lives. So to all those people (and you know who you are and what you mean to us) we just want to say that WE MISS YOU and although we are far away you are never far from our thoughts and always in our hearts.

70's Disco

This weekend a friend of our's had a birthday party and the theme was 70's Disco.

It was quite fun getting dressed up. Luckily we were able to rummage outfits together and we just bought some afro's and voila, instant 70's disco stars...




Everyone looked so cool in their get-up... All in all it was a fun night.

In rememberance

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since I lost my dear brother Kale.


Kale was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in October 2007. He fought it well, after the diagnosis the doctors put him on a medication trial because he was one of a handful of patients in South Africa who had this diagnosis and they didn't actually know how to deal with this type of Leukemia.
Kale was the type of person you could always rely on. He was always smiling, always seeing the glass half full and never had a bad thing to say about any one, no matter who you were.

Anyway, we celebrate the life he lived now and remember him for the ray of light he was.

Corrinne

Snowboarding on Mt Ruapehu

Well we proved we are slowly becoming Kiwi's this winter.

A group of Cameron's workmates were planning a trip to Mt Ruapehu this winter and Cameron & I decided that as it fell on my birthday, it would be nice to go along.

We drove down to Taupo which is about a 5 hour drive south of Auckland. It was a long drive, but it was so worth it. The weekend was incredible. And the mountian was breathtaking...

The first day we got out onto the mountain there was a blizzard and we were caught in it (Not a good first impression of the snow I tell you). The mountain was closed so we were forced back in doors. But on the second day we were out there bright & early and on the snow....




And considering it was my first time ever on the snow, I didn't do too bad, even if I say so myself...


We are so hooked on this now that we are definitley going back next year.Can't wait!!

Corrinne

Living in Auckland

Life in Auckland has been good. I won't lie and say it's been easy but after a year we are settled and enjoying life.

We have met some really incredible people (and some not so much) and there have been those who have impacted our lives in such a big way (and some not so much!)

Here are a few pics of the past year in Auckland.





Corrinne

SkyCity Lunch

My manager decided that as an incentive, after a long semester we deserved a little time out. So she treated us to a wonderful lunch at Sky City.

Sky Tower is one of the 12th tallest building in the world (taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris or Sydney's AMP Tower.



Not everyone could make it, but those who did had a really good time.


We took the train from Papatoetoe (South Auckland) and went into the city. It was really nice because it was my official first time on a train in NZ.


The lunch was incredible and the view from Sky Tower over Auckland city was amazing.It wasn't my first time at Sky City but every time you go there you relish in the beauty of the city, the harbours and the 80km views of the whole of Auckland.








After lunch we roamed around Sky Tower. We went up to the observation deck where a part of the floor is made of glass and you get to look straight down 328 meters to ground level, it's very scary and not for the faint hearted.