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Earthquake
There is a nervousness running throughout the people of New Zealand at the moment, you may have heard that Christchurch which is in the South Island of New Zealand was hit by a 7.1 at the weekend. It woke people from their sleep in the early hour of 4.30am, rumbling and shaking the people of Chri...
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Slightly Summery
Oooooo, it happened, that Summer feeling arrived Sunday and stayed with us well into the night. We have recently been hit with a deluge of rain, Winter always brings the rain, but slowly as the days now get lighter and longer the rain evens itself out with the sunshine! We had the most lovely time ...
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Petone Winter Carnival
It promised to be a cold and wet weekend, but it wasn't that wet and it wasn't too cold either. Marrisa was heading out on Saturday night so me and the not-so-little one headed down to Petone for the Winter Carnival. Not getting down there until after 6pm meant we missed much of what was going ...
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Child 3.0
Technology moves very quickly, and children grow so fast, and it seems only natural now that every teenager you see holds the latest and newest item. In school as a child I never had access to a computer till it was in Secondary school time, we would have half hour lessons a week, there would onl...
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Blacked Out
I was lucky enough to score a few tickets to the All Blacks game at the Westpac Stadium last week. The weather was perfect - rain and a bit of an ice cold southerly breeze to finish it off. Having crammed myself into the packed train full of the young and old, all wearing the national team colour...
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Two Weeks, Lots Of Fun
It's been a fast two weeks for sure, but massively rewarding and enjoyable, never ever thought I would say that about the school holidays! Bethany and I have had an absolute blast the last two weeks, I have truly enjoyed it so much as normally I would have been working, stressing over the worry o...
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Bird Brain
**Warning, graphic pictures included** Here at Dawes HQ we're all about preservation of animals. We've been tempted to have Bailey stuffed recently due to his chewing activities but we persevered all the same. We managed to get rid of several rogue ferrel cats hanging around our garden to allow t...
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Gnawty Dog
Oh our little bundle of ginger fluff that we like to call Bailey keeps us on our toes that's for sure! Over a year old now you would think his puppy ways were behind him, but it seems not. Over the last year Bailey has decided that the only way to get some attention is to eat his way through our ...
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Castlepoint Trip
It's been the usual all quiet here at Dawes HQ again, mainly because we have been away on a little trip! We decided to try and dust off the Winter blues and shake of the nasty colds we all had, and that a break away at a lovely little cosy Bach by the sea would do us some good. We hopped on the B...
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The Better Direction
You may have heard me mention before that I am a huge believer that sometimes things happen for a reason, that life takes you in a different direction on purpose, and that at these moments we should not fight against what doesn't feel right, but actually just go with it - because reality being, s...
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Morning Tea With John Key
Now of course anyone who doesn't know their NZ politics will be asking who is John Key? For those of us here in New Zealand we know Mr John Key - as the Prime Minister! We were so exceptionally lucky to be part of something very special, a moment that will be one of our best moments ever, a t...
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Birthday Boys!
Anyone who knows us will know how much we love Denver and Bailey. For us we have dogs to be part of our family, enjoy our life and live alongside us, and in return we get more rewards from them than we could ever imagine. I think I can honestly say I personally am obsessed with our boys! Although ...
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Discoveries
It was Mothers Day here last Sunday, and not one for only being spoilt once a year (my lot know to spoil me everyday!) we decided to explore a piece of shoreline we hadn't yet visited. Doing our usual of just picking up the map and pointing to a place, we decided to try out West side of Wellin...
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Another Zooper Day
Before going to sleep on Friday night, Bethany turned her smile upside down, I asked her what was wrong and she said, quite randomly, 'I miss the Zoo'. So to be able to send our princess off to a happy excited dreamland we promised that we would take her at the weekend, and that's exactly what we d...
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Anzac Day 2010
5am the alarm went off and for a change we were the ones waking Bethany up, we really wanted to go running into her room, slam the door open, jump onto the bed, rip the covers back and then put our cold feet on her back...but of course we refrained! It was lovely this year to be part of the estim...
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The Golf Ball & The Stone
Once upon a time there was a Dawes Family, a Mammy Dawes, a Daddy Dawes, a Bethany Dawes and a Denver and Bailey Dawes. It was a nice summery afternoon, the Dawes Family were all having a lovely walk along the Hutt Valley river, Mammy and Daddy had finished early from work so they could all enjoy ...
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Lindale Farm
We couldn't decide as we left Shannon if we wanted to go to Lindale Park to the Lindale Kids Farm or not. Its somewhere that we have been before and reminded us dearly of all the usual petting farms we were used to in the UK. But we had a voucher for free entry, so we thought it would be fun to use ...
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Owlcatraz
Sunday morning arrived early at just after 5am, Bethany asking someone to stop snoring will stay with us forever, the funniest thing to hear 'excuse me, excuse meee, can someone stop snoring please'. Of course she was talking to Dad. We packed up and got ready quickly and headed out, we really d...
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Lift Off Levin
We have had a fantastic Easter weekend this year! It started with the trip to Zealandia on Thursday, then we hit the cinema on Friday and saw one of the best movies ever called How To Train Your Dragon (a must for anyone, you don't need to have kids!) and then Saturday we made plans and headed up ...
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Zealandia: The Opening
We have been members of the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary for many years, and in the last year they have been making some massive changes. Not only have they developed the sanctuary itself incredibly, but they have been working on a brand new building to welcome guests, which includes a gift shop, ...
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Autumnless Summer
New Zealand officially entered Autumn on the 1st March and although we have had the odd falling leaf the signs of Autumn are pretty distant as yet. The days are shorter and the nights much cooler, but the days start bright, with clear blue skies and temperatures in the high 20's. We have had the od...
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Bargain!
There is nothing more that an English person loves - than a bargain!!! We have been doing some major house redecoration lately (hence the quietness on the blog) and one of the main areas that needs revamping is the kitchen. Currently sitting in it 1980's glory we felt its time to move on, but al...
