A day in the sun

Being such a beautiful sunny day today, it demanded we be outdoors, so we took the girls for a bike ride this morning, then to Kariotahi Beach for the afternoon. Brooke and Elisa had a whale of a time in the sand, enjoying every second of it. The water was too cold even for paddling, but they were happy to play in the sand and on the little sand dunes. We had Subway and hot chips for dinner before heading home to hot showers and bed. It was a really lovely day. I love it when we do quality family activities. I'm not sure what the rest of the weekend will entail. DH has to work some of it, and the girls and I will go to church tomorrow, but other than that we'll just wing it.

I have a friend who's daughter is in Brooke's class at school. My friend has started an 8 week course to further her education and get a job as a health assistant, so she is dropping her two kids off at my place every school day morning at 8am in order to get to course on time. The kids all play together till 8.30am then we walk to school. It's no hassle for me since we have to drop Brooke off anyway. Anyway, tonight she came over and dropped off a beautiful bouquet of roses and a home baked fruit cake. I told her there was no need, but she wanted to say thankyou, so tonight I'm munching on the most delicious fruit cake (still warm from the oven) and feeling grateful that I'm in a position to help a friend when they need it.

Here are the layouts I've done since the last post.