Visitors!

So 2012 has been wonderful for overseas visitors.

at the beginning of the year, my gorgeous niece, Alysha came over to nz for the first time for a whirlwind 4 day visit.  i was so worried about her being bored that i organised nights out and came up with lists and lists of things to see and do.  i shouldn't have worried though, because it turns out she is such a nana haha. we went out for dinner on her first night and then, instead of heading into town for drinks, she told me it was her "dream" to go home, put her pj's on and watch tv.  so that's what we did and she seemed happy enough.

we had one beautiful, sunny day with lysh, but then it poured and poured after that. we still rushed her around and took her to the french markets in parnell, the art gallery, family dinner in clarence street, etc but i do wish she'd seen auckland in its finest. having said that, pretty much the whole of summer was a write off this year.

anyway, the 4 days flew by and i was very sad to drop her off at the airport. hopefully my little niece comes back again in the not too distant future.


the next overseas visitor was my mummmmmmy! she came over during easter for 2 weeks and it was FABULOUS having her here. she did rearrange pretty much everything, and she did constantly tell us that we needed to change up our lounge and that our tv and tv cabinet looked awful. but other than that, she was wonderful. she cooked, cleaned the windows, washed (ALOT), showed us how to cook meat in the slow cooker (so easy!) and she talked. non-stop sometimes haha.

we didn't do much sight seeing with her as she said she really just wanted to hang out with us. but she did come with me to two outdoor movies, which was a lot of fun. cold, but i made her rug up.  she absolutely loved josh's parents and grandparents and we all had dinner together.

it was so sad to see her go, but i think she is coming back in september yippeeeeeeee!