Connor turns 1

The cake I made him.

Oh nice cake mumjust a little sample first.

Now this is how you eat cake.

Grandma, Connor and Grandpa in the train.

Connor loving the old train

Just out of a catalogue..... Yet he is mine and I took the picture.

Cute Connor playing with a leaf.

Grandpa Gene and Grandma with Connor at the Lake.

Well I still can't believe it but my baby has turned 1. Gene and Linnea were here to celebrate with us. We had a fun day at the Hamilton Lake taking pictures, then Jeff, Gene, Linnea and Connor walked round the lake and played at the park, while i went for a job interview. Connor loved all the attention just on him and had a marvelous day. That evening my parents came over and we all had a yummy dinner and birthday cake together.

USA Hassmans in NZ

Gene and Linnea arrive at Auckland. Caleb woke at 2 am dressed and ready to collect them. he was a tad excited.

Caleb and Hayley in some of the clothes they got from Grandma and Grandpa.

Connor Just loves the big teddy Grandma and Grandpa got him. He snuggles and wrestles with it all the time.

Walking down to the beach with the Grandys.

Connors favourite place to be on Grandpas shoulders.

Grandma and Connor enjoying the beach.

Our Family.

Grandma and Grandpa with Caleb.

Grandma and Grandpa with Hayley.

Grandma and Grandpa with Connor.

Grandparents with Grand-kids.

Connor loves the water.

Horsey ride on Daddy.

Gene with Caleb and Hayley on the rocks watching the big waves smash in.

Caleb and Hayley with the Geode from Grandma and Grandpa before they chipped it open.

30 min later and this was the result.

So we have lots of pictures for you all. Just to Prove that Gene and Linnea made it to NZ safe and sound and are having a blast with the kids. Caleb is loving all the time the is getting with Grandma and Grandpa, he has them wrapped round his finger. He just loves Math so is enjoying Gene (Grandpa) quizzing him and doing math equations. Maybe we have an accountant in the making.
Hayley was a little shy at the beginning but has opened up a bit more now and is enjoying all the stories and walks ( or bikes rides ) she gets to go on each day.
Connor has become very comfortable having new people in our home, and has really come out of his shell. Now Gene and Linnea can see what he is really like, his super fun personality. He too is loving the walks and now climbs into his pushchair and screams till someone takes him for a walk. He loves being outside, so Grandma and Grandpa don't get much chance to sit down and relax, because once a door is open, Connor is gone.
Lots of fun is being had by all. Hope you like seeing some of what we all have been up to.

Caleb the Dinosaur

Caleb has book character day at school tomorrow. They choose a book they like then dress up as one of the characters in the story. Caleb choose a book called "God made the Dinosaurs" so he wanted to be a dinosaur of course. So I took a swig of some cleaver juice and WA-LAH this is my creation. Both Caleb and I are rather proud.

Our 11 month old cutie.

Swinging away

Our little Gangsta

11 Months where have they gone, soon we will be celebrating his first birthday with Grandma and Grandpa Gene, who arrive in just 2 days.
Connor is walking everywhere now and is getting quite quick. He has found he can now throw tantrums to get Caleb and Hayley into trouble, he squeals like he does when they kids are annoying him. We are seeing a real interesting little personality now. We could be in for some fun in the future. He is quite indepenedant and doesn't like being helped much...As you can see he likes to be on the swing by himself. Yes we have had a couple of falls. His hair is finally starting to grow so all his bumps will not be so noticeable in the future.

Birthday time

Kung fu Panda cake I made for my Nephew Cades birthday. It turned out great.

now this is how you eat cake

Chessy Grins

Calebs Birthday cake

Caleb and Connor having ride on a mechanical horse.

All the cousins, Kyuss and Caleb, Hayley and Cade

Caleb with his birthday cake. We didnt eat it that night it took it to school to share with his class.

My sister Aimee getting big cuddles form a tired Connor.

Well its been a busy week with birthdays. I turned the big 30 on the 10th of March, my sisters son Cade turned 2 on the 12th of March and Caleb turned 6 on the 15th of March. We had 2 family dinners and loads of cake. Fune] times all round though now im exhausted, and could do with a decent break. But that is not to happen, Gene and Linnea arrive in just 12 days, yes only 12 days. Jeff and I have been very good at procrastinating, just loads of tiny things around the proerpty that we would like nice and tidy before they get here. Other than that we are ready for their arrival.

Fishing Trip

The kids at 6am with rods already to head out on the boat.

It was a cold start to the day

The cold wasn't going to curb this young mans excitement.

Our friends, jeff and the kids head out to sea.

Hayley caught the biggest fish for the morning a Trevelly. We smoked it for lunch so yum.

Proud Caleb with his Trevelly

Boat ride time, just for some fun

By this time Hayley was super exhausted, can you tell.

Caleb liked being up fornt he could see more that way.

One of Jeffs Gurnards that he caught when out night fishing. They also caught a kingfish that was a very proud moment for the guys.

So we were lucky enough to be invited out for a fun day of fishing with some great friends. Well Jeff and the kids went out anyway. It was an early start, but the kids were so excited it didn't matter. They had their very own fishing rods and had been praying hard all week that they would catch some fish and that they wouldn't fall overboard if they caught a big one.

With Calebs birthday coming up soon, a fishing rod and a fishing trip is what he wanted, so now he is super happy and is asking when the next trip out will be. Hayley's maybe not so keen to go out again real soon, but she did have fun.