Monday, December 24, 2007

Tawnya's NZ Birthday


All I have to say is that it is 22 degrees and sunny on Christmas eve, my birthday!!! I am so confused. First summer birthday for me ever!! Really cool but I have to really concentrate to believe its christmas time and have the christmas CD blasting to help. Other weird and confusing things include Jodi cooking breakfast today, getting a book called "What is your poo telling you," and the fact that we are having Christmas "lunch" tomorrow. We really miss our family and friends but are glad to have people here to spend our holiday time with. Also I get to go out to a New Zealand country pub tonight that is actually open until midnight on xmas eve, and watch a band, and I have also been promised a rendition of "Gloria" substituted with "Tawnya" will be sang to me by a Kiwi named "Nuns." What more could a girl ask for on her 27th birthday!? Pictures that follow are of the sunny view off our balcony taken today. You have to see it to believe it. Hope you are all keeping warm. Happy holidays everyone!!


Saturday, December 22, 2007

Christmas around New Zealand

At the mall and the creepy santa on Queen St...


Decorating our tree and stockings, big thanks to Joanne and Melissa!!












NZ's christmas tree, the pohutakawa








Karen and Jenn Arrive

Random pics of the first week with Jennie and Kiwi!!(and the first night in our new place, thanks for helping us move Jenn!)

Karen arrived November 30 and Jenn on December 2










Grey Lynn Festival

So here's some pics of a flat warming party at a girl from work's place November 17. There was a festival on the same day in the park behind her house. Good times.



The girl in the hat is Georgie who we work with and are gonna be with on new years


Her boyfriend lived in Canada for a year so our flag was hanging proudly, and the guy in the other picture is Jesus. Really that was his name.






Drunken boys doing the haka