I have quite a few videos that I want to post, and my hubby will hopefully be helping me with that tonight! They should be up sometime this week(end).
When we arrived home, the weather was rainy and cold- enough to start a fire! It was nice that Grandma and Grandpa could experience both rainy and sunny weather. It really is cozy when we have the fire on in our little home. We enjoyed reading our books and sipping Irish cream lattes while the rain pattered our steel roof.
I went to school for a couple of mornings because I had staff meetings. Sam also returned back to work, so Grandma and Grandpa were on their own! Every time I came home from school, there they were, soaking up the sun on our front yard, looking relaxed as ever! I'm sure they got plenty of reading done without us to distract them!
While Sam and I were at work, they took the bus with Leah into a town close by to do some shopping. It was nice that they could still find a way to get around without having to drive themselves! I don't think Grandma liked the idea of Grandpa behind the wheel on the wrong side of the road! One time, we all took a ride in the car to go sightseeing. Grandma and I sat in the back, while Sam drove and Grandpa sat in the front passenger seat. Sam was backing the car out of the driveway, and Grandma instinctively told Grandpa to watch where he was going!!!! She thought he was driving! We had quite the laugh when we reminded her that the steering wheel was also on the other side of the car, and no, Grandpa was not driving!
Our Sundays together were also relaxing and a way for Grandma and Grandpa to meet people from the church. There is a picture below of us having coffee and carrot cake with the Verheis, a lovely couple from our church!
One of my favourite memories of this trip with Grandma was making soup together! She taught me how to make her famous, delicious Sunday vegetable and meatball soup! I loved doing all the typical homemaking things with her: chatting, cutting vegetables, rolling meatballs and taste-testing! P.S. Do you like my new "Sweet As" shirt?! I finally caved and bought a shirt with NZ's most famous saying on it!
Here is Leah organizing the loft so that she has a place to sleep :)!
In this picture, Grandma is cleaning out my cupboards! We had a funny incident where she left the honey in a cupboard (without putting it in a sealed ziploc baggie) and suddenly the ants appeared! When she saw the shock and horror on my face she knew that we were in big trouble :)! The ants are so aggressive here in NZ, and once they come across something sweet they will come trailing in by the thousands. So out came the RAID again and all the cupboards were sprayed! Thankfully, we caught them on time!
There are so many other parts of our trip I could write about in this post! But I am going to stop here and if you want to know more, you can ask Grandma and Grandpa who are now back home (in very snowy conditions I hear!).
Below are some random pictures of us around the house together!
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