Past, Present and Future: Family, Rainbows and a Quiet Week In

Hey Guys,

Well the past week has been pretty uneventful, just work and sleep, really. So nothing too exciting to share on that front.

But, I did get the buzz to cook something. So I rocked on down to our local supermarket and got the ingredients for an "Asparagus and Chicken Penne" but because my flatmate isn't in to asparagus, I added broccoli as well. The result was really nice, though it was an interesting experience making it. The photo to the left is the final result!

Otherwise, my sister and brother-in-law (Renee and Richard) came down on Sunday to pick up his daughter from the Airport on Monday. So we had the big dinner in on Sunday night, thanks to the cooking skills of my flatmate who put together a beautiful roast lamb for us! After dinner, we had a few drinks and I made my famous cocktail, "New York Taxi". We drunk and shared stories all night, when Mellise suggested we play a game. So I whipped out the "Rapidough" and we played that a couple of times, and had alot of laughs!

On Monday, I had to work, so while Renee and Richard spent the day at a Mall, they picked up Jess at 4pm and I finally got out of work at 6ish and meet them for tea in Manukau at 7. We stayed at a motel in Manukau and this morning we went to New Zealands one and only theme park, Rainbows End!

So we got through the gates at opening time at 10am, the sun was up and the sky was beautifully clear, but being winter, it was freezing cold. So we did pretty much every ride there. Jess had a blast, it was her first time there. In fact, Renee had a blast too, oh hell, we all had a blast. It definately brought out the little kid in all of us. I even won Jess a toy monkey at the Shooting Range! Also, there was a new show at the Motion Master, it was a 3-D Movie of Spongebob! It was really really cool!

Its a bit of a short post, but I really don't have much to say, I have heaps of photos from today, so I'll let them speak for themselves!

Richard at the shooting range

Renee and I on the Log Flume

The Roller Coaster!

And the reason why I spent most of the afternoon with a wet butt! Thats me in the red and black tee! :) Then its Richard in the middle and Jess to the right

Go with the flow!