A couple of Peoms by Finn

His thoughts on the colour Red.

And this one is about ANZAC Day (April 25th).

And here is his Senior Writing Award :-)

End of School Year 2008

We had the Taita Central School award assembly the other day - and Finn took the Senior Writing Award, a certificate from the National Bank for being a school banker and a certificate for School patrol road safety... we are so proud of him for the Senior Writing Award - Well done Finn!!!

Finn's 11th Birthday

Can't believe my wee man is 11!!! Intermediate school next year too!! Happy Birthday babe xxx

Penny and Tobin's Visit

hello - here are some photo's of Penny and Tobin's visit to pick up Finn to take back to San Francisco for the school holidays!!

Tobin and Nanny...

Tobin and GG Naomi...
Tobin and Finn...

Isn't Tobin gorgeous!!!!

And here we are at the airport - saying goodbye to my wee man as he jets off to SanFran... I miss him heaps....

David and Tobin...

Finn and Great Granma!

The Mirror

I had the terms Parent Teacher meeting - and had to get a copy of this poem Finn wrote (one of three he has up on the writing wall of fame) - he has a great imagination!!

Finn and the All Blacks!!!

Wow we caught the All Blacks at the InterContinental Hotel in Wellington last weekend after the All Black/South Africa game!! So here are some photos...

Wohooo Daniel Carter!!!
.... and Rodney So'oialo....
Keven Mealamu and Leon MacDonald.... and Finn, Josh and Cameron...and the Coach Graham Henry... and Finn is with Josh and Cameron and these are at Arizona just before our fabulous encounter.... Finn and Cameron and Josh!

New Photos

Hi everybody - well it has been way too long since my last post - bad me!!! here are some photos of the current soccer season - going well!!! and a couple of Finn in his current Karate Grading - proud mum - he is now a Yellow Belt (with 1 stripe after this grading!!)

Snow Planet!

Here is Finn at Snow Planet in Auckland - trying out both Skiing and Snowboarding! And really is a natural!!

Surfer Boy

Finn and Grandad after surfing Sandy Bay!

Finn is having an awesome time up at Sandy Bay over the New Year!! Brand new wetsuit and boggie board!!

Finn!

Finn in his Saints tee - the did another Phoenix lead out at the stadium and he got his arms signed by the captain Ross Aloisi and the capitan Ricky Herbert!! Noel was a tad jealous!!

And how to sleep sitting up!

Finn's 10th Birthday

Finn had a fantastic time at his 10th birthday party - can't believe he is a metric teenager now!! - we went to the new Strike Entertainment Centre in the Hutt - brand new and fantastic - most of them had never played lazer strike before so weren't sure what to expect! and who wants to believe your mother when they tell you she played when she was younger and loved it!!! They wouldn't stop talking about how awesome it was when they finished!!! Thank you to everyone who sent Finn birthday pressies - he loved the lot!!

Scary boy!

We went to Mitre10 and they had face painters there... well all the other kids were getting butterflys, tigers and princess type faces - of course this is what Finn wanted!!! very very cool!!