Holidays & stitching...

Okay.... back in October we went to Cairns to stay with hubby's brother & his wife in their new house...

the house was gorgeous, very comfortable and luxurious... we had a lovely weekend with lots of bubbly and swimming in the pool... it was really hot......
the other highlight of the weekend was going fishing and staying overnight on the reef...... I caught a yellow fin tuna (no pics) first big fish offshore so I was excited, Cindy - skippers wife caught a red emperor.....

the ocean was very kind to us that day.... dead calm....beautiful......

We picked up Victoria and Karl (dd1 & fiance) at the airport on our way home and they stayed for a few days before going back to Mount Maunganui.....

Then a few weeks later we flew over to meet Karl's family and see his hometown.....

Mount Maunganui...... 

Here we are after a walk around the base of Mt Maunganui with Janet & Paul... Karl's mum & stepdad..... really lovely people...... 

We had hiked to the top of the Mount the day before.....

 a magnificent view of the town from the top.......

We had a bbq at Karl's dad & stepmums' house with his sister, her hubby & kids and his stepsister, that was a fun afternoon too..... didn't get any pics....

so with all my travels I have been able to get heaps of stitching done on my GJ........

and I am on my last four stitcheries.....