Rick, Nicky and Claire in NZ

Just to give you a little more background as to where we live, this is the view we get after a 16 minute drive to the Waitakere Regional Park: Nice, isn't it? I have bought a map of the almost 200 tracks in the park so that I can do some walking, or tramping as it is called here. Nickys' brother-in-law Grant has also invited me to do some tramping with him and his mates at some point. Rick

What a fun week it has been - two birthdays and Nicky has started work. On Tuesday it was Claire's birthday. We started the day with gift opening after a late breakfast. She was given a wonderful range of presents. Then we went to the Crepé Café in LynnMall and had pancakes for lunch. In the afternoon I made a veggie lasagne which was devoured in the evening by the Moss-Masons, Kim & Shani, Jenny and Anna, and followed by a scrummy Apple cake which Nicky had made. It was a very enjoyable day. On Wednesday, Nickys' birthday was a little more low key. More late breakfast and present opening followed by an afternoon trip to the cinema to see Elizabeth, The Golden Age. We all enjoyed this and also enjoyed our fist visit to what we expect to become out local cinema - really good seats, plenty of leg room and a good incline which N & C appreciate (so they can see over tall peoples' heads). On Thursday Nicky started work -yippe!! with Waitakere Libraries. She is being trai