Hi all, so it's been a while since me and my family went up to Hanmer, but I'm finally getting around to writing a post for it. We had to stay in a holiday house in Hanmer for 10 days at the start of last month while our house had earthquake repairs done. Although moving out and back in was not fun, the holiday itself was great. We drove up on the Friday after my siblings got back from school, and then on the Saturday, Dad and I drove back to move the furniture out, pull the carpets up, and screw the floor down.
My amazing boyfriend, Daniel, came up with us for that first weekend, and he was a huge help with the work on the Saturday. We also had some other friends over to help with moving furniture which made that a lot easier. On the Sunday, Daniel and I went to the hot pools which was a lot of fun. I enjoyed getting to spend the morning with him before he left for home that afternoon.
The rest of the holiday is rather blurred, and not having any school work to do, or any of my other normal activities, didn't help in remembering which day was which. Although we didn't go to the pools as a family, we went of a bike together, did put put at two differant places, went to the animal farm, and when through the maze at A-Maze-N-Golf. The maze was a highlight of the holiday, and I have told my boyfriend that we ARE going there one day. 😜 Two of the funniest parts where when Ruth got such a fright she scampered behind me and stayed there for the rest of that part of the maze, with one hand firmly clutching my jacket! The other was when Hannah was jumping over some stepping stones and got completely drenched but the falling water!😂
We were very lucky to have our holiday house directly opposite the entrance to a dog walk and forest, so the kids spent a lot of time down there. Daniel and I went down their once with the kids, and then Ruth and I decided to go for a walk through the forest a few days later. We enjoyed the long walk and had a lot of fun, but the most memorable part was getting lost and finally finding the road a little way outside of Hanmer.
I thoroughly enjoyed the holiday, and it was great getting to spend the time with my family, going places, watching movies, and playing a lot of card games, without having to worry about school work, or work. It's nice being back home though, and our house looks great with the new carpets and painted walls.
So, there's the post I've been putting off for weeks. If I can get a hold of some photos, I'll try post them another time, but no promises.
Last weekend, the 28th and 29th of October, I went up to Daniel's place for a home-school formal on the Saturday night. It was a lot of fun getting ready with Daniel's younger sister Susanna! The theme was "Deep Deep Blue" so a lot of the dresses were sea colors. I found a beautiful turquoise dress on trademe which I love!
I had an amazing time with Daniel and some of his siblings plus his brother's girlfriend, and it was really cool taking some group photos. Daniel and I attempted to do some dancing together, but I found that despite the fact that I'm good at ballet, I'm terrible at other kinds of dancing. I kept tripping over my own feet, and kicking his! Despite this it was really fun, and we did get better as the night went on.
We've decided we're going to have to try do some dance lessons in the future so that next time we can do more dancing without me tripping over. 