Instalment #6: The morning of the wedding

We woke up on Friday morning to a glorious day! What a surprise! Our houses faced Oneroa Beach and the view was amazing! The wedding wasn't until the evening, so we were able to relax and have a really enjoyable morning.

The view from our balcony

Mum, Dad and Eldon enjoying the beautiful sunshine in their pajamas!

Granddad reading Monkey Puzzle to Rhys

I made a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon

We went to get our hair done about 1pm

Halfway there...looking good

All done...Roz had a beautiful flower decoration in her hair

Me...looking somewhat like Cousin It as the hairdresser ratted my whole head of hair!!

Almost done...an amazing french roll

Instalment #5: Thursday night BBQ

The two families, Pattersons and Ellises got together on Thursday night and had an awesome barbeque. We rented houses on Waiheke and it came equiped with a barbeque. The weather was still pretty awful but the boys managed to cook everything just fine.

Bobby Ellis and Darryn cranking up the barbeque

Roz was not impressed with Mike's shirt!!

Darryn and Denise made us yummy chai tea lattes

It was fairly cold that night....

Bobby and Jessica Ellis...Mike's brother and wife

Danny Ellis...another brother
you know who
night-night kisses

Instalment #4: Ferry to Waiheke

Dad, Mum, Darryn, Denise, Eldon and I and Rhys took the car ferry to Waiheke on Thursday, the day before the wedding. It was rotten weather...windy and raining and awful...we didn't hold out much hope for a sunny wedding day.

Rhys loved climbing up and down the stairs on the ferry

Going round and round on the swivel chairs

"Are we there yet?"

You can see the wonderful weather we were having as we pulled into Waiheke

Instalment #3: Bridal Shower

The Bride-to-be on her throneThe "beautiful" dress Denise and I bought for her


Lovely flower arrangement by Denise and the purple cake (made with lots of food coloring!)

We had a tea party style shower with purple and silver for colors
My helper, Denise and her lovely apron

The boys showed up at the end and we just couldn't keep them apart...

Instalment #2: Visiting Rohan and Michelle and littlies

I had a really nice day visiting Rohan and Michelle and their little family (although not so little anymore!). Unfortunately, I got away without any photos of them!!! I did get some nice pics of Rhys around their property...it was such a beautiful day that day!

"Look, Mom, I found this really cool mower and it has wheels!"

Our budding mechanic...

Trip to NZ for Roz and Mike's Wedding: Instalment #1

Ok folks, I have a bunch of pictures to blog and I know some of you are (im)patiently waiting for the wedding photos!! I will do my best to get these done as fast as possible...I just can't bring myself to do them out of order! :) So you'll have to put up with some photos of Rhys beforehand!!!

At Brisbane Airport looking at the planes....

Getting to know Nana P again
Rearranging Nana's plastic cabinet...again

GrandDad giving Rhys his morning milk

Multi-tasking....who knew it could be done???
Rhys playing with Denise's high heels...hmmm how do these things work?
Snuggly #1

Snuggly #2

More to come.....

New addition to our meeting

This is Tim and Danielle, some of our friends in Mt Isa. They have a new baby, Eva and she is adorable!!!

Rhys loves dogs and isn't the least bit afraid of them. Tim and Danielle have two dogs, a yellow lab and a new rottweiler puppy, Bruce. Rhys was so taken with him, he wanted to get right down and touch his nose, as you can see!!