Well we finally have decided to come out of hibernation and show ourselves again. It has been winter over here and very chilly. Most of these crazy Kiwis here in New Zealand don't heat their houses very much so now its coming into spring we decided its time to get back into the swing of things. We have a few photos to show you.

This is from a little village in the middle of the North Island called Tirau  You might to check out Tirau's home page http://www.tirauinfo.co.nz/ It is a lovely little village with corrugated iron art and even whole buildings created from corrugated iron like the dog below which is the information centre

Here we are with Tiffany baby Riley, Lauren and Holly We though Holly was trying to get the dog to eat us!!! a little bit scary haha

Here we are with Lee and Dean who we have been staying with

And we also went to stay for a while with Chris and Lynnette

While we were staying with Chris and Lynnette we went and visited a native garden centre

We had a lot of fun while we were here

 This guy was cute but he didn't say much

 These two were very friendly

 Can you spot us here?

  

 And the promise of spring

But that promise of Spring didn't last long as we were driving through the Tongariro National Park it started to snow. That doesn't happen a lot here so when it does the Kiwis get quite excited about it and even if they don't have warm enough gear they usually get out of the car for the experience. We were freezing!! 

 Brrrrr its cold

Chris had a job to do at his daughters house, we went with him to give him a hand

 Chris and Lynnette's daughter work had a competition to grow the largest pumpkin

 This is the view that there daughter has from her house. I don't think we would ever get tired of having a view like this. What do you guys at home think

Well that's the end of our stay with Lee and Dean and Chris and Lynnette. We will be moving on in the next few days. Catch you soon and we will tell you of our new adventures