Her mother's daughter?

Pat a cake, pat a cake...

Bella

It was pre summer and the weather was starting to warm up. Bella decided to sit in a box to celebrate.

Stockholm Marathon

 Pre race craziness at the overcrowded train station. It was a great place to shelter from the cold.

 There we are...orange jacket and white hat, centre of the picture. The clothing we are wearing gives you an idea of how bitterly cold it was!

Well we finished the coldest Stockholm Marathon ever. 15 968 runners started, 14 686 completed the race. That means that only 8 percent did not finish, a surprisingly low figure, considering the harsh conditions. This being the 34th Stockholm Marathon was afflicted by the worst conditions ever. Unseasonal 3-4 degrees (C) and blasts of wind up to 18 meters/second attacked the runners at several points on the course, accompanied by persistent rain, it all become a great ordeal. The last few times I ran, it has been 30+ degrees and swelteringly hot....in fact it has been unseasonably warm. Unfortunately for Sara's first marathon, it was probably the worst conditions imaginable!

"Top Runner Andreas Bergstedt described the absurd conditions when the competitors did hit a wall of wind at the halfway mark. “One of us cracked up, and started to laugh unrestrainedly.”

The God of Rain

Back in circulation!

Hi folks...after almost 6 months we are back in circulation here at SFW. I am going to include lots of classic photos from our NZ trip for you all.

Grumpy

We arrived in Hahei. It rained. Then it rained some more. Chris arrived. Then it kept on raining. Benjamin was not happy. Then it rained again.

Cooking with Grandma

Jet lag?

Digging

We went to the beach on Christmas day for a short time. It was awesome and made me wonder why we aren't living here(again).

Christmas Day

Summer

Northward bound!

Ahipara, Northland

Chrissy is here!

Home at last!

New bungalow

We moved into a new bungalow today. It's a bit further north up the coast. It has a different feeling to it, I can't decide if it's a good one or not, I guess it's just different. Anyway, were here for 5 days before we get ripped off for another night in Singapore and then FINALLY get to board a flight to NZ.

Thai massage

Sara finally got her Thai massage and was in heaven.

Breakfast... I forget what day it is!

Life is a beach!

A photo says a thousand words!

Poolside

Benjamin has found a play friend from Sweden. They have done everything together. Diving competition. Sword fights. Snorkelling. It gives us a chance to rest, geez this Thailand holiday has been exhausting.

Day Five

After a massive scooter tour around Koh Lanta we have managed to secure our next residence. It has all the mod cons but with 750baht less per night. We also found the yummiest mango stall.

Day Two

Not much doing really. We've decided to stay at Amantra Resort for 5 more nights. It's just easiest at this stage with the litte ones, it's hard to walk around bargain hunting. This is Bella after her lunch time nap.

Day Four

Benjamin after eating his weight in watermelon!

Thailand

We made it! We have wireless and I'll try to keep you all up to date.

Spiderman at home

Links

Check out the new links section to the right. Loads more piccies in there!

Beach Engineering

As a father, sometimes you have to make the most out of your situation. Building sand castles can be a laborious process with a 2 year old, so I decided to make the most of our skills and this was the result.

Motala Camping

Benjamin at home in daddy's hammock
Bedtime story the only way we know how when we are camping with two small children.
Motala
Benjamin and his bum.
Benjamin with his morning bath at our free overnight camping spot.

Vadstena Camping

The Muppets in Italy

Italia

The rest of the beautiful Italian Summer can be found here.