A big night out at the NZ Music Awards last Wednesday where Chris was personally thanked ("especially Chris Guzzwell my man on the ground") by awesome NZ legend Dave Dobbyn, and all round nice guy, in his acceptance speech - YAY go Chris!! And didnt he scrub up well...

The next day it was time for us all to pack up - Chris was off to Boston to see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers (a new blog with his photos coming soon) so James, Chili and I took off to Pauanui to visit Mum. We picked up my niece Lauren on the way down and all we heard in the car on the way was; nana nana nana in between the occasional digger, roller and corker of course. We had a lovely few days - running, swimming and playing at both the beach and the estuary as well as the playground. A primo beach shot of James, Nana and Lauren here ...


But the highlight of the trip for James had to be the arrival of his new best mate Bailey the dog. Bailey is my sister Michelle's old lovely placid family dog who puts up with a lot more than Chili does! James was beside himself with excitement to see "Baila" and spent most every waking moment trying to cuddle her, sit on her, kiss her and generally just hang out with her. It was very cute even if it did lead to a few scratchy allergy moments.
We are all back home now - stay tuned for Chris' posting of his USA adventure soon. Cheerio, Camille x