.: We Made It To The Top!

Monday, November 10, 2008

We Made It To The Top!

Grandpa with Noah on the Ferry. The title of this post should also be 'Grandpa Comes to NZ'. Tony's Dad is visiting us for the first time since we left Los Angeles. It's been an exciting time for the boys and Tony to reunite with Grandpa/Dad after two years. We have been having fun showing Grandpa around and taking him places. One of the first places on our list of places to go was Rangitoto Island, Auckland city's landmark. We took a 15 minute Ferry ride to the Island and then hiked to the top. It was a long, steep and rocky climb that took us an hour and a half. Noah had to be carried most of the way and sometimes Ashton too, so between the three of us we kept trading off 'boys' and backpacks.

Tony with Ashton and Hayden on the dock at Rangitoto. About to begin the climb...

The boys sitting on a lava field.

Hayden on Tony's shoulders.

Ashton resting on Grandpa's head!

A nice shot of Grandpa taken by Hayden.

All of us at Rangitoto summit. We enjoyed the views, took photo's and had a nice picnic of all Grandpa's favourite foods: salami, prosciutto, mortadella, and a variety of cheese and french bread (we forgot the olives!)

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day which gave us some very spectacular views from the top. We got very lucky with the weather since it had been windy and raining days before.

Grandpa and Ashton.

Tony with his Dad.

Tony with some woman he met at the top!

Grandpa with Hayden and Ashton at the summit.

Me and Noah getting ready to make our way back down the volcano.

Grandpa and Ashton heading down Rangitoto. We had to rush down so we didn't miss the ferry. Tony carried Hayden on his shoulders (Hayden got a sore hip from walking so much), Grandpa carried Ashton and I had Noah. Luckily, people were just getting on the ferry as we got to the bottom, otherwise we would've had to wait another 3 hrs for the next one. We were all hot and sweaty from our speed walk down!

Grandpa, Ashton and Noah enjoy a much-deserved ice-cream at Devonport Wharf after the climb.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I hope you've found that hussy Tony met on Rangitoto!! And Tony got a good spanking. But he might enjoy that too much ;D; December 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!